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THE 

HISTORY OF NEW IPSWICH 

NEW HAMPSHIRE 

1735-1914 

WITH GENEALOGICAL RECORDS OF THE 
PRINCIPAL FAMILIES 



COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY 

CHARLES HENRY CHANDLER 

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF 

SARAH FISKE LEE 



FITCHBURG, MASS. 

SENTINEL PRINTING COMPANY 

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MEMORIAL 

THE life of Charles Henry Chandler was spent in the 
devoted service of his fellowmen. 

Born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, in 1840, Mr. 
Chandler prepared for college at its district schools and acad- 
emy, in each of which he had been teacher as well as pupil. In 
1865, he entered Dartmouth College, from which he was grad- 
uated with highest honor in 1868. Although first scholar of 
his class, his greatest achievement was not that of scholarship. 
A classmate has said of him : "I doubt if he committed a 
single act in college which he would wish concealed from his 
oldest friends : so consistent was his life with his profession of 
Christian principles." The integrity of such a character, to- 
gether with his sound mind and high ideals, made him a great 
power for good among his associates. 

After a useful experience in academic teaching, he was 
called in 1871 to the chair of Physics and Chemistry in Antioch 
College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. He occupied this position for 
ten years. Efficient along various lines, Professor Chandler's 
work was peculiarly valuable to a college not at that time rich 
in resources ; and he left upon it a permanent impress of his 
abilities and character. From Antioch, in 1881, he went to 
Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin, as professor of Chemistry, 
Physics, and Mathematics. In this service he remained until 
1906, being then retired as Professor Emeritus. The words 
of one formerly a student at Ripon are an impressive tribute 
to his value and influence : 

"He was a rare teacher. He knew his subject and spoke 
in terms of his pupils. Being thus found in fashion as a pupil, 
we highly exalted him as a teacher. He imparted that intangi- 
ble force which is the true essence of a teacher : teaching 
what he was, not voluntarily but involuntarily. We remember 
rare pauses and parentheses in recitation — the getting oflF the 



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track, which is characteristic of a teacher whose tracks are 
laid into the souls of his pupils, as well as into the more 
definable lines of a text. He was a teacher who lived in his 
pupils, made better by his presence; a teacher who scorned 
all aims which end in self. He revealed himself who was, to 
us, even better than the mathematician. Scientist, yes, but 
also something of a mystic in the best sense. A college is 
essentially its men who teach and are taught; and in this 
sense Ripon College is very much Professor Chandler." 

Though mathematics and applied science were the channels 
of Professor Chandler's most marked abilities, he was a good 
classical scholar. An habitual reader of the best English wri- 
ters, his teaching in these branches, during his academic 
experience, had been thorough and effective. Accurate and 
demanding accuracy, he possessed the rare gift of clear ex- 
planation, reenforced by characteristic illustration. His habits 
of mind were direct and forceful, as of a man with something to 
impart. His literary productions in the classroom were en- 
livened by a vivid imagination and a keen sense of humor. 
Something poetic in his nature also found expression at times, 
in quaint guise. With a keen love of nature and reverence for 
the creative plan, he saw in it the vital truths : love, faith, and 
promises to which the eyes of many are blinded. Deeply in- 
terested in the church, he took an active and important part 
in its work, wherever he might be, and won the respect and 
affection of many whom he did not reach through professional 
channels. 

After 1906 he returned to the town he loved and in which 
he was born. He devoted himself to its interest ; a loyal 
citizen, always, with high civic ideals. Wise and broad- 
minded, his counsel and efforts were applied not merely to 
present but to future welfare. An educator, he gave largely 
of his experience to the problems of the public schools and 
served upon the School Board for a number of years. 

In the midst of many other interests and duties, he 
devoted himself to the writing of the present History — a labor 
of love for the people dear to him. It is difficult to estimate 
adequately this great service — a service which speaks strongly 
for itself, but which in all its detail of tireless, persistent effort. 



Memorial 

can be realized by few. Its value will be wholly appreciated 
only by following generations. To them will come a knowl- 
edge not only of its historic worth, but a knowledge also 
of the man who so greatly loved the history and people of his 
birthplace. 

Of such a son as Charles Henry Chandler, New Ipswich 
may be justly proud — a son who represented the highest 
standards of honor, and whose achievements were possible 
because of an unfaltering fidelity to his ideals. 

Katharine Preston. 



PREFACE 

r^ OR many years citizens of New Ipswich have felt the need 
^ of a history of the town which should not only give the 
history of the last half century, but should put in accessible 
and permanent form the many facts and traditions which have 
come to light in later years. This feeling took tangible form 
from the offer of Professor Charles H. Chandler to give his 
services as a historian, and in October, 1907, a meeting of 
those interested in this project was held at the Library. A 
Committee was chosen to aid as might be needed, consisting 
of Caroline F. Barr, Sarah F. Lee, Frederic W. Jones, Anna 

A. Goldsmith, and Edward O. Marshall. 

It was thought most convenient for Professor Chandler to 
have his office at my house. For more than four years each 
morning he came to his task, and each hour until the twilight 
was filled with the work of a mind trained to systematic and 
patient, accurate labor. His purpose was to make the work 
largely a Genealogy of the older families of the town. This 
necessitated research and inquiries that would have discour- 
aged one less persistent and determined. He deemed the 
conclusion of the work near at hand, but while away seeking 
for final data, at Leominster, Mass., his life ended. March 29, 
1912, while conversing with a friend he ceased speaking, and 
"was not, for God took him." 

His children, Professor Elwyn F. Chandler and Miss Edith 

B. Chandler, at once felt that they wished to ensure the com- 
pletion of the work which had become so dear to their father's 
heart. Through all these years I had been able to keep in 
touch with Professor Chandler's methods of research, and they 
asked me to finish the History as he would have done it. I 
consented to try to do this so nearly as I should be able. 
Fortunately the chapters relating to the earliest history were 
completed ; all the genealogy was outlined and many family 
records had been written in full. His children, therefore, were 
able to assist in the revision and completion of all that he 



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had planned in that department. It is their wish that this 
History should be a tribute to their father's memory, and for 
its completion they have given a trained proficiency that could 
not otherwise have been available, have taken time needed by 
them for rest, and have given more than five hundred dollars 
in money. 

For the imperfections of the Index I alone am responsible. 
My only regret is that my part of the work has not been done 
in a better way. It is given to the town which has been the 
home of my lifetime with the hope that it may help to quicken 
and cherish reverence for those who laid the broad founda- 
tions on which later generations should build the structure of 
education and enterprise which has given New Ipswich its 
honored place among New England towns. 

Personal thanks are due from me to the children of Pro- 
fessor Chandler, who have done all that was possible to lighten 
my labors, to friends who have aided me by literary criticism 
and in proof-reading, and to the intelligent and helpful advice 
of the Sentinel Printing Company. 

Sarah Fiske Lee. 
New Ipswich, N. H. 



Preface 

BY PROFESSOR CHARLES H. CHANDLER 

The following page in Professor C. H. Chandler's hand 
has been found, which evidently he intended to insert in the 
preface : 

"Little more than half a century ago, by the careful and 
patient labor of two efficient sons of New Ipswich was pro- 
duced a town history, now a rare book but still mentioned 
with rare encomiums by students and lovers of local history. 
At the time of the loyal labors of Mr. Kidder and Dr. Gould 
the facilities for work like that which they so successfully ac- 
complished were far less than at the present time. Many old 
documents, then only to be found after long search, have now 
been collected and laid open to the student in convenient form ; 
the work of national surveys has given accurate measurements 
in place of the estimates formerly necessarily used; and the 
accessible volumes of family history are probably twenty 
times as numerous as those which were published prior to 
1850. 

"It has therefore seemed best that a volume presenting 
the last fifty years of New Ipswich history should not be 
entirely confined to those limits, but rather that the special 
field should rest upon a second presentation of the story of 
earlier times, with such additions and amendments as the suc- 
ceeding years have made practicable. 

"In order, however, to avoid an undue extension of the 
volume it has been thought best to follow a medium course, 
abbreviating much that was fully related by the authors of 
the previous volume, and in cases where the importance of 
the topic or the close dependence of later history upon it 
makes such abbreviation undesirable, by the kindly consent 
of near representatives of the authors considerable extracts 
have been made in the language retaining its attraction for 
those who remember the former history." 



Preface 



NOTE 

It was the original intention of Professor Charles H. 
Chandler to prepare one large map of the town, showing 
on the same map the town with its villages, and all the 
roads, houses, and former houses, and also the lot lines, and 
he personally traversed with compass in 1908 or later every 
road in the town (except a few in the northwest corner and 
west of the mountain) in making surv^eys for this map. There 
are doubtless some accidental errors, but it may be considered 
as in general a very excellent map ; it is probable that there 
are few portions where any distances are more than a dozen 
rods in error. 

The final drawing of all the maps was done under the 
direction of E. F. Chandler, and it was found advisable to 
make separate village maps on a larger scale ; the surveys for 
these were accordingly made by E. F. Chandler in August, 
1912, and they are in general accurate within two rods. It was 
also found that it would detract from clearness to place the 
lot lines on the town map, so their general location has been 
shown on a separate plan. 

Chapters I, II, III, IV, and V of the history had been com- 
pletely written by Professor Charles H. Chandler, and were 
finished except for such small amendments as he would have 
made in the final revision ; the material had been collected by 
him for large parts of Chapters VI to IX, but the final ar- 
rangement and writing of the greater portion of each of 
these has been done by Miss Sarah Fiske Lee. All the work 
on the history, from its first inception to its conclusion, has 
been greatly forwarded by the indefatigable efforts of Miss 
Lee; her complete knowledge of local conditions and relations, 
her enthusiastic assistance, and her keen-eyed examination of 
every statement have been indeed indispensable. 

E. F. C. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. — The Old Country Road — Later Roads and 
Early Settlers. The Old Country Road; New Highways; 
the Turnpike 1-19 

CHAPTER H. — New Ipswich in Various Forms — Grants, 
Claims, Charters, and Surveys. Error in Early Grants; the 
Massachusetts Claims, Gorges and Mason Claims; Survey of 
State Line ; the Ipswich Grant ; Changing Boundaries ; Early 
Settlers; Fear of Indian Invasion; John Tufton Mason; Ma- 
sonian Proprietors; Col. Blanchard's Changes; Masonian Char- 
ter; Final Incorporation 20-43 

CHAPTER III. — On the Way to Maturity — Proprietors and 
Lots. Origin of the Settlers; First Proprietors' Meetings; 
Assignment of Lots; Table of Lots; Proprietors' Work Ended ; 
Plan of Lots and Principal Roads 44-56 

CHAPTER IV.— The Old School-houses. First School in 1762; 
Grammar School ; Division into Districts ; Town Appropriates 
Money; First School-houses; Location of District Bounds; 
School-house Locations ; Consolidation of Districts ; School 
Appropriations ; Wages of Teachers ; Prudential Committee ; 
Superintending School Committee; Statistics .... 57-72 

CHAPTER V. — The Revolutionary Period. The First Uprising ; 
Roll of Men Who Went at the First Call ; Capt. Towne's Com- 
pany; Call from Gen. John Sullivan; New Hampshire's Lead- 
ership; Praise from Gen. Washington; Help Given to North- 
ern Army; Capt. Smith's Company; reinforcements for Ticon- 
deroga; Continental Army; Col. Heald's Detachment; Capt. 
Briant's Company; Col. Hale's Regiment; Three-Months Men; 
Equipment of Soldiers; Ephraim Adams' Resolution; Bounties 
and Pay; Depreciation of Currency; New Ipswich Tories; 
Committee of Correspondence 73-106 

CHAPTER VI.— The Civil War— 1861-65. Action of the Town ; 
Bounties for Volunteers; First Recruits; Record of Sixth 
Regiment ; Thirteenth Regiment at Richmond, 1865 ; Work of 
Women ; Death of President Lincoln ; Freedmen's Aid ; Prices 
during Civil War; Union League; Soldiers' Monument . 107-121 



Contents 



CHAPTER VII. — Ecclesiastical History. First Meeting-house; 
Seeking a Minister; Church Organized and Mr. Stephen 
Farrar Ordained; Meeting-house Completed 1770; Assign- 
ment of Pews; "Great Revival" in 1785-86; Death of Parson 
Farrar; Mr. Richard Hall Ordained; Sunday School in 1818; 
Ordination of Mr. Charles Walker; Pastorate of Rev. Samuel 
Lee; Meeting-house Remodeled; Centennial Anniversary of 
Church; Ordination of Mr. Calvin Cutler; Several Brief Pas- 
torates; Church Burned; Program of Stated Meetings; Baptist 
Church; Organized, List of Pastors; Unitarian Church; Meth- 
odist Church ; Second Congregational Church . 122-136 

CHAPTER VIII. — New Ipswich Academy. Incorporation; 
Buildings; Gifts from Boston Friends; New Building; Change 
of Name ; List of Preceptors ; Faculty Sketches ; Alumni As- 



sociation ; Present Condition 



137-143 



CHAPTER IX. — Miscellanies. Manufactures; Library; Coun- 
try Club; Children's Fair; Revere Bell; Cemeteries; Stearns 
Lecture Fund; Homestead Inn; Iowa Colony; Drinking Foun- 
tain ; Telegraph and telephone ; Sidewalks and Street Lights ; 
Post Office; Free Masons; Fire Department; Children's Oak; 
Portraits in Town Hall; Census Returns; Valuation of New 
Ipswich, 1914 144-157 



Genealogy 



171-720 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Portrait of Professor Charles Henry Chandler 

The Soldiers' Monument .... 

Group of Churches 

New Ipswich Appleton Academy . 

The Library 

Forest Hall, Residence of George R. Barrett 

Maps : 

The Old Country Road 

The Grants . 

Plan of Lots . 

New Ipswich . 

Center Village 

Bank, High Bridge, and Smith Villages 



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HISTORY OF NEW IPSWICH 



NEW IPSWICH 



CHAPTER I 




"THE OLD COUNTRY ROAD" — LATER ROADS AND EARLY 

SETTLERS 

AT a meeting of 
the Proprietors of 
"Upper Ashuelot," 
(now the city of 
Keene,) held at 
Concord, Massa- 
chusetts, on the 
last Wednesday 
of May, 1735, a 
committee was 
appointed to "join 
with such as the 
lower town pro- 
prietors shall ap- 
point, to search 
and find out whether the ground will admit of a convenient 
road from the two townships on Ashuelot river, down to the 
town of Townsend." On June 30, 1737. a meeting was held 
at the meeting-house frame, and ''Jeremiah Hall was recom- 
pensed for his services in searching for, and laying out, a road 
to Townsend." 

At that time the Townsend grant extended farther to the 
north and west than in later years, and embraced about 800 
acres now included in the southeastern corner of New Ipswich, 
shown upon an ancient map of the town as granted by 
Massachusetts. That map shows a straight line dotted di- 
rectly across the map and bearing the explanatory note "This 
Single Prick^ line is the Clear^ way to Ashawelott." This 
line enters the town from Townsend a short distance north 
of the site of the "Wheeler tavern," runs northwesterly 

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History of New Ipswich 

though the region now occupied by the Center Village, and, 
passing a little south of the position of Wilder Village, crosses 
the western line of the town a half-mile south from its 
northwestern corner. 

Without a doubt this perfectly straight road was easily 
constructed upon paper, but it is somewhat remarkable that 
the turnpike, constructed almost seventy years later, should 
have followed so nearly the early line, in no place departing 
from the route there marked greatly more than half a mile. 
But the former New Ipswich history, recalling the construc- 
tion of the turnpike, declares that "its location was as bad 
as it well could be ;" and it is not strange that the committee 
of the Keene proprietors chose a route less steeply inclined, 
even though it were somewhat more devious, as is shown on 
the small map presented above. For the road there shown, 
called in the records for many years the "main road," or in 
earlier times the "old countrey road," is undoubtedly a part 
of the Keene road of 1735-37, preceding the first permanent 
settler in New Ipswich by at least a year; and the preliminary 
temporary residence of two or three others, which may have 
been in the summer of 1737, may safely be said to have been 
of later date than the location of the road reported by Jere- 
miah Hall, but of course at first hardly more than a marked 
trail. The "old country road," the first token of civilization 
established within the town bounds, naturally had a great in- 
fluence in locating the sturdy pioneers in the wilderness, as 
is indicated by the positions of the homes of twenty early 
settlers placed upon the map with the belief, after careful 
examination, that they were the earliest twenty resident 
"fathers of the town." 

That the position of this road was well chosen is shown 
by its long continuance, more than three of the four miles 
of its length within the town bounds being still open for 
travel, and a considerable part of the abandoned portion ap- 
parently owing its abandonment to other causes than unwise 
location. The records show some slight changes in its loca- 
tion from time to time, but practically the present position 
of the part still open is as it was when Abijah Foster settled 
but a few rods from its faint line of communication almost 
175 years ago. The more definite course of this early high- 
way, so early that more than twenty years after its location 
the town voted "not to fell the trees on the main road 



The Old Country Road 

through the town," may be traced upon the larger map in 
this volume, and any difficulties in following it may be re- 
moved by reference to the following descriptive notes. 

It entered the town only a little distance south of its pre- 
viously mentioned successor, the turnpike, that is a little 
south of the site of the house of entertainment long known 
as "Wheeler's tavern," giving to Timothy Heald, a few years 
later, a desirable position for establishing his home in the 
northern part of 186 A. D. Passing on a mile toward the 
northwest, from the first half of which the road is practically 
obliterated, the home of Jonas Woolson appears in IV : 2, 
S. R., the present propertv of the Country Club, and but a 
short distance farther, in V: 2, S. R., that of his early asso- 
ciate, Benjamin Hoar, now the Preston place. Crossing the 
river, where later the first bridge of the town was to be built, 
the old road passed the place soon to be the home of Moses 
Tucker, continued over the hill and then between the loca- 
tions of the first meeting-house, denoted on the small map 
by a square and affixed cross, and the first burying-ground. 
both situated in the eastern part of A^III : 1, S. R., to the 
house long the home of Judge Farrar, and now the summer 
residence of Charles S. Brown. Descending the hill and past 
the present grounds of the Academv. the road unites, where 
the Soldiers' Monument now stands, with an east and west 
road eight or ten rods in width, as laid out upon the early 
map before mentioned, and extending upon that map from 
the eastern line of the town directlv westward through the 
centre of that portion of the town, four miles square, which 
had been divided into lots. This road is denoted by a dotted 
line upon the preceding small map, but no indications have 
been found that it has ever been used as a highway except 
for the distance of a little less than a mile between the sol- 
diers' Monument and Davis Village. Along the western part 
of this extent the Avails still stand, and the coincidence of 
the eastern part with the "old country road" from the monu- 
ment to School street and on past the Preston house until 
the latter is turned aside by the steep ascent, gave a broad 
space, in later years known as the "Village Green." around 
which in due time, despite its marshy location, the activities 
of the town largely clustered. 

On the north side of this broadened "country road," but 
not very far distant from it, on 33, N. D.. a little westward 

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History of New Ipswich 

of the site of the former bank, and perhaps a little toward 
Union Hall, stood the earliest dwelling erected in the town, 
that of Abijali Foster, and directly opposite upon the south 
side of the road was the home of Joseph Kidder, where since 
has been the dwelling of Judge Champney, and later the 
home of John Preston, Esq., and his descendants, IX: 1, S. R. 
Continued progress due westward in the broad central road 
of the early survey being here forbidden by the steep ascent, 
a southerly detour of a few rods was necessitated, the first 
part along the broad, grassy road still open in the rear of 
the Preston land, and the later return to the direct course 
on a line still traceable under favorable conditions, through 
the northern end of the small triangular wooded spot lying 
across the road from the open space north from the old "hill 
burying-ground," and south from the site of the second and 
third meeting-houses. As this open area was without doubt 
included in the "common land" left for a highway, this de- 
tour, now seeming so considerable that the location of the 
"country road" is not always recognized, did not really ex- 
tend at that place beyond the limits of the broad central 
road as surveyed. But that proposed straight highwav vv'as 
followed by the Keene surveyor only a very short distance. 
It may, indeed, have gone directly across the later meeting- 
house site, at least until the erection of such a building caused 
travel to be carried on a little farther west. At all events, 
from very nearly that spot the road entered upon an almost 
direct northwesterly line across the lot upon which the 
meeting-house afterward was built, 37 N. D., later the prop- 
erty of Oliver Proctor; then past the site of the first dwelling 
of Isaac Appleton on the southern side and that of his 
second house, still standing and bearing over its entrance the 
figures 1756, upon the northern side, both in 41, N. D. Be- 
tween these two sites the old road crossed the line of the 
present turnpike, and from the meeting-house site to that 
point of crossing all traces of the ancient highwav have dis- 
appeared. Continuing the same general northwesterly direc- 
tion it passed in 46, N. D.. the future home of Reuben Kidder, 
on the east, and a little farther that of Samuel Perham, an 
employee of Mr. Kidder, upon 50, N. D., on the west. The 
remaining route, through lots 51, 52, and 56, N. D., to the 
northern line of the town is not known to have passed other 
early dwellings. The last quarter-mile or more before leaving 

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The Old Country Road 

New Ipswich was not along the present Temple road, but 
by the "Todd road" diverging toward the west, now legally 
discontinued, but still clearly defined and passable. 

The effectual charter of New Ipswich, known as the 
Masonian charter, of which an account is given later in this 
volume, was issued in 1750, and in it are named thirty 
grantees, thirteen of whom are designated as being ''of a 
place called New Ipswich," and their names are included in 
the twenty names presented upon the preceding small map. 
The names of two sons of one of the grantees named in the 
charter as a resident of Ipswich, Mass., and one son of an- 
other grantee of the same town, a brother and an employee 
of one of the New Ipswich grantees, and two other early 
settlers, constitute the twenty pioneers in New Ipswich 
who. as far as careful examination determines, were resident 
in their new homes before the close of the year in which the 
charter was granted. Nine of this number made their homes 
beside the old "country road," and of the remaining eleven 
seven were apparently within a half-mile of that route. There 
can be no doubt of the determining influence of that road, 
then hardly more than a trail, upon the location of the early 
settlements in the northeastern corner of the town, and an 
examination of the records giving in order the story of later 
roads, demanded by the increasing population, presents quite 
clearly the direction and progress of advance. 

Unfortunately, whatever local records may have been made 
prior to the Masonian grant, they have entirely disappeared, 
and the lines of intercommunication between the twenty 
families which gathered in those early years can be learned 
only by inference, occasionally aided by traces of old path- 
ways by which the early pioneers, like their immediate suc- 
cessors, were prone to connect their homes, by the nearest 
or most practicable route, to the older main line of communi- 
cation with the towns and settlements above and below. But 
the later records containing references to "paths" and some- 
times officially legalizing highways "where the people now 
travel" suggest that the stern demands of daily life left the 
first occupants of the coming town but little time or energy 
for public labors, especially after it was found, as related in 
a later chapter, that the title by which they held their lands 
was far from secure. They might be expected to content 
themselves for a time with paths not greatly surpassing the 



History of New Ipswich 

trails of their Indian predecessors, and so the roads located 
by the most convenient footpaths from cabin to cabin, wind- 
ing deviously around the varied obstructions of the wilder- 
ness, might almost be said, like Topsy, never to have been 
made but to have "growed." 

But with the Masonian charter came an assurance that 
the work was to continue, and on June 20, 1750, only two 
months after the signing of that charter, the proprietors of 
the township voted to build a bridge "near where the former 
bridge was built," that is, at the crossing of the river by the 
"country road," and less than a year later a second bridge 
was voted "near the mills," or practically in the place now 
held by its successor below the "High Bridge." Abundant 
provision for meeting the principal obstruction to free com- 
munication between the different parts of the settled region 
having thus been made, at the same meeting in May, 1751, 
Timothy Heald, Joseph Stevens, and Reuben Kidder were 
chosen a committee to lay out and repair highways, and were 
directed "to lay out a way from the saw mill &c. up by the 
Path leading to John Brown's and also to Abijah Foster's as 
it will best accommodate both, and if said Committee thinks 
Proper to lay out a way to Archibald White's, as also to 
Aaron Kidder's." The exact position of the home of John 
Brown is uncertain, but it was in the northeastern part of 
the town, near the locality afterward long occupied by the 
family of Supply Wilson, and most probably near the site 
of an old cellar in 31, N. D., still faintly visible upon the 
east side of the Temple road a little farther north than the 
house of Ralph E. Parker. Abijah Foster must have lived 
at that time on the present site of Davis Village, 45, N. D., 
which must have made the duty of the committee to "accom- 
modate both" somewhat difficult. Archibald White, upon 19, 
N. D., afterward occupied by the Prichards and later by the 
Tenneys, was in the same general region as John Brown, and 
there are indications of an early road connecting them. 
Aaron Kidder was upon XV: 1, S. R., a mile beyond Abijah 
Foster, and very probably the now long-closed road through 
XIII: 1 and XIV: 1, N. D., north of the house of George S. 
Wheeler, was located at that time. 

In obedience to instructions given at this meeting that the 
committee should "view and lay out a Road from the line of 
said township so as it will accommodate the travelling up to 

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New Highways 

Peterboro and lay the same before said Proprietee at the 
next meeting," the committee a month later recommended 
action at once adopted by the meeting, and it was "Voted to 
Except the countrey Road as it is Layed out from Timothy 
Healds or the province line near his house and up by Ruben 
Kidders & to the line of Striptown or Peterborow Slip so 
called near about the road wheare people now Travil and as 
marks direct." 

At the same meeting it was voted to "lay out a road Down 
from the mills by Benjamin Hoar to the Town Road by 
Timothy Healds," which seems to be the authority for the 
present road from the Taylor house on the turnpike up 
through Bank Village to the crossing of the "country road" 
and the road to the Gibson corners. 

In the following year, 1753, a desire for nearer relation 
to the neighbors at the west was manifested by a vote "to 
lay out a way through our town to Rowly Canada line ;" and 
a year later it was "Voted to turn the road that goes to 
Rowly Canada through Oliver Proctor's lot to the road that 
was formerly laid out and travelled in." As no record of the 
position of the "former road" has been found, it is perhaps 
a fair inference that the removal of a portion of the road to 
Rowley Canada (Rindge) from Oliver Proctor's lot, 37, N. D., 
located it in the broad road extending due west before men- 
tioned as shown on the map of the Massachusetts grant, and 
still plainly existent from the Center Village to Davis Village, 
and that it continued on the road provided for Aaron Kidder 
two years earlier, and thence through the uninhabited wilder- 
ness, over the mountain between the Barrett and Pratt peaks 
practically as shown upon the map. This road can be traced 
with difficulty through the thick undergrowth, but the dwell- 
ings upon it farther west than the Ephraim Adams farm, 
61, N. D., have been very few. 

On November 24, 1754, the proprietors by a single vote 
accepted four miles of road or more, probably including many 
short roads and "paths" previously used, but having no legal 
existence as highways. This long and devious thoroughfare 
commenced in 1 : 3, S. R., upon the "country road" about 
one-fourth of a mile after its entrance from that part of the 
Townsend grant which had become Mason, and extending to 
the north and west, passed the house of Ebenezer Bullard in 
1 : 2, S. R., and of Joseph Bullard in H : 2, S. R., through H : 

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History of New Ipswich 

1, S. R., not yet the home of Moses Tucker, still resident on 
the "country road," and through III : 1, S. R., to Chandler's 
mills in IV: 1, S. R., immediately below the site of the pres- 
ent factory below the High Bridge. Thence the road con- 
tinued northwesterly a little north of the present position of 
the road, and entered upon the route to be occupied a half- 
century later by the turnpike a short distance eastward of 
the position of the present bridge across Kidder or Saw Mill 
Brook. From that point the road has remained practically 
unchanged in position, through lots 21, 25, 29, 30, 31, and 32, 
N. D., to the Temple town line, passing the homes of Ephraim 
and Benjamin Adams, Jonathan Stevens and John Brown. 

The year 1755 saw the birth of several new highways, 
testifying to a considerable advance of the populated region 
toward the south and the west, two of which are here given 
in detail. The first of these extended from the northeast 
corner of the lot of Zachariah Adams, X : 3, S. R., past the 
house of Abijah Foster, who had built his third residence 
on IX : 2, S. R., the present residence of Walter S. Thayer 
being across the road from its site, and continued on an 
easterly course not very distant from: the present road to the 
Congregational church, although that later road is much more 
nearly straight than the ancient highway, four sections, to- 
gether constituting more than half its length, having been 
moved northerly or southerly in some places as much as 
twenty rods. The early road passed the site of the coming 
church near the present southern limit of the common, and 
ended in "the road that goes out of the Country road to the 
dwelling house of Benjamin Safiford," which was thirty rods 
or more south from the church site. The road designated as 
going from the "country road" is now obliterated for a con- 
siderable part of its length, but is still known as "Safford 
lane." The cellar of Zachariah Adams, still remaining in a 
pasture rapidly becoming forest, is shown upon the map. 

The second new road, apparently accepted very largely in 
anticipation of expected new residents, began "at the South 
of lot Number 187, at the head of the road that goes from 
said lot to the east line of said Township." Lot 187, as also 
Nos. 44, 29 (or 2), 28, and 24, through which the road from 
the east township line passes, lie in "New Laid Out" range 
of lots, and there appears no record of residence in any of 
those southeastern lots at as early a date as that action. 

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Perhaps, however, the travel to and from Townsend, then 
holding the position of a connecting link with the older set- 
tlements, may have called for the new road to "the old meeting 
house hill so called" eastward from the site of the present 
Academy. From 187, ere long to be occupied by Col. Thomas 
Heald, and later by the Estabrooks tavern and by Job Davis 
and his son John U. in succession, the new road passed 
through lots 12 and 1, N. L. O., then the property of Samuel 
Whittemore, to the "south side of Jesse Fletcher's house 
said house standing on lott No. 4 in the 5th range," long 
after the farm of Dr. Stillman Gibson, then turned toward 
the north, and in VI : 4, S. R., crossed the North Branch of 
the Souhegan at a point still marked by remaining stone- 
work of a bridge, passed, in VI : 3, S. R., the place soon to 
be known as the home of Peletiah Whittemore, later the sum- 
mer home of Dr. F. W. Jones, in VII : 3, S. R., the future 
site of the home of the Shattucks, the Farwells, and the Wil- 
lards in succession, and finally along the western line of VII : 
2 and VII: 1, S. R., passing the house of Benjamin Safiford 
and ending at the "country road," having in its progress legal- 
ized as a highway "Safiford lane," mentioned in the record 
two months earlier, but then probably a private way. 

In the same year a road was accepted "beginning at the 
Country Road neare the Bridges by Joseph Kidder's meddow 
so on the Comon land to lott No. 29, N. D.," that is, referring 
to present conditions, from the bridge between the Baptist 
church and the Soldiers' Monument eastward past the Dr. 
Preston house, afterward that of Seth King. Thence the road 
continued as at present across the turnpike, "over the saw- 
mill Brook and on as marks direct into the road that from 
mr. Jonathan Stevens to the mills and so in that road to said 
Stevens house" (26, N. D., later owned by Mark Farrar, and 
at present by A. E. Jowders). The road thence passed on 
the south side of the Stevens house to lot 22, N. D.. where 
it passed on the north of the Benjamin Knowlton — later the 
Chickering — house and northerly across the corner of lot 23, 
N. D., the future home of Capt. Ezra Towne, to 19, N. D., 
the home of Archibald White. 

In 1756 a road was accepted "from Abba Severons to the 
North end of Zachariah Adams' Lot." but the location of 
the beginning of that road is not quite definite. Abba Sev- 
erance had a lot in the northeasterly part of the town, but 

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the lot named in the road record must have been in "New 
Laid Out" range, probably lot 64, since the road ran northerly 
through the lot of David Nevins, XI : 4, S. R., and, as it can 
now be seen, along the eastern end of the south burying- 
ground, which was not established until twenty years later. 
Having crossed the river a short distance north of the present 
burying-ground, it continued its northerly course nearly upon 
the line between the tenth and eleventh south ranges for 
almost half a mile, and then turning eastward across X : 3, 
S. R., it soon connected with the road to Abijah Foster's, 
and seemed about to become a principal highway. But its 
route is now entirely obliterated, except its first quarter-mile, 
which is perhaps still the road to the farm so long owned 
by William Wheeler and his sons, and the brief extent be- 
side the burying-ground, which was longer retained in use 
by the later opening of another road extending in a more 
westerly direction than the first road, past the "Spaulding 
house" on XI : 3, S. R., a short distance to the west, and. 
at the northeast corner of the lot of Robert Crosby, later 
the "Fox farm," XII : 3, S. R., uniting with a road, accepted 
in 1759, along the eastern side of XII : 2, S. R., then the 
property of Amos Taylor, but afterward for many years 
known as the "Bucknam farm." A road from Amos Taylor's 
had been accepted at about the same date as the one from 
Abba Severance's, running easterly across XI: 1, S. R., and 
northerly along the east side of the same lot to a point on 
the broad central line of the town before mentioned about 
a quarter-mile west from the meeting-house, then in process 
of construction. This road was long known as the "malt- 
house road," and the cellar of the malt-house still remains 
on the east side of its namesake thoroughfare and a quarter- 
mile south from the central road. The "malt-house road" is 
still easily followed, but only the part lying on the west side 
of the road from Davis Village is now open. The three 
roads together for a considerable period furnished the favorite 
route to the meeting-house for the residents in the south- 
western part of the town. Apparently there were two or 
more dwellings on this road south of Amos Taylor's, but the 
names of the residents do not appear. 

In 1757 money was voted to make a road between Zacha- 
riah Adams's and Thomas Adams's, and as a bridge was nec- 
essary upon this way it may be inferred that the residence 

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New Highways 

of this latter Adams was on the southern side of the North 
Branch of the river. Probably this road through the greater 
part of its length was the road to Smith Village over "Apple- 
ton Hill," in nearly its position until its improvement fifty 
years ago by removal a little way toward the east. 

At the meeting in 1757, however, the needs of other than 
the newer portion of the township were considered, as a new 
road, now nearly if not quite obliterated, was recorded ex- 
tending from the road accepted two years before between 
Jonathan Stevens and Benjamin Knowlton, northerly to the 
central part of 27, N. D., a lot now long vacated, but then 
the home of Benjamin Proctor; and also another road be- 
ginning at the road between Benjamin Adams's, 25, N. D., 
(now Reed Tenney's,) and Jonathan Stevens's, 26, N. D., (now 
A. E. Jowders's,) extending westward to Benjamin King's, 34. 
N. D., (now H. Rafeuse's,) thence westerly and southerly to 
the mill upon "Saw Mill Brook," and south through Oliver 
Proctor's lot, 37, N. D., to the "country road." The follow- 
ing condition affixed to the acceptance of that road brings 
into clear recognition one difference between those days and 
this age of automobiles : "The road from the mill brook to 
Oliver Proctor's house and to the main road shall be a bridle 
road free from any incumbrance of the sd. Proctor's except 
good gates which are to be built and maintained at his cost 
except the outside gate next y® main road which is to be 
built by the Prop'^ and maintained by said Proctor." 

The highways of the town seem to have been but slightly 
extended during 1758, but the records present the acceptance 
of two short roads ; the first from the home of Abba Severance, 
then resident in 14, N. D., for many years the "Mansfield farm," 
through 18, N. D., owned by Peter Fletcher, to the house of 
Benjamin Knowlton, on 24, N. D., thus nearly completing 
the present "back Greenville road" to the town line ; and a 
short road now traced with considerable difficulty, from, the 
home of Benjamin King, 34, N. D., to the southwesterly cor- 
ner of Joseph Stevens's lot, 35, N. D. 

Three roads of 1759 in as many different sections show the 
steady progress during that year. The first extended from 
Ebenezer Heald's in III : 4, S. R., northerly "to y® Main 
Road." Indications of several cellars remain on or near its 
line, but the road has now practically disappeared, as also 
the probably older road of which no record appears, half a 

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mile or more in length, running southerly from Ebenezer 
Heald's to Col. Thomas Heald's, 187, N. L. O., on the "South 
Road" located two years earlier, as previously stated. 

A second road of 1759 continued the "South Road" a mile 
farther westward, from the home of Simeon Fletcher, who 
had succeeded Peter Fletcher, resident upon V : 4, S. R., in 
1755, past the farm perhaps already owned by John Brooks, 
but since Revolutionary days occupied by successive genera- 
tions of the Goen family, to Smith Village, which, however, 
it did not enter as at present near the bridge, but farther 
southward, where since 1838 the Smithville school-house has 
stood. The third road of that year shows the advance of 
the line of settlements toward the western part of the town 
by the provision for a road, still traceable, between the lots 
of Thomas Fletcher, 45, N. D., and Ichabod Howe, 49, N. D., 
to the "country road a little south of Reuben Kidder's dwell- 
ing," and at its southern end connecting with the Rindge 
road of five or six years' earlier establishment. A portion of 
the southern Rindge road also took its place as a road from 
Thomas Adams's house, one of the very few then on the 
present site of Smithville, to the home of Simeon Hildreth 
on XII : 4, S. R., later the "Chandler farm." 

The records of 1760 and 1761 show few new roads, but 
one should perhaps be mentioned from the home of Simeon 
Gould, 40, N. D., through the Joseph Stevens lot. 35, N. D., 
for many later years the "Wilson farm," to the "road to the 
meeting house" along the eastern side of Stevens's lot. Dur- 
ing the earlier period of Mr. Gould's residence, probably quite 
brief, it may be assumed that the route of his Sunday travel 
was along the still remaining path extending southerly 
through 43, N. D., the home of his brother Nathaniel, and 38, 
N. D., ten years later the home of Francis Appleton, and 
thence probably on or near the line of the road, the northern 
half-mile of which is now unused, to the mill road, already 
three or four years old. 

In 1762 the settlement of Nathaniel Carlton upon the farm 
long the home of Phineas Pratt and later of Amos J. Proctor, 
XIV: 2, S. R., called for the road, still in constant use, ex- 
tending westerly and northerly from the Carlton home and 
joining the Rindge road at a point a little westward from the 
old school-house of the "North District," No. 7, serving for 
many years as a poultry-house on the farm of George S. 

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Wheeler; and the progress of settlement in that part of the 
town is further evidenced by the record, less than a year 
later, of roads from the home of Isaac Howe to those of two 
of his neighbors on this frontier line, William Spear and 
Thomas Brown. Mr. Howe was the predecessor of Samuel 
C. Wheeler in the possession of 57, N. D., living in the 
wooden house, or at least on the same site, occupied by Mr. 
Wheeler until his erection of a brick dwelling a little northerly 
on the turnpike. William Spear's lot was the next to Mr. 
Howe's on the west, 61, N. D. His house long ago vanished, 
and the road by which it was approached can be followed 
only by careful search. The position of Thomas Brown is 
not quite certain, as the name is recorded as that of an early 
resident of 58, N. D., the nearest lot to that of Mr. Howe 
upon his north, and also in the same manner, on a different 
record, as living upon 70, N. D., a half-mile farther toward 
the west. It seems probable that he first settled upon the 
more distant lot, removing later to the more eastern one. 
If so, no successor chose the more elevated residence, while 
the nearly unbroken line of dwellers in the somewhat more 
accessible location testifies to its more desirable character and 
makes the assumed removal probable. But the road upon 
which Mr. Howe would have sought lot 70 would have taken 
him through lot 58, and is clearly evident through its full 
extent, although entirely impassable after crossing the turn- 
pike ; a new road leaving the turnpike some distance farther 
west than the old road now offers somewhat easier access 
to the house on 58, in later years known as the "Gilson 
house," which is now at the end of the road. For many 
years the road there divided, one branch extending to the 
"old country road." a quarter-mile north of Reuben Kidder's, 
and the other to lot 70, as above stated, but midway thither 
sending off a branch meeting the north line of the town at 
a point near the common corner of Temple and Sharon. That 
the farther of the two lots was the home of Mr. Brown at 
the time now considered is made more probable by the record 
of acceptance, two years later, of a "Bridle Road Beginning 
at the southwest corner of Josiah Walton's lot thence on the 
west line of Josiah Brown's lott to the Road from Thomas 
Browns Down to Isaac How's." The value of those roads 
in the early days is indicated by a vote passed eight years 
later to "Except the Road from Ringe by Josiah Browns to 

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History of New Ipswich 

Edmund Briants," evidently composed of both the roads just 
mentioned as divergino- from lot 58, and also nearly three 
miles of road now nearly or quite unused, but in early days 
passing the homes of Timothy Stearns, 151. A. D.. Henry 
Fletcher, 152. A. D.. David Rumrill. 138, A. D., and others, 
and leaving the town three-fourths of a mile south from its 
northwest corner. 

In 1764 a road was accepted from the north line of the 
town past the house of Capt. Joseph Parker in 44, N. D.. 
afterward the site of the New Ipswich AVater Cure, to the 
home of Simeon Gould in 40, N. D.. where it joined the 
earlier road to the embryonic Center Village. There are 
quite clear indications that before this new road was opened 
there had been a primitive thoroughfare from northern lo- 
calities which passed by Simeon Gould's and was probably 
continuous with the southerly path previously mentioned as 
passing the Francis Appleton house. Very possibly the tra- 
ditions of the youthful matrons of Temple who were accus- 
tomed to come, in equestrian style of those days, to the 
Sunday services of New Ipswich, antedating those of their 
later settled homes, may have survived in recollections of the 
passage through that woodland path. At the same meeting 
was accepted a road commencing at the road "from Dor- 
chester Canada" Cnow Ashburnham) a little north of the 
house of Hezekiah Corey on 79. A. D.. and extending south- 
westerly to the house of Joel Crosby on 81. A. D., the lo- 
cation of which is still preserved by the remaining traces 
of a cellar upon the west side of the old road, now barely 
passable at that point, which leads from Smith Village to 
the old "Breed farms," 80. A. D.. now owned bv Frederic 
and Willis Mansfield, and 82. A. D., at the end of the road, 
long the home of the retired seaman. Samuel Chandler. 

By action taken in 1765 and somewhat modified in 1767 
and 1770, provision was made for the convenience of a sec- 
tion of the town near the southern line, along which settle- 
ment was apparently advancing at that date, but in which 
the means of intercommunication seem in most places to 
have been private roads not yet legalized by the town. The 
various votes of that period of adjustment located two roads ; 
first, a part of the present southern road to Rindge. extend- 
ing from the eastern side of XII : 4, S. R.. then the home of 
Lieut. Stephen Adams, Jr., and later the property of Roger 

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New Highways 

Chandler and his descendants, through a corner of XIII : 4, 
S. R., then the home of Col. Joseph Parker, and onward 
through the land of Simeon Wright, 98, N. L. O., later the 
home of Roger Ryan, John Nutting, and Almon A. Hill in 
succession, to a point somewhat west of the summit of Binney 
Hill, 100, N. L. O., where were then the homes of John 
Walker and Oliver Wright. From that point it would seem 
that a passable way, private or accepted by the town, may 
be assumed as offering passage to the "Governor's Road," 
extending from "Governor's Hill," as the western side of 
Binney Hill was termed, across the state line at lot 86. 
A. D. 

The second road of that location and period diverged 
southerly from the first road just given near the line be- 
tween XI : 4 and XII : 4, S. R.. passed just west of the barn 
of Samuel Parker, whose home was on XI : 4, where a cellar, 
now entirely evident, probably marks the place of his resi- 
dence, through the land of Simeon Hildreth, a part of XII : 
4, whence the traces of his cellar were removed more than 
fifty years ago, to the home of Dea. James Chandler on the 
summit of "Page Hill," XIII : 2, N. L. O., thence through the 
farms of Jesse and Abraham Carlton, 85, A. D., later the 
Stone farm, and that of Stephen Adams, Sr., 84, A. D., for 
many years the Blanchard farm, and finally reached the 
lot of John Wheeler, 86, A. D., at or near the state line, 
where in due time union was made with the "Governor's 
Road" before mentioned. The part of that road lying north 
of Dea. Chandler's has long been discontinued, having been 
replaced by the road ascending Page Hill from Smith Vil- 
lage more directly, but the old way is easily followed through 
most of its extent. The more southern portion of the road 
was subjected to frequent minor changes of position in early 
years, but the road practically the same still continues to 
do the duty for which it was designed. 

In 1768 it was voted "to open the Road through m"". 
Joseph Kidder's Land to accomodate the South East Treavil 
to the Meeting House" and also through Benjamin Safford's 
land to his barn ; that is the half-mile of road known in the 
former history as Main or Barrett street. 

In 1770 the facility of communication between the north- 
ern and southern lines of farms advancing toward the moun- 
tain line at the west was much increased by a road from the 

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History of New Ipswich 

road between XIV: 2 and XV: 2, S. R., built for the ac- 
commodation of Nathaniel Carlton eight years before, to the 
region soon to be the home of Stephen Hildreth, if he had not 
already arrived ; there seems to have been some practicable 
route not definitely recorded between his home, XIV : 2, S. R., 
and the road to Binney Hill. 

At this date the greater part of the town had acquired 
so complete a network of streets, including no small number 
concerning the origin of which no record has been found, 
that a further continuance of the record of the creation of 
additional thoroughfares does not seem expedient, as it will 
not throw sufficient additional light upon the progress of 
the town. Occasionally, however, a record of later date 
seems to have relations that ought not to pass unnoticed. 

In 1771 the "bridle road" toward Rindge extending from 
Simeon Wright's to John Walker's was made an "Open Road" 
and continued to Rindge line, passing, by an old route now 
traceable through the woodland with considerable difficulty, 
a short distance south of Binney Pond and on to the Rindge 
line not more than forty rods farther north than the present 
road past the ruins of the old school-house of the union 
New Ipswich and Rindge district. A branch from that road 
not far west from Binney Pond turned northerly to lot 106, 
N. L. O., the home of "Capt. James Preston," later of Richard 
Wheeler. The last quarter-mile of that road is located with- 
out difficulty. 

In 1775 a road from the house of Aaron Chamberlain, 
(now of I. E. Aldrich,) 56, N. L. O., to the road from Smith 
Village to the Breed farms was accepted. Doubtless that 
was the more northerly of the two roads which might be 
thus described, that is the one meeting the Breed road at 
the old "Collins house," 60, N. L. O., now closed. The south- 
erly road meeting the Breed road near the Breed house on 
80, A. D., then occupied by Daniel Ramsdell, was voted in 
1843. The road easterly from the Chamberlain house to the 
Ashburnham road was not voted until 1832. the only high- 
way to that farm before that date being the one first pre- 
sented above under the date of 1775. 

In 1780 the road was accepted from Col. Thomas Heald's 
house upon 187, N. L. O., later the Estabrooks tavern, south- 
erly to Abel Hildreth's on the Ashl)y line. 68, A. D. 

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The Turnpike 

In 1816 the demand for a more direct route from the 
eastern part of the town to the Congregational church re- 
cently erected on the spot now held by its successor was 
satisfied by the construction of the road from the hill west 
of the farmhouse of Benjamin Champney to the church. 

In 1817 the present road ascending Page Hill from a 
point upon the Rindge road about one-fourth of a mile 
southerly from Smith Village and meeting the old road be- 
tween the Joseph Warren house and that of Stillman Gib- 
son, previously the property of Dea. Joseph Chandler, on 
XIII : 2, N. L. O.. was accepted. The southerly branch 
road to the house of Jeremiah Prichard, since for a long time 
known as the "William Wheeler farm," was made at the same 
time. 

In 1828 the river road from the High Bridge to the Mason 
fnow Greenville) town line was constructed, and in 1836 the 
road extending southeasterly from the Congregational church 
and meeting the road from the Bank Village to Dr. Stillman 
Gibson's at "the whirlpool." 

That part of the Rindge road passing just westerly of 
Smith Village which lies farther north than the shop built 
by Charles Taylor, but now owned by Hughes, was built in 
1847, and the southern portion three years later. 

In 1853 the road from the western part of the Bank Vil- 
lage to a point on the turnpike about midway between the 
Center Village and the High Bridge was built through VI: 1, 
S. R.. and also the road from the northern end of Gibson 
Village to the "Willard house" near the center of VII : 3, 
where it connects with the old road of 1755 running past 
that house. 

The record of the prominent roads of the town would 
be far from complete if the story of the turnpike, following 
approximately the line appearing earliest upon maps of New 
Ipswich, were omitted. Although that enterprise, designed 
for public convenience and private emolument, long ago met 
the fate of similar projects elsewhere, it really for a time 
was a noteworthy element in the activities of the town, and 
it seems strange to those who can recall the middle of the 
preceding century that members of the younger generation 
hardly know accurately what its name means, or that it ever 
was anything more than a street of the Center Village. But 
this promising highway, entering New Ipswich at the Wheeler 

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History of New Ipswich 

tavern in 5, A. D., and leaving it near the northwest corner 
of the town, was a noted route for rapid travel a century 
ago, and still more valued by the owners of the four- or 
six-horse wagons which in those days conveyed the farmer's 
crops to market, and the desired goods, bought in the same 
lower country towns, on the return trip. But the turnpike and 
the four rather noted taverns scattered along the nine miles of 
its length within the town, elements in the circulatory system 
of those earlier days, have no place in the age of railroads 
and have disappeared. 

The story of the turnpike, written by one who clearly 
remembered the days of its activity, is here copied from the 
former history of the town, 

"At the very commencement of the century the 'Third 
New Hampshire Turnpike' was projected. It was very 
strongly opposed by those in the westerly part of the town 
through whose lands it was to pass, and who wished to have 
it take a more southerly route, and gave rise to some riotous 
proceedings by no means creditable to those concerned. One 
party sustained the contractors in breaking through the lands, 
while another did what they could, by threats and annoy- 
ances, to drive oflf the working party. Ploughs, shovels, and 
other implements were carried off or mutilated, and not a 
few bruised heads and lawsuits resulted. 

"The turnpike was fifty miles long, extending from 
Townsend to Walpole. Its location was as bad as it could 
well be, and was laid out on the idea that the most direct 
course was both the shortest and the most expeditious ; hence 
there was the tugging directly over the summit of steep 
hills, when it would have been as near to go round them on 
nearly level ground. The contract for constructing it was 
chiefly taken by Col. Bellows of Walpole, assisted by Squire 
Hartwell and others ; and sections of it were undertaken in 
this town by Seth Wheeler and Maj. Adams. It proved an 
unprofitable enterprise. It cost about $50,000, divided into 
shares of $200. A very small dividend was declared for a 
few years; but in 1813 the stock had depreciated so much 
that it sold for twelve dollars a share ; and about the year 
1819, for some small sum, which was raised b)'' voluntary sub- 
scription, it was made a free road and adopted by the town. 
The toll-gates were placed, one at the foot of the hills in 
Mason, and the other near where the Rindge road turns off 

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The Turnpike 

above the Flat Mountain. The people above this latter gate, 
however, did not choose to pay toll for coming to the village, 
and therefore cut a road around it. Travellers and teams 
soon learned to avail themselves of the same loophole, and 
the directors found it more judicious to allow the citizens 
and their neighbors to travel two or three miles free, and 
catch those who travelled long distances ; so the gate was 
removed westward to near the borders of the town." 



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CHAPTER II 

NEW IPSWICH IN VARIOUS FORMS— GRANTS, CLAIMS, 
CHARTERS, AND SURVEYS 



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i -'- tory of New 
England shows 
that many a 
town, when it 
first lawfully 
received a dis- 
tinctive appel- 
lation, was of 
far too broad 
extent for a per- 
manent unity 
oof feeling in 
local matters, 
and so with passing years 
it became expedient to 
recognize the more or less 
divergent desires of different sections, and to make such divi- 
sions as would permit local differences and yet retain harmo- 
nious action upon broader common interests. Such were 
many of the early New England units. But New Ipswich 
had no such experience ; it was never a part of an earlier town, 
nor did it witness the birth of a younger town in its own area. 
It might, therefore, seem that its form must have been 
ever the same, and that no such rather complicated figure 
as is presented in the margin could have a place in its his- 
tory. But this graphic presentation gives no suggestion of 
the division by some stress within a larger unit ; the causes 
of the varying boundaries must be sought at a distance. 
Space cannot be taken here for a full discussion of the vary- 
ing interests which had a part in the decision of the loca- 
tion and conditions of New Ipswich, and without doubt some 
threads in the tangled web of causes and effects left no 
clearly formed, intelligible figures in the result. 

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Errors in Early Grants 

But perhaps a brief presentation of two of the more po- 
tent causes of the tardy determination of the town bound- 
aries will satisfy the general reader. These causes were, 
first, the general ignorance of the English authorities in re- 
lation to the immense American areas under their rule, and 
second, the long continued hostility between the parties of 
the Puritan and the Cavalier. 

The permanence of the first of those causes is suggested 
by a map of the New England region published as late as 
1768 in an atlas evidently prepared for the use of the upper 
classes in England, as its price was six guineas, in which 
the name "New Ipswich" was applied to the southern part 
of Winchendon, Mass., previously known as "Ipswich Can- 
ada," while the true New Ipswich, which at that time had 
been an incorporated town for six years, was shown, as on 
an older map of 1748, as a square designated by the words, 
"To Ipswich," which was so misplaced by a rotation of 
twenty-five degrees that its southern and eastern sides crossed 
the state line, thus locating one-twentieth of the area of the 
town, at its southeastern corner, in Massachusetts. But this 
was a very insignificant error in comparison with those of 
the early grants, apparently sometimes the result of care- 
lessness, but more frequently due to a more or less defined 
l)elief that the American rivers flowing into the Atlantic 
necessarily flowed approximately parallel from the western 
region, so that grants of land might conveniently be bounded 
by these streams and by lines running westwardly from their 
headwaters to the Pacific Ocean, the distance to that body 
of water being entirely unsuspected. Evidently any consid- 
erable deviation of the rivers from their assumed parallel di- 
rections must superimpose two or more grants and present 
for decision very difficult problems of ownership-. The case 
of New Ipswich presented difficulties due in part to a care- 
less overlapping of grants, but in part also to the unwarranted 
assumption concerning the lines of river courses, both the 
errors of "the Council established at Plymouth in the County 
of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing 
of New England in America," in whose charter granted by 
King James I, November 3. 1620, the territory included in the 
grant was defined as "lying and being in breadth from Forty 
Degrees of Northerly Latitude from the Equinoctial Line to 
the Forty Eighth Degree of the said Northerly Latitude, in- 

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History of New Ipswich 

clusively, and in length of and within all the breadth afore- 
said throughout all the Main Lands from Sea to Sea." 

Two grants made by that "Council of Plymouth" demand 
attention in considering the troubles of the settlers in New 
Ipswich more than a century afterward, although later ac- 
tion of King Charles I and also of King William and Queen 
Mary complicated the question to some extent. On August 
10, 1662, the Council granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and 
Capt. John Mason, both members of the Council and the one 
first named its president, 

all that part of the main land in New England lying upon the sea-coast 
betwixt y^ rivers of Merrimack and Sagadahock, and to the furthest 
heads of the said rivers, and soe forwards up into the land westward 
until three-score miles be finished from y** first entrance of the afore- 
said rivers, and half way over; that is to say, to the midst of the said 
two rivers w'"* bounds and limitts the lands aforesaid together with all 
the islands and isletts within five leagues distance of y" premises and 
abutting upon y'' same or any part or parcell thereof. 

Later grants to the same parties apparently cover the same 
ground in part, but confirm the center line of the Merrimack 
river as the southern boundary. 

But upon March 19, 1627/8, the Council granted to "Sir 
Henry Roswell, Sir John Young, Knights, Thomas Southcott, John 
Humphreys, John Endicott, and Simon IVhetcombe'' 

all that part of New England in America aforesaid, which lyes and ex- 
tends between a great River there, commonly called Monomack alias 
Merrimack, and a certain other River there called Charles River, being 
in a bottom of a certain Bay there commonly called Massachusetts, alias 
Mattachusetts, alias Massatusetts Bay, and also all and singular those 
Lands and Hereditaments whatsoever, lying and being within the space 
of three English Miles on the South part of the said Charles River, or of 
any and every Part thereof; and also all and singular the Lands and He- 
reditaments whatsoever, lying and being within the space of three English 
Miles to the Southward of the southernmost part of said Bay called 
the Massachusetts, alias Mattachusetts, alias Massatusetts Bay; and also 
all those Lands and Hereditaments whatsoever which lye and be within 
the space of three English Miles to the Northward of the said River 
called Monomack, alias Merrimack, or to the Northward of any and 
every part thereof, and all Lands and Hereditaments whatsoever lying 
within the limits aforesaid North and South in Latitude, and in Breadth, 
and in Length, and longitude, of and within all the breadth aforesaid 
throughout the Main Lands there, from the Atlantick and Western Sea 
and Ocean on the East part to the South Sea on the West part, and 
all Lands and Grounds, Place and Places, Soil, Woods and Wood- 
Grounds, Havens, Ports, Rivers, Waters, Fishing and Hereditaments 



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I 



The Massachusetts Claim 

whatsoever, lying within the said bounds and limits, and every part 
and parcell thereof. 

A year later this grant was confirmed by King Charles I, 
who at the same timie constituted the grantees and others 
who had been admitted during the year as their associates, a 
corporation bearing the title "The Governor and Company 
of the Massachusetts Bay in New England." 

Obviously the strip of land three miles in width along 
the northern bank of the Merrimack River which was in- 
cluded in both of those grants was certain to cause trouble 
sooner or later ; but the unrecognized fact that the river flowed 
in a southerly direction instead of toward the east until within 
about thirty miles of the sea was still more threatening, as 
it was uncertain which grant included the large extent of 
land lying westerly from that part of the Merrimack above 
the point of change in its direction. While the doubtful ter- 
ritory remained inhabited only by Indians and hunters no 
practical questions demanded solution, and the location of 
the "furthest head" of the river from which, according to 
Gorges and Mason's grant, the bounds were to extend "soe 
forwards up into the land westward," was left unsettled, al- 
though the claims of each party were known. Massachusetts 
claimed the three-mile strip on the eastern side of the river 
nearly to Lake Winnipisaukee, where, as was claimed, the 
river was formed by the union of two smaller streams, while 
New Hampshire asserted that the name had never been rightly 
applied to the stream above the farthest incoming of the salt 
water at high tide, which was near Haverhill, Mass. 

For many years there was no appeal to English authority ; 
but had the attention of the home powers been invoked there 
seems little doubt that there would have been a clear division 
along the party lines so sharply drawn in the middle of the 
seventeenth century, the Royal-Episcopalian sentiment favor- 
ing Gorges and Mason, and the dissenting element which 
brought the Commonwealth into power their fellow-partisans 
in Massachusetts. At all events it is a striking coincidence 
that 1653, the year in which Cromwell turned the key behind 
the Long Parliament, also saw the name of Governor John 
Endicott cut upon a rock, afterward covered by the rising 
waters of Lake Winnipisaukee, as establishing the north- 
eastern corner of Massachusetts. 

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History of New Ipswich 

The Gorges and Mason claim was divided at an early 
date, the doubtful section being taken by Mason, but neither 
he nor those to whom, later the Masonian claim was as- 
signed thought it advisable to enter upon a vigorous contest. 
But about 1725 settlers began to multiply on the disputed 
region by virtue of grants from Massachusetts, which was 
not at all averse to securing that possession which so often 
proves to be "nine points of the law," and an era of pro- 
tests, committees, and commissions ensued, with a final refer- 
ence to the King, George II, who on March 5, 1739/40, 
decided that the river should be followed only as far as its 
course was from the west, and in determining the point of 
departure from the river, he gave New Hampshire a strip 
fourteen miles in width which she had not claimed, including 
of course New Ipswich, in which the only settlers were 
Abijah Foster with wife and daughter and probably infant 
son Ebenezer in their new home near the spot to be afterward 
occupied by Union Hall. Perhaps Jonas Woolson had re- 
turned from his winter sojourn in Littleton, Mass., and may 
have been at work preparing a home for his future wife where 
now stands the home of the Country Club, or he may have 
been in company with Benjamin Hoar, who had come with 
similar purpose to the next lot toward the river. 

Immediately after the decision of the king, Jonathan 
Belcher, governor-in-chief over both provinces, sought a joint 
survey of the common state line from the designated point, 
three miles north from Pawtucket Falls, due west to the 
Hudson River. New Hampshire at once assented, but for 
some reason the Massachusetts authorities delayed action, 
and on March 24, 1740/1, Surveyor Richard Hazzen with 
chainmen and other suitable assistants entered upon that duty, 
which he completed seventeen days later. A few lines from 
his private journal are here quoted which shoAv the changes 
in town boundaries made necessary by the establishment of 
the new line, that the line might not divide any town. 

In the Course from the point where I first Set out the Line Cros' 
through part of Dracutt and Nottingham, and leaves but a small part 
of Dracutt Northerly of it; but, the Greatest part of Nottingham, the 
Greatest part of Dunstable falls on the Northerly side and but a Small 
part of Groton, and Townsend; the Greatest part of the Towns of New 
Ipswich Rowley Cannada & Sylvester, fall Northerly of the line, by 
the best Information I can gett : the Greatest part of Winchester if 

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The Ipswich Grant 

not all falls on the Northerly Side, and a third part of the lands of 
Northfeild, if not more, tho but Two Houses Only: There are many 
other Towns further North which were beyond my observation laid out 
& peopled by the Massachusetts Bay. 

The result of the conditions which have been considered 
upon the formation of New Ipswich may now be presented 
in more definite form, and perhaps the motive of the initial 
step can be stated no better than in the words of the early 
American historian, Dr. William Douglass, quoted in the for- 
mer history of the town as follows : "About the middle of the 
last century, the General Assembly of Massachusetts was in 
the humor of distributing the property of much vacant or 
Province land; perhaps in good policy and forethought, to 
secure to the Massachusetts people, by possession, the property 
of part of some controverted lands." .... "Our Assem- 
bly, at that time, were in such a hurry to appropriate vacant 
lands, that several old towns were encouraged to petition for an 
additional new township ; and when they were satiated, the As- 
sembly introduced others, by way of bounty to the descend- 
ants of the soldiers in the Indian War of King Philip, so 
called, (1675,) and these were called Narragansett tozvnships; 
and others to the soldiers in Sir William Phipps' expedition 
into Canada, (1690,) which were called Canada townships^ 

Many of those grants were made in 1735/6, and on Janu- 
ary 15 of that year New Ipswich was granted to petitioners 
largely from Ipswich, Mass., whence the name of the new 
social unit, not yet a town, although later events destroyed 
the original predominance of settlers from Ipswich and neigh- 
l)oring towns. The grant was made in the following terms : 

PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 

Jany 15th, 1735-36. In the House of Representatives. 

In answer to the Petition of John Wainwright and John Choat 
Esqr. Representatives of the town of Ipswich, In behalf of sundry in- 
habitants of sd town, Voted that the prayer be granted and that John 
Wainwright and John Choat Esqrs, with such as shall be joyned by 
the Honorable board be a committee at the charge of the Grantees 
and such of the Inhabitants as they shall think proper, to lay out a 
township of six miles square in some of the unappropriated lands of 
the Province and that they return a plat thereof to this court within 
twelve months for confirmation, and that for the more effectual bringing 
forward the settlement of the sd new town; Ordered that the said 
town be laid out into sixty-three equal shares, one of which to be for 
the first settled minister, one for the ministry and one for the school, 

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History of New Ipswich 

and that on each of the other sixty shares, the Grantees do within 
three years after the confirmation of the plan settle one good family 
who shall have a house built on his home lot of eighteen feet square 
and seven feet stud at the least, and finished; that each right or Grantee 
have six acres of Land brought to and plowed or brought to English 
Grass and fitted for mowing, that they settle a learned and orthodox 
minister and build a convenient Meeting house for the public worship 
of God, and that said committee take bond of each Settler of forty pounds 
for his complying with the conditions of settlement, and that each settler 
that shall fail of performing the aforesaid conditions shall forfeit his 
share or right in the new town to the Government and the same to be 
disposed of as they shall see cause. 

In Council read and concurred and Thomas Berry, Esqr. is joined 
with the committee in the said affair. 

Consented to, J. BELCHER. 

In accordance with the above action a township six miles 
square was soon after laid out by Surveyor Jonas Houghton 
of Ipswich, and the plot, a mere outline, was returned to the 
General Court for approval. In the record of action thereon 
it is described as "bordering Southerly on a township laid 
out to Tileston and others, Canada Soldiers, and adjoyning 
to the town of Townsend," but apparently the word "adjoyn- 
ing" was not to be taken literally, as it was voted that it 
"be accepted as it is reformed by the pricked lines as within 
set forth so as it adjoyns to Townsend," showing that, as was 
often the case in the early township surveys, such land was 
chosen as seemed most desirable to the grantees with little 
consideration whether the strips lying between the new town- 
ship and its nearest neighbors were sufficient for the forma- 
tion of other new townships in due time. In this case, how- 
ever, the General Court deemed it advisable to leave no such 
intermediate space, and so removed the new township nearly 
four miles eastward, at the same time changing its form 
from a square to a figure not far removed from a rhomboid 
in order that it might conform to the western line of Towns- 
end, then considerably larger than in later years. 

The embryonic New Ipswich is represented in the initial 
diagram of this chapter by the square ABCD, and its figure 
after legal birth by EFGHJK. The exact position of the square 
is somewhat uncertain, but probably it included a little more 
than one-half of the present New Ipswich, its eastern bound- 
ary line passing a little eastward of the summit of Kidder 
Mountain, thence southerly just east of Davis Village and 
through the site of Smith Village, and crossing the state 

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The Changing Boundaries 

line in the region long known as the "Breed farms," lots 80, 
82, A. D., it located the southeastern corner, C, in Ashby, a 
few rods south of the state line. The other corners were 
situated approximately as follows : The northwestern cor- 
ner, A, in Jaffrey, a mile northward from Squantum Village; 
the northeastern corner, B, in Temple, south of Temple 
Mountain, but a mile eastward from Spofford Gap ; and 
the southwestern corner, D, near the point where the state 
line crosses the eastern side of Monomonac Pond. 

According to the plat of Surveyor Houghton the direc- 
tion of the western side of the square was N. 12° E., but as 
at that date the western variation of the needle was not far 
from ten degrees, the deviation of the southern line from a 
true east and west direction must have been about two de- 
grees, which agrees with later determinations as nearly as 
could be expected. 

The accepted position of the town after its removal to 
the east between its prolonged northern and southern bound- 
aries is less uncertain than that of the square, but the existing 
early records are not such as can give great accuracy. That 
its northwestern corner, E, was in Sharon, and about three- 
fourths of a mile southerly from the site of the present brick 
schoolhouse ; the northeastern corner, F, in the southwestern 
corner of Wilton, near the Temple line ; the southeastern cor- 
ner, H, a few rods beyond the Massachusetts line, and nearly 
south from the site of the "George Ramsdell house" east of 
Whittemore Hill, on 70, A. D. ; and the southwestern corner, 
/, about three-fourth of a mile west of the present south- 
western corner near the Rindge turnpike, is nearly correct. 

The records of the Massachusetts Proprietors are not 
known to be in existence, and the details of the work of the 
early years is very imperfectly known. It is evident, however, 
that the conditions in respect to improvement of shares within 
three years were by no means fulfilled, probably to a great 
extent because the title to the lands soon became understood 
to be very uncertain. The most valuable of the early papers 
which have been found is perhaps the map mentioned on the 
first page of chapter one. It bears no date, but the words 
"Province Line on this Side" written a little way beyond 
the northern line of the township show that it antedated 
Hazzen's survey of 1740-1 ; and the abbreviated name of some 
tree at nearly every lot corner indicates that the survey was 

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History of New Ipswich 

made while yet the entire town was practically a wilderness. 
Only 128 lots are designated upon the map, those included 
in the North Division and the South Ranges, comprising a 
block four miles square. The positions of the streams, as 
given on this early map, make it certain that the lots are 
identical with those bearing the same numbers on later maps, 
but by some error, probably of a draughtsman who constructed 
the map from the notes of the surveyor without visiting the 
land himself, the portion of the township there represented 
is made its southeast corner, and a now somewhat indistinct 
line of writing seems to declare it to border on Dorchester 
Canada, located where now are Ashburnham and Ashby. 
Without doubt those lots numbered in the earliest survey 
should have been represented one mile from the southern line 
of the town, thus leaving a strip not divided into lots one 
mile in width along the north line of the town, as well as the 
south line. The boundaries of the lots were naturally laid 
out parallel to the township lines, and hence there were no 
rectangular lots, a condition continuing to the present day 
to the great discomfiture of surveyors seeking boundaries de- 
pendent upon early lot lines, an inconvenience greatly in- 
creased by a small angle in the Townsend line, necessarily 
transferred to the New Ipswich line and thence to the approx- 
imately north and south boundaries of lots throughout the en- 
tire block now considered, and containing about one-half the 
area of the town. It may be here added that the later division 
of the remaining half was so made as to give additional 
variety to the angles, and to make reference to ancient land- 
marks still more difficult. 

But despite the serious defects mentioned, that ancient 
map is very valuable, if for no other reason than its presenta- 
tion of the names of those owning the lots settled in the 
early days of the town, there being only four lots of the 
entire number in the sixteen square miles the ownership of 
which is not designated. But it is somewhat surprising to 
find how few are the names continuing from "Old Ipswich" 
far into the history of New Ipswich. It is not certain that 
even one of the sixty-one lot-owners whose names are borne 
upon that early map became a resident in the town, although 
apparently William Brown, the owner of lot 30, N. D., after- 
ward long the home of his son Ebenezer, probably came to 
New Ipswich about 1763 and remained several years. Thomas 

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The Early Settlers 

Dennis, owner of lot 57, N. D., appears as owner of the same 
lot in 1750, but he resided in town very briefly, if at all. 
Thomas Adams and Isaac Appleton, however, earnestly con- 
tinued their interest in the town, were the two largest land- 
owners at the time of its second birth, and although neither 
of them changed his own residence to New Ipswich, their 
sons, Benjamin and Ephraim Adams and Isaac and Francis 
Appleton, were among the prominent citizens of their genera- 
tion. No descendants of any of the four Ipswich grantees 
here mentioned have continued one of these family names 
in town to the present time, although it is by no means im- 
probable that some of the later settlers bearing the names 
Foster, Howe. Knowlton, Potter. SaiTord, Smith, Start, or 
Warren, may have descended from kinsmen of the early lot- 
owners. But a considerable amount of careful search has 
failed to disclose any lines of direct descent. 

Two conditions joined to cause such a change, so unusual 
in New England history. Those early settlers were by no 
means fickle and impetuous men, expecting, like many who 
have in later years left New England for the West, to acquire 
wealth in only a few years, and in default of such success 
ready to remove again. In a large majority of cases they 
were earnest, deliberate workers, planning to secure by 
sturdy, continued efifort, a comfortable home in which they 
might rear children like themselves among whom, in the home 
they planned to make, they might pass their later years. Such 
plans do not change for nought, nor from sudden impulse. 
But in the case of New Ipswich and other towns granted by 
Massachusetts at about the same date, in the southwestern 
portion of New Hampshire, a special potent condition had 
a place. The claim of John Mason, presented earlier in this 
chapter, at the time now under consideration more than a 
hundred years old. and in the hands of John Tufton Mason, 
sixth in the line of descent from its original owner, was so 
long neglected during the time of special strength in English 
councils of the dissenting party that apparently it was al- 
most forgotten, and after the English Restoration its possible 
value found recognition very slowly. But at about the time 
of the rapid creation of Massachusetts townships in the dis- 
puted territory, perhaps indeed caused by that forward move- 
ment, the ancient claim became more real in public thought, 
with a resulting delay on the part of grantees to enter upon 

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History of New Ipswich 

their distant possessions and a sad loss of enthusiasm on 
the part of those who had entered upon the work of wresting 
from the wilderness a home which, after all the faithful labor, 
might not be theirs. And when immediately after the first 
three or four little spots had been opened beside the old 
"country road" the surveyor ran the line which so clearly 
might utterly invalidate all their claims, it is not surprising 
that enthusiasm weakened and the advance nearly ceased. 
Still a few settlers came from various places ; Jonas Woolson 
from Watertown in some way succeeded to the lots of Mark 
Howe, an Ipswich grantee, Benjamin Hoar from Littleton 
secured the lots of Robert Potter, another Ipswich grantee, 
but made his home on the "country road" near the home of 
Jonas Woolson, Joseph Stevens from Townsend instead of 
Jeremiah Smith, and so on until there may have been a 
dozen or more dwellings in the eastern part of the town. 
But in 1748 the second adverse condition appeared. Hitherto 
the settlers had seen little of the Indians, and no trouble in 
this respect had been experienced, nor at this time did the 
Indians enter New Ipswich. But they came with hostile pur- 
pose altogether too near the few isolated houses of the little 
settlement to make it seem expedient for the families to 
remain thus exposed. A party of about eighty Indians burned 
the house of John Fitch near the southern line of Ashby, and 
carried him with his wife and children to Canada, where they 
were held prisoners for several months. The inhabitants of 
New Ipswich with a single exception fled to a blockhouse at 
Townsend, where they remained several weeks, until they 
learned that the Indians had passed the Connecticut River 
on their way to Canada. The one resident who refused to 
abandon his home was Capt. Moses Tucker, who had won 
his title in previous contest with the Indians and disdained 
a retreat. The meeting-house which, in accordance with the 
conditions of the grant, had been built on the north side of 
the "country road," midway between that road and the sum- 
mit of the hill just east from the present Academy, was burned 
during their absence. 

It cannot be denied that the prospect of a long continu- 
ance for that little group of families, dwelling in a few cleared 
openings in the wilderness scattered over an area perhaps 
two by three miles in extent, was by no means hopeful. The 
details of the condition are practically unknown. Probably 

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John Tufton Mason 

no official records were made within the settlement — the 
methods of life were too primitive to require them ; the greater 
part of the Proprietors were still resident in Ipswich, Mass., 
where Thomas Norton, a graduate from Harvard College, was 
their clerk and treasurer, and undoubtedly kept a record of 
the Proprietors' meetings ; but very few facts concerning their 
activities are now known. Some light is thrown upon the 
early activities of the settlement by a later petition signed 
by twenty-eight of the sixty-one grantees or their successors, 
who in 1767 asked of the General Court compensation for 
their losses caused by the failure of the title which they had 
received from the Court, and relying upon which they had 
"built a Meeting House, a saw mill, Bridges, &c, besides Ex- 
pending a great deal on their Several Rights." 

However, ere long the fathers of the town, who with their 
wives and children could not have far exceeded one hundred 
in number, found a way by which they might "out of the 
nettle danger pluck the flower safety," but the presentation 
of that process demands the recall of John Tufton Mason, 
before mentioned, who in 1746 was thirty-three years of age 
and was a captain stationed at Louisburg. Apparently the 
founding of towns and similar activities were not his chosen 
avocation, and he desired that he might, for a due considera- 
tion, transfer his title to the government of the Province, a 
change which he believed would be "Expedient to the Well- 
fare of the Inhabitants." But failing to effect such transfer, 
apparently, in part at least, by reason of an Entail in John 
Mason's will, he proceeded, according to a letter believed to 
have been written by George Jaffrey, afterward clerk of the 
purchasers, to John Tomlinson, to dispose of it as stated in 
that letter below : 

In June 1746 Cap* Mason at his own Expence had a Common 
Recovery pass'd at y^ court of Common Pleas to dock y^ Entail of his 
Ancestor's Will, and being determin'd to make Sale of his Right in 
New Hampshire which descended to him by that will he generously 
offered to Sell it to People of New Hampshire before any others, from 
a just Apprehension of y^ pernicious Consequence the Selling it to our 
friendly Neighbors would be to all y^ Inhabitants within a short time 
after y^ Process of y"" Common Recovery was Compleated Cap* Mason 
offered to make Sale of his Said Right to Gentlemen whom he know 
were Friends to the Prosperity of this Province or nearly related to 
Such & none refused to purchase of him, and of those Persons I 
believe every man in a political or private Capacity Sollicited the mem- 

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History of New Ipswich 

bers of y' Assembly to Comply with your Agreement with Mason. 
Cap* Mason being then under Order to repair to his Post at Louis- 
bourg in a few days, hasten'd y^ Coming to a Conclusion of the Sale in 
his Right, and a meeting was proposed at his Request to agree with him 
upon the affait, & when met it was proposed to defer y^ matter, to 
See if y" Assembly who were then Sitting would not comply with y*" 
Agreement but Cap* Mason considered y" length of time Since it first 
lay before them and more than a month since y^ Common Recovery 
pass'd to dock y* entail, and y* disdainfull usage his personal Applica- 
tions met with from y* Assembly that he was then Resolved to have 
no further communication with them upon y^ affair so nothing further 
could be offered upon that head — there were twelve of ye purchasers 
present and it was proposed that you should have a part equal to any 
of y* purchasers and Cap* Mason reserved and equal part for you and 
an equal part Designed for Jn° Rindge and the Sum in Consideration 
of y^ Sale was by halfe as much more than you agreed with Mason for 
y*" Government, then the Form of a Deed was y*" Subject of Considera- 
tion Coir Atkinson was to have ^^, conveyed to him one for himselfe 
& two of w'''' intended to be reconvey to Mason one of w"" he designed 
for you another for 'himselfe M H. W — th -45 his own and for Jn° 
Rindge then a minor — the other ten part to y" Persons named. 

The plan sketched in that letter was carried into effect 
upon July 30, 1746, the consideration named being £1500, for 
which sum John Tufton Mason conveyed the broad expanse 
of country with western boundary still somewhat uncertain, 
but including many settlements from whose inhabitants the 
establishment of the northern line of Massachusetts had taken 
all legal title to the farms upon which they had labored, to 
new owners afterward known as the "Masonian Proprietors." 
The twelve purchasers named in the deed were "Theodore 
Atkinson, Richard Wibird, John Moffatt. Mark Hunking 
Wentworth, Samuel Moore, Jotham Adiorne jun"" & Joshua 
Peirce Esqrs. Nathaniel Meserve. George Jaffrey jun'" & John 
Wentworth jun"" Gentlemen all of Portsmouth aforesaid & 
Thomas Wallingford of Summerworth in said Province Esq"" 
& Thomas Packer of Greenland in y** Province aforesaid 
Esq'," but in fulfilment of the arrangement with ATessrs. At- 
kinson and Wentworth at the time of the purchase, John 
Tufton Mason, John Tomlinson, and John Rindge were soon 
added to the numbers, and before action was taken in respect 
to New Ipswich the list was further lengthened by the names 
of Samuel Solley, Clement March, Matthew Livermore, Wil- 
liam Parker, and Joseph Blanchard, the last three being given 
membership in return for legal assistance and advice. Daniel 
Peirce and Mary Moore succeeded to the ])lace of Samuel 

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Moore, and since Solley and March together had but one right, 
and the same ownership appears between Tomlinson and Ma- 
son, the power holding the fate of the town contained only 
eighteen units, although bearing twenty-one names on its roll. 
It may reasonably be inferred that the renewed assertion 
of the Masonian claim, and the sale of the land to an able 
and influential body of proprietors, who could not be expected 
to release to the former owners the land they had thus legally 
acquired, caused the Ipswich proprietors to think that their 
own entire loss was unavoidable unless the vigorous denials 
made in some quarters of the legality of certain steps in the 
claim and procedure should produce in some way a more 
favorable outlook, and so they remained quiet awaiting re- 
sults until the methods of the Masonian Proprietors awakened 
a new hope. The first act of the new owners was to release 
by a quitclaim all title which they might have to sixteen towns 
in the eastern part of New Hampshire included in the Mason- 
ian claim, even though Massachusetts had won the disputed 
region westward from the Merrimac, and they then also 
adopted a liberal and conciliatory policy to any Massachusetts 
grants whose inhabitants acknowledged their changed condi- 
tion and desired to retain the lands and improvements in- 
dividually held by them. For some reason, which perhaps the 
lost records would make evident, New Ipswich seems to have 
been inactive in the matter, the first movement being revealed 
by the record of a meeting which escaped the general fate 
of other records. 

At a Legal Meeting of the Prop" of New-Ipswich at the Dwelling 
House of Joseph Newhall in Ipswich on Tuesday the 14th of February 
A D 1748— 

Col° Thomas Berry Moderator — 

Voted That Col° Daniel Appleton Col" John Choate & Col° Thomas 
Berry be a Committee fully Authoriz'd & Impower'd in the Name & 
Behalf of the Proprietors to Treat with the late Grantees of Mason's 
Grant so call'd, or with Col" Joseph Blanchard or both as they shall 
see meet respecting their Supposed Title to s"* New Ipswich and to make 
a full & final Agreement and Settlement of any Differences or Disputes 
that are between y* s^ Grantees of s** Mason & y* s** New Ipswich 
Prop" relating to y* Title & Settlement thereof; and what they, or 
either two of them do on the premisses to be Binding to the Proprietors. 
And if they Apprehend it not best to Agree, then to Report to the 
Prop''" (as soon as may be) what may be best further to be done. 

The. Norton Pro Cler. 

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History of New Ipswich 

Joseph Blanchard, named in the vote at Ipswich, had acted 
as agent of the Masonian Proprietors in the settlements with 
various neighboring towns, and the case of New Ipswich was 
put into his hands. The following letter written by him to 
that body is instructive. 

Gentlemen 

Coll" Choat & Coll° Appleton a Com*"" On Behalf of New Ipswich 
has bin With me Treating Ab* your title to that township And are 
disposed to Accom'odate Matters if they Can the lines of the town may 
be Continued, nea the Same, & you will See by their plan 120 Lotts 
are Lay'd out & Drawn they Request to hold them lotts as Lay'd out 
and their Town Lines to Stand, of. Which the northeast Corner; I must 
take off, I Expect it will Intersect and Cut off ab' 8 Lotts, it Should 
Shut Home to the province line & in Liew of What I take off on y*" 
East made up as per a plan I Send you the Seasonable & Effectuall 
forwarding the Settlem* they Are Willing to. But they are not Willing 
to Comply with the quantity to be Reserved therefore I have for that 
Article in Special Referred to your detemination, And to have them 
Easyly dealt with & their being Accom'odated, in the best way will 
be very pleasing to y'' Hum' Ser* 

J. Blanchard. 
Dunstable March 3". — 1748 

As may be seen, the foregoing meeting was just before 
the Indian fright which so nearly depopulated New Ipswich 
for some weeks, and probably delayed negotiations for a longer 
period ; but they were certainly resumed and on June 16, 1749, 
the Masonian Proprietors authorized Joseph Blanchard to 
lay out several towns, among which were No. 1, (Mason,) 
No. 2, (Wilton,) and also "the lands lying between Peter- 
borough on y^ north the said new Towns on y^ East and 
so far South as to leave a Town on Square lines joining y'^ 
Province line of Six miles Square in and adjoyning to New 
Ipswich and to Extend westerly even with y^ west line of 
Peterborough." But this description in some way was greatly 
modified, and nearly a year later Joseph Blanchard, present- 
ing that vote as his authority, issued the Masonian Charter 
making the town only about five-sixths as large as the "six 
miles square" specified therein. Neither was its form a square, 
as the descriptive term "on square lines joining the Province 
line" would certainly indicate. Nor was its change from that 
form made in order to conform to the oblique angles of the 
Massachusetts survey and thus retain unmutilated the first 
lots, as desired by the inhabitants who had improved them. 

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Colonel Blanchard's Changes 

But the "old Townsend line" inclining northeasterly was re- 
placed in the eastern town boundary by a line inclining north- 
westerly to about the same degree, and crossing the former 
line two miles or more from the Province line, which cut from 
the northeastern part of the town eight entire lots and a part 
of eight others, together amounting to more than 800 acres 
and including the present site of the village of Greenville, and 
added at the southeastern corner a triangular area of some- 
what smaller dimensions. 

Apparently the change was made to the advantage of 
Mason, Wilton, and "Peterborough Slip," (now Temple and 
Sharon,) authorized by the same vote as New Ipswich, and 
it is also probable that the southern line of Peterborough was 
found to be nearer the Province line than had been anticipated, 
thus leaving scanty room for "Peterborough Slip" between 
Peterborough and New Ipswich, if the latter town should be 
allowed its original dimensions of six miles from north to 
south. There can be no doubt that it was supposed that the 
block of lots comprising the North Division and the South 
Ranges could be left unchanged, except those now forming 
a part of the town of Greenville, and that there remained an 
undivided strip one mile in width between the original lots 
and the Province line. The square town authorized by the 
Masonian Proprietors would have included a like strip one 
mile in width along the northern side of the town but north 
of the retained block of lots. This strip Blanchard made a 
part of "Peterborough Slip." The former historian of New 
Ipswich writes as follows concerning the unexplained change : 

When we consider his non-compliance with these conditions, and the 
injurious change made in this township, both by curtailment of its ter- 
ritory and change of its location, we cannot but surmise some fraud 
or injustice on the part of Col. Blanchard, as well as a strange disregard 
to their rights and interests on the part of the grantees. We do not 
learn, however, of any misgivings at that time. On the contrary, both 
the contracting parties seem to have been satisfied ; as is evinced on the 
part of the Masonian Proprietors by their giving Col. Blanchard a 
right in the township with themselves ; and on the part of the grantees 
by the liberal compensation they voted for his service. 

It perhaps, however, may justly be considered that the 
grant of a township right made by the Masonian Proprietors 
to Col. Blanchard was really made at the expense of the 
grantees, as it added the land held by this eighteenth right to 

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History of New Ipswich 

the number otherwise to be reserved by the grantors, and 
the grantees were in no position to refuse compliance with 
whatever terms the representative of the Proprietors saw fit 
to offer. One of the honored sons of New Ipswich whose 
views receive weight from his official position, the younger 
Judge Timothy Farrar, left in an interleaved copy of the for- 
mer history a review of those early transactions, from which 
the following estimate is copied : — 

Such was the state of things when the town came within the juris- 
diction of New Hampshire, and the land within the claim of the owners 
of the Masonian patent. Their true policy and their practice was to 
quiet all possessions and all active claimants, so as to raise no interested 
body of opponents to their absolute title, and enable them to appropriate 
quietly all the ungranted lands. They obviously intended to pursue the 
same course here. But their agent, Col. Blanchard, was a land surveyor 
and speculator, and he found the simple-hearted young men, who had 
taken up and improved their lands, were only anxious to retain their 
possessions, and the non-resident Massachusetts Proprietors, having 
neither residence nor possession, were passive in their position. He 
therefore undertook to make a speculation for himself and his principals 
by regranting the township contrary to his instructions. In doing this 
he satisfied such of the Massachusetts Proprietors as either by them- 
selves or their proxies came forward, made grants to such new friends 
as he wished, reserved eighteen full rights to himself and his employers, 
and changed the location and curtailed the limits to suit their interests. 

A letter of Col. Blanchard to the Masonian Proprietors 
and their reply are given below, as casting some light upon 
the spirit prompting their action. Apparently the original 
plan was to reserve for the Grantors one-half of each town- 
ship, to be held without payment of taxes of any kind, await- 
ing the so-termed "unearned increment" of the present day 
which would arise from the labor of the grantee owners of 
the remaining half, and only the refusal of the grantees forced 
their acceptance of from sixteen to twenty shares out of an 
entire number in each town of from sixty to eighty. Evi- 
dently there was a line beyond which the proposed "alarm" 
was not effectual. 

The venerable Society of Mason Hall — 

Gentlemen — 

In pursuance of your desire I have proceeded to measure the Lands 
directed to make Setlement on, and find enough for five townships : 
have not time to transmitt you a plan but shall Send it next week T 
have Wrote to the Prop" Clerk of Groton and the Prop"'' Clerk of 
townshend. Intimating y* Authority you gave me, Particularly that at 

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Colonel Blanchard's Changes 

my Discretion I was to Admitt Inhabitants, and if they inclined to 
Setle I should Accommodate them as far as I Could in faithfuUness to 
my trust provided I had their Answer in twenty days to the Same 
purpose I have Wrote Coll" Berry one of y'' Principal Prop''', of New 
Ipswich & to Severall of the Prop"'^ of Rowley Canada desireing them 
to Communicate it to their prop" Desireing a positive Answer — This 
has Sufficiently Allarm'd the vicinity, And Application has already been 
made for twice the Quantity of Land you left with me to Dispose of 
All the Inhabitants of New Ipswich And Rowley Canada (both of which 
fall within my Diocess) have Applyed to be Continued As Setlers under 
Your Conditions And many others of y" Prop" of each town, I ap- 
prehend I Shall Quietly Succeed, unless Coll Berry be Poutey & Sullen 
on Behalf of New Ipswich, Which Since I have entered upon it Desire 
under your directions my Liberty may be Continued to Setle with him, 
or Any Others that Shall be Obstinate : I can readily Compound that 
the Eighteen Shares proposed As Owners to Draw one third of Each 
town Clere, have proposed to Equalize the towns Quantity for Quality, 
And the Setlers to Draw lotts which towns to fall into, a Sufficient 
Sum of money Advanced on entrance to pay the Charge of Survey 
Roads a Meetinghouse and for preaching the first Six months to begin 
the Setlement next June at furthest if peace In Six months from Draw- 
ing their Lotts to have Housen built and Inhabit there, and so to make 
a progressive Improvement for four years Stating a Certain Quantity 
for each year & for them by Indenture to your Lordships on failure 
at any time of any part to Surrender the Whole under a Sufficient 
Penalty : by the Same Indenture to pay by the Setlers all town Charges, 
untill Your lotts are Improved and so fait them to become Chargable 
According to the Incombe; In Case a Lawsute Should Arise from Other 
Claimers you to be at that Charge, (which I had not your Special! 
Authority for) excepting that your Quitclaim to be their title with 
Severall Other Contingent Articles of Duty on their part which all 
who have Applyed readily Concur with — if this be not Acceptable or 
anything further Occurrs to your minds for my Direction you may Write 
by Cap' Goffe & may be Assured of my faithful Complyance I have 
Likewise proposed An Injunction that they Joyn with the non Setlers 
in Applying to the Gov' & Council for an Incorporation And as soon 
As I have Answer from the Massachusetts Claimers Shall fill up the 
lists of y^ Severell Towns — 

The Writings I am not Capable of forming, shall depend on them 
being done at Portsmouth. — The Prop" of Souheegun West, Since I 
was at Portsmouth have Divided their Com'ons & I hear bid Defiance 
to your Title, if no Notice be taken of them I apprehend it will have 
An ill effect p'haps create you a Squable with many other towns, and 
your Setting up your Bristles early might put an end to it. (but as 
to y' you know best what to do.) I have Nothing to add but Wish 
you Success in the Affairs before you And rest Y"' Hum' Ser* at 

C"'"'^"^ Joseph Blanchard 

Dunstable Nov' 30*" 1748. 

To the Hon' Theodore Atkinson Esq' moderator &c please to 

Com'unicate the aforewritten Y" ut Suora T B 

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Portsm" Dec' 3" 1748 

S' We have both your letters before us as to that of y^ 30"" of the 
last month for which we are obliged we greatly approve of your Scheme 
& y' Progress you have made and hereby give you full Power of agreeing 
with any Person of note that can be Serviceable in Secureing y" Peace 
& Quiet of the Settlers either in new Ipswich of other Town as to 
Souhegan West if they should be troublesome they can expect no favour 
from this Society and we shall soon prosecute Some of the foremost in 
the Opposition which if you think proper please to inform them of 
and let us know the men as to our bearing the Charge of a lawsuit 
in contesting mason's Right we set out upon that footing at first & 
in Case any Suit is Commenced we expect to pay that cost, we are now 
finishing the Grant of the Town above souhegan & think that a vote 
of the Proprietors at a Regular meeting better than any other Con- 
veyance you will see our's to Cap* Gofife & Associates with the particular 
Reservations & Articles — this is the Method prescribed by y*" Gentlemen 
of y^ law and is the most Customary & familiar way for such Proprieties 
to Act in — I am in behalfe & at y" Request of y*' Society y' purchased 
mason's Right y' very Hum"' Serv* 

Theodore Atkinson. 

P. S. with respect to y* affairs of Cohas between Gofife & Dunkin & 
y" Proprietors it is referred entirely to your adjustment & Settlement 
as you think is just the Society desire to see you as Soon as possibly 
you can leave your private affairs and bring all y" Plans you can procure 
that will give any insight to their Concerns — Gofife has ofifered but one 
third but we think one halfe for y" Proprietors y" ut Supra 

T Atkinson 

To Joseph Blanchard Esqur at Dunstable 

Copy Examined & Geo: JafTrey jur Prop" CI 

It may be believed that the process of adjustment and 
agreement progressed rather slowly between the Masonian 
Proprietors and the would-be Proprietors of New Ipswich ; 
but a little more than two years later each party seems to 
have concluded that the probability of further concessions by 
the other would not justify further delay and the second birth 
of New Ipswich took form in 

THE MASONIAN CHARTER. 

Province of ] Pursuant to the Power & Authority Granted & Vested 
New Hampshire^ in me by the Proprietors of Lands purchased of John 
Tufton Mason Esp"" in the Province of New Hamp- 
shire aforesaid by their Vote the 16'" of June 1749, passed at their 
Meeting held at Portsmouth in said Province — 

I Do by these Presents give & grant unto Reuben Kidder, Archible 
White, Jonas Woolson, Abijah Foster, John Brown, Benj" Hoar jun' 
Timothy Heald, Joseph Kidder, Joseph Bullard, Ebenezer Bullard, Joseph 
Stevens, Henry Pudney, John Chandler all of a place called New Ipswich, 
Hannah Dinsmore, Peter Powers, Daniel Emerson, David Nevens, all of 

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Holies, Zaccheus Lovewell, Joseph French, both of Dunstable, & all in 
the Province of New Hampshire, Jon* Hubbard, John Stevens Esq"" of 
Townshend, Isaac Appleton, Thomas Adams, Robert Choat, William 
Brown, Nathaniel Smith, Col" John Choat, Francis Choat, Thomas 
Dennis all of Ipswich, Andrew Spaulding of Westford, Isaac Patch of 
Groton, William Peters of Medfield, John Marsh of Mendon, & Benj" 
Hoar of Littletown. To them, their Heirs & Assigns, on the Terms 
Conditions, Reservations & Limitations, & in the Respective Proportions, 
hereafter expressed, all the Right, Title, Interest & Property of the 
Grantors aforesaid, of, in & to that Tract of Land, or Township lying 
in the Province of New Hampshire aforesaid Extending Six Miles in 
length, & five Miles in Breadth bounded as followeth, beginning at the 
line between the Province of New Hampshire aforesaid and the Province 
of the Massachusetts Bay at the Southwest Corner of the Township 
call'd No. 1, from thence North Eighty Degrees West Six Miles to the 
South East Corner of the Township called South Manadnock or Manad- 
nock Number one, from thence North by the Needle five Miles to the 
North East Corner of said South Manadnock, from thence South Eighty 
Deg' East by the Line of Peterborough Slip, Six Miles to the North 
West Corner of No one, & from thence South five Miles to the Bounds 
first Mentioned. To have and to hold to them, their Heirs & Assigns 
Excepting as aforesaid, & on the following Terms & Conditions with 
the Reservations aforesaid, the Lots already laid out, & the several Pro- 
portions of Common Land, yet to be divided out to each one as followeth, 
[The assignment of lots to the individual grantees here follows in 
the charter, but will be given later in a tabular form more convenient 
for reference.] That is to say that Eighteen full & Equal Shares in said 
Town in the following Manner viz' Thirty Six Lots of Eighty Acres 
each already Laid out & Eighteen Shares in the after Divisions to be 
drawn for in some Equitable Manner, that is to say two Lots of Seventy 
Acres each for each Share to be reserved for the Use of the Grantors, 
their Heirs & Assigns forever, & the Like Number of Lots & Quantity 
of Land for each Share of each Grantee holding in the after Division, 
& the Remainder besides what is before Granted to be to the Use of 
the Grantees — that the Division of the two Seventy acres Lots for each 
Share be laid out, & Equitably Coupled together & drawn for in some 
open Equitable Manner at or before the last day of August 175L and 
that the aforesaid Eighteen Shares reserved as aforesaid for the Grantors 
be Exonerated, acquitted & fully Exempt from paying any Charge towards 
making a Settlement, & not held to the Conditions of the other Shares 
respecting a Settlement nor liable to any Tax or Assessment or Charge, 
until improved by the owners or some one holding under them Respec- 
tively, that the Grantees at their own Expence make Settlement, be at 
the Charge of dividing the whole of the Lands, Clearing & making 
feacible Roads & that all the Lots in said Town be Subject to have all 
necessary Roads lay'd through them as there shall be Occasion free from 
Charge, that the Grantees according to the Number of their Shares or 
Lots herein after named make Settlement in the following Manner viz' 
that within two Years from this Date on each Settling Lot or Share 
there be three Acres of Land Cleared & fitted for Mowing or Ploughing 
& have a Comfortable Dwelling House, the Room to be at least Sixteen 

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feet Square, & a Family or some Person dwelling in each House, & 
that within five Years from this Date there be nine Acres more cleared 
inclosed & fitted for Mowing or Tillage on some Lot to each Settling 
Right as aforesaid, that the Grantees to make Settlement, & the Number 
of each be as foUoweth viz' Reuben Kidder to make Settlement on 
three Shares or Rights, Archible White, Jonas Woolson, Abijah Foster, 
John Brown, on one Share each, Benjamin Hoar Jun'' on two Shares, 
Timothy on one Share, Joseph Kidder on one Share, Joseph BuUard one, 
Ebenezer BuUard one, Joseph Stevens one, Henry Putney one, John 
Chandler one, Hannah Dinsmore two, Peter Powers one, David Nevens 
one, Jonathan Hubbard one, John Stevens one, Isaac Appleton Six, 
Thomas Adams five, Robert Choat one, William Brown one, Nathaniel 
Smith two, Francis Choat one, Thomas Dennis one, Andrew Spaulding 
one, Isaac Patch one, William Peters one, John Marsh one, & Benjamin 
Hoar two in manner as aforesaid. — That each of the Grantees at the 
Executing of this Instrument, pay fourteen Pounds Cash old tenor, to 
pay the Charges risen and Ariseing in said Township, to be Deposited 
in the hands of some Person chosen by them for that Purpose — 

That a Convenient Meeting House be Built in said Township, within 
Seven Years from this Date as near the Center of said Town, and at 
such place as the Major part of the Interest of Grantors and Grantees 
shall Determine by a Major Vote in publick Proprietors Meeting called 
for that Purpose, Giving forty days Notice of such Meeting, and ten 
Acres of Land reserved there for publick Use — That the aforesaid 
Grantees or their Assigns assess such further Sum or Sums of Money 
in equal Proportion to each Grantees Interest, Exclusive of the publick 
Lots as shall be Necessary for Compleating any of the publick Articles 
aforesaid, & for such further Payment of any Sum or Sums that shall 
by the said Grantees or their Assigns be raised for hireing Preaching, 
or settling & Support of the Minister there and on Failure of Payment 
for the Space of three Months for the Space of three Months after such 
Tax is agreed upon & Posted up at such Place or Places as the Proprie- 
tors, the Grantees aforesaid, or their Assigns shall appoint for calling 
Proprietors Meetings, that so much of such Delinquents Right be Dis- 
posed of as will pay such Tax or Assessment & all Charges arising 
thereon. 

That all White Pine Trees fit for his Majesties Use for Masting 
his Royal Navy Growing on said Land be and hereby are Granted to 
his Majesty his Heirs & Successors for ever, and in Case any of the 
s" Grantees or their Assigns, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of 
the Articles, Matters and Things aforementioned by him respectively 
to be done he shall forfeit his Share & whole Right in said Township 
& every part thereof to those of the said Grantees or their immediate 
Assigns that shall have Complyed with the Conditions on their parts 
herein Exprest. and it shall and may be lawfull for them or any Person 
or Persons in their Stead, & by their Authority, to enter into & upon 
the Right or part of such Delinquent Owner, & any and every part thereof, 
in the name of the whole of the Settlers that shall fulfill as aforesaid, 
and him utterly to amove. Oust & Expel for their Use, their Heirs & 
Assigns Provided they Settle or cause to be Settled each such Delinq*" 
Right or Share, within the Space of One Year at the furthest from the 

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The Masonian Charter 

Period of such Condition, Articles, Matters & things that is by this 
Instrument Stipulated to be done as the Condition of this Grant, & 
fully discharge & Comply with all the Duty & Expence such Delinquents 
ought to have done, & every part of Duty enjoyn'd, such Right to be 
finished at the Several Periods thereof, & in Case the said Grantees 
or their Assigns that shall fullfill their parts as aforesaid, & shall omit 
& neglect for the Space of one Year as aforesaid, improveing, Building, 
& Settling and fullfilling every part as herein is Conditioned to be done 
that all such Share & Right as are thus delinquent in said Township, & 
every part & Parcel of such Delinquents shall be forfeited, revert & 
belong to the Grantors of the Premises their Heirs & Assigns with full 
Authority to enter into and upon all such Delinquents Rights & the 
Posseesor thereof utterly amove, oust & expel for the use of such 
Grantors, Provided there be no Indian Wars within any of the Terms 
& Limitation of time aforesaid for doing the Duty Condition'd in this 
Grant, and in Case that should happen the same time to be allowed for 
the Respective Matters aforesaid after such Impediment shall be removed 
— Lastly the said Grantors do hereby promise and engage to the said 
Grantees their Heirs & Assigns, to defend thro' the Law to King & 
Council, if need be One Action that shall & may be brought against 
them or any Number of them, by any Person or Persons whatsoever 
Claiming the said Land or any part thereof by any other Title than 
that of the said Grantors, or that by which they hold & derive their's 
from Provided the said Grantors are avouched in, to defend the same, 
and that in case on final Tryal the same shall be recovered against the 
Grantors, that such Person or Persons shall recover nothing over against 
the Grantors for the Lands, Improvments or Expence in bringing for- 
ward the Settlements, and further that the said Grantors will pay the 
Necessary Expence of time & Money that any other Person or Persons 
shall be put to by any other Suit or Suits that shall be brought against 
them or any of them the said Grantees for tryal of the Title before 
any one Suit shall be fully Determined in the Law — 

To all which Premises Joseph Blanchard Esq'' Agent, for & in 
Behalf of the Grantors hath hereunto set his Hand & Seal this seventeenth 
day of April 1750— 

Joseph Blanchard — [L S] 

It is evident that the Masonian Charter definitely located 
the boundaries of the township, but later survey showed a 
considerable difference between their location and that which 
was expected at the time of their adoption. As has been 
told upon a previous page, it was supposed that the Massa- 
chusetts survey had placed the block of lots assigned in charter 
midway between the northern and southern lines of the town- 
ship, and thus had left an undivided strip one mile in width 
between those lots and the southern boundary, and a like 
strip on the northern side, which latter strip Col. Blanchard 
had made a part of Peterborough Slip, leaving, as was sup- 

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History of New Ipswich 

posed, the northern line of the northern tier of lots coinci- 
dent with the northern boundary of the township. Had that 
been the case, the township would have been represented on 
the diagram, by the rhomboid LMNO, but unfortunately the 
assumption was not in accordance with facts. The block of 
lots had been laid a considerable distance farther toward the 
north than was intended, perhaps as much as fifty rods, al- 
though the inaccuracy of the survey in the early wilderness 
and the conflicting statements in diiTerent records make the 
estimate of the displacement subject to considerable uncer- 
tainty. There can be no doubt, however, that it was suffi- 
cient to make the northern slip less than a mile in width and 
to cause the northeastern corner of the Masonian grant to 
fall forty-eight rods farther south than the northern line of 
lot 24, in which said corner fell. 

The problem of equitable boundaries was somewhat 
further complicated by the triangular slip cut from the south- 
eastern corner of New Ipswich by the establishment of the 
Province line. The width of that strip is uncertain, but prob- 
ably at the eastern extremity, where it was widest, it was 
not more than twenty rods, perhaps even less. But whatever 
that loss may have been it should have resulted in an equal 
removal toward the north of the northern boundary made by 
the Masonian Charter parallel to the Province line, and the 
strip of land cut from the northern ends of the lots should 
have narrowed toward its eastern end. Instead of that, for 
some inexplicable reason, exactly the opposite is true ; each 
lot, proceeding toward the west, had one acre less cut away 
by the northern line than was lost by its eastern neighbor. 
The entire unwarranted removal from the twelve northern 
lots, remaining after the loss caused by the new eastern line, 
was about 220 acres. In view of those losses, whether due 
to haste and difficulties of accurate survey through the wilder- 
ness or to dishonest acts of interested parties, it may be well 
to recognize that in accordance with the frequent practice of 
early surveyors to be "sure to give full measure," the town, 
both in length and in breadth, very appreciably exceeds its 
charter dimensions of five by six miles, its area being between 
thirty-two and thirty-three square miles. Its Masonian figure, 
retained until the present time, is presented upon the diagram 
showing its successive changes of form by the figure LPNO. 

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The Incorporation 

There remain to be mentioned, in this record of official 
transformations, only two further changes. The first of these 
is an evolution though an Act of Incorporation bearing the 
date September 9, 1762, and signed by Governor Benning 
Wentworth, a brother of John and Mark Hunking Wentworth 
before active as Masonian Proprietors, and countersigned by 
Theodore Atkinson, Provincial Secretary, also of the Mason- 
ian board and long its presiding officer. This document 
changed the mere proprietary organization with no officers 
except a temporary moderator chosen for each meeting, a 
clerk, a treasurer, and such committees as any business asso- 
ciation might appoint, into a complete town with all the politi- 
cal and governmental abilities of such a New England unit. 

The new town, however, had no promise of an existence to 
be continued beyond January 1, 1766, and for some reason, 
perhaps a mere error of the penman, it bore only the name 
"Ipswich." 

A second similar act, dated March 6, 1766, but for some 
unknown reason neither recorded nor transmitted to the town 
until the following year, restored the complete name borne 
by the early settlement ; and no period having been assigned 
to its life, the New Ipswich of to-day derives thence its legal 
powers. 



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CHAPTER III. 

ON THE WAY TO MATURITY — PROPRIETORS AND LOTS 

^TpHE Masonian Charter gave to the new Proprietors of the 
-*- "place called New Ipswich" a right to the land upon 
which, if prospered, they might expect to found a New Hamp- 
shire town, and the word "town" appears twice in that char- 
ter. But more frequently, and more correctly, the new land 
thus transferred was designated by the word "township," 
since New Ipswich had really neither civic existence nor legal 
name, which, however, it attained at an earlier date than any 
of the surrounding New Hampshire settlements mentioned 
in the charter as "Number One," (Mason,) "South Monad- 
nock," (Rindge,) and "Peterborough Slip," (Temple and 
Sharon) ; the Province line separated it from "Dorchester 
Canada," now included in Ashburnham and Ashby. 

As shown in the charter, only thirteen of the thirty mem- 
bers of the new body were resident within the limits of the 
township, the homes of the complemental seventeen being 
scattered in nine different places, but only four in Ipswich, 
Mass., and of the thirteen named as already resident in New 
Ipswich, only two, Abijah Foster and Henry Pudney, had 
come from that mother-town. 

The silence of the records in relation to Henry Pudney 
shows that he was not a resident for a sufificient period to 
affect the town in any way; of the four proprietors resident 
in Ipswich, Robert Choate apparently never became a citizen 
of the new place, while if Thomas Dennis ever really had a 
home in New Ipswich, his residence was too brief to leave 
decisive evidence. 

The history of the period of proprietorship and the pass- 
age of New Ipswich through youth to the attainment of its 
majority as a town was not wrought out by Ipswich men 
as largely as the name would suggest. Abijah Foster was 
the first settler within the township bounds. He built three 
houses as his three successive homes, and his blood has flowed 
in the veins of many sons and daughters of the later New 
Ipswich generations. Thomas Adams and Isaac Appleton 
however, were the two largest land-owners among the pro- 

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Origin of the Settlers 

prietors, each being the possessor of between two and three 

square miles, and although probably neither of them ever 
relinquished his Massachusetts citizenship to forward in per- 
son the growth of the Granite State, they were each repre- 
sented by two sons resident for many years on the family 
possessions, and the two names were prominent in the town 
activities of several generations. 

In default of Ipswich blood, the question arises, Whence 
in fact came the early vigor of the settlement and of the en- 
suing town? From what region came the men who gave 
New Ipswich a place among the most active and progressive 
New Hampshire towns? A few came from Ipswich in the 
years soon succeeding the Masonian grant and a few more 
from other parts of Essex County. But of the names ap- 
pearing on the records of the expected town during its twelve 
years of active development into fitness for that designation, 
three-fourths came not from. Essex, but from Middlesex 
County, and especially from Concord, whither so many an- 
cestral lines converge from all sections, and from the line of 
towns between Concord and Boston. A brief quotation from 
Walcott's "Concord in the Colonial Period" seems to have 
a place here. 

The Kentish infusion was very strong in the early population of 
Concord, and, indeed, of Middlesex County. 

The proud distinction of the Kentishmen was the tenacity with which 
they held to their rights and customs, and the unhesitating courage, re- 
gardless of difficulties or consequences, shown in their defence. They 
formed the foremost rank at the battle of Hastings, and made terms 
with the Conqueror at Swanscombe. 

It is by no accident that the people of Middlesex County have been 
equally quick to rise in the defence of their rights, and to put down the 
oppressor; for the people of Middlesex derive their origin, in a great 
part, from the freest and most independent of English counties. The 
patriots of Concord Bridge, Lexington, and Bunker Hill found their 
prototypes at Hastings and Swanscombe. 

It is believed that New Ipswich, during its twelve years 
of life as a pure democracy managed directly by its Proprie- 
tors, somewhat more than trebled its population, and that, 
although the rate of increase in later years was less rapid, 
before the opening of the Revolutionary contest the number 
of inhabitants was nine hundred or more, which is about the 
same as at the present time. Naturally the incoming move- 
ment of residents was largely from the regions whence had 

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History of New Ipswich 

come the earlier settlers, and the story of the town's part in 
the seven years of natal strife, presented in a later chapter, 
certainly accords with the belief that Kentish blood had lost 
naught of its power during its sojourn in Middlesex. 

But the first work of the new proprietors was not warlike. 
There were no indications that the locality had ever been 
a favorite abode of the Indians, and the settlers made very 
few preparations to meet an attack. Ephraim Adams, son 
of Thomas Adams recently mentioned, had "flankers" about 
his house, still standing near the crossing of the Turnpike by 
"Saw Mill Brook" on 21, N. D., and perhaps the house of 
Moses Tucker, on VI: 1, S. R., or his later dwelling on I: 
2, S. R., gave him similar protection during his experience 
as sole resident of the township in 1748. But no public 
structure was ever thought needful for safety, nor did the 
Proprietors see fit to repair the flankers around the Adams 
house when for some reason their attention seems to have 
been called to their weakened condition. 

Evidently the first duty of the settlement, awakened to 
fresh activity by its renewed title to its land and its enlarged 
membership, was to complete an equitable division of the 
township among the Proprietors. About one-half of its area, 
the North Division and the South Ranges, had been divided 
under the Massachusetts grant, and the divisions were re- 
tained, although, as stated in a previous chapter, the bounds 
of the Masonian grant had sadly mutilated the North Divi- 
sion. Apparently a few additional lots had been also assigned, 
but about one-half of the entire township remained to be 
surveyed and drawn by the grantors and grantees not later 
than August, 1751 ; this division was ultimately accomplished, 
but it was by no means an easy duty, nor, although the rec- 
ords are nominally complete, are the methods and principles 
of the division easy to follow. The first meeting of the new 
Proprietors was held one year before the charter which con- 
stituted them Proprietors was granted, but it proceeded to 
business, as is shown by a copy of the record. 

At a meeting of the Proprietors of the Township of New Ipswich 
lying in the Province of New hampshire in New England Appointed by 
Joseph Blanchard, Esq'. Agent to the Claimers of the Patant under 
John Tufton Mason, Esq', who are Grantors of said Township Heald 
at the House of Cap*. Joseph French in Dunstable in said Province on 
the 16 : of April A : D : 1749 : Colonel Joseph Blanchard chosen modera- 

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First Proprietors' Meeting 

tor for said meeting. John Stevens chosen Proprietors Clark Colo' 
Blanchard chosen Treasurer, and it was Voted as Follows (viz) that 
all the Lotts that was heare to fore laid out in said township and are 
now Taken off by the other Townships (viz) by the Township Nomber 
one and Nomber Two : shall be by a Committee to be chosen for that 
Purpus Laid out in the Common land in said Township and Quallefied 
by said Committee. Said Lotts that are to be laid out are to be laid 
adjoyning to the other lotts formerly laid in said town and as con- 
veniant for settling as may be and that those persons formerly owning 
s* Lotts Being Grantees to Have s** Lots which are new laid out in Lue 
of the Lotts Taken off as a fore said 

Also Voted that if any of said grantees have or had any lands in the 
Township or any part there of formerly called Townsend and now falls 
into the Township of New Ipswich shall have a whole wright or part 
there of laid out in the same place to them said Commitee Quallifying 
the same Eaqual to other shares. 

Voted that the whole of said wrights in said Township to be but Sixty 
three also Voted that the said Committee Do as soon as may be with 
a Surveyer under oath Proceed and lay out to each of said Sixty three 
Rights Two Seventy acre Lotts and that thay copple the same togather 
makeing them as neare as may be of Equel valine, and that said lotts 
Be Prepaired to be Drawn on the Last Tuesday of October next at this 
Place at ten of the Clock in the morning. Voted that the Lotts Taken 
off the Towns afore said be Laid out and Compleated fit for a Draught 
by the Eight of May next. 

Voted and Chose for a Com*"", to Lay out the Lotts Taken of as afore 
said Major Jonathan Hubbard and John Stevens But wheare the said 
Stevens hath lands to lay out then Benj". Hoar to Help lay out s" 
Stevens land. 

Also John Stevens chosen Surveyer for said Service. 
Voted that the Com'"", and Surveyer afore said be Directed to lay out 
to m"'. Benj\ Hoar a Lott adjoyning Oliver Hoars lott Equel in Vallue 
to his former lott laid out in or near the same place. 

Voted to chuse five men as a Com*"", to lay out and Copple the Seventy 
acre lotts afore said Chose for said Com*"". M'.'. Jsaac Appleton Jona- 
than Hubbard Ruben Kidder Benjamin Hoar of Littleton and John 
Stevens. 

Voted that said Com*"", shall have for there Service in laying out said 
Lotts and Coppicing the Same while thay are in said Township about 
said service thirty shillings per Day old tenour 

voted to pay Colonol Blanchard for his Service and Expence in Pro- 
cureing said Township and granting out the same Two Hundred and 
Ten pounds old Ten"". 

Voted to Rayse on Each of the forty Two Settleing Rights in said 
Township fourteen pounds old Ten^ to Defray the Charges of the Same 
Voted to Chuse a Com*"", to agree for a mill place if need be and also 
to agree with Sum proper person to Build a Cornmill and Sawmill in 
said Town in the most Conveniant place to accomidate the Proprietors. 
Chose for said Com*"". Ruben Kidder Deak° Benj". Hoar m. Isaac 
Appleton and John Stevens. 

A true Coppey Attest John Stevens Proprietors Cler 

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History of New Ipswich 

Evidently the Proprietors present at that initial meeting 
had definite plans in the charter issued a year later. But 
in that charter appear other acts which are not recorded 
until June 20, 1750, two months after the date of the charter. 
At that later meeting, held at the house of Benjamin Hoar 
in New Ipswich, Thomas Dennis, Francis Choate, Nathaniel 
Smith, and William Peters were admitted as Proprietors, but 
their names appeared upon the list given in the earlier char- 
ter. References are made to the lots held by the new mem- 
bers under the Massachusetts grant which are not in accord- 
ance with the old map showing that first assignment of lots. 
Apparently action universally held desirable was not delayed 
by close adherence to technical order. Apparently the divi- 
sion of the common land into seventy-acre lots, ordered at 
the first meeting, was modified in accordance with that prin- 
ciple. Under the Massachusetts grant the township was six 
miles square and land seemed to abound. Surveyors were 
accustomed to make abundant allowance for "uneven ground 
and swag of chain," and in that survey they seemed to have 
made an allowance for the obliquity of the angles of the lots 
nearly twice as large as was required. Moreover, much 
space was left for roads between the lots, and finally the 
Masonian township was only five-sixths as large as its pre- 
decessor, and the "common land" was not sufficient to allow 
the later lots to contain seventy acres each, Avherefore the 
committee, in violation of their instructions, laid out lots 
containing nominally only sixty-six acres, which action in 
due time was formally accepted. Even after such recognition 
of necessity the difficulty seems to have persisted, as is indi- 
cated by the official records and maps presenting lots upon 
one side of a straight line as being considerably wider than 
the lots extending between the same limits upon the other 
side of the line. In most places the discrepancy may have 
been merely the result of greater care in measurement and 
an omission of such allowances as had place in the earlier 
surveys, but in one section of the town, where the lots were 
probably laid out latest, or where, as later records indicate, 
the survey was not fully completed except upon the map, 
apparently a more heroic treatment was believed to be de- 
manded, and the remaining land was forced to meet the de- 
mands. There seems to be no escape from the conclusion 
that the narrow lots comprising the western two miles of the 

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Assignment of Lots 

"New Laid Out" must be considerably narrower than the 
recorded dimensions. This belief is supported by a vote 
passed in 1757, after ineffectual attempts at a preceding meet- 
ing, "to Run the line through the township thats not yet run 
on the New Laid Out Land," for which action a committee 
was chosen. No report of that committee is to be found, but 
more than ten years later, in 1768, the matter again rises and 
a second committee was chosen "to Examan the narrow Lotts 
so called," and three years later a report from that committee 
or one of later appointment simply stated the correct num- 
bers of the lots from 98 to 109, which were said to have 
been previously uncertain on account of trees falsely marked 
at lot corners. But the real difficulty, without doubt a re- 
sult of a too liberal distribution of the agrarian wealth be- 
lieved to be almost limitless, was apparently kept carefully 
unacknowledged, like many an analogous transaction of later 
years. 

The complete assignment of town lots, as shown in the 
record of John Stevens, Proprietors' clerk, is presented in the 
following table, with a few entirely obvious errors corrected, 
and a few changes also inserted, as borne upon the record 
of later action taken to remedy cases of injustice, most of 
which were cases due to the unexpected difficulty in the 
north line of the town before stated at considerable length. 



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History of New Ipswich 



Grantors 



Atkinson, Theodore 
Blanchard, Joseph 
Jaffrey, George . 
Livermore, Matthew 
Meserve, Nathaniel 
Moffat, John . 
Odiorne, Jotham 
Packer, Thomas 
Parker, William 
Peirce, Joshua 
Peirce, Daniel 
Moor, Mary 
Rindge, John 
Solly, Samuel 
March, Clement 
Tomlinson, John ) 
Mason, John Tufton^ 
Wallingford, Thomas 
Wentworth, John . 
Wentworth, Mark H. 
Wibird, Richard . . 



North 
Division 



43, 61 



South Ranges 



29 
62 



14 
23 



58 



13 



59 



38, 39 



II: 4, IV: 4 

vil :' l" 

V: 1 

XIV: 2 

V: 3 

VII: 4, XIII: 

VlII: 3 
XV: 3 
IX: 3 
XV: 4 



IV: 3, VIII: 4 
VIII: 1 



New 
Laid Out 



107 

24, 172 



10 



102 



44 

9 



11 

64 
60 



56, 109 
28, XIII: 2 



After 
Division 

84 
155, 157 

173 
126, 128 

93 
80, 81 
68, 95 
82, 83 
160, 161 
89, 90 

167, 169 

176, 177 

181, 182 

163, 164 

85, 86 

87 

67, 94 

162, 165 



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Assignment of Lots 



Grantees 


North 


South Ranges 


New 


After 




Division 




Laid Out 


Divisions 


Adams, Thomas . . 


17, 18, 21, 


X: 2, XIV: 4, 


.... 


70, 156, 158, 




22, 24, 25, 


XVI: 1 




166, 168, 




50, 51 






178, 180 


Appleton, Isaac . . 


9, 41, 42, 


III: 2, VI: 2, 


69, 72 


72, 116, 117, 




63 


VIII: 2, XI: 




119, 123, 




64 


1, XVI: 2 




138, 139, 
170, 171, 
183, 184, 
^ of 185 


Brown, John . . . 


31, 60 




65 


.... 


Brown, William . . 


30 


VI: 4 


. • • 


120, 144 


Bullard, Ebenezer . 




II: 2, II: 3 




129, 130 


Bullard, Joseph . . 




I: 2 




179 


..---Chandler, John . . 




III: 1, IV: 1 


105, 108 




Choate, John . . . 


27 






113, 114 


Choate, Francis . . 




VI: 3 


66 


97 


Choate, Robert . . 




1 : 4, X : 1 




n 


Dennis, Thomas . . 


56, 57 




67 




Dinsmore, Hannah . 


54 


VII: 2, IX: 4 




125, 137 


Emerson, Daniel . . 






71 


112 133 


Foster, Abijah . . 


33 


I: 3 


152, 159 


French, Joseph . . 




III: 4, X: 3 


. 


146, 147 


Heald, Timothy . . 








65 66, 142, 










186 


Hoar, Benjamin . . 


26, 36, 53 




16, 104 


69, 135, 136, 


Hoar, Benjamin, Jr. 


40 


II: 1, V: 2, VI: 

1 




65, 66, 74, 
149, 150 


Hubbard, Jonathan . 


47 


IX: 2 




88, 92 


Kidder, Joseph . . 


48 


IX: 1 




148, 151 


Kidder, Reuben . . 


46,55 


III: 3, XIII: 1, 
XIV: 1, XIV: 
3 




76, n, 96, 
131, 132, 

y2 of 185 


Lovewell, Zaccheus . 


.... 


XI: 2, XI: 3, 
XII: 3 


186 


115, 140,143, 
145 


Marsh, John . . . 


37 
32 






Yi of 153 


Minister, — first . . 


XIII : 2 


106 


75 


Ministerial .... 


20 


XVI: 4 






Nevins, David . . . 




XI: 4 
V: 4 


187 


78, 79 


Patch, Isaac . . . 


15 




Peters, William . . 






70 

1, 12 

7 




Powers, Peter . 






71 


Pudney, Henry . . 


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122, 124 


School 








110, 111,134, 
174 










Smith, Nathaniel 


45 


XII: 4, XIII: 3, 
XVI: 3 


103 


91, 154 


Spaulding, Andrew . 


. 


XII: 1 




y^ of 153 


Stevens, John . . . 


28, 34, 52 


X: 4, XII: 2, 
XV: 1 


98, 99, 101 


5, 127, 141 


Stevens, Joseph . . 


35, 44 


VII: 3 


. 




White, Archibald . 


19 






175 


Woolson, Jonas . . 


IV: 2, XV: 2 


.... 


118, 121 









History of New Ipswich 

This history of the township, as shown in the records of 
the meetings of its Proprietors, is full of interest to those 
whose personal relations to the town give a vision which 
recognizes the outcome of the everyday plans and acts of 
their ancestors. They may not have been large men, but 
they were earnest men, and although sometimes perchance 
the Kentish tenacity of grasp upon that which they believed 
to be their own may have had an unlovely aspect, yet in it 
lay much of the honorable history then unwritten. 

Largely isolated and thrown upon their own resources, 
they felt themselves sufficient. They rarely sought the aid 
of authority from without in the settlement of their dif- 
ferences; the threatened appeal to courts seems to have been 
made rarely, if ever, in that time of pure democracy. 

New Ipswich in those days had no rulers ; its few officers 
had no stipulated terms of service, but were removable at 
pleasure with no delay beyond that of the few days' required 
notice for a meeting of the Proprietors. There were really 
only two officers, the clerk and the treasurer. In 1751 Jonas 
Woolson, Ebenezer Bullard, and Joseph Kidder were made 
a "Committee to Draw Orders on the Treasurer for any sum 
or sums of money that shall be voted to any person or persons 
by the proprietors for service done for them," which commit- 
tee was later mentioned as the committee to "take care of 
the prudentials of the place," and in 1753 Reuben Kidder, 
Ephraim Adams, and Benjamin Hoar succeeded to the same 
duties under the latter title. But that step toward the crea- 
tion of a board of selectmen was not permanently approved, 
and in October of the same year it was voted to "dismiss the 
Prudential Committee formerly chosen." In 1754 Francis 
Appleton was chosen a "Referee to peruse the accounts laid 
before the Proprietors," and in later years this forerunner 
of an auditor was occasionally appointed. Evidently orderly 
conduct of a meeting of the Proprietors required a presiding 
officer, and such meetings were quite frequent. But sixteen 
different moderators presided over one or more of the thirty- 
seven different meetings recorded during the twelve years 
before the incorporation of the town, and of these no one was 
chosen more than four times. Such public duties as could not 
be completed in a full Proprietors' meeting were usually 
placed in the hands of special committees whose work was 
usually not considered complete until formally approved at 
a succeeding meeting. 

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Proprietors' Work Ended 

In the years of laying foundations necessarily the recorded 
action was largely in relation to three matters that might not 
safely be deferred. The division of the town among the 
grantors and the grantees came first, and the adjustments 
demanded by the encroachments upon the lots by the new 
boundaries of the township were very difficult to make when 
the "common land" of the Proprietors was exhausted. The 
question remained open till the incorporation of the town 
and for ten years afterward, during which latter period the 
records of Proprietors' meetings, held only at intervals of 
about one year, were nearly occupied by that topic. Practi- 
cally, however, all that is of interest at the present time is 
given in the preceding table. 

The location and maintenance of highways formed a sec- 
ond matter for consideration almost equally imperative in its 
demands, which has been presented in the first chapter of 
this book; and the requirements of the charter in relation 
to the building of a meeting-house and the settlement of a 
minister, conditions without doubt in accord with the per- 
sonal views of by far the greater part of the proprietors, 
formed a third subject for long discussion prior to efficient 
action. This matter is presented later in connection with 
other church matters. 

On April 5, 1762, it was "Voted to apply to the General 
Court to get the Place called New Ipswich incorporated," 
and also "Voted Capt. Reuben Kidder to go down to Court 
to get the Incorporation effected and that the said Kidder 
shall Proceed in the aflfair as he shall think best & that his 
Necessary Charge shall be Paid by the Propriety." The act 
of incorporation, as given on a previous page, was issued on 
the ninth of September following, and the activities of the 
Propriety ceased except as far as action was requisite in re- 
lation to the settlement of claims mentioned above and the 
disposal of the meeting-house. 

The successive Proprietors' clerks and dates of service 
were: John Stevens, 1749-1752; Benjamin Adams, 1752-1755; 
Timothy Heald, 1755-1761; Ichabod How, 1761-1768; Isaac 
Appleton, 1768-1772. 

The treasurers were: Joseph Blanchard, 1749-1751; Jo- 
seph Stevens, 1751-1755; Benjamin Hoar, 1755 — , 

The last Proprietors' meeting found recorded met Decem- 
ber 17, 1772, but by successive adjournments continued until 

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History of New Ipswich 

December 30, when it adjourned for a fortnight, and no 
further record follows the name of Isaac Appleton, Proprie- 
tors' Clerk. 

Perhaps the story of New Ipswich prior to its attainment 
of a legal majority may best be closed in the words of the 
former historian of the town, who wrote of the period : 

We find the whole number of tax-payers to be ninety-five. They 
were all in the prime of life, the oldest of them, Capt. Tucker, being 
only fifty-eight years of age. Among them we find four widows, show- 
ing that the universal destroyer had already commenced his work here, 
and ten or twelve had already become tenants of the old burying- 
ground; besides which, tradition says there were five buried near the 
head of Safford lane, previous to the opening of the old cemetery in 
1753. Among these were a son and daughter of Ebenezer BuUard; a 
son of Joseph Bullard; two sons and a daughter of Benjamin Adams; 
the wife of Ephraim Adams; a daughter of Benjamin King; two sons 
and a daughter of Benjamin Hoar; Samuel Perham, his wife and a son; 
Abijah Foster, the first settler, and one of his sons had died in the army. 



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CHAPTER IV 

THE OLD SCHOOL-HOUSES 

TO one whose childhood and youth was spent in a country 
town of New England few memories are more distinct 
than those of "the little red school-house," in or near which 
were received so many impressions leaving indelible traces on 
his character that such educational experience seems to him 
almost an essential part of a complete life. The district 
school, despite its undeniable serious defects, did a work that 
could hardly have been done equally well in any other way, 
a work of education for the citizens as well as for their chil- 
dren sometimes amusingly democratic in the development of 
its details. It is proposed here to present its growth in New 
Ipswich, as presented in the official records. 

The former history prefaces the story with these words : 
"The cause of learning has been well sustained, and has done 
much for the reputation of the town ; not so much, however, 
in its earlier history, as could have been desired. In the grant 
of the township it was provided that one right should be set 
apart for the support of schools; and thus, with enlightened 
foresight, the Proprietors did all that was incumbent upon 
them, to furnish the means of education to the settlers. But 
we have no intimation that any school was kept until after 
the incorporation of the town, fourteen years after the actual 
settlement. It is true there could have been very few who 
were not either too young or too old to attend schools at 
that early period, and those few must have been widely scat- 
tered. Doubtless they received private instruction at home 
from their parents, who, we have abundant evidence, were 
intelligent and well-educated people. In 1762, the year of all 
others most memorable in the history of the town, it was 
'voted that a school be kept in town three months this year. 
and no more, as near the meeting-house as a house can be 
provided.' " 

This action was taken at the second meeting of the town, 
held only about a month after the first meeting at which the 
only business was the organization by election of officers un- 
der the charter of incorporation. The article in the warrant 

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History of New Ipswich 

for the second meeting under which the action concerning 
the school was taken read as follows : "To see if the Town 
will vote the Number of months the school shall be Kept in 
said Town and what part or parts of said Town it shall be 
Kept in," which would seem to suggest that the school was 
already established in some form. 

The records give nothing further for two years, but Octo- 
ber 8, 1764, it was "Voted to hire three months Schooling 
this fall and Winter Coming." The next year an advance 
was made, and it was "Voted to have four months Schooling 
this fall and Winter coming at several places at the Discres- 
sion of the Select men viz four and if any persons Refuse to 
provide a place for Schooling after Sutable Notice from the 
Select men that quarter shall be Destitute & the other parts 
shall have the Benefit that do provide a sutable place." 

The year 1766 was the period of governmental interregnum 
between the expiration of the first town charter and the re- 
ception of the second, during which no records were written, 
and it is uncertain whether the school was continued, and in 
1767 the vote provides school for only three months, the divi- 
sion however evidently being maintained, as the selectmen 
were to "order where the school shall be kept." In 1768 ac- 
tion was taken earlier and the idea of a permanent division 
into school districts seems to be in evidence, as on March 14 
it was "Voted to Divide the Town into Destricts for the 
benefit of Schooling & Each Destrict to have their proportion 
according to there pay. Voted to Choose a Committee to Di- 
vide the Destricts & proportion ye money Choosen for said 
Committee Lieu*. Aaron Kidder. Lieu^ Nath. Stone Lieu^ 
Joseph Bates Cap^ Moses Tucker m'". Samuel Whittemore 
m^ James Chandler & Reuben Kidder Esq"". Voted to Raise 
twenty Pounds Lawful money for the Benafit of Schooling 
this year." 

A new element appears in 1769 when it was "Voted to 
Raise Twenty Pounds Lawful Money for Schooling", but it 
was added "Voted to Indemnifie the Select men from, all 
fines that they may be Exposed to by their not providing a 
Grammer School Master." This somewhat peculiar action 
was an attempt to avoid compliance with a law requiring 
towns above a certain population to maintain a grammar 
school where Latin might be taught, an additional expense 
naturally objectionable to a large part of the citizens. The 

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The Grammar School 

same action was taken in 1770 and 1771, but in this latter year 
a formal protest was entered for record by Ebenezer Champ- 
ney, Benjamin Hoar, John Button, Isaac Appleton, William 
Shattuck, and Thomas Farnsworth, and on the following year 
seventeen men signed a dissent against similar action as being 
"Repugnant to the Law of the Land in such case made and 
provided." Probably it was on account of this protest that at 
a meeting a few months later it was "Voted that the Grammer 
School shall move to the Several Distrects beginning at the 
middle Distrect & so on, to the next highest Distrect accord- 
ing to their pay and in the same manner the several Distrects 
in said Town, the East Distrect being the least is to have a 
months schooling and the other Distrects as much longer as 
their pay is more." This arrangement after a few years seems 
to have been changed by an appropriation of £20 for a gram- 
mar master in the middle district, where grammar scholars 
from all parts of the town might go, an arrangement which 
seems to have soon been made unnecessary by the founding 
of the Academy. The vote for this grammar school was re- 
freshingly frank, as the record says : "Voted to pay the mid- 
dle district £20 towards keeping a grammar school through 
the year so as to keep the town from being presented and the 
town have liberty to send to said school." 

Although a committee was chosen to divide the town into 
districts in 1768, no record of their action appears, and the 
first assignment of money was recorded in January, 1770, 
and apparently that was stated to be in obedience to a vote 
passed only a week previously in accordance with which the 
selectmen divided the school money voted the preceding 
March. This action of the town was as follows : 

Voted to Divide the Town into Distrects for the Benefit of Schooling 
our Children. 

Voted to abide in Distrects during the Towns pleasure. 

Voted that the West part of the Town be a Distrect for a School 
according to their Request (viz) to have their proportion of the money 
Raised in Town for that use according to their pay with appropriating 
the money wholly to the use of a School. 

Voted that the Northeast part of the Town be a Distrect for a 
School Beginning at Dea". Ephraim Adams's to m'. Smith's m'. Francis 
Appleton and to m^ Bakers to the Northeast part of the Town under 
the same Scituation with the first Distrect. 

Voted that the East Side of the River be a Distrect for a School 
(Exclusive of Cap*. Hoar) to the East side of said Town under the 
same Scituation with the first Distrect leaving it to the Selectmen 

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wheather m'. Horsley's pasture be annext to them or Joyn to the South 
Distrect. 

Voted that a Distrect be formed on the Country Road from Cap*. 
Hoar's on to m'. Farnsworth with familys adjoyning said Road under 
the same Scituation with the first Distrect. 

Voted that the South East part of the Town be a Distrect from 
Mr. Wilkins to Sam'. Foster's to m'. Breed's and all to y* East under 
the same Regulations with the first. 

Voted that the South West part of the Town be a Distrect for a 
School taking m. Zechariah Adams Tho. Spaulding & Joseph Parker 
and so to the South west corner of the Town, and to the East to the 
Famelys above mentioned Leving it to the Select men wheather they 
shall not have some help of the Towns money to make them Equal with 
other Distrects in proportion to their Children 

Voted that each Distrect shall Choose a man to take the Names of 
the men in Each Distrect an Cary the list of Names to the Select men. 

Voted that the Select men give of to the men so choose by the 
Distrects the proportionable part of money to Each Distrect That is 
Voted by the Town for the use of the School. 

The second of the votes given above concerning the new 
departure seems to indicate a feeling of uncertainty in rela- 
tion to its wisdom and consequent permanence, although it 
was expected to continue without further action as long as 
it should prove satisfactory. But no provision for the needed 
buildings was made at that time, and an article in the warrant 
for the annual meeting two months later, "To see if the Town 
Raise money to build School Houses in the Several Districts 
in said Town according to their particular pay," was dis- 
missed without action. But at the next annual meeting the 
schools received especial attention, as shown by the number 
of votes relating to different included matters. 

Voted to Raise forty Pounds lawful Money to be laid out in 
Schooling. 

Voted to Employ an English School Master nine months this year. 

Voted to Raise money to Build School-Houses in the Several Dis- 
trects in this Town. 

Voted not to alter the Distrects. 

Voted to Raise Twenty Pounds more for Schooling. 

Voted to divide the money among the Several Squadrons according 
to their pay. 

Voted that Each Squadron draw their proportion of the money 
Raised to Build the School-Houses according to their pay. 

And after these was passed the vote which called out first 
the protest of Mr. Champney and others. 

But the action at this meeting was more liberal than the 
general desire for schools would sustain, and at a meeting 

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The First School -houses 

the following September it was "Voted that Twenty Pounds 
that was Raised for Schooling be used for Defraying the 
Town Charges." 

The tax lists show that the sum raised for building school- 
houses in accordance with the vote on that matter was £80, 
a sum that it would seem could hardly have been sufficient 
for even the simplest buildings, but no further action concern- 
ing the subject appears during a period of eighteen years, 
at the end of which time, in 1789, it was "Voted to raise three 
hundred pounds for the purpose of Building and repairing 
School Houses in New Ipswich," but three months later the 
action was modified by a vote that "the Selectmen shall not 
assess the Town for the three hundred pounds voted to build 
and repair School Houses till the last of Sep', next to give 
those who are delinquents opportunity to pay their propor- 
tion. And in case each district do not make it known to 
the Selectmen that s^ delinquents have paid their proportion 
s'*^ Selectmen are to proceed to make s'^ assessment." The 
exact purport of this vote is rather obscure, but it had delayed 
the assessment, and for some reason no subsequent assess- 
ment of that money is to be found. 

At the annual meeting in 1800 it was "Voted to raise £630 
to build school houses," but here again the sum is not in- 
cluded in the recorded assessments of the year. It seems 
probable that it was determined to leave the decision in re- 
spect to building to the districts separately, as it had already 
been voted that the expenditure of the assessed money should 
be left. The records of the "Southwest District" show that 
this district had just completed a new school-house. 

The districts formed in 1770 with so much hesitation and 
uncertainty, with no expressed sanction of law, and with 
exceedingly indefinite powers, were a necessity of the condi- 
tions of the time, and a part of the great movement in all 
parts of the state by which the district school system came 
into existence, to be recognized by the state and given defined 
duties and methods of performing them only after a consider- 
able period of years. 

The six first districts, from which eight others were in 
due time developed, were destined to more than a century 
of vigorous life ; and if it prove true that present conditions, 
which have made a diminution of their number necessary, 
also demand a complete reversion to the earlier methods, it is 

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evident that the greatest care is needed to retain for the 
scholars in the larger and far better equipped schools the 
sturdy self-reliant tone which has been characteristic of the 
New Hampshire country boys. 

The boundaries of the six original districts were not very 
closely defined in the creative vote, and it seems probable that 
at first each citizen was allowed to choose with which dis- 
trict he would connect himself, and in many cases when ad- 
joining districts had their schools at somewhat dififering times, 
the children not too far from the dividing line attended in 
both districts. In fact, this arrangement was sometimes made 
in order to allow such mutual helpfulness, with a resultant 
increase of the scholars attending each school such that a 
well-known New Ipswich teacher of eighty years or more 
ago, who bore the names of two early settlers in the town 
from whom he was descended, Reuben Kidder Gould, said 
that he had taught in every district of his time, and he had 
hardly ever had less than forty scholars in any school, the 
number often rising to fifty or sixty. 

An examination of scattered records giving the names of 
certain residents of some school district leads to a somewhat 
more definite location of the district bounds than can be de- 
termined by the initial record alone. 

Apparently the "West District" did not greatly vary from 
the district which in the days of the greatest number of dis- 
tricts was termed the "North District," or officially was No. 
7, except by including the later No. 8, which was not yet 
sufficiently settled to receive separate consideration. The 
"North East District" seems to have been very nearly identi- 
cal with the later "Wilson District," or No. 2. The East 
District was the later No. 3, or the "Wheeler Tavern Dis- 
trict," with the houses on the road past the site of the 
present Country Club house afterward included in District 
No. 11. The "Middle District" was No. 1, with an extension 
to meet the "East District" a little east of the bridge at 
Bank Village. The "South East District" included No. 4, 
(the "Gibson District,") and all of No. 5, (Smithville,) except 
the part on Page Hill. The "South West District" included 
the remaining part of No. 5, the whole of No. 6, (the "Tenney 
District,") and the few families beyond Binney Hill in the 
later No. 9. 

The first addition to the original six was the "North West 
District," which in some unexplained manner received £2 

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District Divisions 

10s. 6d. of the £30 raised in 1770 for use in 1771, but then 
disappeared for six years, at the end of which it again ap- 
peared and remained as No. 9. In 1782 the Smithville Dis- 
trict was formed by a vote that "there be another School 
District near Thomas Spalding's." The residence of Mr. 
Spalding was the first on the road running westerly from 
Smithville by the house long owned by Timothy Fox and his 
descendants. The district was known as the "New District" 
until 1795, when its recorded name becomes the "Mill Dis- 
trict." In 1786 it was "Voted to set ofif James Preston, Thad- 
deus Taylor, Peter Baker, and Asa Brown in a school dis- 
trict," and the "Little South West District" afterwards be- 
coming the "Southwest corner District" was formed, later 
being No. 9, and forming a Union district by uniting with 
the adjacent district of Rindge. District No. 10, known some- 
times as the "Carr District" and sometimes as the "District 
over the mountain," was formed in 1820 by a committee 
authorized by vote of the town to make needed changes of 
that character. The erection of the cotton factory, and the 
subsequent development of the mills early in the nineteenth 
century, necessarily was accompanied with a considerable in- 
crease of inhabitants in that portion of the town and a result- 
ing call for a new district. This reasonable request was 
ignored or refused for several years, but in 1824 District 
No. 11 was formed on recommendation of a competent com- 
mittee of investigation, and this constantly increasing district 
was divided in 1840 by the formation of District No. 12, 
about the High Bridge. After a somewhat continued struggle 
District No. 1 was divided in 1842, District No. 13, containing 
the part of the district about the Congregational church and 
along the street from the church to the foot of Meeting House 
Hill, being cut oflf from the southern portion, and District 
No. 14, lying about Kidder Mountain and the Saw Mill Brook, 
from the northern portion. This last district, however, was 
situated upon two roads meeting but a short distance from 
the school-house of No. 1, and after three years of vain at- 
tempt to agree upon a site for a school-house, in 1845 it was 
returned to its former relations. 

There is considerable uncertainty in respect to the loca- 
tions of the early school-houses. The former history says 
that at the time of its publication there were no traditions 
of any such buildings of an earlier date than 1771, when £80 

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were voted for their erection, the schools prior to that date 
having been kept in private houses, the earliest in the resi- 
dence of Reuben Kidder, which was probably the most com- 
modious dwelling of that day. Tradition gives the name of 
William Shattuck as its teacher. 

Evidently the normal position for the building of the "Mid- 
dle District" was designated in the first vote for a school nine 
years earlier, "as near the meeting-house as a house can be 
provided," and the former history locates it a short distance 
to the northwest of that early temple, and says that it later 
became a carpenter's shop. Probably that building met all 
the needs of the district until the erection of the house which 
the same authority places "in the orchard opposite the north- 
east corner of the old burying-ground," adding that "after 
the road to the turnpike was built, it was removed down the 
hill, and placed at the corner of Mr. Hill's garden." This 
road to the turnpike was built in 1802, and the new location 
of the school-house after its removal soon after that date 
seems to have been the corner diagonally opposite to the 
present Baptist church, and only a few rods south of the brick 
building which succeeded it in 1829, and was converted into 
a blacksmith shop after the erection in 1857 of the present 
house upon the hill. 

No records or traditions disclose with certainty the posi- 
tions of the early school-houses in Districts Nos. 2 and 3 ; 
but the situation of the present and past highways in those 
districts makes the conclusion almost unavoidable that the 
only positions for the general convenience of the district 
must have been very near those of the buildings in use during 
recent years ; a conclusion also in harmony with some inci- 
dental references to those school-houses in early records re- 
lating to the roads. 

The school-house in District No. 4 was preceded by one 
about half a mile south of the "Gibson Four Corners" on the 
road to Ashburnham, but no more definite information con- 
cerning its location can be secured. 

A school-house which was probably the first in District 
No. 5, although it was possibly preceded by one at some point 
more in accordance with the vote creating the district "near 
Thomas Spaulding's," stood very near the millpond on the 
south side of the bridge, practically on the spot now occu- 
pied by the store and Smithville postoffice, and served the 

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district until 1838, when the present house was erected at a 
cost slightly exceeding $400. According to tradition, this 
structure, which for a time was considered the model school- 
house of the town, had birth in the motion of a citizen of the 
district that "we build a white house with green blinds and a 
pretty one," which was duly adopted by the district. 

The original school-house in District No. 6 stood a few 
rods west of the house long occupied by different members 
of the Chandler family, situated about a quarter-mile west of 
the South burying-yard. This was succeeded, probably in the 
last years of the eighteenth century, by a building half a mile 
farther west near the point where the long-disused road to 
Ashburnham over Nutting Hill in that town branches from 
the Rindge road which passes over Binney Hill. The third 
house, built in 1838 on the spot occupied by the second at a 
cost slightly less than $200, became a dwelling after the clos- 
ing of the school in that district, and was destroyed by fire 
a few years ago. 

It is not certain where the first school was held in the 
district afterward No. 7. It is reported to have been in the 
first house of "Davis Village" on the left hand of one ap- 
proaching from the "Hodgkins Four Corners," now the resi- 
dence of William E. Davis, but whether a part of that building 
was built for that purpose, or it was a case of continuance of 
the previous conditions when all the schools were kept in 
dwelling-houses, tradition is silent. 

An early school-house whose foundations are perhaps even 
yet visible was located on a road now discontinued, but for- 
merly extending westward from the termination of the road 
branching northward from the turnpike about a quarter-mile 
east of the site of the old "Peppermint Tavern," and crossing 
Flat Mountain nearly half a mile north of the turnpike, and 
rejoining that road a few rods west of the house of Aaron 
Brown and his son Hermon, the school being situated 
where the two roads were so near together that the late Rev. 
John S. Brown related his recollection of plainly hearing from 
his home the blows of the rod applied by a sturdy school- 
ma'am to the back of a delinquent lad, whose cries of pain 
and promises of amendment added to the awe of the little 
fellow, as yet too young to go where such methods of instruc- 
tion were still in full vigor. Probably it was after the sepa- 
ration of the region beyond the summit, and the formation 

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of District No. 8, that the No. 7 school-house, now in existence 
but used as a henhouse, was built near the house long occu- 
pied by George W. Wheeler, and at present by his son 

George S. 

* * * * 

(At this break in the manuscript Prof. Chandler evidently intended 
to insert descriptions of other school-houses, but as it is now difficult 
to learn those facts and the location of each is plainly marked on the 
map of the town, and as most of the structures were plain and unpre- 
tentious, a description of each one is omitted. — S. F. L.) 



In 1896 the town voted "To have the Selectmen sell No. 
6 and 7 school-houses and convert the No. 13 school-house 
into a storehouse for road machines and other tools." 

In 1899 the town voted "to give No. 8 school-house to the 
inhabitants of Wilder Village, so-called, if they would move 
it, provided the town could use it for school purposes if they 
would." 

A review of the appropriations made by the town for the 
maintenance of its schools, despite the proverbial lack of gen- 
eral interest in a presentation of columns of figures, is found 
to speak more clearly than other methods concerning the 
town's fidelity to the interests of the successive rising gene- 
rations. It exhibits a steady rise in amount, or at least a 
rise broken only by occasional brief displays of economy, 
sometimes evidently demanded by existing conditions, as in 
1775, when the necessities of preparation for the coming strug- 
gle with England caused the town to take for such purposes 
three-fourths of the highway appropriation and one-half of 
that previously granted for schools, or as during a portion of 
the Civil War, when the school money was diminished twenty 
per cent. Omitting such cases and an occasional increase 
for one or two years, probably equally explainable if the facts 
were now known, the appropriations have increased as fol- 
lows : 

The £20 of 1768 and the £40 of 1771 before mentioned 
were increased to £50 in 1773 and £60 in 1775, this last being 
reduced to £30 a few weeks later, as has been said. The 
nominal appropriations through the earlier years of the Revo- 
lution greatly increased despite the demands for military ex- 
penses, on account of the depreciation of the lawful currency, 
the grant for schools in 1780 being £5000. But since the 

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School Appropriations 

price allowed for work on the highways in payment of taxes 
was $40 per day, the aspect of those figures is changed. In 
1781 there was a reversion to silver money and the school 
appropriation was £60. The schools of 1783 had £70, of 
1784 £100, of 1787 £120, which dropped through the £110 
of 1788 to £100 in 1789 and the succeeding six years; it rose 
to £125 in 1796 and £150 in 1797, at which grade, changing 
to its equivalent $500 in 1801, it remained during eight years. 
Although in 1806 and the succeeding two years it temporarily 
rose to $700, that permanent elevation was not attained until 
1825. The year 1833 gave $800, which rose through inter- 
mediate allowances of $840 and $850 to $900 in 1841, and $1000 
in 1845. 

After rising and falling, in six years apparently $1500 was 
adopted as a minimum appropriation in 1851 ; the grant has 
not fallen below that sum since that date save in the three 
years of the Civil War before mentioned. The prosperous 
years of 1868 and 1869 saw a rise to $1800 and $2000 grants, 
the last-named remaining permanent for seventeen years with 
the exception of two years at $1900, and one at $2500. The 
year 1886, however, gave only $1500, 1887 $1800, 1888 $2000. 
Since that time the appropriation has varied about equally 
between $1500 and $1800; until 1907 again set the figures at 
$2000, and 1908 broke the record by voting for $2250. 

A comparison of these later sums with the earlier one 
raises a mental query concerning the way in which those 
smaller sums met the supposed needs of the schools, and an 
examination of some of the old district records may go far to 
solve the problem. The report of the "Trustee" of the 
"South West District" reported the expenses of the year 
1798. There had been but a single term of school, which was 
kept by a "master" at three dollars per week, and with a 
term nine weeks in length instruction for the year required 
^27, besides payment for the master's board, which called for 
$9.97 more. The twelve cords of wood consumed during those 
nine weeks in the huge fireplace occupying one corner of the 
school-room was probably cut enough by the boys of the 
school to allow it to be placed upon the fire, but nevertheless 
$9.69 more of the school money was used before the fuel 
reached the school-house. Repairs to the building cost $4.84 
more, and the entire expenditure was $51.50. In later years 
there were nearly always two terms even in the smaller dis- 

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tricts, but the summer school usually called for only $2 per 
week, equally divided between the "mistress" and the one 
who at the school meeting had "bid off" her board. As the 
term in the smaller district was usually only seven or eight 
weeks in length, there would be nearly or quite the sum of 
$40 remaining for the winter term, which with wood at little 
over one dollar per cord, and teacher's board requiring from 
seven to nine shillings, that is ffom $1,167^ to $1.50 per week, 
would pay a young man, often only sixteen or eighteen years 
old, or a more experienced woman for perhaps ten weeks' 
service. 

Even as late as 1850 the necessary expenses were still 
so moderate that the records of the Smithville District, which 
at that time had sixty names on its school roll in the winter 
and three-fourths as many in the summer, and employed a 
"master" and "mistress" of long and successful experience, 
show the possibility of providing for six or seven months' 
schooling with the one hundred and fifty dollars which was 
the amount usually received from the town. 

From the days when the schools were entirely under the 
control of the selectmen, subject only to the vote of the town, 
as fully as were all other town interests, to the conditions of 
the twentieth century, is a long course passing in its progress 
through a period analogous in some respects to the times of 
"States' Rights" agitation. The school districts of 1770 could 
hardly be called civic entities in any sense whatever. They 
were simply geographical divisions of the town made for the 
convenience of the scholars, but entirely under the control 
of the central magnates, the selectmen. Although the vote 
of that year directed the choice of a man by each district to 
receive the money assigned for its use, it is evident that for a 
time this was not done, and the money was placed in the 
hands of some one chosen by the selectmen as their agent 
for expending the money, or as a "trustee," this name con- 
tinuing after he was chosen by the district, as is shown in 
the old district records made after the districts had assumed 
civic personality. But the time of this assumption is uncer- 
tain. The term "prudential committee" first appears in the 
town records in 1828, when it is voted that they be chosen 
by the districts, and District No. 1 employed that term in 
the following October; but the new phrase, probably origi- 
nated by the Legislature in making formal recognition of 

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District Rights 

the district system, did not reach District No. 6 until six years 
later. With the district's step into full life came a marked 
dislike of any outside supervision, manifested in occasional 
attempts to disregard all town authority. This "district 
rights" feeling was shown by the insertion of articles in the 
town warrant like the following considered about 1840: "To 
see if the town will dispense with any part of the work of 
the Superintending School Committee, so far as relates to 
examination or inspection," which suggests entire ignorance 
of any state control of school activities. Probably this diffi- 
culty was recognized later, for in 1854 the following action 
of the town was recorded : "Voted to accept the following 
resolution. Whereas the laws relative to the Superintending 
School Committee are unjust in their inception, and arbitrary 
in their enactment, inasmuch as they deprive the people of 
their right of controlling their own schools, therefore. Re- 
solved that the Representatives of this Town be requested 
to use their influence to procure such an amendment of School 
laws as shall restore the District their rights which have been 
unjustly taken from them." The records give nothing further 
concerning this action which seems so inexplicable in these 
days of the centralization of power; but some of the older 
citizens of the town remember that only a few weeks before 
this action there had been very serious trouble in one of the 
larger districts of the town, where a considerable majority 
of its citizens had become dissatisfied with the teacher of 
their school, and had applied for his dismissal by the superin- 
tending committee. In reply to the petition an investigation 
was held before this committee at which both the petitioners 
and the teacher were represented by legal counsel, and during 
two or three days witnesses were examined under oath. After 
due consideration the committee declined to assent to the 
request, and the petitioners established a private school for 
their children, who constituted about three-fifths of the school. 
As the committee at that time consisted of the pastors of 
three of the four churches of the town, who were known to 
have differed in their views of the question, and as the divi- 
sion in the district unfortunately was along church lines, the 
dissension ran through the town and probably gave the votes 
required for the passage of the resolution. The representa- 
tives elected at the meeting which passed this resolution 
were Hosea Eaton and Jonathan Hall, the latter being the 

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Methodist pastor and a member of the school committee 
which had considered the petition. The records of the Legis- 
lature show that he presented a bill concerning the duties 
and privileges of superintending school committees, which 
was referred to the Judiciary committee, and soon after upon 
the recommendation of that committee indefinitely postponed. 

The superintending school committee seems to have been 
evolved quite slowly from the earlier condition of rule by the 
selectmen. The term first appears in the town records at 
about the same time with prudential committee, in some men- 
tion of its reports, but the names of the men composing this 
committee do not seem to be recorded until 1833. But its 
forerunner is in evidence thirty years earlier, as in 1803 it 
was "Voted to appoint a committee to inspect the several 
schools in town," and they "chose the Rev^. M''. Farrar, 
B. Champney Esq. Supply Wilson, Seth Wheeler, Josiah 
Davis, Jun*". Dea°. James Chandler, Thaddeus Taylor, Lieut. 
Noah Bartlett, Maj''. Benj. Williams and Isaac Appleton 
Jun'".," evidently one from each of the nine districts then 
existing with the addition of the pastor by virtue of his offtce, 
although no mention is made of that condition of selection 
for several years. But the committee was appointed every 
year, being varied by the addition of sundry members ex 
officio, such as the preceptor of the Academy, the Baptist 
pastor, and the selectmen. The year 1808, however, seems 
to have had a faint vision of a future improvement, as the 
committee for that year was smaller and evidently selected 
on account of their fitness instead of for geographic reasons. 
The members were: — "The Selectmen, Rev*^ Stephen Farrar, 
the Hon. Tim°. Farrar Esq. the Preceptor of the Academy, 
Benjamin Champney Esq. & Nath^ D. Gould." It was also 
"Voted that said committee inspect the several schools on the 
first & last week of keeping, also call upon the Master for 
his credentials." 

This last vote suggests an inquiry concerning the nature 
of the "credentials" required in those days antedating all 
superintending committees, normal schools, or other official 
examiners provided to stand sponsor for satisfactory scholas- 
tic ability. A few aged persons still recall the days when the 
certificate of any liberally educated person, as the members of 
the "learned professions" were supposed to be, was deemed 
sufficient. The last member of the specially qualified com- 

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mittee, elected a century ago, furnishes an apt illustration. 
At the meeting of the Academy alumni held in 1861, Nathaniel 
D. Gould, probably the oldest of the large number present who 
were former students, was elected to preside over the fes- 
tivities, and on taking his seat began his extemporaneous in- 
augural by saying, "I claim to be one of the Alumni. Sixty- 
four years ago, I spent two weeks within the walls of the 
building first erected by the founders of the Academy." He 
did not at that time state publicly what motives prompted 
that brief academic career, but it was soon divulged that at 
least that period of attendance was necessary to obtain the 
preceptor's certificate of his fitness to fill a teacher's desk in 
some neighboring district school-house. 

The ponderous committee of from nine to twice nine mem- 
bers was chosen annually under names varying a little from 
year to year but with the same power, or lack of power, as 
at first, until 1827, but is not recorded in 1828, in which year 
two new terms appear, probably as a result of state action in 
formal recognition and authoritative regulation of the dis- 
trict schools previously evolved. New Ipswich "Voted that 
the Prudential Committees be chosen by the respective school 
Districts," and at the same time the superintending committee 
begins to be in evidence by the acceptance of its annual re- 
ports and the occasional appointment in some years of one 
citizen from each district "to visit schools in conjunction 
with School Committee." The new office did not acquire 
sufficient importance in public estimation to have its choice 
or appointment recorded among that of other town officers 
until 1838, and therefore the first incumbents are now un- 
known ; but there seems to be little doubt that it was practi- 
cally composed of the pastors of the several churches of the 
town, when their number was sufficient to form it, since such 
was the case for some years after the record of its membership 
begins, and it is recalled by some who were scholars in those 
years that in common speech there was no mention of visits 
from "the committee," but that there were periods when it 
was expected that "the ministers" would come in. 



(From 1848 to 1854 the committee consisted of three men ; 
from 1854 to 1885, of one man, usually elected by ballot, 
otherwise appointed by the selectmen. Beginning with 1886 

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History of New Ipswich 

the committee has been composed of three members as in 
earlier years, and since 1890 one of the board has been a 
woman, an innovation which has proved of benefit to both 
scholars and teachers. 

In 1835 there were four hundred children in our schools. 
Now in 1913 there are one hundred and thirty names on the 
records. 

As the population decreased the number of schools less- 
ened, and from the thirteen schools in 1883 the number has 
diminished to four in 1913. Following the change now nearly 
universal, our schools, ere many years, will be thoroughly 
graded, and necessarily consolidated. Thus, with the further 
advantages of the training at our Academy now open to every 
child in town, we may feel that the educational outlook for 
future generations is well up to the standard set in the earliest 
years. — 6^. F. L.) 



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CHAPTER V 

THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD 

AT the time of the publication of the former history of New 
-^^ Ipswich there were still a few Revolutionary soldiers 
surviving, and a very large number who had heard the story 
of that strife from the lips of those who participated in it. 
There still remained a spirit in the tale which must needs 
have weakened and become faint, as the events of those criti- 
cal years have been obscured by later contests until they 
seem almost to have their place amid the tales of ancient his- 
tory. But on the other hand the last half-century has seen 
the scattered records of Revolutionary events collected and 
published, giving a story which may indeed be somewhat 
more prosaic than oft-repeated olden tales, but presents 
greater assurance of certainty. 

There are many problems still unsolved. Not only were 
there parties of New Ipswich patriots who devoted their 
energies for a longer or shorter period to the contest for free- 
dom, of whose names no list is known to exist and of whose 
activities while away from their homes we have no record 
save the uncertain one of tradition, but it is often uncertain 
to whom carefully preserved official records refer. The prac- 
tice, common at that time and unfortunately not yet by any 
means extinct, of giving a son the name of his father without 
any change, an abundant source of error in all historical work, 
combined with the frequent omission of the affixed "jr." in 
the case of records made at a distance from the home of the 
father, causes frequent uncertainties, several of which it has 
not been found possible to remove from the following reg- 
ister of the Revolutionary work of New Ipswich. A second 
fact is productive of still greater uncertainties. In the early 
days of this country middle names among the common people 
were almost unknown, and as a result the number of persons 
bearing identical names was very large. The concurrence of 
a name in each of several neighboring towns was not at all 
infrequent, and as the members of a company formed for 
military service were rarely from a single town, a familiar 
New Ipswich name upon a company roll is by no means 

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History of New Ipswich 

conclusive evidence of New Ipswich service in that company. 
While careful search has been made for determining evidence 
in such cases, it is most probable that some questions have 
been incorrectly judged, with an admission to the roll or 
exclusion from it as a result. 

New Hampshire has done especially valuable work in this 
prolonged and oft perplexing labor of search, comparison, and 
publication ; and a few lines from the pen of Isaac W. Ham- 
mond, the editor and compiler of the Revolutionary Rolls 
and other documents of that period, and a man guided by 
a true antiquarian spirit, may perhaps fitly introduce the rec- 
ords of the men of New Ipswich, beginning with the firing 
at the North Bridge of "the shot heard round the world." 
Of that time he writes: 

Companies were formed and drilled, and when, on the nineteenth 
day of April, 1775, the crisis came, the men of New Hampshire dropped 
their implements of industry, seized whatever they could of implements 
of warfare, and by companies, by tens, by fives, and by twos hurried 
to the front. The same spirit pervaded the women, many of whom 
spent the nights of the nineteenth and twentieth in making clothes, bak- 
ing bread, and moulding bullets for their husbands and sons, bidding 
them good-bye at daylight, with a God-speed upon their tremulous lips; 
and while the men went forth to repel the invading army, the women 
tilled the soil, spun the yarn, and wove the cloth that clothed the family. 
The number of men who went from this state to Cambridge at that 
time is unknown ; many were not organized in companies, some returned 
after being absent from one to two weeks, and many enlisted for eight 
months, forming the nucleus for the regiments of Stark and Reed, which 
did admirable service at Bunker Hill. 

Very few rolls of those earliest companies have been found. 
Probably in very many cases no rolls were ever written, but 
the men gathered and united under those among them, selected 
at the time, because they were of those "born to command." 
But the "Roll of the men who marched from New Ipswich 
before daylight on the morning of April 20, 1775," attested 
by their captain, is preserved among the state archives. It 
contains ninety-eight names, including that of their pastor, 
whose time of service, recorded with those of his parishioners 
and fellow-soldiers, is more than twice as long as that of any 
one of them, except those who before returning home enlisted 
in other companies. 

The list of names is given below ; and it is believed that 
each name borne upon it is that of a resident in the town. 

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The First Uprising 



The spontaneous, indignant uprising, the almost instantaneous 
departure to protect or avenge their brother patriots, waited 
not to seek more distant organizations ; then was the time 
when the town moved as a unit. 





Days 




Days 


Thomas Heald Capt. 


13 


Hezekiah Corey Ensign 


6 


♦Ezra Town Lieut. 




William Start Clerk 


13 


Joseph Parker 


13 


Isaac How Seg't 


13 


Saml. Whittemore 


3 


Tim" Farrar 


5 


Simeon Hildrith 


7 


Jno. Wilkins 


5 


Eben'' Brown 


2 


Dan' Mansfield 


5 


Jonas Wilson Jr 


7 


Peter Fletcher 


5 


Simeon Gould 


4 


Jno. Sartell 


8 


Jona. Davis 


4 


Abel Miles 


13 


Francis Fletcher 


10 


Wm Speer 


6 


Joseph Pollard 


13 


♦Elijah Davis 


13 


Nath' Pratt 


9 


David Sanders 


8 


Edm"* Bryant 


5 


• Joseph Warren 


5 


William Hodgkins 


5 


Moses Tucker 


2 


James Chandler 


5 


Thomas Fletcher 


5 


Jon. Brookes Serj 


13 


Dan' Clary 


6 


Jno. Cutter 


11 


■'Isaac Farwell 


5 


Nath' Swain 


9 


Tim" Farwell 


5 


Tim° Wheelock 


4 


iSTath' Melvin 


8 


Joel Wheelock 


8 


Jno. Walker 


5 


Nath> Reed 


5 


Wm Kendall 


8 


Jesse Carlton 


13 


Danl. Stratton 


5 


Jno. Brown Jr. 


7 


James Tidder 


13 


Joseph Wright 


7 


*Nath' Carlton 


13 


*Samuel Soper 


13 


Allen Breed 


13 


Stephen Davis 


5 


Jona. Wheet 


7 


Robert Campbell 


3 


Whitcomb Powers 


13 


Thos Brown 


13 


Joseph Bates 


5 


Jonas Wheeler 


7 


Chas. Barrett 


1 


*Josiah Walton 


13 


Isaac Appleton 


5 


Leonard Parker 


7 


Reuben Kidder 


5 


Joseph Tinney 


5 


Jere'' Underwood 


7 


Wm Faris 


7 


Benj. Pollard 


13 


Ephraim Foster 


8 


Abr™ Abbott 


13 


Daniel Foster 


13 


Josiah Rodgers 


5 


Samuel Foster 


8 


Saml Haywood 


5 


*Timo. Stearns 


13 


Thos Farnsworth 


8 


Benja Gibbs 


8 


Stephen Parker 


5 


♦Supply Wilson 


13 


Nath' Stone 


5 


Saml. Kinney 


13 


Timo. Fox 


4 


Jno. Melvin 


5 


Nath* Farr 


13 


*David Melvin 


13 


Saml. Bartlett 


3 


Josiah Davis 


S 


James Barr 


3 


Benja Hoar 


7 


Amos Boynton 


7 



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Aaron Chamberlain 


9 


Elear Cummings 


5 


Rev. Stephen Farrar 


30 


Isaac Clark 


5 


Elijah Flagg 


6 


Wm Shattuck 


3 


*Josiah Brown Sgt. 


13 


Eph" Adams Jr 


7 


*Benj. Williams 


13 


Robert Harkness 


7 



Attest Tho« Heald 

♦Those marked with an asterisk enlisted in Capt. Archelaus Towne's 
company for eight months. 

It may be seen that ten of the names in this initial list 
are marked as of those who had enlisted in the company of 
Capt. Archelaus Towne, who was a resident in Amherst. But 
none of their names appear on the roll of his company, the 
organization of which did not commence until April 28, and 
then proceeded somewhat more slowly than was perhaps 
thought proper by these members of Capt. Heald's command. 
At all events, on April 23 one of their number, Ezra Towne, 
by request of the Committee of Safety, commenced the or- 
ganization of a company and had thirty names upon his roll 
on that day, which number rapidly increased to sixty-five, 
and this roll included the remaining nine names starred upon 
the roll of Capt. Heald, Josiah Brown being first lieutenant, 
Benjamin Williams first sergeant, and Supply Wilson first 
corporal. This was the fourth company in Col. James Reed's 
regiment, and its term of service is recorded as terminating 
on August 1. But the former history of the town states, 
probably on reliable authority, that "they continued to form 
part of the army employed in the Siege of Boston" until the 
departure of the British fleet. 

This company had a notable part in the battle of Bunker 
Hill, belonging as it did to the regiment of Col. James Reed, 
which was a part of the little force "at the rail fence and on 
the bank of the Mystic" of which the historian Drake says, 
"The weight of the first and second attacks was borne by 
the defenders of the rail fence, where Gen. Howe in person 
attacked, with the very flower of his army, supported by artil- 
lery." And it is said in the account of the battle made by 
the Massachusetts Committee on Safety, that "The retreat of 
this little handful of brave men (under Col. Prescott) would 
have been effectually cut off had it not happened that the 
flanking party of the enemy, which was to have come up on 
the back of the redoubt, was checked by a party of provin- 
cials, (Stark's, Reed's, and Knowlton's men,) who fought with 

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Captain Towne's Company 

the utmost bravery and kept them from advancing farther 
than the beach." 

An examination of the roll of Capt. Ezra Towne's com- 
pany, as given below, shows thirty-five members enrolled from 
New Ipswich, eighteen from Temple, four from Washington, 
three from Peterborough, two from Mason, two from Nelson, 
while one remains with his home unmarked, but other evi- 
dence shows that he was a fourth from Peterborough. Ben- 
jamin King is recorded from Mason, but he had probably 
but just removed from town and in July is found in the roll 
of a Massachusetts regiment credited to New Ipswich. 

As shown by the note at the close of the roll its original 
is to be found in the Massachusetts archives ; and it has been 
copied for insertion here rather than the one in the New 
Hampshire archives on account of the interesting facts con- 
cerning residence not given on the New Hampshire roll. The 
two lists of names differ sufficiently to show that neither is 
a copy of the other, and yet they are practically the same, 
the differences, with the exception of "Arthur Kirkwood" in 
one being "Archer Churchwood" in the other, being such 
errors as might result from misunderstanding of a name un- 
familiar to the recording officer. There is, however, one 
rather more important difference in respect to the date of 
the death of David Scott, which according to the New Hamp- 
shire record should be "kill'd June 17," while the Massa- 
chusetts one gives June 16 as the day of his death. The color 
of the ink in this record suggests a comparatively recent date 
for that inscription, and the greater probability of death on 
the day of the battle has caused a change to be made to the 
New Hampshire date in the roll here given. 

The loss sustained by the New Ipswich company in this 
so sharply contested struggle is not recorded, and tradition 
after this length of time cannot be very reliable. But it seems 
to have been much smaller than would have been expected 
in such conditions. Apparently there was no other death 
beside that above mentioned, and the names of but few 
wounded men are known. Josiah Walton was not expected 
to recover from a severe wound in his shoulder and neck, 
but his recovery proved sufficient to return him to his place 
in the ranks before the discharge of the company from ser- 
vice. Asa Adams was also seriously injured, but the former 
history gives no more names, and other sources fail to make 
more definite the statement that "several were wounded." 

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History of New Ipswicb 

The roll of Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb's company, also in 
the regiment of Col. Reed, bears the names of Moses Tucker, 
Abel Estabrooks, and Sergt. Amos Boynton, and the roll of 
Capt. Benj. Mann's company in the same regiment the names 
of Nathaniel Farr, Simeon Hildreth, and John Thomas. 

The next military activity of New Ipswich, manifested very 
soon after the battle of Bunker Hill, is recorded in the former 
history in the following words : "It was supposed that the 
British would march out to attack our lines at Cambridge, 
and a company of about thirty left town immediately, and 
soon reached the army ; but after a short stay, finding their 
services could be dispensed with, they returned home." No 
further record of this expedition has been found. Very prob- 
ably the company did not really enter the service, and their 
names were never recorded. 

No further service is known to have been offered from 
the town for several months ; but near the close of the year 
a very urgent call was made, to which a response was given 
with no less promptness and ardor than had characterized 
the previous action of the town. The urgency of the need is 
presented by the following extract from a letter of Gen. John 
Sullivan, in command at Winter Hill near Boston, to the New 
Hampshire Committee of Safety, bearing date November 30, 
1775. "I have by command of General Washington to inform 
you. That the Connecticut forces (Deaf to the entreaties of 
their own as well as all other officers & regardless of the con- 
tempt with which their own Government threatens to treat 
them on their return) have absolutely refused to tarry till 
the first day of January, but will quit the lines on the 6th of 
Decemb'". They have deceived us & their officers by pretend- 
ing there would be no difficulty with them till they have got 
so near the close of their term ; and now to their Eternal In- 
famy demand a bounty to induce them to tarry only the three 
weeks. This is such an Insult to every American that we 
determined to release them at the expiration of their term 
at all hazards & find ourselves obliged immediately to supply 
their places with Troops from New Hampshire & Massachu- 
setts Bay." The call upon New Hampshire was for thirty- 
one companies, a little less than two thousand men, to serve 
until the fifteenth of January. The Committee met on De- 
cember 2, and the companies were raised and forwarded with 
such alacrity that only six days later Gen. Sullivan wrote to 

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New Hampshire's Leadership 

the Committee saying: "General Washington and all the 
other officers are extremely pleased & bestow the highest 
encomiums on you and your troops, freely acknowledging that 
the New Hampshire Forces for bravery & resolution far sur- 
pass the other Colonies & that no Province discovers so much 
zeal in the common cause." 

It is very unfortunate that no record is known to exist 
of the New Ipswich men who had a part in this act of relief 
to the army and of rebuke to those who had failed to accept 
their opportunity for special service. There is a roll of the 
commissioned officers of each one of the thirty-one companies, 
in which New Ipswich is credited with one company of which 
Eleazer Cummings was captain, Henry Forgerson first lieu- 
tenant, and Ezekiel Goodale second lieutenant. Blood's his- 
tory of Temple gives the names of eighteen men of that town 
who enlisted at that time for a period of six weeks and the 
nam,e of Ezekiel Goodale is among them. Moreover, at a 
later date he is termed "Lieut. Goodale." It may therefore 
be concluded that New Ipswich and Temple united in the 
formation of this company ; and as the former New Ipswich 
history states that the New Ipswich contribution to its ranks 
numbered twenty-six, there remain twenty men of the full 
company who came from some other place or places not yet 
identified. 

The year 1776, during which the issues of the contest 
were so unmistakably defined, witnessed the response of New 
Ipswich men to six calls for service in what was really, though 
still but dimly, becoming recognized to be a national army. 
Concerning the first of these no record of details is known 
to exist, and tradition has so faded that nothing concerning 
the part of New Ipswich can be added to the few lines given 
in the former town history, where it is said : "In February 
of this year a call was made for men to reinforce the army 
attempting the conquest of Canada. Seventeen men were 
raised, who proceeded, under Capt. Towne, by the way of 
Lake Champlain, as far as St. Johns ; but the failure of 
Arnold's attempt on Quebec, and the retreat from Montreal, 
terminated the expedition, and they returned." The practi- 
cal truth of this tradition is certified and a few additional 
details are furnished by a petition of Capt. Towne now in 
the New Hampshire archives and published in the State Pa- 

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History of New Ipswich 

pers which have given so great aid in the preparation of this 
chapter. The petition is as follows : 

To the General Court of the State of New Hampshire 

The Petition of Ezra Town of New Ipswich in said State humbly 
shows that he in January AD 1776 commanded a company in the service 
of the United States, and that his Men went into Canada then to Albany 
in the same year and on the first of December in the same year his 
company marched to Pennsylvania and continued there until the first 
day of Jan'' following and soon after his company was dismissed without 
rations or any subsistence money to carry them home. 

New Ipswich 30'" Jan'' 1786. Ezra Towne 

This petition receiving no favorable attention, two years 
later he presented another containing the additional facts that 
his company was in Gen. James Reed's regiment, and that 
they were discharged at Morristown, N. J., February 13, 1777. 

The next call for aid was from the Northern army on 
Lake Champlain ; and during the spring Capt. Joseph Parker 
raised a company which joined the army in July. Eighteen 
men of New Ipswich are said in the former history to have 
enlisted in this company ; but it is by no means an easy task 
to determine which fourth part of the ninety-three names 
borne upon its roll were from the town. Capt. Parker was 
the only one of the commissioned officers included in this 
portion of the company, as Ensign John Taggart was from 
Peterborough, and the Lieutenants, Daniel Rand and David 
Hunter, bear surnames not found in the New Ipswich records 
of that date. The following list, however, seems to contain 
the New Ipswich section of the company. 

Joseph Parker, Capt. 

Simeon Bullard Serjt. vSamuel Parker 

Isaac Preston, Corp. Whitcomb Powers 

Allen Breed, Corp. William Scott 

Jonas Adams, Corp. Nathaniel Stratton 

Stephen Adams Peter Shattuck 

Ephraim Adams Nathaniel Melvin 

Allen Breed Jr. James Wilson 

James Chandler Levi Spaulding 

Simeon Hildreth Jonathan Wheat 

Leonard Parker John Thomas 

The period of this company's service is uncertain; they were 
mustered in July 18, and are believed to have served through 
the autumn. 



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Captain Smith's Company 

In the following September a company enlisted from New 
Ipswich and neighboring towns included with it in the militia 
regiment of Col. Enoch Hale was united with seven or more 
companies raised from dififerent militia regiments and marched 
under the command of Col. Nahum Baldwin to reinforce the 
army in New York. This company was under the command 
of Capt. Abijah Smith of New Ipswich, Lieut. James Crombie 
being from^Rindge, and Ensign Robert Fletcher from Temple. 
They served about three months, during which they were 
in the battle at White Plains, but were not so situated as to 
suffer. The entire body returned home early in the winter. 
The same difficulty is presented in this company as in that 
of Capt. Joseph Parker, but it is believed that the following 
names form nearly the correct list for New Ipswich. 

Abijah Smith, Capt. 

Benjamin Adams Abel Estabrook 

Eli Adams Jonathan Kinney 

Ephraim Adams John Knowlton 

Thomas Adams Stephen Pierce 

Isaac Appleton Nathaniel Stone 

Benjamin Cutter Supply Wilson 

John Cutter Joseph Wright 
Jonas Button 

Under date of Oct. 24, 1775, Oliver Prescott wrote to Henry 
Gardner: "Twenty-six men march this day from the town 
of New Ipswich" to Ticonderoga. — American Archives, Vol. 
2, p. 1227. 

In October there marched from the counties of Hills- 
borough and Cheshire, on the requisition of General Gates, a 
small body of men to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga. It 
is doubtful if the only roll of this force which is known to 
have been preserved, and which was discovered in the Pen- 
sion Bureau at Washington, is at all complete, as of the 
thirty-nine names which it bears are those of Lieut.-Col. 
Thomas Heald and Adjutant Isaac How of New Ipswich, a 
captain and a lieutenant from Rindge, the same from Temple, 
eight sergeants, a corporal, and only twenty-four privates. 
In this roll the residence of each man is stated, and New Ips- 
wich is credited with Sergeants William Strate, John Brooks, 
and Benjamin Williams, and Privates Josiah Brown, Peter 
Fletcher, Francis Fletcher, Edmund Towne, Stephen Parker, 
Thomas Farnsworth, Timothy Wheelock, Joseph Wright, 
Joel Wheelock, Timothy Stearns, Henry Fletcher, Daniel 

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Adams, and Nathaniel Pratt. This detachment was absent 
about three months, having been on duty at Fort Independ- 
ence. 

The conditions of the next call for troops are thus stated 
in the first volume of "Revolutionary Rolls" of New Hamp- 
shire. "In answer to a requisition from General Washington, 
the legislature on the fourth day of December, 1776, 'Voted, 
That five hundred men be Draughted from the several Regi- 
ments in this State as soon as possible, and officered & sent 
to New York.' * * * * 'pj^g cause of this call 
was, that the terms of service of the troops in garrison at 
Fort George and Ticonderoga would expire on the last day 
of December, and if their places were not filled those posts 
would fall into the hands of General Sir Guy Carleton." 

Francis Towne of Rindge was captain of a company in 
Col. David Gilman's regiment of this levy, and the roll of his 
company bears the following names the same as those of 
residents in New Ipswich, and names which appear on other 
rolls with those of New Ipswich soldiers. 

Simeon Gould, Serjt. David Sanders 

Stephen Parker, Serjt, Thomas Adams 

John Bryant, Drum'. William Priest 

Isaac Adams Isaac Proctor 

Elijah Mansfield Daniel Adams 

Abel Dutton Edmund Towne 

Asa Gibbs Peter Fletcher 
Asa Perham 

The record of New Ipswich soldiers of 1776 closes with 
the names of Thomas Brown, Josiah Fletcher, Simeon Gould, 
William Hodgkins, Henry Knowlton, Abner Preston, Jesse 
Walker, and Jonas Wheeler, found upon the roll of the com- 
pany of Capt. Samuel Atkinson "stationed at Coos in Haver- 
hill under the directions of the Committee appointed for said 
purpose Decemb'" 1, 1776," and they are added to the previous 
lists of the year on similar evidence to that which seemed 
to demand the same recognition of the list immediately 
preceding. 

It may justly be claimed that New Ipswich, during the 
year of the nation's birth, held a worthy place in the state 
of which it has been written that "New Hampshire performed 
her share of the work of 1776 in full, as she had the year 
before, responding ably and patriotically to every call made 

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upon her for men. In several instances her troops remained 
in the service beyond their terms of enlistment, notwithstand- 
ing they w^ere of necessity scantily fed and clothed, and poorly 
provided with protection against the inclemency of the 
weather. In no instance, when the exigency of the occasion 
seemed to require their services beyond their terms of en- 
listment, were they appealed to in vain." 

The next year was entered with the same spirit, and with 
a clearer realization of the true issue. The last town meeting 
called in New Ipswich 'Tn His Majesty's Name" was the 
annual meeting held in March, 1775. No authority had been 
named in the warrants for the numerous meetings necessi- 
tated by the conditions of the succeeding two years, but the 
annual meeting held March 10, 1777, was called "In name of 
the Government and People of the State of New Hampshire." 

During this year the military interest of the state naturally 
centered upon the Northern army and the movements in the 
region of Ticonderoga. The strengthening national thought 
was evidenced in the three New Hampshire Continental regi- 
ments commanded by Colonels Joseph Cilley, Nathan Hale, 
and Alexander Scammell. The comparative inefficiency of 
brief periods of service had been demonstrated by sad ex- 
perience, and some more systematic method of filling the 
ranks had become necessary. The return of Enoch Hale of 
Rindge, colonel of the Fourteenth Regiment of militia, made 
early in this year, shows the radical change in conditions 
since the day of the "Concord Fight." A portion of it is given 
below : — 

State of New Hampshire 

To the Hon"'* Committee of Safety for said State Pursuant to 

orders Received in April A. D. 1777 directing me to Raise one hundred 
and nineteen men to serve in the Continental Armey for three years 

or during the war I have Proportioned the men to the several Towns 
or Companys in my Regiment as follows (viz) 

New Ipswich 22 Marlborough 6 

Rindge 17 Stoddard 6 

Temple 13 Packersfield 5 

Peterborough 14 Washington 4 

Jaffrey 14 Slip Town 2 

Fitzwilliam 8 

Dublin 8 119 



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New Ipswich Returned Twenty one men 
Silas Gill Jacob Potter 

Ephraim Foster Ephraim Severance 

John Yeaman Moses Farnorth 

Levi Adams Ithamar Wheelock 

Jonas Adams William Prichard 

Rolins Colburn Abner Preston & 

Nath' Hase William Hueitt 

in Capt. Farwells Com'y Col" Silleys Regiment — and 
Asa Gibbs Daniel Foster 

Asa Pearham Ebenezer Fletcher & 

Sam' Foster John Johnson 

in Cap* Carr' Comp'y Col" Hale' Regiment — they likewise Returned 
William Scott in said Carr' Company that they hired from Peterborough 
Slip Being one that Sliptown Returned and say that Sliptown neglect 
to pay back their money. 

It should not be inferred that the men responding to the 
definite call upon each town had been secured by means of 
a draft. In fact, the payroll of Capt. Farwell's company dated 
nearly a year later has several of the names in this list credited 
with service beginning at an earlier date than the time of 
the reception of the order to Col. Enoch Hale mentioned in 
his return, but probably they had not been reported to the 
Committee of Safety before the order for new recruits had 
been issued. This later list differs from the one given above 
by having the name of Samuel Potter, which other records 
show correct, instead of Jacob Potter, and by the absence of 
the name of John Yeaman and William Hueitt. What was 
undoubtedly an error is also corrected and Moses Farnsworth 
appears in place of the earlier abridged form. Bunker Clark, 
who was certainly a resident in New Ipswich, is credited to 
Packersfield. William Hewitt appears in other places as a 
member of that company and receipts for his bounty and 
wages at Valley Forge in 1778. John Yeaman also is found 
(with a slight change in his name) in another company of 
the same regiment. Capt. Isaac Farwell was of Charlestown, 
and is probably not the Isaac Farwell who went from New 1 
Ipswich at the time of the Concord alarm. The first lieutenant ' 
was James Taggart of Peterborough, the second lieutenant 
Jeremiah Pritchard of New Ipswich, and the ensign Jonathan 
Willard of Charlestown. Rawlins Colborn and Levi Adams 
held warrants of first and second sergeants. The company 
of the Second Regiment containing the remainder of the April 
levy was commanded by Capt. James Carr of Somersworth, 

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the first lieutenant being Samuel Cherry of Londonderry, the 
second lieutenant Peletiah Whittemore of New Ipswich, and 
the ensign George Frost of Greenland. 

The service of these men did not terminate in three years, 
as the names of several of them are found later to continue 
"during the war." But now attention, which had been tempo- 
rarily somewhat diverted from the region of Ticonderoga, was 
abruptly recalled. "On the evening of the 2d day of May, 
1777, dispatches were received by the committee of safety 
of this state, informing them that the garrison at Ticonderoga 
was in danger of being taken by the enemy, and urging that 
the militia be sent forward at once to reenforce that important 
post." Messages were at once sent to the colonels of the 
regiments situated along the western line of the state urging 
them "by all that is sacred to raise as many of your Militia 
as possible and march them, to Ticonderoga." Col. Enoch 
Hale was not one of those nearest to the seat of danger, and 
therefore specially called upon, but none the less fifty-four 
men were gathered from that regiment who marched on May 
6 for Ticonderoga, under the command of Capt. Josiah Brown 
of New Ipswich. It is impossible to be perfectly sure how 
many of this company were from New Ipswich. The former 
history speaks of this as "a company of twenty-four men," 
which probably is the traditional number of its New Ipswich 
members. The entire roll is here presented, and those names 
which are doubtless the names of New Ipswich men, or which 
from other facts seem most probably to be of that town, are 
marked with an asterisk. 

*Josiah Brown, Capt Jos. Stanley 

Asa Sherwin, 1st Lt. Moses Hale 

♦Samuel Howard, 2d Lt. John Emery 

*Benj. Williams, Ens. Abel Piatt 

Jona. Ingals, Serjt. Saml. Chaplin 

*Ezra Morse, Serjt. Moses Chaplain 

Abraham Brooks, Serjt. Peter Webster 

William Robb, Serjt. Amos Ingals 

*Abel Easterbrooks, Corp. *Thomas Brown 

Jona. Putnam, Corp. *James Tidder 

Jona. Morse, Corp. *Nathl. Pratt 

Israel Keys, Corp. *NathI. Farr 

Silas Angier *Jona. Parker 

David Adams *John Wheeler 

♦Samuel Adams *Isaac Farwell 

William Thomson sv*Daniel Clary 

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* Nathan Cutter 
*Saml. Walker 
*Jesse Walker 
*Elijah Davis 
*Peter Shadduck 
*John Thomas 
*John Yarmon 
David Townsend 
John Patten 
*Richard Stickney 
Eben Severance 
Benja. Severance 



Jona. Marshall 
*Danl. Morse 
Joshua Greenwood 
*Asa Pratte 
Thos. Smith 
Thos. Davidson 
Joseph Farrar 
Jason Rice 
Eben Spaulding 
John White 
Aaron Beals 



Most of this company continued in service at Ticonderoga 
about six weeks, and were then discharged. But they had 
hardly scattered to their homes when the capture of Crown 
Point and the rapid advance of Burgoyne upon Ticonderoga 
made the crisis more imperative in its call for aid from the 
militia. On June 29 Capt. Brown again started at the head 
of a company of forty-eight men, this time a solid company 
of the town; having reached Number Four (Charlestown), 
they were ordered to return, and arrived at Rindge on July 3. 
But here they were overtaken by orders again reversing their 
course, and the first anniversary of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence was spent while following again the route westward. 
Only as far as Rutland, however, for there they met the army 
in retreat. Apparently about half the company returned home 
directly from Rindge, as they are credited on the roll with 
only five days' service and were discharged on the third of 
July instead of the twelfth. 

The roll is given below : 



Josiah Brown, Capt. 
Edmund Bryant, Lieut. 
Isaac Clark, Lieut. 
Hezekiah Corey, Ensign 
John Brooks, Serjt. 
Thomas Brown, Serjt. 
Josiah Walton, Serjt. 
Elijah Davis, Serjt. 
Elijah Morse, Corpl. 
Stephen Hildreth, Corpl. 
Allen Breed, Corpl. 
Nathan Wesson, Corpl. 
William Kendall 
Ebenezer Bullard 
AVilliam Hodgkins 
Asa Parker 



Ephraim Stevens 
Joseph Felt 
Whitcomb Powers 
Jona Easterbrooks 
William Spear, Junr. 
Nehemiah Stratton 
Phineas Adams 
John Knight 
John Thomas 
Peter Shattuck 
Joseph Pollard 
Edmund Sawtel 
Jonathan Davis 
Stephen Adams 
Leonard Parker 
David Melvin 



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Amos Wheeler William Richards 

Nat. Carlton Timothy Fox 

Nat Swain Josiah Rogers 

Zebediah Whittemore Joseph Tinney 

Nat Melvin John Warner 

Peter Fletcher John Cutter 

Stephen Parker Wm Spears 

Josiah Fletcher David Elliot 

Thirty of the members of this company were provided 
with horses, and it is said that the march was largely taken 
by the "ride and tie" method. 

Apparently the other companies of Col. Enoch Hale's reg- 
iment did not turn out in response to the call to Ticonderoga 
in as large numbers as that under Capt. Josiah Brown ; but 
a detachment of the regiment marched under command of 
Lieut. -Col. Thomas Heald of New Ipswich, Francis Fletcher, 
the adjutant, being also from that town. This detachment 
contained portions of five companies, and the names of New 
Ipswich men are found on the roll of each of those companies, 
although it is impossible to determine with certainty they 
were not residents of other localities bearing the same name. 
But no evidence appears to cause the following names to be 
refused as New Ipswich soldiers. 

In the company of Capt. Salmon Stone of Rindge : Reuben 
Russell, Samuel Russell, Samuel Walker, John Knowlton. 

In the company of Capt. Roger Gilmore of Jaffrey: 
Thomas Adams. 

In the company of Capt. Silas Wright of Stoddard : Asa 
Adams, Eli Adams, William Button, Henry Spaulding, Jotham 
Hoar, Stephen Parker, John Harkness, Amos Prichard, Jonas 
Wheeler, Samuel Haywood, Benjamin Safford, Josiah Davis,. 
Simeon Blanchard, Richard Wheeler, Jesse Walker, John 
Sartwell, (probably Sawtell,) Simeon Hildrick, Josiah 
Fletcher. 

In the company of Capt. Alexander Robbe of Peter- 
borough : William Scott, William Blair. 

In the company of Capt. James Lewis of Marlborough : 
Moses Tucker, Ezra Town, Oliver Wright. 

These men in Col. Heald's detachment, like those under 
Capt. Brown, served not more than fourteen days, and about 
half of them only five days. 

A company also marched on the same errand from Fitz- 
william and towns adjacent, under the command of Capt. 

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John Mellin, and on the roll of this company appear the names 
of Moses Tucker, Oliver Wright, Samuel Soper, and Abel 
Estabrooks. It is evident that the distinction between father 
and son was neglected in respect to the name of Capt. 
Tucker ; but even that explanation is insufficient for the name 
Oliver Wright, which not only appears in the rolls of Cap- 
tains Lewis and Mellin, and as both ensign and private in the 
latter company he was apparently promoted, but also on the 
rolls of the companies of Capt. Christopher Webber and of 
Lieut. Henry Adams, which also made brief expeditions to 
relieve the endangered Ticonderoga. There can be little 
doubt that the Oliver Wright in at least one of these com- 
panies was of New Ipswich. 

The threatening advance of Burgoyne after his successes 
at Ticonderoga and Hubbardton left to the Americans no 
escape from more strenuous endeavor than the recent move- 
ments had proved to be, and on the tenth of July a company 
of seventy-one men, of whom thirty-seven were from neigh- 
boring towns, mostly from Peterboro or Temple, left New 
Ipswich and joined the Northern army under General Gates 
at Stillwater. The thirty-four men believed to be from. New 
Ipswich were as enrolled below : 

Stephen Parker, Capt. Richard Wheeler 

Benjamin Williams, Ensign. Amos Wheeler 

Archibald White, Sergt. William Upton 

Whitcomb Powers, Corpl. Edmund Sawtel 

Samuel Lewis, Corpl. Nehemiah Stratton 

Samuel Lowell, Drummer. John Knight 

Simeon Hildreth, Fifer. Francis Appleton 

Allen Breed Jotham Hoar 

Allen Breed, Jr. Samuel Wheeler 

Samuel Walker Daniel Foster 

Benjamin Safford Richard Stickney 

Josiah Walton William Blair 

David Rumrill Levi Spaulding 

Zebediah Whittemore Henry Spaulding 

Peter Fletcher Abel Dutton 

Ephraim Stevens Silas Taylor 

Jonathan Parker Eli Adams 

This company's service extended through two months, 
during which it had a part in the battle of Bennington, and 
it was discharged on the twenty-sixth of September. A few 
of the names are doubtful, and are claimed by other towns 
having citizens bearing the same name, 

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Captain Briant's Company 

The former history of the town gives a brief account of 
an attempt to divide the American force made by the British 
at about this time, in the form of a false alarm concerning 
a projected raid from the north for the purpose of chastising 
the towns along the Connecticut river. The plan succeeded 
in New Ipswich to the extent of starting a party of eleven 
men northward to take a part in the needed defence, their 
absence continuing about a month. No names are given ex- 
cept that of their commander, William Clary; and no record 
of its doings having come to light, it is necessarily left with- 
out further mention. 

At almost exactly the time of the discharge of Capt. 
Parker's company another company of fifty-five men was 
formed and marched from the town to join the army at Sara- 
toga. All the commissioned officers were of New Ipswich, 
as were the greater part of the other members, only about 
twelve being from other towns. The roll, omitting the names 
from other towns, is here given : 

Edmund Briant, Capt. Ephraim Hildreth 

Moses Tucker, Lieut. William Hewett 

Isaac Clarke, Lieut. Amos Prichard 

Simeon Gould, Serjt. Samuel Parker 

John Brooks, Serjt. Nat Pratt 

William Start, Serjt. Joel Russell 

Joseph Tinney, Corpl. William Richards 

Joseph Pollard, Corpl. Nat Stone 

Thomas Brown, Corpl. Joseph Stickney 

Nathaniel Swain, Drum. William Spear 

Jonas Wilson, Fife Peter Shattuck 

Francis Appleton David Sanders 

Ephraim Adams John Scott 

Phineas Adams Edmund Towne 

Aaron Chamberlain James Tidder 

Henry Carlton John Thomas 

John Clarey Jonas Wheeler 

Francis Fletcher Jesse Walker 

Thomas Farnsworth Elijah Morse 

William Farr Abel Miles 

Robert Harkness Jonathan Wheelock 
Stephen Hildreth 

This company was discharged on October 25, but that 
brief month of service included the time of the battle of Still- 
water and the surrender of Burgoyne, and so to the people 
of New Hampshire it ever seemed the "beginning of the end." 

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And in truth the frequent calls for service of a few days 
or a few weeks had ceased, and during the first half of the 
year 1778 attention to necessarily neglected home duties could 
be resumed. Still, as early as June, 1777, Governor Nicholas 
Cooke of Rhode Island had applied to the legislature of New 
Hampshire for aid against three thousand British troops from 
whom an attack seemed imminent, and about three hundred 
men were sent in response to the call. But no names recog- 
nizable as being of New Ipswich men are found on the rolls 
of those companies, and the officers whose places of residence 
are recorded were from somewhat distant localities, from 
which it may reasonably be concluded that New Ipswich had 
no part in that expedition. Just before the close of the six 
months which was the term of enlistment of that detach- 
ment, another message from Governor Cooke was received 
asking that troops might be sent to take their place, and 
stating "that they would be in a deplorable condition without 
continued military aid from New Hampshire." This request 
was considered by the state authorities and on January 1, 
1778, the House of Representatives voted to send the needed 
assistance. But the enlistments seemed to be less prompt 
than at the time of the previous call, and while the exact 
time of the departure for Rhode Island is uncertain, an order 
to the colonels of militia, passed on May 29, to draft three 
hundred men for that service shows that there was probably 
nearly six months interval between the call and its full an- 
swer. This second levy of troops was discharged December 
30, having served for different periods, but few longer than 
six months. The three hundred men comprised six compa- 
nies, one of which, commanded by Capt. Simon Marston of 
Deerfield, bore upon its roll the following New Ipswich 
names : Joseph Farrar, Timothy Farrar, Joseph Felt, Simeon 
Gould, Samuel Morse, whose periods of service varied from 
three to six months. 

This regiment, apparently raised with great difficulty, al- 
though the lists of recruits and of the bounties paid them 
make it probable that the required men were secured without 
resort to the draft, was yet insufficient to drive the British 
forces from the state, and in August New Hampshire sent a 
brigade to assist, containing five regiments and amounting 
to a little over one thousand men, who served three or four 
weeks. One of these regiments, containing only one hundred 

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and twenty men, was commanded by Col. Enoch Hale of 
Rindge, the major and adjutant being Joseph Parker and 
Isaac Howe, both of New Ipswich. Each of its three compa- 
nies contained men from the same town, the greater part of 
them being in the company of Capt. Robert Fletcher of Tem- 
ple, the roll of which is here given omitting names of men 
believed to be from other towns. 

Moses Tucker, Lieut. John Knight 

Benjamin Williams, Ensign Joseph Pollard 

Simeon Gold, Serjt. Maj. Nehemiah Stratton 

John Brooks, Serjt. William Spear 

Leonard Parker, Serjt. Thomas Spaulding 

Whitcomb Powers, Corpl. Peter Fletcher 

Jonathan Davis, Corpl. James Tidder 

Francis Appleton John Thomas 

Stephen Adams Jr. William Webber 

Allen Breed Josiah Walton 

Ebenr. Bullard Jonas Wheeler 

Nathan Cutter Samuel Wheeler 

— Nathan Champney Abel Button 

~~ Henry Carlton Samuel Farnsworth 

Benjamin Gibbs David Haws 

-William Hodgkins Daniel Kenney 

Jona. Kenney 

The second company, commanded by Capt. Samuel 
Twitchell of Dublin, seems to have contained the following 
New Ipswich men : Ephraim Adams, Benjamin Cutter, John 
Knowlton, Daniel Morse, Ezra Morse, Isaac Proctor; and the 
third company, commanded by Capt. James Lewis of Marl- 
borough, had Moses Tucker, first sergeant, and Samuel 
Adams, corporal. 

Still the Rhode Island problem remained unsolved, and in 
June, 1779, the regiments of militia were called upon to fur- 
nish a third time three hundred men for the same duty. Of 
this number, Col. Enoch Hale was directed to raise eighteen, 
and if New Ipswich maintained the same ratio to the other 
towns of the regiment that she had two years previously, the 
town quota was necessarily three ; it is recorded that on July 
5 that number of men were mustered into service for six 
months to the credit of the town by Col. Thomas Heald, one 
of them, however, coming from Temple, one from Westmore- 
land, leaving only Isaac Taylor as a New Ipswich resident, 
and he in other places is credited to Temple, unless there 
were two soldiers bearing that name. 

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A little later the following men were mustered in to aid 
in filling the three New Hampshire Continental regiments, all 
being credited to New Ipswich, although some of them may 
have been so in the most technical sense only. The list was : 
Jonathan Parker, James Whipple, Hezekiah Wetherbee, Heze- 
kiah Sartwell (Sawtell probably), Asahel Powers. 

No record is found of the New Ipswich men who joined 
the expedition against the Indians near Seneca Lake, nor of 
the thirty-one others who went under Capt. Joseph Parker 
on the enduring Rhode Island concern, both mentioned in 
the former history as among the activities of the year, and 
therefore nothing can be added to the brief mention there 
given. 

The review of the events from 1775 to 1779 shows a change 
analogous to that which the older men of the present recall 
in the later years of the Civil War. The enthusiasm of the 
first months had paled, and however firm the determination 
yet remained, the expectation of marked victories to be 
achieved during a few weeks' campaign had passed like the 
dreams of childhood. The picturesque element in the strife 
had disappeared, and the necessity of an equable distribution 
of the burdens of the war in constantly increasing measure 
controlled the methods employed for the maintenance of the 
army in the field. Soldiers still were found to fill the quota 
required of each regiment or town, and this without resort 
to a draft; but the nominal volunteering became more and 
more a business proceeding, a service in the field in response 
to a bounty which greatly tended to equalize the burden. The 
following statement by the editor of the Revolutionary Papers 
before mentioned indicates the extent to which the commer- 
cial element had of necessity become closely incorporated 
with patriotic movements of that date. He writes : 

"On the 16th day of June, 1780, the legislature passed an 
act ordering six hundred men to be raised to recruit the three 
regiments in the continental army from this state. The com- 
mittee of safety was directed to give orders to the regimental 
commanders to raise their several quotas. * * * 
The men were to furnish their own clothing, knapsacks, and 
blankets, and serve till the last day of December next follow- 
ing, or be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars. They were 
to be paid forty shillings per month 'in Money equal to In- 
dian Corn at Four Shillings a Bushel, Grass-fed Beef at Three 

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Pence per Pound, or Sole-Leather at Eighteen Pence a Pound.' 
They were also to have five pounds each for clothing money, 
two dollars in paper currency per mile for travel, and money 
for rations until they could draw continental rations." In 
response to this very definite proposal the six men required 
of New Ipswich volunteered. They were John Goold, Allen 
Breed, Henry Carlton, Peter Bullard, Ebenezer Bullard, and 
Samuel Walker. These men 'probably served in New Jersey. 

Before the close of the month of June, the legislature 
voted to raise 945 men for a term of three months, to reen- 
force the army at West Point. Sixty-three of this number 
were to be furnished by Col. Enoch Plale's regiment, from 
which it would seem that the quota of New Ipswich was 
either eleven or twelve. A careful examination of the rolls 
of the sixteen companies composing the two regiments into 
which this levy was divided fails to determine with full satis- 
faction the names of the New Ipswich men there included. 
But the following list is probably approximately correct. 

In the company of Capt. Benjamin Spaulding: Daniel 
Adams, Ensign, Isaac Preston, Sergt., Jeremiah Underwood, 
Abel Button, John Breed, William Upton, Eli Upton, Asa 
Pratt. ' • 

In the company of Capt. Jonas Kidder: Simeon Fletcher. 
Jonathan Davis, Joseph Davis. 

Some time during the year a sally of tories from Canada 
into the state of Vermont, proceeding as far as Royalton, 
awakened a spontaneous movement like those of the earlier 
years, and sixty-five men, all or very nearly all of whom 
were from New Ipswich, started on horseback to meet the 
especially offensive attack. This force, under the command 
of Lieut. -Col. Thomas Heald, was divided into two companies, 
the rolls of which are given below. They were gone only 
four days, during which the smaller company travelled forty- 
five miles, for which they presented an account amounting 
to £34 10s., and the larger thirty-five miles, with an account 
of £90 2s. They were : 

Edmund Bryant, Capt. Silas Davis 

Isaac Clark, Lieut. John Gould 

Benjamin Williams, Lieut. Joseph Stickney Jr. 

Jeremiah Prichard Benjamin Adams Jr. 

Thomas Brown John Adams 

Josiah Walton Amos Baker 

John Brown Jr. Samuel Speer 

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William Speer Jr. 
John Cutter 
William Prichard 
Jonathan Fletcher 
Ephraim Adams Jr. 
Elijah Davis 

Joseph Parker, Capt. 
Moses Tucker, Lieut. 
James Chandler, Ens. 
John Brooks, Sergt. 
Leonard Parker 
Allen Breed, Sergt. 
William Paris 
Ebenezer Knight 
Enos Knight Jr. 
Samuel Cummings 
Ebenezer Fletcher 
Thomas Spaulding 
Timothy Fox 
William Shattuck 
Jonathan Twist 
William Hodgkins 
Levi Farr 
Nathaniel Farr 
Isaac Bartlett 
Jotham Hoar 



Josiah Brown 
Thomas Kidder 
Thomas Fletcher Jr. 
William Clary- 
Edmund Town 



Ephraim Hildreth 
• Joseph Warren 
Jesse Walker 
Amos Boynton 
Joel Baker 
Stephen Pierce 
Samuel Fletcher 
Stephen Adams Jr. 
John Pratt 
Edward Pratt 
Nathaniel Pratt 
Isaac Farwell 
Edmund Farwell 
John Cowing 
Robert Cambell 
Thad Taylor 
Reuben Taylor 
Hezekiah Hodgkins 
John Wheeler, Jr. 



It may be noticed that two of the names on the Royalton 
Alarm list, John Gould and Allen Breed, are also included 
in the six names of men enlisting on the six-months call of 
the year, and recorded as serving from July 2 to December 14. 
Evidently therefore the Royalton event was earlier than 
July. The records mention it as an occurrence of the year 
1780 several times, but give no more definite date. 

In February, 1781, the town was called upon to furnish 
twelve more soldiers for the Continental army, and is credited 
with the following recruits, eight of whom had before been 
credited with from one to five terms of service. 



Nehemiah Stratton 
Phineas Adams 
Samuel Walker 
Peter BuUard 
Amos Baker 
John Adams 



Stephen Adams 
Jesse Walker 
John Bullard 
Joel Baker 
Joseph Proctor 
John Thomas 



A few names more complete the roll of names found on 
record of New Ipswich Revolutionary soldiers. The "Muster 

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Roll of a Company of Men Commanded by Capt. Othniel 
Thomas In Colo. Runnell's Regt. of New Hampshire Militie 
(1781)" found in the Pension Bureau at Washington, D. C, 
contains the following names of soldiers, two of whom are 
said to "go for" the town of "Ipswitch," and four for "Ips- 
wich :" Reuben Baldwin, James Turnar, John Goold, Paul 
Sticknee, Ephraim Hildreth, John Gould, Jr. 

In a New Hampshire record New Ipswich is credited with 
Silas Whitney and Ezra Meriam, recruits of July 15, 1782. 

From the Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls preserved in 
the State House at Boston the following names of New Ips- 
wich men are taken. Col. William Prescott's regiment, Capt. 
John Nutting's company, Samuel Cummings ; Capt. Joseph 
Moor's company, John Sawtell ; Capt. Abijah Wyman's com- 
pany, Samuel Kinney; Col. Jonathan Brewer's regiment, Capt. 
Thomas Drury's company, Abraham Abbot. Seth Wheeler 
was lieutenant in the company of Capt. John Parker of Litch- 
field, in the regiment of Col. Timothy Bedel, with the North- 
ern division of the army under Gen. Montgomery in 1775; 
and captain under the same colonel on service in Canada 
from December 15, 1777, to March 3, 1778. 

It is believed that the foregoing is practically a complete 
outline of the work of New Ipswich in the field during the 
birth-struggle of the nation. In comparison with the broader 
and more fierce contests required in later years that the nation 
might continue to live, perchance in the thought of some this 
earlier story is almost insignificant. In truth, that initial 
strife presented very little of what is sometimes called the 
"glory of war." In the provincial army gorgeous uniforms, 
or in most cases any costumes that could receive such a name, 
were conspicuous by their absence. The graphic description 
of the departure of Capt. Stephen Parker's company for Still- 
water in 1777, given in the former history of the town as 
related by one who remembered the event, tells the thought- 
ful reader so much of the home conditions of those days left 
unwritten that it is repeated here. 

"To a man, they wore small-clothes, coming down and 
fastening just below the knee, and long stockings with cow- 
hide shoes ornamented by large buckles, while not a pair of 
boots graced the company. The coats and waistcoats were 
loose and of huge dimensions, with colors as various as the 
barks of oak, sumach, and other trees of our hills and swamps 
could make them, and their shirts were all made of flax, and 

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like every other part of the dress, were homespun. On their 
heads was worn a large round-top and broad-brimmed hat. 
Their arms were as various as their costume ; here an old 
soldier carried a heavy Queen's arm, with which he had done 
service at the conquest of Canada twenty years previous, 
while by his side walked a stripling boy, with a Spanish 
fusee not half its weight or calibre, which his grandfather 
may have taken at the Havanna, while not a few had old 
French pieces, that dated back to the reduction of Louisburg. 
Instead of the cartridgebox, a large powderhorn was slung 
under the arm, and occasionally a bayonet might be seen 
bristling in the ranks. Some of the swords of the officers 
had been made by our Province blacksmiths, perhaps from 
some farming utensil ; they looked serviceable, but heavy and 
uncouth. Such was the appearance of the Continentals to 
whom a well-appointed army was soon to lay down their arms. 
After a little exercising on the old Common, and performing 
the then popular exploit of 'whipping the snake,' they briskly 
filed off up the road, by the foot of the Kidder Mountain, and 
through the Spafiford Gap, towards Peterboro, to the tune of 
'Over the hills and far away.' " 

Furthermore, it may be thankfully realized that the weap- 
ons of the warfare of those days were such as gave compara- 
tively slight occasion for scenes of such appalling glory as 
are depicted in the panoramas of mutilation and death at 
Gettysburg and other battles of the Civil War. 

At the close of the Revolution the population of New 
Ipswich was 1033, of which number only 206 were ratable 
polls. But this small population sent into the field for a 
longer or shorter time about 275 men, no small number of 
whom, either by a single enlistment or several briefer ones, 
served nearly or quite three years. As has been seen, the 
collection of scattered records has necessitated a considerable 
modification of the traditional number of New Ipswich sol- 
diers, but these documents give very little aid in any attempt 
to make more definite or complete the record of deaths and 
injuries among the New Ipswich men that is given in the 
former history. It is there stated that "but one or two were 
killed in battle ; eight or ten were very severely Avounded. 
among whom were Josiah Walton, Ebenezer Fletcher, Jeremiah 
Fletcher, and Jonas Adams ; and about twenty died of sick- 
ness in the army, or soon after they were brought home, of 
whom were John Adams, Simeon Hildreth, Daniel Hall, 

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Samuel Campbell, Jonathan Wheat, Samuel Foster, Ephraim 
Forster and Asa Perham." David Scott is recorded as having 
lost his life at Bunker Hill, but although he was in the com- 
pany of Capt. Ezra Town, there seems to be very little doubt 
that he was of a Peterborough family and resident in that 
town. 

It is very evident that by far the most serious sufferings 
which assailed, weakened, and often, despite the power of 
patriotism and indomitable Anglo-Saxon energy, discouraged 
the body of the soldiers so that the unconquerable leaders 
knew not how to meet the apparently impending disaster, 
were not those which are met where the excitement of the 
contest gives courage and endurance, but those due to lack 
of proper clothing, food, and shelter ; to weakness and disease 
due largely to the inability to supply such necessities, but 
sometimes, it would seem, in part to a lack of appreciation of 
the greatness of the need by the provincial authorities. A 
characteristic incident is related of a leading citizen of New 
Ipswich which so well illustrates this difficulty that it is here 
again told. Dea. Ephraim Adams, although in the second 
half-century of life at the time of the first call to arms, did 
not hesitate to take the field with his juniors, but in the later 
years of the war was called to different duties by his fellow 
townsmen, and it is said that "while representing the town in 
the Provincial Congress, he attempted one day to call their 
attention to procuring suitable clothing for the soldiers during 
the then approaching winter, but without much success. On 
the following day he rose in his place with much solemnity, 
and read a resolution, in substance that it was the opinion of 
that body, that the soldiers from their state should have wool 
grow on their backs, to protect them from the cold during win- 
ter. This drew the attention of the House immediately, and 
a committee was chosen, of which he was the chairman, and 
his wishes were promptly carried into effect." It was a year 
or two previous to that incident, that a record still extant 
tells of the discharge of twenty-one newly enlisted soldiers 
because of their lack of clothes. 

Still such incidents must not be considered without recog- 
nition of the almost insuperable difficulties before the home 
authorities at almost every point. Not the soldiers alone 
suffered ; their absence from the work so strenuously demanded 
in a new country of course demanded of their families exces- 

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sive labor and the loss of absolutely needed comforts in very 
many cases ; and still farther, the power of production was 
so much lessened that the provincial governments often knew 
not how to find the money imperatively demanded. Of course 
money rapidly disappeared, and, as is always the case under 
such conditions, the paper currency began to depreciate in 
value, making necessary a constantly increasing issue, with 
a resultant still more rapid depreciation, the lawful currency 
falling from nearly its full face value at the beginning of 
1777 to only one hundred and twentieth of that value at the 
middle of 1781. 

Supplies for the army were levied in kind, and in 1781 
each town in the state was assessed a designated weight of 
beef for the support of the army, of which assessment New 
Ipswich was required to provide about one-eightieth part, 
which was 17,164 pounds. Another necessity, according to 
the ideas of that period, and especially for men working 
severely or especially exposed, was a supply of rum, and of 
this the town was called upon to find 122 gallons. Under 
such conditions it is no cause for wonder to read in the New 
Ipswich town record the record of action taken in January, 
1782, when it was "Voted that the Selectmen shall procure 
clothing for the former Continental Soldiers, if they can." As 
the chairman of the selectmen that year, however, was Deacon 
Adams before mentioned, it may probably be assumed with 
safety that the selectmen could do it. The incident related 
on a later page, in the Locke genealogy, illustrates the exer- 
tions that were made to meet the necessities of the times. 

Through this period of intense stress, when often the issue 
of the strife must necessarily have seemed doubtful, if not 
hopeless, to the Americans, New Ipswich kept steadily on, 
supplying about one-eightieth of whatever men or money or 
supplies were the part of New Hampshire. Evidently as the 
expectations of early success, born while the untrained Pro- 
vincials pursued the fleeing troops from Concord to refuge in 
Boston, faded and it became recognized that the war could 
not be carried on by a series of brief enlistments in response 
to some special peril, the question of recruits took precedence 
with a multitude of financial problems almost insoluble. At 
first enlistments were abundant without the payment of 
bounty or with a small one of perhaps £2, designed probably 
to meet any little expenses due to the sudden change of life. 

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But before the year 1776 had passed the state offered a bounty 
of £20, although its value ere long was somewhat diminished 
by its payment being deferred for four years during which it 
was to draw interest at six per cent. But the necessity of 
an increased inducement became evident, and many devices 
were employed to enable the town to meet the requirements. 
New Ipswich secured the twelve recruits sent in response to 
the call in February, 1781, by dividing the town into twelve 
classes, each of which was to furnish one soldier by such 
means as might be found most expedient. The town records 
contain receipts for bounties signed by most of the men pre- 
viously named as sent on the call of April, 1777, and a few 
others not found in that list, each of whom seems to have 
received £20, although at that time the bounty for a three- 
months man was apparently £30. The next year the names 
are recorded of nineteen citizens headed by the pastor. Rev. 
Stephen Farrar, who had subscribed the sum of £118 for 
the purpose of hiring soldiers. 

As the pressure became more stringent the bounty rose 
to £40, £50, £60, £70, and probably if search were made 
in the right place, still higher rates might be found. 

The rate of pay promised to the soldiers, which at first 
ranged from £12 per month for a captain to £2 for a private, 
gradually rose, although only for privates and non- 
commissioned officers at first, but the usual rate for privates, 
although not entirely uniform, was apparently about £3 per 
month in 1776, £4 in 1777, and £5 in 1778. But now the 
pound which in lawful paper currency was at the beginning 
of 1778 worth a little more than six silver shillings, sank so 
rapidly that at the close of 1779 its purchasing value was 
little more than ten pence, so that the rise of pay in some 
regiments even as high as £12 per month really relieved the 
severity of the soldier's condition very slightly. Evidently 
this could not continue without absolute ruin, and payrolls 
of the next year show an effort to remedy the injustice, the 
sum due to each soldier being multiplied in one case by 67, 
and the product placed to his credit. And very soon rolls 
were made out known as "depreciation rolls" in which the 
attempt was made to transfer the loss from the soldier to 
the authority which had promised to pay him a certain sum. 

But the immense amounts resulting from this process in 
many cases could not be found; the "times were hard" to an 

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extent never seen by the people of New Ipswich at any earlier 
or later date. In many cases the government was unable to 
supply rations, as is shown by records now on file in which 
against each soldier's name is placed not merely his wages, 
earned and promised, but remaining unpaid, but also the num- 
ber of rations, often larger than the number received, for 
each of which he was to receive the sum of eight pence. 

A consideration of these facts may perhaps lead to the con- 
clusion that even though the risk of sudden death or cruel 
mutilation was less in wars of the eighteenth century than 
in those that have followed, it does not follow that the men 
of those days were less worthy of respect for their bravery 
in war. They fought and conquered against fearful odds, and 
as has been said earlier, their courage was maintained under 
conditions in which they had little support from the excite- 
ment of personal combat. Of course it could not be expected 
that New Ipswich in a period of revolt against constituted 
authorities as audacious as the American purpose appeared 
to be, should have had no citizens who hesitated, or perhaps 
refused to enter into or approve the movement. Nor is it at 
all at variance with the lesson taught by all such uprisings 
that some of the most influential and prominent citizens 
should have been in this conservative class, which has been 
designated by the offensive term "tories." It is now generally 
recognized that even though the sturdy resistance to the pur- 
poses and efforts of men like Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" 
Jackson was a national duty, and the overthrow of their forces 
an ethical, as well as political necessity, none the less they 
were moved by a sense of duty ; and it should also be recog- 
nized that the more or less positive "tories" of New Ipswich 
were not necessarily bad men, even though they must be 
considered to have been at that time bad citizens. Probably 
they believed the Revolutionary movement, a defiance of a 
nation believed to be the strongest of the world, by a handful 
of scattered colonists, to be utterly hopeless and certain to 
make any conditions which furnished ground for complaint 
much worse. 

Further, some of them held offices, and had long felt the 
support of the enacted laws against popular feeling to be their 
duty, and the natural result followed. Fortunately, however, 
this conservative element among the leading citizens of the 
town did not hold the "tory" principles so aggressively that 

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very serious results ensued, although temporarily the names 
of Barrett, Champney, and Kidder were not held with what 
seems to the present time the excessive respect, almost rever- 
ence, that those days accorded to the leading families. 

But the town records show that on May 22, 1775, the po- 
sition of the head of one of these families was considered, and 
it was "Voted that Charles Barret be not confined also that 
his plans and Principles are Notwithstanding Erroneous." It 
is not entirely easy to determine the relation between this 
action and the fact that the name Charles Barrett is on the 
roll of the men who had marched only a month before in 
response to the Concord alarm, although he is credited on 
that roll with only one day's service, a shorter period than that 
of any other of the ninety-seven names on the roll. Possibly 
his speedy return was a potent cause of the town's attention 
to his case. But whatever stress may have come in those 
days upon the bonds of town fellowship, they were not broken, 
and he is found, no later than in 1787, to have been con- 
sidered a sufficiently loyal American to represent the town 
in the legislature, which position he held continuously during 
seven years and also by two isolated elections afterward. 

Judge Ebenezer Champney is said by his biographer in the 
former town history to have been "a moderate tory, and dep- 
recating a resort to arms, believed that with wise and pru- 
dent counsels all causes of disaffection might be satisfactorily 
adjusted. He wished to preserve his loyalty and the peace 
of the country; but like many others who forebore to take 
part in the contest, he lived to acknowledge the beneficent 
effects of that struggle which gave us our liberties and free 
institutions." 

There were several potent conditions tending to hold Col. 
Reuben Kidder from joining the provincial cause. His mili- 
tary position, his commission as "His Majesty's Justice of the 
Peace," and his large estates, all of course acted against any 
bias of his judgment in that direction. He is said to have 
"always expressed his opinions freely as averse to the war, 
and therefore must have been extremely unpopular, still the 
respectability of his character seems to have preserved him 
from any of the annoyances which many of the loyalists of 
that day had to encounter." Tradition, however, gives one 
incident which forms a slight exception to what was doubt- 
less the general truth of the last statement. It is told how 

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a soldier returning home from his term of service stopped 
over night at the Colonel's inn, and relating his experiences 
to an admiring group, referred to General Washington in 
terms which chanced to be especially offensive to his host, 
who responded with a very emphatic execration upon the 
leader of the rebels, and received a reply in the form of a 
clenched fist. The Colonel was said to have arisen from his 
hearthstone and maintained a discreet silence. 

It cannot be doubted, however, that less prominent loyal- 
ists were more emphatically admonished of the error of their 
ways than those who had long been recognized as able and 
worthy leaders of the town, but with later years their stories 
have passed into oblivion. The former town history pre- 
serves the record of one case which was probably especially 
obnoxious to the town. It chanced that a deserter from the 
British forces was captured in New Ipswich, and before being 
returned to Boston was confined for a short time at the tavern 
of Jonathan Dix, then standing on the site now held by the 
house occupied for more than forty years by Rev. Samuel 
Lee. The popular disapproval of the tavern-keeper's part in 
that incident was expressed, not only by hanging him in 
effigy, but also by other methods of annoyance, some of which 
probably would hardly bear relation in detail, so annoying 
that he soon left the town and the country ; and his property 
in due time was confiscated to the state. 

The former history names one member of Capt. Towne's 
company whose fears amid the shot which greeted them be- 
fore their ascent of Bunker Hill were sufficient to overcome 
not only whatever patriotism may have prompted his enlist- 
ment, but also the personal pride which had been manifested 
by abundant boasts before reaching the line of danger, and 
on the plea of sickness he sought release from duty, and also 
some one to accompany him. The first part of his request 
was granted, but the courage to go alone was supplied by 
Capt. Towne's threat that "if he did not instantly scamper 
he would run him through," and the induced activity was 
sufficient to give rise to the tradition that he never stopped 
running till he reached home. If this was really the case, his 
rapid departure from the region of peril must have been of 
considerably greater length than the fifty miles intervening 
between Charlestown and New Ipswich, as the company roll 
gives Washington as the home of Peter Lowell, and thus no 
stigma rests upon New Ipswich. 

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The former history also names one soldier who traitor- 
ously deserted from his company, went over to the British, 
and was included in the proscribing act of 1778, with the 
penalty of death if he returned. The latter part of this story 
of course must have rested upon the record, but, as the name 
of Daniel Farnsworth does not appear on any of the 3500 
pages of company rolls and other Revolutionary documents, 
supposed to include all that have been found, the question 
unavoidably arises whether he really broke the soldier's 
pledged faith, or was only one of the tories who by some act 
more offensive than that of most of his fellow loyalists brought 
his name, like that of Jonathan Dix, upon the roll of proscrip- 
tion. 

There is much of interest that might be drawn from the 
town records suggesting the caution and discretion with which 
the questions arising amid the difficulties which were ever 
demanding resolute decisions were considered. Conclusions 
were sometimes reached which now seem to have been errone- 
ous, but the marvel of the record is that, walking in a path 
so nearly untrodden, the leaders of the town should have 
decided so wisely as the result proves that they did. 

The device adopted by the colonies at the time when it 
was sought to deprive them of such measure of self- 
government as they had previously been granted was the or- 
ganization of the town and state "Committees of Correspon- 
dence," called sometimes by other names but practically the 
same in effect, with powers so undefined as to be capable of 
almost instantaneous abridgement or expansion, as the con- 
dition required. This has been regarded with wonder and 
admiration by students of history because of its general es- 
cape from the errors of action the probabilities of which nec- 
essarily inhere in such form of control, and especially at the 
successful and peaceful passage from this temporary and un- 
lawful expedient to a formal government fitted to endure. 

Those things could not have been but for the wonderfully 
balanced powers of perception and of judgment developed by 
the severe but most instructive experience of the Pilgrim and 
the Puritan settlers whose children guided the early steps of 
the colonies. The consideration of the story of the part borne 
by New Ipswich in this struggle which marked an epoch in 
the world's history must not close without naming the men of 
the town who did the work of these committees within its 
bounds, as written in the town records. 

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March 13, 1775. "Chose as Committee of Correspondence 
and inspection Ephraim Adams, Joseph Bates, Josiah Brown, 
Isaac How, John Breed, William Shattuck, Eleazer Cum- 
mings, Edmond Briant, Benj. Knowlton." 

May 29, 1775. "Nathaniel Stone was substituted in place 
of Josiah Brown and the Committee was made a Committee 
of Safety." 

Oct. 27, 1775. "Chose a new Committee of Inspection, 
Safety and Correspondence. Chose Ephraim Adams, Paul 
Prichard, Peter Fletcher, Samuel Whittemore, Joseph Bates." 

Mar. 11, 1776. "Chose as Committee of Inspection, Safety 
and Correspondence, — Josiah Brown, James Chandler, Benja- 
min Gibbs, Thomas Brown, Josiah Walton." 

July 8, 1776. "Samuel Bartlett was substituted in place 
of Thomas Brown." 

Mar. 10, 1777. "Chose as new Committee of Inspection 
Safety and Correspondence, — Thomas Heald, Nathaniel 
Stone, Benjamin Hoar, Isaac Appleton, Ephraim Adams." 

Mar. 9, 1778. "Chose as Committee of Safety, — Samuel 
Whittemore, Francis Fletcher, Josiah Brown, Paul Prichard, 
Benjamin Williams." 

Mar. 8, 1779. "Chose as Committee of Safety, — Jonathan 
Davis, Benjamin Adams, Thomas Heald, Josiah Walton, 
Thomas Brown." 



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CHAPTER VI 

THE CIVIL WAR— 1861-65 

npHE patriotic spirit which had been shown so abundantly 
-*- in the Revolutionary War, and continued through the Wslv 
of 1812, became strongly tinged with opposition to slavery. 
This intense feeling was evinced by the long dispute through- 
out the country which culminated in the Missouri Compro- 
mise. New Ipswich was ever at the front in all that had to 
do with liberty of act or thought or person. Later in the 
earlier half of the nineteenth century this feeling was shown, 
though in a less obtrusive way, by Anti-Slavery and Aboli- 
tion societies. Thus it was ready to be aroused to new life 
by the outbreaking of the Civil War in April, 1861. Public 
spirit was at white heat. 

A special town meeting was called May 1, 1861, "to see 
if the town will vote to appropriate such sum or sums of 
money as will be necessary to arm and equip such persons as 
enlist from the town of New Ipswich for the defence of our 
country in the present crisis." At this meeting no definite 
action was taken, but another meeting was called to meet 
on May 21, with a broader outlook. Three articles with 
very practical points were offered : 

"To see if the Town will raise money or authorize the 
selectmen to borrow money to arm and equip a voluntary 
company, and to provide uniforms for the same." 

"To see if the Town will take measures to provide for 
the families of such persons as may be called into actual 
service." 

"To adopt any other measures which may be deemed 
proper to aid in quelling Rebellion, arresting traitors, if un- 
fortunately any should be found in our vicinity, and provide 
such sums of money as may be necessary to accomplish the 
object." 

At the meeting three resolutions were adopted : 

"Resolved, that a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars be raised 
by the town for the purchase of materials for a uniform for the Military 
Company now formed in town and that the selectmen be instructed to 
assess the same upon the polls and taxable estate in the town. The 

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cost of each uniform to the town not to exceed the sum of ten dollars, 
and the property in the uniforms to be vested in the town, said uniforms 
to be loaned by the town to the company, as long as they shall be or- 
ganized and shall perform military duty." 

"Resolved that the selectmen be instructed to render aid to the families 
of such residents of this town that have enlisted in this state or any 
other, or that may enlist for the term of three years, or the war, and 
be actually called into service by the Authority of this State as may 
from time to time be necessary, and that a sum not exceeding two 
thousand dollars be raised for that purpose to be assessed upon the 
polls and taxable estates, whenever such sum or any part of it may 
become necessary." 

"Resolved that a Committee of five be appointed, whose duty it 
shall be rigorously to prosecute any person or persons who may be 
deemed by them guilty of Treason to our Country in this hour of peril, 
and that the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated to pay necessary 
expenses. No part of said sum however to be received by said Com- 
mittee for their own services, and all bills to be approved by the 
selectmen." 

The committee appointed by the moderator, Hosea Eaton, 
and accepted by vote of the town, was John Preston, Nathan 
Sanders, William Prichard, James Chandler, John U. Davis. 

Another town meeting on October 31 was called "To see 
if the town will vote to raise money to aid the families of 
volunteers agreeable to Chapter 248 of the Pamphlet Laws 
passed June session 1861 or anything relating thereto." 

At this meeting "The following resolution offered by John 
Preston Esquire was passed unanimously. Resolved that the 
selectmen be authorized to borrow on the credit of the town 
from time to time such sums as may be necessary to pay 
to the full extent authorized by law the families of soldiers, 
and that in so doing they give the most liberal construction 
of the law in deciding upon those entitled to relief." 

No war action was taken at the annual meeting of 1862, 
but on August 12 the town was called upon to say "what 
the town will do in relation to paying a bounty to volunteers 
should any hereafter be called for to fill up the quota from 
this town for the present war," and it was voted "That a 
bounty of one hundred dollars be paid by the town to every 
volunteer who shall be accepted and mustered into the service 
of the United States for the term of three years or during 
the war under the recent call of the President for three hun- 
dred thousand volunteers, and also that a bounty of fifty 
dollars be paid by the town for each of so many volunteers 
as may be necessary to supply the quota of men required 

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for service for the term of nine months, and that the select- 
men be authorized to borrow so much money on the credit 
of the town as may be necessary to pay all such persons 
who may be accepted and mustered into the service of the 
United States, under the said requisition of the President, and 
also that the families of those who volunteer for the nine 
months shall have the same aid allowed to them by the town 
as is now allowed to the three years men." 

Again in 1863 the annual town meeting- took no action in 
reference to the war, but on August 31 three articles were 
presented for the consideration of a special meeting. 

"To see if the town will vote to pay to every man belonging 
to New Ipswich who may be drafted under the law of the 
United States and may be mustered into the service of the 
United States or to any Substitute of any man so drafted the 
sum of three hundred dollars in ten days after such drafted 
soldier or his substitute shall be mustered into such service, 
and also furnish aid to the families of drafted men or sub- 
stitutes." 

"To raise money by a loan or otherwise to pay such sums 
as may be required to carry into efifect the provisions of the 
above article and to raise any committee or committees nec- 
essary." 

"To see if the town will vote to pay a bounty of one hun- 
dred dollars to all volunteers from New Ipswich who are 
now in the service of the United States who have not received 
a town bounty, and likewise to the heirs of those who have 
died in the service." 

To the first question the town replied by the following 
resolution offered by John Preston, Esq. 

"Resolved that the town will pay to every soldier who may 
be drafted, accepted and actually mustered into the service 
of the United States under the recent conscription law of 
Congress the sum of three hundred dollars in ten days after 
said drafted soldiers shall have been mustered into said ser- 
vice, and also that the town will pay for a substitute for any 
such man so drafted a sum not exceeding three hundred dol- 
lars to be paid when such substitute shall have been accepted 
and been mustered into said service ten days." 

To meet the second one it was "voted that the selectmen 
be a committee to borrow on the credit of the town so much 
money as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 

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the above act, and that they be the disbursing committee." 
The remaining article was indefinitely postponed. 

November 25, 1863, the problem had taken the form pre- 
sented in the warrant for another meeting: "To see if the 
town will raise money by loan or otherwise to pay a bounty 
for a sufficient number of volunteers to meet the requisition 
upon the town under the recent call of the president of the 
United States for three hundred thousand volunteers or to 
take any measure to raise a sufficient number of men to 
avoid the necessity of a draft on the fifth of January next." 

It was "resolved that the town treasurer be authorized to 
borrow on the credit of the town the sum of seven thousand 
two hundred dollars to pay as a bounty for eighteen volun- 
teers, the number of men required of the town, and that the 
treasurer be further authorized to take the transfer of the 
said volunteers of the bounty from the State and the United 
States and to collect said bounties and make payment of the 
same as far as may be to liquidate said town." 

This action was taken on the motion of Esquire Preston, 
as was also a vote of thanks to "Hon. Hosea Eaton for his 
prompt action in procuring volunteers to the number re- 
quired of the town." 

At the annual meeting in March, 1864, it was "voted to 
pay the sum of three hundred dollars to all veteran volun- 
teers that have or may reenlist." 

On August 4 the town met the question of filling its 
"quota for five thousand soldiers called for by the United 
States 18th of July 1864" with a vote "that the selectmen 
be authorized to fill the quota of the town for the present 
call for troops, and also be authorized to borrow on the credit 
of the town such sums of money, not exceeding fifteen thou- 
sand dollars, as may be necessary for that purpose." 

The condition at the time of the presidential election in 
the following November and the frame of mind at that time 
is lecalled by an article in the warrant for that meeting: "To 
see if the town will continue to pay a bounty in anticipation 
of a call that may be made by the President of the United 
States for soldiers," and still more plainly by the answer of 
the town when it "voted that the selectmen be authorized 
to pay bounty for soldiers, the amount of money to be paid 
to be left to their discretion." 

The whole amount expended by the town as given in the 

110 



The Sixth and Thirteenth 

"Report of the Commissioners upon the War Expenditures 
of the towns and cities in the State of New Hampshire" was 
$13,150. 

Selectmen, 1861-65: 1861-62, George W. Wheeler 2d, 
George Whiting, Sewell O. Chandler; 1863, John U. Davis; 
George C. Campbell, Charles B. Preston ; 1864, John U. Davis, 
George C. Campbell, Emerson Howe ; 1865, Emerson Howe, 
Reuben Taylor, Horace Wheeler. 

Within a few days after the first call for troops a squad 
of men were drilled on the common near the church twice a 
week by Capt. Jonas Nutting of the state militia. Capt. 
Nutting, himself past middle life, was one of the first to 
enlist and was soon followed by four of his sons. In Novem- 
ber the New Ipswich men were mustered in at Keene. De- 
cember 25, the Sixth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, 
for which New Ipswich furnished twenty-three men. was 
ordered to Washington and began the soldier's life, which 
was to continue for three years. 

"The Regiment during its term of service in seventeen 
different states was in 21 engagements, meeting all the re- 
quisitions of duty however onerous or perilous with cheerful 
and ready efficiency. While it is not asserted that the Sixth 
was the best regiment sent out from New Hampshire the 
claim may be made, and can be maintained, that it was equal 
to the best. Its record has added a brilliant chapter to the 
history of New Hampshire's always glorious achievements 
in war." (Revised Register of the Soldiers and Sailors of New 
Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1 861-66. A. D. Ay ling. 
Adjutant General.) 

New Ipswich was also specially interested in the Thirteenth 
Regiment, as nineteen of her men were in the ranks, having 
been enrolled in October, 1861. The regiment was in "more 
than twenty engagements, beside days and days of skirmish- 
ing.'" 

It had the proud distinction of being the first Union regi- 
ment and its flags the first flags of the Union army to enter 
Richmond on its occupation April 3, 1865. "At once the 
Brigade was engaged in restoring order, putting out fires and 
gathering into Libby prison more than two thousand soldiers 
of Lee's army." Later in May it had the honor to receive 
Gen. Sherman's army as it passed through Richmond. "Its 
character for efficiency, patriotism, intelligence, bravery, and 

111 



History of New Ipswich 

trustworthiness made it surely one of the nation's most prom- 
inent historic Regiments." (Ayling.) 

Meantime the women of New Ipswich were bravely doing 
their part. A Soldier's Aid Society was organized in October, 
1861, and carried on its work with vigor and enthusiasm. To 
the army in the field were sent woolen garments, stockings, 
"comfort bags" — more than five hundred — and in large 
amount dried apples and other fruits. To the hospitals were 
sent pillows, dressing-gowns, lint, bandages, cordials, and all 
that could be found in a New England home for the comfort 
of an invalid. To all were sent newspapers and writing ma- 
terials. If sometimes a letter was added to a package the 
recipient thought himself specially fortunate. House mothers 
gave until only enough was left of their treasured supplies to 
meet the needs of their own households. It must be remem- 
bered that supplies of all kinds were held at fabulous prices ; 
that stockings and nearly all garments were made by hand, 
bandages rolled, and lint scraped in the same way; but the 
hearts of the workers were warm and for four years they lived 
at high pressure. 

At length, after four years of strife and sufferings in camp 
and on the field, four years of wearisome suspense and fear in 
the homes of all the land, the struggle was ended. Lee had 
surrendered, and there was jubilant rejoicing in this quiet, lit- 
tle village ; ringing of bells, firing of cannon, illuminations, con- 
gratulations of all who met in the street. The day was given 
up to varied expression of joy. That was Monday, April 10; 
Saturday, April 15, President Lincoln died and joy was changed 
to bitter sorrow. On the Sabbath the church was draped with 
black. Mr. Cutler, the young pastor, in the church service 
voiced the griefs of all hearts. 

After the close of the war the wants of the Freedmen — so 
helpless in their sudden release from the care as well as the 
bondage of their masters — appealed the more to the people of 
the North, since the conquered South was unable to care for 
them, and for years relief was given until help could be ren- 
dered by organized charities. By the payment of $200 a year 
New Ipswich for three years supported a teacher for the 
Freedmen. 

Prices During the Civil War. — From an expense book, 
1862-65, we quote these prices, most of them in the hand- 
writing of William W. Johnson: Aleal (bag), $3.90; sugar 
(pound), 30 cents; molasses (gallon), $1.(X); kerosene oil 

112 






■•■'■^^C' 










BIP 



r— EntCTCD 







Thk Soldiers' Monument 



Tlie Union League 

(gallon), $1.10; nutmegs (pound), $2.00; butter (pound), 50 
cents; cotton cloth, unbleached (yard), $1.00; gold, $2.85j/^. 
In Boston flour by the carload was sold per barrel $25.00. 

During the Civil War there were in the Northern States 
many sympathizers with the South who used all their power 
and influence to have the Confederacy recognized by foreign 
powers. To counteract the effect of this party the Union 
League was organized. It included patriotic men who for age 
or any other reason were unable to go to the front, but who 
by every means in their power bravely upheld the cause of 
Liberty here in the North. A branch of the league was or- 
ganized in New Ipswich. Its work, though necessarily quiet, 
was effective and a power in the region. Prof. E. T. Quimby 
was the president of the local league and Prof. C. H. Chandler 
held some office, probably that of secretary. No records can 
be found which give any clue to the number of members. 

In 1878 a soldiers' monument was erected on the Village 
Green at the foot of the Academy campus. Its height is 
twenty-two feet and six inches — a simple granite shaft above 
a base standing four-square, bearing this inscription on the 
north side : 

NEW IPSWICH 

TO THE 

MEMORY OF 

HER BRAVE SONS 

WHO GAVE THEIR 

LIVES FOR THEIR 

COUNTRY DURING 

THE WAR OF 

THE REBELLION 



ERECTED 1878 

The following names are inscribed on the other sides of 
the base. 

William L. Weston Allen A. Nutting 

John Pike John F. Knowlton 

Abner p. Cragin John K. Walker 

Warren P. Locke Josiah P. Wheeler 

Walter Ray Warren C. Nicholas 

Patrick Ready Andrew L. Swallow 

John P. Shattuck William A. Mansur 

Francis Nutting Albert H. Davis 

George H. Nutting Edward E. Davis 
Charles L. Nutting 

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History of New Ipswich 

NEW IPSWICH SOLDIERS I> 



Appleton, Eugene F. 

Avery, James E. . . 

Baxter, Albert F. . 

Blanchard, Edwin F. . 

Blanchard, Thomas W 
Blood, Luther . . . 

Bolton, Charles L. . 
Boodry, Augustine W 

Bucknam, John B 
Carr, Edward J. . 
Chamberlin, Charles 
Chandler, James O. 

Cragin, Abner P. . 

Davis, Edward E. 



Davis, Albert H. . . . 
Donley, Michael P. . . 

Eddy, John 

Edwards, George F. . 
Fisher, Albert G. . . 

Fletcher, Benjamin M. 

Fowler, Archibald C. . 
Fowler, John H. . . . 
Freeman, Sherwood A. 

Frissel, William B. . . 
Fuller, Andrew C. . . 
Garland, James . . . 

Goulding, Charles H. . 

Greenleaf, Paul . . . 



Dublin, N. H. . . 

Peterboro . . . 

Central Falls, R. I. 

New Ipswich . . 

Westmoreland 
Groton, Mass . 

Paisley, Scot. . 
Pawtucket, R. I. 

New Ipswich . 

New Ipswich . 

Newbury . . 

Pittsfield . . . 



Temple 



Ashby, Mass. 
Trim, Ireland 

Northboro . 
New Ipswich 
Francestown 

Albany . . 



Madrid, N. Y. 

Thetford, Vt. 
Westminster 
Ellsworth, Me. 

Millbury, Mass. 

Pittsfield . . . 



24 

23 

18 

19 

18 
26 

23 
18 

20 
19 
33 

24 

23 



24 
24 

38 
18 
23 

35 

19 
41 
23 

36 
29 
31 

24 

24 



Residbncb 



New Ipswich 



114 



New Ipswich Soldiers 

THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 



Rbgt. 



Co. 



1 N. H. Inf., G 

1 N. H. Inf., G 

: N. H. Inf., G 

Mass. H. Art. H 

N. H. Inf., G 
N. H. Inf., G 

Mass. Inf. H 
' N. H. Inf., G 

I N. H. Inf., I 

N. H. Inf., I 

N. H. Inf., D 

I N. H. Inf., I 

N. H. Inf., G 
Minn. Inf., F 

N. H. Inf., K 
N. H. Inf., E 

N. H. Inf. 
Mass. Cav., M 
U. S. Sh. Shooters 

1 N. H. Inf., G 

i Mass. Inf., F 
' Mass. Inf., F 
1 N. H. Inf., G 

N. H. Inf., K 

1 N. H. Inf., G 

N. H. Inf., K 

N. H. Inf., G 

N. H. Inf., K 



Remarks. 



Discharged disabled May 5, 
1863. 

Discharged disabled Feb. 28, 
1863. 

Wounded and missing at Get- 
tysburg July 2, 1863. 

Wound, sev. at Fort Harrison, 
Va., Sept. 29, 1864. 

Wound. Mar. 8, 1865. Disc, 
for wounds Dec. 22, 1865. 

Wound, sev. at Cold Harbor, 
Va., June 7, 1864. 



Died of disease, Falmouth, Va. 
Discharged disabled May 28, 

1863. 
Discharged disabled May 26, 

1863. 
Died at Fortress Monroe of 

wounds neglected while in 

prison. 

Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. 
Capt. Co. E, Apr. 6, 1865 . . 

Enlisted as Musician .... 
Discharged disabled June, 1862. 
Discharged disabled June 6, 
1863. 



Afterwards served Co. C, 1 H. 

Art. 
Discharged Nov. 28, 1864. . 



Discharged disabled Jan. 23, 

1863. 
Discharged disabled Aug. 8, 

1861. 
Discharged disabled Oct. 4, 
1862. 

115 



Mar. 11, 1874 



Dec. 7, 1862 



Dec. 13, 1862 
May 31, 1910, 

at Tilton 
Aug. 11. 1866 



Sept. 11, 1871 



Rank Whkn 
Discharged 



Corporal 



Corporal 



Captain 



Captain 



1st Lieut. 



1st Sergt. 



History of New Ipswich 

NEW IPSWICH SOLDIERS IN 



Hickoch, Thomas J. 

Hubbard, John . 
Hull, Charles H. . 

Isaacs, Charles E. 

Judkins, Samuel E 
Knowlton, John F. 
Knowlton, William R 
LeRoy, David . . 

Locke, Warren P. 
Mansfield, Jonathan N. 
Mansur, William E. 
Marvin, James H. 
McConnell, Jonathan 
McDonald, Michael 
Nicholas, Warren C 
Nutting, Charles P. 
Nutting, Charles S. 

Nutting, George H. 

Nutting, George P. 

Nutting, James Francis 

Nvitting, John C. . . ■ 

Nutting, Jonas . . . 

Nutting,- Allien A. . . 

Oliver, Lucius C . . 



Peavy, Wallace . 

Pike, John . . . 

Potter, George F. 

Pratt, Charles H. 
Pratt, Daniel F. . 

Proctor, Amos J. . 



Born 



Agb 



Cambridgeport, Mass. 

Mason 

Lowell, Mass. . . . 

Plymouth, Mich. . . 

New Ipswich . . . 

New Ipswich . . . 

Westboro, Mass. . . 

New York City . . 



Fitchburg 
Temple . . 
Williston, Vt. 
Paisley Scot. 
Lowell, Mass. 
New Ipswich 
New Ipswich 
New Ipswich 



New Ipswich . . 
Ashburnham, Mass 

New Ipswich . . 

Ashburnham, Mass. 
Westford, Mass . 
New Ipswich . . 
New Ipswich . . 



Peterboro . . 

Haverhill, Mass. 

New Ipswich . 

Marlboro . . 
Marlboro . . 

Stoddard . . . 
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20 

20 

27 

18 

22 
19 

41 
34 

22 
43 
51 
28 
38 
20 
28 
24 
23 

25 

25 



18 

28 
56 
18 
22 



19 

45 

26 

24 
22 

31 



New Ipswich 



Enlisted 



June 13, 1861 

June 14, 1861 

Oct. 15, 1861 

Feb. 16, 186S 

July 19, 1861 

Aug. 18, 1862 

Aug. 15, 1861 

Oct. 31, 1861 

Nov. 7, 186! 

Oct. 27, 186] 

Oct. 15, 186: 

Nov. 23, 186: 

Aug. 12, 186: 

Nov. 21, 186 

Aug. 13, 186; 

Aug. 29, 186 

Oct. 29, 186 



Aug. 15, 186 

Aug. 20, 186 

Oct. 15, 186 

Sept. 14, 18f 

Nov. 30, 18e 

May 25, m 

Aug. 9, ISf 

I 

Mar. 14, 18f 

Oct. 28, 18f 

July 14, 1» 

Aug. 14, I8t 

Aug. 16, la 

Aug. 14, 18* 



, New Ipswich Soldiers 

THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 



11 Mass. Inf., K 



10 Mass. 


Inf., 


K 


6 N. H. 


Inf., 


K 


6 N. H. 


Inf. 


K 


13 N. H. 


Inf., 


G 


24 N. H. 


Inf. 


E 


6 N. H. 


Inf., 


K 


32 Mass. 


Inf., 


B 


6 N. H. 


Inf., 


K 


6 N. H. 


Inf., 


K 


'6 N. H. 


Inf., 


K 


13 N. H. 


Inf., 


G 


3 Mass. 


Cav., 


M 


.13 N. H. 


Inf., 


G 


•4 N. H. 


Inf., 


C 


6 N. H. 


Inf., 


K 



13 N. H. Inf., G 

3 N. H. Inf., E 

6 N. H. Inf., K 

4 N. H. Inf., I 
6 N. H. Inf., K 

2 Mass. Inf., D 

3 N. H. Inf., G 

1 N. H. Cav. M 

6 N. H. Inf., K 

6 Mass. Inf., H 

3 N. H. Inf., G 
3 N. H. Inf., G 

3 N. H. Inf., G 



Missing at Bull Run Aug. 29, 

1861. 
Appt. Captain Jan. 13, 1863. . 
Discharged disabled Jan. 13, 

1863. 
Totally blind from spotted 

fever. 
Discharged Apr. 1, 1863. . . 
Died Newport News. . . . 

Musician, discharged disabled 

Jan. 23, 1863. 
Killed at Bethesda Church, Va. 
Killed at Petersburg, Va. . 

Died from wounds 

Discharged June 29, 1865. . . 



Discharged June 6, 1865. . . 
Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. . 
Discharged Sept. 27, 1864. . 
Died of disease, Roanoke Is- 
land, N. C. 
Died of wounds, Washington, 

D. C. 
Appt. 1st Sergeant Oct. 11, 

1862. Disch. dis. Mar. 11, 

1863. 
Died of disease, Annapolis, 

Md. 
Appt. Sergeant. 
Discharged May 15, 1862. . 
Appt. Sergeant. Killed. . . 
First Lieut. Co. I, Mar. 1, 

1865. Mustered out June 1, 

1865. 
Wounded Nov. 12, 1864. 
Mustered out July 15, 1865. 
Died of disease, Winchester, 

Ky. 
Wounded June 18, 1864. . . 

Discharged Sept. 18, 1865. . 
Discharged disabled Jan. 28, 

1863. 
Discharged disabled May 28, 

1863. 

117 



Mar. 4, 1863 



June 3, 1864 
July 7, 1864 
Sept. 25, 1862 



June 1, 

Mar. 29, 

July 4, 

Mar. 20, 



1864 
1862 
1864 
1874 



Jan. IS, 1862 



June 20, 
June 9, 



1873 
1863 



Apr. 12, 1863 



Rank When 
Discharged 



2d Lieut. 



1st Lieut. 



1st Lieut. 



Musician 



Sergeant 



History of New Ipswich . 

NEW IPSWICH SOLDIERS IN 



Ray, Walter . . . 

Reddy, Patrick . . . 
Robinson, Charles 1st 



Saunders, Edward A. 

Shattuck, George W. 
Shattuck, John B. 
Sheldon, Charles B. 

Simons, Willard . 
Simpson, James . 
Smith, Augustus . 

Smith, George 3rd 

Smith, Gideon H. 
Spear, Joseph A. . 
Stratton, Charles H 



Stratton, James S. . 
Swallow, Andrew S. 
Tebbits, George B. . 

Thayer, Edward A. . 

Walker, John K. . . 
Walton, Charles . . 
Weston, William L. 
Wheeler, Josiah P. . 



Whitney, John H. 
Wilson, George W. 
Wilson, William H. 
Wright, Albert F. 

Wright, Charles A. 
Wright, Edward . 

Weston, Frank 



Manchester, Eng. 



Ireland 
Mason 



Westburne, N. Y. 
New Ipswich . . 
Temple . . . . 



Groton, Mass. . 
New York City 
Underbill, Vt. . 



England 



Central Falls, R. I. 
New Ipswich . . 
New Ipswich . . 



New Ipswich . . . 
Dunstable, Mass. . . 
New Ipswich . . . 

New Ipswich . . . 

New Ipswich . . . 
Rindge 



Westminster, Mass. . 



Dudley, Conn. 
New Ipswich 
New Ipswich 
Mason . . 



Mason . . . 
Westford, Mass. 

Nashua, N. H. 



18 

36 

45 

18 

18 
26 
30 

25 
30 
22 

27 

21 

25 
15 



19 

20 

18 

25 
45 
18 
28 



23 
18 
21 
19 

19 
38 



Rbsidbncb 



New Ipswich 



Enlistbd 



Dec. 7, 186 

Nov. 12, 186 

July 31, 186 

Nov. 12, 186 

Oct. 21, 186 

Sept. 5, 186 

Dec. 3, 186 

Oct. 15, m. 

Nov. 12, m. 

Dec. 23, m. 

Nov. 10, 18(i 

Dec. 16, 18< 

Oct. 7, 18(, 

Aug., m 



June, 18c 

Oct. 16, 18i 

Sept. 20, 18f 

Nov. 12, 18 

July 12, 18 

Oct. 14, 18 

Nov. 12, 18 

Aug. 29, 18 



Aug. 9. \i 

Sept. 13, \i 

Aug. 13, \i 

Nov. 12, Vt 

Nov. 12, U 

May 20, 1{ 

Apr. 23, II 



118 



New Ipswich Soldiers 

PHE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 









Kank Whbn 


RBGT. Co. 


Remarks 


Died 










DiSCHARGBD 


N. H. Cav. M. 


Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864; killed, 
Lacy's Springs, Va., 


Dec. 26, 1864 


Corporal 


N. H. Inf., K 


Died of disease, Milldale, Miss. 


July 30, 1863 


Corporal 


N. H. Inf., E 


Discharged disabled Feb. 11, 
1862. 






Mass. Cav., M 


Discharged disabled June 16, 
1862. 






N. H. Inf., K 


Discharged Dec. 11, 1865. . . 






N. H. Inf., I 


Died of disease 


Aug. 9, 1863 




N. H. Cav. M 


Tw^ice captured. Discharged 
June 14, 1865. 






N. H. Inf., K 








N. H. Inf., K 


Discharged Jan. 31, 1863. 






N. H. Cav., M 


Captured. Killed Columbia 
Furnace. 


Oct. 6, 1864 


Sergeant 


N. H. Inf., A 


In prison more than six mo. 
Mustered out Oct. 28, 1865. 






N. H. Cav., M 


Mustered out July 15, 1865. . 




1st Serg. 
Corporal 


N. H. Inf., D 






Mass. Inf., F 


Lost leg at Roanoke Island, 
but served through the v^^ar 
in Vet. Reserve Corps. 






Mass. Inf., G 


Killed at Antietam 


Sept. 17, 1862 




N. H. Inf., K 


Died of disease 


July 4, 1862 




N. H. Inf., I 


Discharged disabled Sept. 13, 
1862. 


Apr. 24, 1867 




Mass. Cav., M 


Capt. Co. H, 1st Lousiana Cav. 




Captain 




Resigned Dec. 14, 1863. 






Mass. Inf., B 


Killed 


Oct. 21, 1861 




N. H. Inf., K 


Discharged Mar. 4, 1863. . . 




Sergeant 


Mass. Cav., M 


Discharged disabled June, 1862. 








Accidentally killed on cars 
while a prisoner enroute 
from Andersonville to Sa- 
vannah. 


Sept. 13, 1864 




N. H. Inf., G 


Mustered out June 21. 1865. . 




Wagoner 


N. H. Inf., K 


Discharged May 12, 1865. . . 






iN. H. Inf., G 


Discharged Sept. 18, 1865. . 






!N. H. Inf., K 


Discharged disabled Oct. 16, 
1862. 






In. H. Inf., K 


Mustered out July 17, 1865. . 




Sergeant 


In. H. Inf., G 


Discharged for wounds Oct. 
28, 1862. Died at Rindge. 


Feb. 25, 1873 




Mass. Inf., E 


Disch. June 24, 1864. Cap- 
tured at Malvern Hill July, 
1862. In Libby prison, pa- 








roled Aug. 7, 1862. 







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History of New Ipswich 



BORN IN NEW IPSWICH, 



Namb 



Aiken, George H. . 

Aiken, John C. . . 

Ainsworth, William P 
Austin, Albert T. . 

Baldwin, Edwin T. . 

Boyce, James L. . . 
Brown, Marshall L. . 
Chapman, Charles . 

Cragin, Clark . . . 
Emory, George E. . 
Felt, George D. . . 
Fuller, Granville L. . 
Hardy, William H.. 

Harvey, Charles L. . 

Hildreth, William H. 
Joslin, Charles . . . 
Lawrence, Charles A. 

Lee, Samuel W. . . . 
Livingstone, Harrison M 



Matthews, Frank . 
Maxwell, Henry F. 

Preston, George P. 

Preston, Seth . . 
Prichard, George H 

Stearns, John E. . 

Tenney, George F. 

Tyler, Humphrey M 

Wheeler, H. B. . 



Born 



New Ipswich 



Agb 



18 

19 

37 
18 

28 

22 

24 
25 

18 
27 
26 
18 
26 

33 

21 
22 
33 

16 
22 

21 
20 

38 

21 
32 

25 

20 

38 

28 



Credited to 



Amherst . 

Milford . 

Nashua . 
Mason 

Nashua . 

Walpole . 
Keene . . 
Dublin . 

Jaffrey 
Lowell, Mass 
Temple 
Manchester 
Sharon 

Chesterfield . 

Ashby, Mass. 
Deering . . 
Nashua . . 

Chicago . . 
Mason . . 



Peterboro 
Woburn, Mass 



Jaffrey 

Mason 
Hillsboro 

Mason 

Hollis . . 

Milford . 

Peterboro 



Enlisted 



Aug. 21, 1862 

Aug. 21, 1862 

Dec. 2, 1861 

Sept. 27, 1862 

June 4, 1861 

Nov. 21, 1862 

Nov. 12, 1861 

Aug. 23, 1862 

Oct. 8, 1861 

Dec. 5, 1861 

Apr. 30, 1861 

Oct. 1, 1861 

Oct. 15, 1861 

Aug. 29, 186h 

Aug. 26, 186^1 

Aug. 29, 186 

Sept. 30, 180 

Aug., 186 \ 

Sept. 2, 186'! 

Aug. 30, 186 :, 

Sept. 10, 186 ' 

Oct. 22, m 

Oct. 2, m , 

Aug. 12, 18 

Sept. 15, 1{ 

Sept. 1, 18( 

Sept. 3, 18< 

Aug. 12, 18 



120 



New Ipswich Soldiers 



BUT ENLISTED ELSEWHERE. 



Regt. 




Co. 


Remarks 


Died 


Rank When 












Discharged 


N. H. 


Inf., 


H 


Appointed Hospital Steward. 
Mustered out June 1, 1865. 






1 N. H. 


Inf., 


H 


Twice wounded. Mustered out 
June 7, 1865. 




1st Serg. 


;N. H. 


Cav., 


M 


Killed Fort Royal, Va. . . . 


May 30, 1862 




I N. H. 


Inf., 


C 


Died of disease, Port Hudson, 
La. 


Aug. 1, 1863 




N. H. 


Inf., 


C 


Leader of Baldwin Cornet 
Band. 






N. H. 


Inf., 


E 


Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. . 


Aug. 25, 1863 




N. H. 


Inf., 


E 


Mustered out July 17, 1865. . 




Asst. Surgeon 


N. H. 


Inf., 


F 


Discharged disabled Jan. 16, 
1863. 






N. H. 


Inf., 


D 


Mustered out Oct. 29, 1864. . 






N. H. 


Inf., 


D 


Mustered out Oct. 28, 1865. . 






1 N. H. 


Inf., 


G 


Died of wounds 


Nov. 6, 1862 




\ N. H. 


Inf., 


A 


Mustered out July 20, 1865 . 


Jan. 18, 1869 




i N. H. 


Inf., 


K 


Discharged disabled June 2, 
1865. 






N. H. 


Inf., 


C 


Discharged disabled Nov. 29, 
1862. 






Mass. 


H. Art. H 


Mustered out June 17, 1865. . 






N. H. 


Inf., 


C 


Discharged Sept. 1, 1865. . . 






N. H. 


Inf., 


B 


Twice wounded. Appt. Capt. 
Co. B, Nov. 2, 1864. 






111. 


Cav. 


F 








N. H. 


Inf., 


C 


Appt. Serg. Mustered out 
Aug. 20, 1863. 






N. H. 


Inf., 


E 


Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. . 




Corporal 


Mass. 


Vol. 


B 


Mustered out June 4, 1865. . 






N. H. 


Inf., 


K 


Discharged on account oi 
wounds Jan. 26, 1863. 






N. H. 


Inf. 


B 


Mustered out Oct. 28, 1865. . 


Dec. 19, 1867 


Sergeant 


N.H. 


Inf., 


D 


Twice wounded. Discharged 
disabled Oct. 25, 1864. 


Aug. 19, 1864 




t N. H. 


Inf. 


C 


Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863 . 






1 N. H. 


Inf. 


E 


Discharged Aug. 13, 1863. Died 
at Townsend. 


Aug. 27, 1863 




1 N. H. 


Inf. 


F 


Mustered out June 10, 1865. 
Died at Togus. 


May 26, 1887 


Sergeant 


1 N. H. 


Inf. 


G 


Wounded. Mustered out June 
22, 1865. Died at Rindge. 


Feb. 28, 1884 


Lieutenant 


1 
i 






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CHAPTER VII 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 

IVTEW Ipswich was originally settled by men who feared 
"^^ God and recognized their obligation to sustain the in- 
stitutions of religion. Previous to the coming of the settlers 
under the Massachusetts Grant men were sent forward "to 
erect a convenient meeting house," and the first structure of 
any kind reared within the territory of the town was for 
religious worship. The Masonian charter (June 16, 1749) 
specified that the Grantees reserve ten acres of land there, 
i. e., around said meeting-house. "And said Grantees shall 
within seven years settle a learned and orthodox minister in 
said township, and for whom suitable provision shall be 
made." 

The site of the first meeting-house was located by the 
son of Judge Timothy Farrar at the time of the church cen- 
tennial (1860) as being on the hill east of the Farrar house 
"on a small plat ten rods S. 6° 30' E. from the highest point 
on the hill." This building was burned in the winter of 1748. 
Among the papers of Prof. Chandler I find this note (authority 
not given) : "The meeting-house stood on the Farrar's hill 
and was thirty feet square, built of logs being nicely hewn 
and roofed with bark. The superior elegance of this temple 
excited the wonder of the neighboring towns." 

In 1752 the town voted to build a meeting-house, and 
after much discussion it was decided to place it on "Lott No. 
1 in the 10th Range." Meantime, (October, 1753,) it was 
voted to "meet at the house of Joseph Kidder for the future," 
which stood on the site of the house now occupied by Mrs. 
Frank W. Preston. This house was finished in February, 
1759. At once it was voted "to sect ye meeting house" and 
a committee was chosen for the purpose. As seats were as- 
signed to individuals in the supposed order of their social 
standing, it would seem to modern estimate that there would 
be an abundant opportunity for criticism, but the majesty of 
the law, even as represented by a committee chosen from one's 
social peers, was then of more practical power than at the 
present day. 

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Rev. Stephen Farrar 

While waiting for an abidingplace the town had sought 
to find a minister and a call was given to Mr. Peter Powers, 
which he did not accept. Also Mr. Deliverance Smith declined 
to settle here, although it was voted to give him "53 pounds 
6 shillings & 8 pence Lawful Silver money as yearly sallery 
if he settles with us so long as he sustains the Carator of our 
Gospel Minister." 

We will believe that a kindly Providence prevented these 
two men from coming to this town that a better influence 
might be brought to it in the person of Mr. Stephen Farrar, 
who was called "to be our Gospel Minister in this place," 
November 28, 1759. His "Sallery was to be 40 pounds Starling 
money of Grate Britton and 30 cord of good wood, Cord wood 
length to be delivered at his house anually." This call was 
accepted by Mr. Farrar July 30, 1760. 

The formal organization of the church took place Octo- 
ber 21, 1760, and the following day Stephen Farrar was 
ordained and installed pastor of the church. It is not an 
overstatement to say that no one event in the history of the 
town has been of greater importance. The influence of this 
young pastor in the formative period of the growth of the 
town, coming here in the vigor and enthusiasm of early man- 
hood, aided by the prestige in those early days accorded to 
his profession, has made itself felt to the present day. The 
bond between pastor and people was strong, and increasing 
year by year was broken only by his death. 

The church at its organization consisted of twenty-one 
members; to these, before 1772, thirty-eight others were 
added. The records are tantalizingly imperfect. Save a par- 
tial record of admissions and baptisms, only one item of 
business is recorded previous to 1800, and all the records are 
written on four leaves measuring six by four inches. In that 
year a bound volume was obtained which contains the records 
of 1800-1834, but they were written with no regard to chrono- 
logical order and the confusion is misleading and discouraging. 
Fortunately for the historian of the future, the contents of 
this volume have been transcribed in proper order and are 
now accessible. 

Within three years the growing population of the town 
made the meeting-house too small for its needs, and in 1762 
an article was in the warrant for town meeting "to see if they 
[the Proprietors] will make preparations for Building a meet- 

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ing house." Controversy as to the location and dimensions 
of the house ensued and it was not finished until 1770. When 
it was "erected and covered," after long discussion it was 
decided that the "Pews shall be sold at public vendue to the 
highest bidder." This auction was held November 25, 1768. 
A list of the buyers is given. 

Charles Barrett £82 Is. No. 29 A body pew, pews on three sides. 

Thomas Heald £80 1 Next to S. door. 

Francis Appleton £80 7 Next to East door. 

Benjamin Adams £80 10 In amen corner next to N. E. pew. 

Moses Tucker Jr. ) ,-o on n j r 1.1 i 

Tj • ■ ^xru ^ vi/o 30 Body pew, corner of block. 

Benjamm Wheat \ j f > 

Ephraim Adams £77 9 N. W. corner pew. 

Jonathan Dix £76 16 N. E. corner pew. 

Nathan Cutter £71 11 Amen corner, next to B. Adams. 

Timothy Fox £66 34 Body pew, corner of block. 

Peter Fletcher £64 31 Body pew, corner of block. 

Eleazer Cummings £58 12 Amen corner, next to pulpit. 

Josiah Brown £43 21 S. W. corner pew, next to stairs. 

Andrew Spaulding £42 4 S. E. corner pew, next to stairs. 

This house was directly opposite the old cemetery. 

The "Great Revival" began in the winter of 1785-86 and 
continued nearly a year. Early in the winter, at the quarterly 
fast which the church had been accustomed to observe for 
several years, an unusual number were present, and the pres- 
ence of the Holy Spirit was manifest in power. The people 
could not go away "but remained to converse on their own 
personal religion." Through the winter the work went on. 
The season was one of great severity, but people went on 
the crusted snow through the fields from one meeting to 
another at a later hour. It is said that even the sick were 
carried on beds. Sometimes Mr. Farrar preached in a barn 
with the hearers seated on the floor and the scaffold. Ninety- 
eight persons were added to the church within two years. 

Mr. Farrar's pastorate was not marked by any other 
events of special interest. He lived the quiet life of a country 
minister, doing his duty to all, and was a power for good in 
giving tone and direction to every project for the benefit of 
the town. To him revered and beloved as "the Good Parson," 
June 23, 1809, the end came suddenly, and he went to join in 
another world those of his flock to whom he had shown the 
way to the heavenly gates. 

Rev. Seth Payson preached the funeral sermon from the 

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words, "And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and 
made great lamentation over him." The town paid the ex- 
penses of his funeral and placed over his grave a marble slab 
with the inscription, 

The people of his charge leave this stone 

To mark the place 

Where they have laid him. 

On the one hundreth anniversary of Mr. Farrar's death 
a simple service was held at his grave. An appreciative sketch 
of his character and influence written by Miss Katharine 
Preston, who is of his lineage, and read by Rev. C. R. Pea- 
cock, a poem by Dea. James Roger, formerly of Edinboro, 
with prayer by Rev. W. R. Thompson, fitted the quiet sunset 
hour, serene and beautiful, typical of the close of the life 
which we met to commemorate. 

Each year on June 23, a young woman whose heart is 
filled with reverence for those who laid the broad foundations 
of all that is good in the town places upon Mr. Farrar's grave 
flowers gathered from the garden of his lifelong home. 

Immediately after Mr. Farrar's death the town looked for 
a successor. One or two candidates were heard, but it was 
not easy to find a man who would fill the place of the lamented 
and revered pastor. One candidate, so tradition relates, was 
rejected because he wore white stockings, so unlike the black 
and inconspicuous garments which were worn by Mr. Farrar. 
December 5, 1811, a call was given by the town to Mr. Richard 
Hall, and he was ordained March 12, 1812. In August of 
that year he strengthened his relation to the people by his 
marriage with Lucy, eldest daughter of Hon. Timothy Farrar 
and niece of Rev. Mr. Farrar. 

Before Mr. Hall came to the church a revival was in 
progress which was greatly helped by his ministrations. In 
1821-22 there was another revival of great power, and as the 
fruit of the two there were added to the church about one 
hundred and fifty persons. During his ministry a creed and 
confession of faith was adopted, and all who were admitted 
to the church were required to subscribe to it. It embodied 
very strictly the theological tenets of the day. 

The meeting-house became too small, and also so dilapi- 
dated that a new one was needed. The new building on the 
spot where the present one stands was begun in 1812, and 

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completed in 1813. "Modeled after Park Street meeting-house 
in Boston, it was a stately building with graceful spire, a 
perfect type of the colonial church and dear to the heart of 
every one within sound of its sweet-toned bell." 

In 1818 the first Sunday School was organized by the women 
of the church. During the following winter it was suspended 
but revived in the following spring, and has continued to this 
day, the instrument of untold good. The widow Abigail Davis 
was the first superintendent. 

Mr. Hall died July 13, 1824, after a prolonged illness. 
"His ministry was faithful and successful." "His mental 
powers were above the ordinary grade, and he was noted 
for his decision of character." 

In 1823 a Religious Society was formed to cooperate with 
the church by having special care of financial matters and 
of general temporalities. It began with one hundred mem- 
bers, and George F. Farley was the first secretary. Thus 
at the termination of Mr. Hall's ministry the official connec- 
tion of the town with the church ceased. 

After much indecision and discussion the church gave a 
call to Rev. Isaac R. Barbour October 4, 1824, and the in- 
stallation took place March 8, 1826. On August 22, of the 
same year, on account of the health of his wife, he asked a 
dismission. This request was granted only too willingly. 

In choosing a successor to Mr. Barbour the church and 
society were unanimous in the choice of Mr. Charles Walker, 
who came here directly from Andover Theological Seminary. 
The salary offered was $700, and he was ordained February 
28, 1827. His ministry was conscientious and successful, es- 
pecially in enlisting a more general activity in the church. 
Protracted meetings were held repeatedly, and conversions 
were numerous. June 21, 1827, a committee was chosen to 
visit the members of the church "to converse particularly on 
the subject of religion." A committee of discipline was 
chosen which did its work too faithfully for the peace of the 
church. Members were disciplined for the most trivial causes, 
and long-continued discussions were wasted on trifles light 
as air. During the ministry of eight years there were one 
hundred and six church meetings on business, many of them 
beginning at nine o'clock in the morning and continuing until 
late at night ; also there were five councils or references, be- 

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Rev. Samuel Lee 

sides those of ordination and dismission. Mr. Walker was 
dismissed August 26, 1835. 

Rev. Charles Walker was born in Rindge, N. H., November 
21, 1795. His father was a farmer of moderate means and the 
son had to earn his education by his own exertions. He 
graduated at Dartmouth College in 182.3 and at Andover 
Theological Seminary in 1826, being then more than thirty 
years old. A man of fair talents, an impressive preacher, and 
of a gentle spirit. After leaving this church he was settled 
March 9, 1836, at Windsor, Conn. The last years of his life 
were spent at Groton, Mass., where he died October 23, 1847. 

At a meeting of the church January 18, 1836, "A subject 
was presented by the Moderator for consultation, as to the 
propriety or expediency of calling a man to settle with us as 
a minister of the gospel without attending to the usual pre- 
liminary course of probation." "After some little consultation 
it was moved and seconded that we present Rev. Samuel Lee 
of Sherburne, Mass., a call to settle with us in the work of 
the gospel ministry. The above motion was carried into 
effect by vote of the church." The church knew of Mr. Lee 
only from the report of a committee who had attended a 
protracted meeting at Ashburnham, where he had been called 
to assist the pastor. 

The call, one of several under consideration at that time 
by Mr. Lee, was accepted, and the installation took place on 
May 5, 1836. Early in his ministry some changes took place. 
So far as is known it had always been the custom of the 
church that candidates for membership should appear before 
a public church meeting, relate their religious experience, or 
read a paper which they had written, and then be questioned 
by any member of the church. This in itself was an ordeal 
from which nearly every one would shrink. In July, 1837, 
it was voted "That candidates for admission to the church 
meet the Committee of Examination, and if by them approved, 
be propounded three weeks at least previous to the time of 
admission." 

Another revival came to this church in 1841-42, but unlike 
some of previous years there was no excitement, but a calm, 
intense earnestness which continued during nearly two years. 
"There were added to the church one hundred and ten per- 
sons, several husbands and wives side by side, and most of 

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them persons in middle life." In 1857-58 there was again 
much religious interest, fifteen being added to the church, 
beside a much larger number of students of the Academy 
who would join their home churches. 

Notwithstanding this increased religious interest other 
agencies were at work. In 1841 the use of wine at the com- 
munion table was brought before the church. After pro- 
longed discussion and thought the church voted to continue 
the use of wine as had been the custom ever since the time 
of Christ. The vote stood eighty-four in favor of the use of 
the wine, four against it. Thus that special question was defi- 
nitely settled. But the germ of discord grew with the years 
and the church became divided on many questions. Advice 
was asked and given by two ecclesiastical councils, and at 
the suggestion of the second, many of the dissatisfied mem- 
bers asked for dismission and recommendation to other 
churches, although it is certain that at Mason Village they did 
not receive a cordial welcome. 

The meeting-house, built in 1813, had become dilapidated 
and in need of repair to render it comfortable or pleasing to 
the eye. In 1851 it was remodeled by raising the floor and 
removing the galleries, thus making the auditorium specially 
fine in its acoustic properties. The beautiful proportions of 
the former spire were retained, and from its height came the 
tones of the sweet-voiced bell presented in 1815 by citizens of 
the town. Within a few years it has been learned that this 
bell came from the foundry of Paul Revere. This building 
was burned July 15, 1902. 

The church celebrated its centennial anniversary October 
22, 1860. An historic discourse had been prepared by the 
pastor, but as on account of ill-health he was not able to 
deliver it, it was read by Rev. Mr. Fisher of 1^'^ason Village, 
Rev. Mr. Bell of Ashby, and Rev. Isaac Stearns Perry of 
Bellows Falls, Vt. The following was the programme pre- 
pared by the committee in charge. 

Gathering at the site of the old meeting-house. 

Prayer and brief address, 10 a. m. 

Procession to the church. 

Historical Discourse, 11 :00 a. m. 

Dinner in the basement of the church with addresses. 

Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the church. 

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Rev. Calvin Cutler 

A flag had been reared on the site of the first meeting- 
house on Farrar Hill, which could be seen from the place of 
gathering. There are those living who remember the under- 
pinning stones of that house, and can identify the spot. 

Mr. Lee's health failing, he resigned his pastorate and was 
dismissed December 9, 1860. Save the life-long pastorate of 
Parson Farrar, that of Mr. Lee was the longest recorded in 
the history of the church and its influence was proportionate, 
especially in connection with the Academy. One who was 
often a member of the congregation said of him : "Mr. Lee 
has a logical and metaphysical mind ; is an independent and 
liberal thinker; announces his convictions with great decision 
and earnestness; is a faithful and devoted pastor; an active 
and enlightened friend of education ; and is greatly beloved 
by his people." Another adds, "His prayers carried one into 
the presence of a helpful Heavenly Father." 

January 23, 1861, an ecclesiastical council met for the pur- 
pose of authorizing the union of the two Congregational 
churches here existing. From their result we quote : "Voted 
that we approve the basis on which the two churches have 
agreed to unite, and that we consummate the union here in- 
tended." Soon after this union the church received a legacy 
from the estate of Mrs. Dolly Everett of $4,000. The 
dwelling-house of Mrs. Everett was given the church for a 
parsonage. 

After a long period of hearing candidates, a call was given 
to Mr. Calvin Cutler, which he accepted, and he was ordained 
March 12, 1862. After a pastorate of five years Mr. Cutler 
asked a dismission, and although the church voted "that we 
earnestly request him to withdraw his request for dismission," 
he felt that "his work here was done." A council of dismis- 
sion met April 11, 1867. Mr. Cutler gained in a marked 
degree the aflfection and confidence of the church and they 
parted with him most reluctantly. He became the pastor of 
the church in Auburndale, Mass., and remained there until 
his death. 

January 1, 1868, Rev. Prescott Fay was installed pastor 
of the church, and dismissed October 6, 1869. 

Several of the succeeding pastorates were so brief that 
there is little to record save the date of the commencement 
and the closing of the ministries to the church. 

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History of New Ipswich 

Rev. B. F. Ray began his work as a pastor July 10, 1870, 
and was most earnest in his efiforts to aid the church. He 
died here January 7, 1872. 

Rev. Thomas S. Robie became acting pastor in April. 1873, 
and retired April 1, 1874. 

Rev. B. N. Seymour became acting pastor September 27, 
1874, and retired March 10, 1878. 

Rev. Horace Parker became acting pastor March, 1879. 
having previously supplied the pulpit for nearly two years ; 
he retired June 1, 1880. 

Mr. Sumner G. Wood was ordained and installed as pas- 
tor December 30, 1880, and dismissed February 14. 1883. 
From here he went to Fall River, Mass. 

Rev. George F. Merriam became acting pastor here in 
connection with his charge in Greenville, June, 1883, and 
retired in 1891. After a pastorate of more than thirty-five 
years at Greenville he was called to the historic church in 
Deerfield, Mass., but soon failing health caused his resigna- 
tion, and he passed the remainder of his life with his children. 
He held the pen of a ready writer, and his services were much 
in demand for the writing of biographical and historic articles 
for the press. His ministrations to this church were most 
helpful, and his memory is precious. He died August 5, 1912. 

Rev. G. W. Johnson became acting pastor December 27, 
1891, and resigned August 11, 1892. 

Mr. A. L. Parsons became acting pastor October 2, 1892. 
He died suddenly March 25, 1894. 

Rev. H. H. Loomis became acting pastor September, 1894, 
and resigned July, 1896. 

Rev. G. F. Bradford became acting pastor September, 1896. 
Resigned July 1, 1900. 

Mr. H. A. Barber, although still a theological student, be- 
gan the supply of the pulpit December, 1900, was ordained 
here August 22, 1903, and resigned July, 1904. 

Rev. Lyman Mevis was acting pastor from December, 

1904, until October, 1905. 

Mr. Charles R. Peacock supplied the pulpit in November, 

1905, was ordained here July 30, 1908, and resigned Januarv 
15, 1911. 

Rev. Orlando M. Lord was invited to become pastor of 
this church July 27, 1911, and retired May 1, 1914. 

The invested funds of the church amount to about $12,000. 

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The New Church 

July 15, 1902, our church was struck by lightning and 
wholly destroyed. While the flames were still burning Mrs. 
George R. Barrett promised a gift of $5,000 toward building 
a new church. Later she purchased two pews, paying for 
them $1000. The bell which she gave to the town at the same 
time bears her name, Elizabeth M. Barrett, and was rung 
for the first time by the donor and her granddaughter. Mrs. 
Barrett added a personal touch to the value of her gift by 
having the furniture for the pulpit made to order from, designs 
of her own choice. Other friends were generous, and August 
22, 1903, the new church was dedicated. It is convenient and 
with its pleasant interior and sweet-toned organ meets the 
wants of the congregation, but to the older people it can 
never fill the place of the former edifice, so suited to this 
old colonial town. 

The church observed the one hundred and fiftieth anni- 
versary of its organization August 25, 1910. In the morning 
there was a brief service at the site of the old meeting-house, 
and at the church an informal reception dinner, served at 
noon, was followed by brief addresses by friends and neigh- 
boring ministers. In the afternoon religious services were 
held in the auditorium ; the sermon was by Rev. G. Ernest 
Merriam, son of a former pastor. An interesting history of 
the church written by Miss Katharine Preston was read by 
Rev. C. R. Peacock, and a large choir led in the singing of 
old hymns. 

So far as can be learned there have been admitted to this 
church 1557 people. For many 3^ears the records were so 
imperfect that we may estimate the total number to be at 
least 1800, probably more. A catalogue of members is in 
process of preparation, giving dates of admission, dismission, 
and death so far as they can be learned. From the families of 
this church there have gone missionaries, ministers and min- 
isters' wives, and teachers beyond computation. 

In 1843 the number of members of the church was 402, 
thus making it the largest but one in the state. 

A program, of stated meetings may be of interest. Sunday 
morning services at 10:30 o'clock; Sunday School, followed 
by exchange of books at the two libraries, filled the time 
until the afternoon service, which lasted until 3 o'clock. A 
third service was held in the evening at the brick school- 

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house, or later in the chapel and more recently at the church. 
Weekday prayer meetings were held Wednesday evening in 
the school-house ; Thursday afternoon at the church ; Friday 
afternoon in Davis Village at a private house, and Saturday 
evening at the school-house. This was previous to 1860. 

The meetings at Davis Village were distinctive. Rev. 
Perley B. Davis writes of them, "The Davis meetings began 
at the home of Joseph Davis in 1810 for the benefit of the 
three Davis brothers, their two sisters, and their families. 
Later, they were held at four or five different houses, and 
I do not know how long they were continued, but certainly 
for more than fifty years. In the summer time the brothers 
and sometimes one or two others would leave their farms 
and gather, in very humble apparel, for the hour's service. 
The women would come wearing a calash. In the winter the 
meetings would be larger. The rooms were lighted by an 
open fireplace and tallow candles. The singing was from the 
village hymnbook and was, I think, not very artistic." In 
the autumn of 1860 a semi-centennial meeting was held at 
the house of Joseph Davis, the place of the first meeting. 

"The Maternal Association organized May 15, 1817, was 
the earliest in the country." (Sketch of New Ipstvich, i8^5. 
Rev. Charles Walker.) The mothers met once a month for 
discussion concerning the training, physical, mental, and re- 
ligious, of their children, and every three months the children 
were brought to the meetings to exemplify methods and their 
progress in the Bible and Catechism." (K. P.) One woman 
still preserves a copy of the Life of Mary Lyon given her for 
perfectly committing to memory the Westminster Catechism. 

Fast days were numerous and were kept by all the con- 
gregation. Their observance was no idle form. Very little 
food was provided for breakfast, and only a moderate meal 
for dinner, and with a church service, the absence of work 
save that of necessity, and the entire absence of amusements, 
the day seemed almost as distinctive as the Sabbath. 

Few churches have had better examples in those who have 
guided their labors and influence for the past one hundred 
and fifty years. May we never lower the standard of earnest, 
honest work for God and the world. 



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The Baptist Church 

The Baptist Church 

In the latter part of the eighteenth century a few persons 
in New Ipswich, uniting with others in Temple, Jafifrey, and 
Rindge, formed a Baptist church. Meetings were held in 
private houses and later in the old meeting-house formerly 
used by the Congregational church. In 1815 a house was 
erected by Deacon Aaron Brown, chiefly at his own expense. 
'Tt stood on the north side of the road to Mill Village [now 
Smithville] a few rods from the Academy corner, a small, 
plain structure." "In 1850 it was taken down and removed 
to its present location at the center of the village. A base- 
ment and spire have been added, and it is now an ornament 
to the village." Its cost, $2600, was paid before its dedication. 

In 1814 the members living in Temple united with those 
here and formed the Baptist church in New Ipswich of thirty- 
three members. Elder John Parkhurst, the first pastor, was 
installed March 10, 1814, and remained until 1821. 

The succeeding pastors were: 

Ferris Moore 1821-24 

Joseph Elliott 1824-27 

Benjamin R. Skinner 1827-28 

Calvin Greenleaf 1828-30 

Asaph Merriam 1830-36 

Johnson Howard 1836-39 

L. M. Wilmarth 1840-42 

Jacob Weston 1842-43 

Harrison W. Strong 1843- 

A. H. House 1850- 

E. W. Pray 1853-54 

Edwin Dibell 1854-60 

Church closed much of the time for several years. 

E. J. Emery 1866-67 

A. Snyder . 1867-71 

L. M. Barnes 1876-78 

J. M. Coburn 1879-80 

W. R. Thompson 1880-87 

J. M. Coburn (d. Feb. 27, 1889) . . . 1887-89 

Elisha Sanderson 1889-95 

H. N. Wiggin 1895-99 

C J. Wilcomb 1900-03 

T. V. Caulkins 1903-07 

J. W. Tingley 1908-10 

C. L. Eldredge Nov., 1910-14 

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So far as can be learned from the records the total mem- 
bership since the organization of the church in 1814 is 405. 
Present membership, 27. Rev. C. L. Eldredge, Pastor. Mary 
E. Blanchard (Mrs. Edwin F.), Clerk. Dea. William H. 
Wilson, Treasurer. 

Like all country churches in New England a majority of 
the members are women, and the work of sustaining the 
various church activities largely rests on them. The women 
of this church have met their demands most nobly. By the 
work of the "Ladies' Aid Society" and help from friends out 
of town the church has been kept in good repair. For some 
years they have wished for a bell which would tell of the 
hours of their service, and for a clock which should be of 
use to the village. Some friends, children of former mem- 
bers, under the influence of Mrs. Dixon D. Wheeler became 
practically interested, and November 19, 1910, Mrs. Frederick 
Jones (with the help of a stronger hand) rang the new bell 
for the first time. Mrs. Emma L. Tucker has solicited funds 
for the purchase of a clock, which is now placed on the church. 
It first struck the hour at noon September 26, 1912. 

The welfare of the village is largely helped because this 
place of worship is easily accessible, and is open to many 
who cannot go to the more distant Congregational Church. 
The church deserves great credit for its courage and energy 
in continuing the services, Sabbath and midweek, though with 
limited numbers. 

Unitarian Church 

In 1833 a number of the people of the town united to 
form a Unitarian church. Mr. Charles Barrett erected near 
High Bridge a fine building with a handsome interior. The 
ministers who officiated there were Rev. Mr. Harding, Rev. 
Reuben Bates, Rev. Warren Burton. Mr. Bates left in 1835. 

No list of members of this church can be found, but the 
following list of parents whose children were baptized by 
Rev. Mr. Bates may be of interest: Ayers, John and Mary 
B. ; Barnard, Loring and Sarah ; Clark, Benjamin and Martha ; 
Farwell, Moors and Sarah ; Porter, Samuel and Elvira C. ; 
Prichard, Jeremiah and Nancy ; Webster, Jonathan and 
Abigail. 

After a few years the church was weakened by the death 
of its principal supporters, and soon became extinct. 

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The Methodist Church 

Methodist Episcopal Church 

The records of this church having been destroyed, its his- 
tory can be learned only from the reports of various Confer- 
ence meetings. 

The church was organized in 1842 and the meeting-house 
in the Center Village was dedicated June 25, 1842. In 1849 
the Sunday School had 95 scholars, and a library of more 
than 150 volumes. That year a church was built in the Sou- 
hegan village. "About this time the members of the church 
formed themselves into a society to have charge of the finan- 
cial concerns of the church. The first signers were Rev. 
Jonathan Hall, Amos Merrill, Joseph Turner, Nathaniel Bar- 
rett, Ezra Webber." In 1854 there was often an attendance 
of 200, and the Sunday School was prosperous. In 1872 there 
was a membership of 38. 

Removals for various causes, and the gradual introduction 
of French Canadians to take the place of the American and 
Scotch families at High Bridge, all tended to lessen the atten- 
dance, until in 1889 the society felt that it could no longer 
support a pastor. For more than fifteen years the pulpit 
was occasionally supplied by pastors of neighboring churches ; 
but in November, 1905, the church was finally closed. 

For many years this church had a special field of useful- 
ness, ministering to the spiritual needs of many in those vil- 
lages who could not attend church elsewhere. 

"October 13, 1907, Rev. George H. Hardy of Ashburnham, 
assisted by other clergymen, conducted an impressive fare- 
well service in the church. The audience filled the house. 
Thirteen days later, for the sum of $150, the church building 
became the property of Bank Village. The library and book- 
case were presented to the New Ipswich Baptist church, and 
the communion service to the new Finnish church in town." 
(A. A. G.) 

During the sixty-four years of its existence the church 
was under the care of thirty clergymen, nine of whom, each 
remained less than a year, and three of them each only a 
year. The other pastorates were : 

J. W. Guernsey 1846-48 

Jonathan Hall 1849-51 

Jonathan Hall 1852-55 

S. G. Kellogg 1856-58 

A. P. Hatch 1859-61 

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The church was closed several years between 1862 and 1870. 

Irad Taggart 1870-72 

Jacob Spaulding 1872-75 

Israel Ainsworth 1875-77 

G. M. Curl 1877-79 

The Second Congregational Church 

October 9, 1851, a Second Congregational church was or- 
ganized, consisting of persons dismissed by advice of council 
from the Congregational church in New Ipswich and some 
others from neighboring churches. The number of members 
was fifty-seven. The pastors were : 

Rev. Josiah Ballard, installed July 14, 1852, dismissed 
April 26, 1855. 

Rev. William Russell, installed June 25, 1856, dismissed 
September 22, 1858. 

Rev. Sylvanus Hayward supplied the pulpit for a year or 
longer, but was not installed. 

January 23, 1861, an ecclesiastical council met and "con- 
summated the union of the two churches here existing." 



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CHAPTER VIII 

NEW IPSWICH ACADEMY 

TN 1790 the main road from Townsend and the region 
-*~ toward the seaboard was Httle more than a bridle-path, 
scarcely passable for a carriage, but the adventurous traveler 
who persisted in pursuing the upward path found his reward. 
New Ipswich had not only a large and flourishing church, 
but an academy incorporated, and in so successful operation 
that at Dartmouth College in 1791 "There were no less than 
ten students from New Ipswich." 

As early as 1762 there was a public school in New Ipswich 
and in 1772 a migratory grammar school, the master going 
from one district to another. June 18, 1789, by act of the 
New Hampshire state legislature, this school was incorporated 
as New Ipswich Academy, for the purpose of promoting piety 
and virtue, and for the education of youth in the English and 
Latin and Greek languages, in writing, arithmetic, music, and 
the art of speaking, practical geometry, logic, geography, and 
such "others of the liberal arts and sciences or languages as 
the Trustees shall direct." 

Hon. Samuel Appleton wrote many years ago of the early 
trustees : "The zeal they had for education was so great that 
some of them even mortgaged their houses and lands to 
raise money to educate their children." "The first sixty-five 
years of the existence of the Academy were marked by con- 
tinued donations of money, books, apparatus, and labor from 
the loyal citizens of New Ipswich and the trustees and alumni 
of the academy, and the marked success of the graduates of 
the school in all walks of life attests its vigorous internal 
growth during that period." (Prospectus, ipio-ii.) 

This was the second academy incorporated in the state, 
Phillips Exeter being five years its senior, although the town 
of Exeter is a century older than New Ipswich. It is the 
third in the United States to be co-educational ; Leicester 
Academy and the Derby School at Hingham — the first school 
in America founded by a woman — were, so far as can be 
learned, the only co-educational institutions in the land before 
1789. 

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The first academy building, erected in 1789 about one 
hundred rods north of the meeting-house, was on land donated 
by Rev. Mr. Farrar, and was a one-story building 40x38 feet. 
It is now a dwelling house owned by Dea. William H. Wilson. 
In 1816 it was thought wise to erect a new building nearer 
the geographical center of the town. As the town was then 
realizing the need of better accommodations for town meet- 
ings, an arrangement was entered into by which one building 
should answer both purposes, the lower story being used by 
the town and the second story by the Academy. In 1831 a 
fine bell was given the institution by Mrs. Dolly Appleton 
Everett, and for more than eighty years it has noted the 
hours of the school. During the administration of Mr. Shedd 
a house was built for the use of students who wished to board 
themselves. After the building of the present academy this 
house was moved to the spot now occupied by the girls' 
dormitory, and was used as a boarding-house, for many years 
being well filled, one or more of the faculty being in charge. 

"Soon after the centennial celebration, a meeting of New 
Ipswich gentlemen residing in Boston was held at the house 
of Jonas Chickering, which resulted in a subscription in aid 
of the Academy amounting to $7000, viz. : from Samuel Apple- 
ton $4000, Samuel Batchelder $1000, Jonas Chickering $1000, 
Nathan Appleton $500, Frederick and Edward Kidder $250, 
Edward W. and George M. Champney $250. As the trustees 
were satisfied that the school could not be successfully con- 
tinued without a new building the subscribers consented that 
their contributions thereto should be applied for this purpose, 
provided the residents would contribute to purchase the nec- 
essary land and lay the foundations. Some rivalry arose be- 
tween the advocates of a southern or a northern locality, 
but the northerners finally prevailed and secured the beauti- 
ful location between Preston and Farrar streets, facing the 
Village Green, and containing about three acres. The corner- 
stone was laid August 11, 1853, at which an address was made 
by Rev. Mr. Lee, and speeches by others present ; original 
hymns were sung, etc. The building was occupied by the 
school March, 1854, and was appropriately dedicated Septem- 
ber 6, 1854, the address being given by Rev. Frederick A. 
Adams. The edifice is of brick and slated, containing five 
recitation rooms [now changed to four], apartments for the 
Library, Cabinet, and Philosophical Apparatus, and a large 
hall to seat about six hundred persons. 

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The Appleton Endowment 

"In consequence of the numerous and important dona- 
tions from Samuel Appleton and others of the family, the 
name of the academy was changed to 'New Ipswich Appleton 
Academy' in June, 1853, about the time of Mr. Appleton's 
death, and his executors decreed the sum of $20,000 from funds 
left by him for similar purposes as an endowment. This, 
with other donations from non-resident sons of New Ipswich 
who desired to give some token of their local attachment and 
their interest in the prosperity of the Academy, were an- 
nounced at the dedication. Among them were an electrical 
machine from Ira Holden of New Orleans, air-pump and mi- 
croscope from Jeremiah Prichard, Jr., pianoforte from George 
N. Davis of Boston, barometer from Timothy Perry, 100 vol- 
umes of books from Charles D. Gould and Joshua Lincoln, 
several thousand specimens to found a cabinet of natural his- 
tory from Dr. A. A. Gould of Boston, a bust of Samuel Apple- 
ton from Mrs. Appleton, an epitome of the history of the 
academy written on a large sheet to be hung in the hall by 
Dea. N. D. Gould. 

"In a cavity of the corner-stone laid under the southwest 
corner of the building is a leaden box six inches square and 
three inches deep, containing a calatogue of the Academy for 
1852-3, circular for 1852-3, regulations of the police of New 
Ipswich, invoice of the polls and estates of New Ipswich, 
report of the Superintending School Committee, 1852-3, Scien- 
tific American, Daily Evening Traveller, Aug. 10, 1853, Daily 
Advertiser, Aug. 10, 1853, Barnums Illustrated News, Aug. 

13, 1853, Farmer's Cabinet, Aug. 4, 1853, bills of the New 
Ipswich Bank, coins of the United States, 1853, Boston Semi- 
Weekly Post, Boston Daily Journal, and a history of the 
building, with the names of the Donors." (T. F.) 

During Mr. Westgate's administration the small building 
south of the Academy was provided for the use of pupils in 
drawing and painting. This was sometimes called the "Gas 
House." In 1868 the building north of the main cemetery, 
formerly used as a church, was moved to the lot east of the 
girls' dormitory and used as a gymnasium. Later it was sold 
and taken away. At the Appleton Alumni reunion, February 

14, 1912, Mrs. James Barr Ames gave to the trustees the 
dwelling-house formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. S. T. 
Ames, thus carrying out the purpose of her late husband, 
who was a trustee and generous friend of the institution. The 

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present academy building was first occupied in March, 1854, 
and thus has been in use for sixty years. 

The following is believed to be a complete list of the 
preceptors. 

John Hubbard 1789-95 

Samuel Worcester 1796-97 

David Palmer 1797-98 

Peter Cochrane 1799- 

VVarren Pierce 1799-1801 

Closed two years. 

Joseph Mulliken 1804-07 

Benjamin White 1807- 

Oliver Swain Taylor 1808-11 

Luke Eastman 1812 

Hart Talcott 1813 

Jesse Smith 1814-15 

Horace Hatch 1816 

Elijah Demond ........ 1817 

Earl Smith 1818-20 

Amasa Edes 1820-22 

Rufus A. Putnam 1822-25 

Cranmore Wallace 1825 

Luther Smith 1826 

Seth H. Keeler 1827 

Robert A. Coffin 1828-33 

Asahel Foote 1833 

Stephen T. Allen 1833-34 

Charles Shedd 1834-41 

Josiah Crosby 1841 

James K. Colby 1842 

Abner S. Warner 1842-44 

Edward A. Lawrence 1844-51 

E. T. Quimby 1851-65 

E. T. Rowe 1865-66 

E. W. Westgate 1866-71 

John Herbert 1871-74 

William A. Preston 1874-1903 

John Preston 1903-04 

Charles P. Poor 1904-05 

Herschel W. Lewis 1906- 

The teacher in charge of the Academy was first styled 
rector after the Scotch custom, then preceptor, and during 
these later years, principal, or more familiarly, Prof. Many 
of the principals were men of marked ability and worthy of 
note. 

John Hubbard, son of Jonathan, was the first preceptor, 
and "soon brought the school into public favor." "A public- 

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Faculty Sketches 

spirited citizen, the town is much indebted to him for the 
spirit he infused and the institutions he founded. He was 
noted for his musical taste and talents." 

"It was during the administration of Mr. Mulliken in 
1806 or 1807 that Miss Allen, daughter of Rev. Mr. Allen of 
Bradford, Mass., and afterward the wife of Thos. A. Mirrill, 
D. D., of Middlebury, Vt., was engaged as preceptress. She 
was an accomplished teacher and had a large class of young 
ladies whom she instructed in the higher branches of litera- 
ture, and in the collateral branches of refinement and taste 
then taught in the best schools of female education. The 
spare rooms in the Academy were not large enough to accom- 
modate her school, and she used the hall in Mr. Barrett's 
house for a schoolroom. No female school of a higher charac- 
ter than hers has ever been taught in this place, and few any- 
where else." (T. F.) 

Oliver Swain Taylor, a native of this town, born Decem- 
ber 17, 1784, died April 19, 1885, at Auburn, N. Y. "He ex- 
ercised the duties of the position with much success, and the 
school reached an unusual degree of prosperity." 

After one of those periods of depression which are certain 
to occur in all associations, under the care of Mr. Coffin, as- 
sisted by his wife, the Academy "rose to a high pitch of 
prosperity," which was maintained by his successor, Mr. 
Allen. 

Judging from accessible records the greatest number of 
students was in 1838, during the administration of Mr. Shedd, 
as there were 278 different students during that year. Tradi- 
tion tells of his success and popularity as a teacher. 

Under the leadership of Mr. Quimby the school reached a 
high standard of activity. His influence over many of his pu- 
pils was very great. Prof. C. H. Chandler, whom we mourn, 
said that his school life here was of more value to him than 
his college course. 

Mr. Herbert came here immediately after graduating at 
Dartmouth. Though so young, his discipline was worthy of 
note ; "like one of the forces of nature, quiet, unostentatious, 
but powerful and all-pervasive." 

"Mr. Preston was a rare scholar and his instruction was 
of a high order. Of brilliant and versatile mind, he possessed 
the true genius of teaching. Himself a poet, his instruction 
in Latin, Greek, and English poetry is to be remembered as 

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a rare privilege. Mr. Preston's teaching was supplemented 
in the department of mathematics by that of his brother, Mr. 
Frank W. Preston, no less gifted as a scholar and a teacher." 
(A former student.) 

In 1810 there were eighty students, thirty-five of whom 
were young women. At that very year in the (then) town 
of Boston, girls were allowed to attend the public schools in 
the summer only, and not then unless there were seats left 
vacant by boys. 

"Mrs. Preston (Betsy Champney) gives the following 
names of the members of the school in 1787: Samuel Farrar, 
(Andover,) William Sherwin, Thomas Cordis, (Boston,) Eben 
Lawrence, (physician, Hampton,) Rev. John Miles, (Grafton,) 
Rev. David Kendall, (Hubbardston,) Thomas Hazen, (Shir- 
ley,) Polly Farrar, (Mrs. Dakin,) Nancy Lawrence, (Mrs. L 
Brown Farrar,) Dolly Appleton, (Mrs. Everett,) Jesse Apple- 
ton, John Ware, John Sparhawk, Polly Hartwell, (Mrs. Bel- 
lows,) Milly Woods, (Pepperell,) Crombie." (T. F.) 

In 1790 tuition was 12 shillings per quarter; in 1805 from 
17 to 25 cents per week at discretion of the preceptor; in 
1835, $3.50 to $4.00 per term, and needlework 25 cents to $1.00 
per term ; in 1879 tuition was $6.00 or $8.00 per term. Now 
it is $40.00 per year, "In 1852 Monochromatic, Calligraphic, 
Mezzotint, or Crayon drawing was $3.00 per term." In 1845 
the price of board was $1.33 to $1.50 per week. "Instruction 
was given in music, vocal and instrumental, penmanship, elo- 
cution, and book-keeping, and there were lectures on Anatomy 
and Physiology, Geology and Botany." Before the days of 
state normal schools, there was a "Teachers' class" giving 
instruction in the theory and practice of teaching, and the best 
methods of governing schools. In 1851 Mr. Quimby, the new 
principal, was requested to outline a course of study, both 
English and classical, which, when completed, should entitle 
a student to a diploma. 

In 1890 a reunion of Appleton alumni was held in Boston, 
an association formed, and a board of officers chosen with 
Mr. John Herbert as president. This was followed in a short 
time by a meeting at New Ipswich, and a great deal of en- 
thusiasm was aroused. Now the meetings are held in Boston 
in mid-winter once in five years, and in the summer midway 
between the Boston meetings one is held in New Ipswich on 
the familiar campus. A dinner is served in a large tent, with 

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after-dinner speaking, an informal social evening in Academy 
hall, and much interchange of reminiscences and the life- 
history of friends. In 1891 a catalogue of the alumni was 
published containing more than 1500 names. We may well 
be proud of our alumni. Scattered throughout the world, many 
of them have made their names famous, and wherever they 
may be found they are, with few exceptions, helping the world 
along in the right direction. 

In the latter part of the last century the school passed 
through a period of depression, as it had several times pre- 
viously in its history, and the number of pupils became small. 
With the coming of the new century several new trustees 
were added to the board, who contributed liberally to its im- 
provement. Over $5000 was spent in repairs. The building 
was renovated ; laboratories, chemical and physical, equipped 
with the needful apparatus ; new floors laid ; a furnace in- 
stalled which provides a comfortable temperature ; important 
additions made to the library, and everything brought up to 
modern requirements. The Academy has a fund of about 
$50,000 carefully invested. 

We now have a man as principal and two young women 
as assistant teachers, all college graduates. To quote from 
the annual prospectus, "The course of study at New Ipswich 
Appleton Academy is designed primarily to give the students 
an all-round training and to develop their practical as well 
as their mental abilities, that they may become good farmers 
and good business men, as well as good lawyers, doctors, or 
teachers. To this end two courses of study are laid out, desig- 
nated as the College course and the General or English course. 
A special elective course in Science is provided for those who 
desire to enter a scientific school." To these is added more 
recently a course in domestic science, to be followed so soon 
as possible by one in practical agriculture. 

The general intelligence and literary cultivation of the 
people of New Ipswich is spoken of by strangers as unusual for 
a country town. This is due in very large measure to the 
opportunities given by the Academy for a larger education 
and broader knowledge of the world of literature and science. 

May the sons and daughters of Appleton cherish the mem- 
ory of their Alma Mater and help her to be more and more a 
blessing to future generations. 



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CHAPTER IX 

MISCELLANIES 

Manufactures 

^ I ^HE necessities of frontier life made it essential that the 
-*- abundant waterpower of the region should be utilized 
for the daily needs of the people and, later, its use for manu- 
facturing purposes has been one of the chief sources of the 
enterprise and prosperity of the town. The earliest known 
record is of a sawmill built by the Massachusetts proprietors 
prior to 1741, probably on the site of the Farrar mills. To 
carry grain ten miles to Townsend over the rough road was 
burdensome, and a committee representing the town con- 
tracted with John Chandler of Westford to build a sawmill 
which should be "ready for service by the last of October, 
1750, and the corn mill in October, 1751." In 1768 these mills 
were purchased by Capt. Eleazar Cummings. 

Zachariah Adams and John Breed built the mills in Mill 
Village (now Smithville) as early as 1764. Though burned 
at least three times, they have always been at once rebuilt and 
constantly in use. The plant is now owned and used by 
Charles Wheeler and sons. 

Farrar's mill on Saw Mill Brook, built about 1790, was 
first a gristmill. In 1816 a carding machine was added. The 
mill privilege has been used by Hervey Batcheller, and later 
by Warren Pratt for making cigar boxes. On the opposite 
side of the road, and on the same stream, a mill was built 
later for making potato starch, but it was not a financial suc- 
cess. The name still clings to the beautiful little sheet of 
water, and it has been the place where the boys of the village 
have taken their first lessons in the art of swimming. In 
1860-65 cotton batting was manufactured there. About 1870 
Charles C. Bellows purchased the mill privilege and there 
made washing machines, spring beds, and creasing machines. 
After the death of Mr. Bellows, the work was carried on by 
F. N. Gibson for many years. It is now used as a grist and 
sawmill by W. D. Ashley, who has rebuilt the dam that he 
may secure a larger and better amount of ice for sale in 
summer. 

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In 1776 a "Clothier's Works and Fulling Mill" was built 
on the present site of the Waterloom mill. In 1800 it was 
purchased by Ephraim Hartwell, who there made linseed oil, 
and oatmeal for the druggists of Boston, who had previously 
imported the article. This was done under the direction of 
James Barr of Scotland. They also manufactured malt. 

"Before the year 1800 John Putnam, under the patronage 
of Ephraim Hartwell, commenced the manufacture of scythes. 
He first had a trip-hammer at Mill Village, but later erected 
the works down the stream." It is perhaps on this account 
that the mill is spoken of as the "Old Iron Works." In 1810 
the mill became a cotton factory, and in 1826 it was converted 
into a sawmill. Bedsteads, washing machines, churns, etc., were 
made there and many varieties of work which come under 
the head of wood-turning. It is now owned by Albert F. 
Walker & Son, who are developing a fine and growing 
business. 

About 1845 Charles Taylor built a sawmill and manufac- 
tured doors, blinds, window sashes, chairs (cane seat), and 
churns. The plant is now owned by Charles Hughes, who 
uses it as a gristmill and also for wood-turning. 

In the old sawmill Jonas Nutting and Stephen Sylvester 
made wooden chairs, and also used it as a saw and gristmill. 

Balch's mill, formerly Gibson's, built about 1800, is now 
owned by A. L. Balch, who uses it as a sawmill and also does 
wood-turning. 

The Waterloom mill in Bank Village, a substantial brick 
structure erected in 1821, was originally 84 feet long, 40 feet 
wide, and three stories high, each story being ten feet high, 
well lighted, and all in one room. Some years later the build- 
ing was considerably enlarged. At first there was woven 
sheeting, and later jeans and flannels, and a fine, heavy quality 
of blue denim, which found a ready sale in foreign markets. 
The Columbian Manufacturing Company bought the mill in 
1855. In May, 1895, the building was condemned as unsafe, 
was dismantled, and the machinery removed elsewhere. This 
mill is said to have been the first one in New Hampshire in 
which power looms were used. 

The first mill at High Bridge went into operation about 
1825, and was burned August 31, 1838, with an estimated loss 
of $30,000. It was rebuilt and again destroyed by fire in 
1872. In 1875-76 the present beautiful brick structure was 

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erected and put in operation on the same site near the Souhe- 
gan River, from which it largely derives its motive power. 
This mill is 150 feet long, 60 feet wide, and five stories high, 
with a picker-house and a cotton-house attached. A large and 
handsome tower ornaments its front and affords a fine en- 
trance to the building. At the present writing (1913), the 
mill has 5800 spindles and 148 looms in operation, requiring 
the employment of 80 hands. It is lighted by electricity, and 
its whole equipment is up-to-date and of the most approved 
kind. Men now run from sixteen to twenty looms where 
formerly they could run only four looms. The mill uses 90 
bales of cotton per week, which is converted into 800 cuts of 
blue and mixed denim and striped cheviot. The plant has a 
waterwheel of 300-horse power, and when the supply of water 
is short, two engines in the basement of 250 and 80-horse 
power keep the machinery in action. The mill is operated 
almost without interruption, and at the present time is the 
town's largest and strongest business enterprise. Careful re- 
search shows that ten cotton mills have been operated in 
town. At present there is only one, that at High Bridge. 

"During the Revolution window glass was very scarce." 
An establishment for its manufacture was started just over 
the town line in Temple, but it was financed and directed by 
New Ipswich men. At the close of the war glass was im- 
ported at very low prices and the enterprise was financially 
a failure, but its promoters have the glory of manufacturing 
the first glass in America. There are many specimens of the 
work to be found among the ancient treasures in our homes. 

"A tanyard was very early established on the west side 
of the Jo Kidder brook, and the north side of the road, where 
the blacksmith's shop now stands. By whom the business 
was carried on, I do not recollect. The building was after- 
ward turned into a pottery establishment, and brown earthen- 
ware was made and burned in a kiln there near the close of 
the last century, after the suppression of the tannery." (T. F., 

I855-) 

For many years the making of cigars was a prominent in- 
dustry carried on by Stephen Thayer and Moses Brickett, who 
each employed forty or fifty people, also there were several 
smaller establishments. 

Tinware was made by Sanders Bros., Albert Thayer, 
Charles R. Fletcher, and others. 

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Tradition tells us that at the "Forge" there were made 
nails and stove-castings, and it is said that the iron fence 
before the Barrett mansion was made there. 

Bakehouse Village was so named because in 1785 Samuel 
Batcheller had a bakery there. This business was carried on 
there and in the Center Village by various parties until the 
later years of the last century. 

Among other manufactures in the past we may note : 
broadcloths, satinet, velvets, ticking, wagons, windows, doors, 
chairs, carriages, blinds, coffins, printing-sticks, barrels, 
matches, trunks, saddles, harness, shoes, hats, guns, earthen- 
ware (1792), ink, essences, ashes (pot, 1795, and pearl), soap 
(hard and soft). 

Library 

In 1793 a town library was established by subscriptions 
and held in shares. This library of three or four hundred 
volumes was burned in 1812. 

In 1866 the women of New Ipswich, under the leadership 
of Miss Caroline F. Barr, took measures to raise funds for a 
public library. Former residents and all interested in the 
town were asked to help us, and we used all means in our 
power to raise money. At first we were given a room in the 
Bank building, but when those quarters became too crowded 
measures were taken to provide suitable accommodations 
elsewhere, and the beautiful building which was first occu- 
pied in 1895 is not only a delight to the eye but helpful to 
the village as a rallying center for much that is both pleasura- 
ble and uplifting. 

We have a carefully selected and well-balanced library of 
more than 6000 volumes ; a reading-room with best periodi- 
cals ; a fine reference library ; a department for the children 
with table and chairs of suitable size, games and periodicals 
to attract them ; an Arts and Crafts department of more than 
140 volumes; a Farmer's shelf; nature books in wide variety; 
a well-chosen Biblical library; and the object of our greatest 
pride, a case devoted to books written by natives or residents 
of New Ipswich and containing more than 80 volumes. We 
have complete files of the Farmers' Almanac for the last cen- 
tury and catalogues of our Academy. The rooms are open 
Wednesday and Saturday in the afternoon and evening. 
Books can be taken out by anyone resident or visiting in the 

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town, and there is no fee. The shelves are accessible to all, 
a privilege highly prized by those who are accustomed to 
select from a catalogue only. 

In 1902 Mrs. Sarah (Fletcher) Hubbard left a bequest of 
$4,000, $1,000 of which was to be spent at once for books; 
her will named the committee who were to select them, and 
the books purchased with this bequest were to be called "The 
Helen Fletcher Collection" in memory of her sister. The 
building was not large enough to accommodate this addition 
and an annex was built and paid for by Prof. James Barr 
Ames, who then paid the salary of the librarian. 

William Boynton, a trustee, left $5,000 to the library, the 
income to be used for books and periodicals. Samuel H. 
Went worth, a former student of the Academy, left $1,000 in 
memory of his sister, Mrs. Lydia C. Wentworth Lee. Henry 
Ames Blood, a former resident, left $10,000 in trust to his 
widow for the use of the library. The recent deaths of mem- 
bers of his household make this available for use so soon as 
the estate is settled. 

"An ideal village library in appearance, management, and 
influence." The good done here cannot be overestimated and 
it will go on. 

Country Club 

Our fathers, unwittingly it may be, chose a beautiful situ- 
ation for the town of their care and hope. Standing nearly 
at the base of the foothills, it combines the power and majesty 
of the hills with the charm and beauty of the river and the 
plain. When during the latter part of the last century dwell- 
ers in city homes learned the value of country life in the sum- 
mer. New Ipswich thus received her full share of guests. It 
is said that one year there were six hundred summer so- 
journers in town. Families who came here repeatedly became 
so attached to the region that they purchased houses or farms 
to be occupied in summer as homes. Thus a new element 
came into our social life, and the young people must be 
amused. A croquet ground was laid out in the Barrett mea- 
dow, of such excellence that it received complimentary notice 
in the New York Independent ; tennis courts were laid out 
in the same field ; bath-houses built at the river. 

Most important of all was the organization of the Souhegan 
Country Club. In 1899 eight men bought the Jonas Woolson 

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farm on "Sol Davis Hill," and they now lease it to the club. 
The house, built in 1743, retains the vast fireplaces, the huge 
chimney, and the steep and narrow stairs; otherwise it has 
been modernized most tastefully. The men's room is fitted 
up in the fashion of an English grill-room. The view from 
the lookout is one of the finest in this town of glorious views. 
There are golf links and a tennis court. The clubhouse is 
open for the entertainment of members and their friends every 
Saturday during the summer, and daily through the month 
of August, and is a delightful social center. There are more 
than one hundred members, including people of neighboring 
towns, and others who are interested in the life of New 
Ipswich. The owners are Edward O. Marshall, Ralph E. 
Parker, Frank W. Preston, and John Preston, of New Ipswich ; 
Frederic W. Ely and Herbert J. Taft of Greenville ; Simpson 
C. Heald of Wilton ; and John W. Bemis of Temple. 

The Children's Fair 

Among all the reasons for our pride in our beloved town, 
not the least is the fact that the Children's Fair was invented 
here. 

Rev. Calvin Cutler and Prof. E. T. Quimby of the Acad- 
emy, while considering ways in which the children of the 
Congregational church might be interested in the various 
charities of the church, evolved the plan which later took 
form as the Children's Fair. Each child was encouraged to 
earn money during the summer. A boy had a space given 
him for a garden where he raised vegetables or what he chose. 
Girls had other ways of earning money, and later there was a 
fancy table devoted to their contributions. 

Wednesday in early October the large room under the 
auditorium of the old church was open early in the morning. 
The posters had said "Donors admitted free," and every child 
had the proud consciousness of being a "Donor," spelling it 
with a capital D. Each gift was labeled with a number, the 
name of the giver, and the object to which the proceeds of 
its sale were to be given. The vegetables and fruits were 
placed on a broad table which extended nearly the length of 
the room, to be seen and admired by all. Tables were laid 
for a dinner, and at noon every seat was taken. The baked 
beans, brown bread, cold meats, doughnuts, pumpkin pies, 

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were all of the best quality and very tempting to the appetite 
of those who had come perhaps from a neighboring town. At 
another table sandwiches and food that could be taken in the 
hand were provided for a nominal price for those who did 
not go to the dinner table. 

After dinner the children recited their "pieces," perhaps 
written for the occasion, and dialogues and singing filled an 
hour. Then came the event of the day — the Auction. Each 
donation was held up on high by the auctioneer, bids were 
called for and came thick and fast with good-natured rivalry 
and fun. The day was given up to the children and they en- 
joyed it to the full. On the Common the boys played base- 
ball or kindred games, watched by many who were not in- 
terested in the auction. 

In more recent years similar fairs have been held in other 
towns as they have seen the success of this original institution. 

The first fair was held in 1862, and without a break they 
have continued for more than fifty years. The amount of 
money raised during that time for various benevolent objects 
is $4,265, and it is distributed between twenty-eight different 
charities, mostly out of town. These are the gifts. The good 
gained by the givers cannot be reckoned here or in the present 
years. 

The Revere Bell 

In 1815 a few individuals by private subscription raised 
the sum of $593 for the purchase of a bell, which we have 
recently learned was from the foundry of Paul Revere. The 
following correspondence is of interest. 

55 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston. 
To the Town Clerk, New Ipswich, N. H. 

Dear Sir: I am trying to trace the bells cast by Paul Revere, a 
complete list of which has recently been found, contained in his old 
stock-book. 

In the year 1815 a bell weighing 1116 pounds was sold to the town 
of New Ipswich, presumably hung in the parish church. 

I shall be greatly obliged if you can ascertain for me whether this 
bell is still in use, or if otherwise, when it was destroyed. Thanking 
you in advance for this favor, I am 

Yours very truly, 
March 8, 1910. Arthut H. Nichols. 

An answer to this letter was sent at once, saying that the 
bell was destroyed when the church was burned. Dr. Nichols 
answered as follows: ^^q 



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Dear Mr. Phelps: ^^^^h 14, 1910. 

I am very grateful to you for your courteous reply to my inquiry 
about the old Revere bell of New Ipswich. The very full and accurate 
history given will be very helpful to me. 

The bell was sold by Paul Revere May 2, 1815. Its weight was 
1089 pounds, that of its tongue 27 pounds. 

You say that it was sweet-toned. I do not doubt that it was of 
superior quality, for about that period Revere was casting his best bells, 
and the weight of your bell was above the average. It is a pity to have 
lost such a historic object. I shall take pleasure in mailing to you a 
copy of my paper when published. 

Yours very truly, 
March 8, 1910. Arthur H. Nichols. 

Cemeteries 

The earliest cemetery was on the Farrar Hill opposite 
the first meeting-house. In 1752 the Hill burying-ground 
was laid out. In 1778 the South cemetery near Smithville 
was devoted to the burial of the dead, and John Breed was 
probably the first person buried there. The land for the Main 
cemetery was bought in 1809 and Mrs. Elizabeth Appleton 
was buried there in October of that year. Twice since then 
needed additions have been made by the purchase of land in 
the rear of the cemetery until now it comprises a territory of 
about ten acres. 

In 1849 public-spirited citizens, prominent among whom 
were Mrs. Henry Isaacs and Dr. T. H. Cochrane, greatly im- 
proved the appearance of the Main cemetery and for many 
years it was attractive ; but lacking the care that is needed 
by all public domains, it grew to look neglected and unsightly. 
In 1889 Capt. G. H. Hubbard had taken a lot for himself and 
family, and he said "I would give $300 toward improving that 
place if anyone else would help." Finding that he meant 
all that he said two women, Mrs. S. T. Ames and Miss Sarah 
F. Lee, aided on some points by the wise advice of Mr. George 
R. Barrett, took the matter in charge and within six months 
the whole appearance of the cemetery was changed. A high 
and long bank which had been deeply washed by rain was 
turfed and made most beautiful. Trees were trimmed, shrubs 
were cut down, thus revealing monuments which had been 
concealed for years, tombs the walls of which were broken 
were closed and made sanitary, headstones were cleaned and 

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set in straight lines, and a quagmire was cleared and became 
a beautiful pond. Funds for this work were contributed by 
persons out of town whose relations are buried here. The 
amount expended was more than $900, besides the first gift 
of $300 and $200 given by the town. 

Several citizens have left liberal amounts of money for 
perpetual care of their lots. 

It is hoped that the town will appoint a cemetery com- 
mission as has been done in many places. In that case many 
other lots would be left in care of the town. 

In 1906-07 Prof. C. H. Chandler copied all the inscriptions 
on the gravestones in the three cemeteries in the town. They 
are arranged, indexed, and will eventually be given to the 
town by his children. At that date there had been 1673 burials, 
besides many that are not marked in any way. 

Stearns Lecture Fund 

In 1899 Capt. Albert Stearns of Syracuse, New York, 
whose boyhood was passed here, gave the town $3,000 as a 
fund, the income of which should be devoted to lectures and 
entertainments, musical or otherwise. In 1907 Capt. Stearns 
added $2,000 to the fund and again in 1912 another gift of 
$2,000 was added to the endowment, making $7,000 in all. 
These entertainments have been both instructive and amusing 
and have given pleasure to large audiences. 

Homestead Inn 

Among the many charities of the present time there is no 
one more beautiful than the sharing by fortunate ones of the 
fresh air and sunlight of the country with those to whom it 
is denied in the crowded city. 

Some twenty years ago Rev. George J. Prescott, rector of 
the Church of the Good Shepherd in Boston, purchased the 
house formerly occupied by Rev. Richard Hall and later by 
Mrs. Clary; members of his parish and others supplied money 
for the needed changes and furnishings, and it became a house 
of refuge for weary shopgirls and self-supporting women who 
need the rest and tonic of quiet, fresh air, abundant food, and 
social cheer. All this is given them for a nominal sum that 
their self-respect may not be troubled. This summer vacation 



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house receives thirty guests and sometimes a larger number. 
Every Sunday morning there is an Episcopal service in the 
little chapel, which is open to the people of the village who 
wish to attend. Many a weary woman after spending a few 
weeks here goes home cheered and refreshed and ready to 
meet the work another year. 

The Neiv Ipswich Colony in Iowa 

In 1836 four families emigrated from this town and church 
to Denmark in what was then Wisconsin Territory, now in 
Iowa. Within a short time they were followed by eight other 
families. They all carried with them the same standard of right 
living and wise planning for the best interest of those who 
should come after them that they had known here. Those 
who "laid out the town of Denmark, which is three-fourths 
of a mile square, into town lots for building, donated one-half 
of those lots to the purpose of Education." In the building of 
a church and of an academy they followed as closely as possi- 
ble the example set by the founders of New Ipswich. This is 
the oldest Congregational church in Iowa. They were early 
known as champions of freedom. "Under the leadership of 
their pastor. Rev. Asa Turner, they joined with others in the 
election of Governor Grimes in 1854, which changed the politi- 
cal history of Iowa and gave birth to the Republican party in 
the nation." 

Dr. Turner and Rev. Mr. Lee were classmates at Yale 
College and lifelong friends. His pastorate continued for 
thirty years ; and his influence led to Iowa the eleven young 
men from Andover Seminary who formed the "Iowa Band," 
one of whom, their historian, was Rev. Ephraim Adams, a 
son of New Ipswich. 

Drinking Fountain 

At the foot of turnpike hill, going west from the village, 
is a drinking fountain for the use of horses and also of human 
beings, with this inscription : "Presented to the town of 
New Ipswich by Capt. John S. Hubbard of Concord, N. H., 
Sept. 12, 1893." 

This generous "cup of cold water" is a blessing to those 
who pass by and 

"its draught 
Of cool refreshment drained by fevered lips," 

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shall for many years invoke blessings on the head of the 
giver. 

Telegraph and Telephone 

A telegraph line was established here in 1877. 

A telephone line was built from Greenville to the Center 
Village in 1901, by F. W. Preston, John Preston, Wilbur L. 
Phelps, and Eugene B. Beard. They owned it for five years 
and then sold the line to the New England Telegraph and 
Telephone Co. It has been extended during the past few 
years, having more than sixty subscribers here, so that it now 
practically covers the town. {A. L. P.) 

Sidewalks and Street Lights 

Many years ago (1872) the wife of a minister who had just 
come to the Congregational parsonage deplored, with abun- 
dant reason, the absence of sidewalks in our village. Under 
her active leadership in many and various ways money was 
raised to make good sidewalks, to set out shade trees, and to 
provide street lamps. Within a few years an association has 
been organized to carry on this work still farther and several 
dilapidated buildings have been purchased and taken down. 
This Village Improvement Society has lately become an in- 
corporated body capable of holding real estate, and as such 
it has received the gift of Union Hall. It is hoped that the 
rent of this hall will add materially to the income for various 
uses. 

The town now has charge of lighting the lamps. 

PostoiRce 

A postoffice was established in New Ipswich in the autumn 
of 1800. The following is the list of postmasters and the date 
of appointment given by the Postoffice Department in Wash- 
ington. 

Samuel Batchelder Jan. 1, 1801. 

Benjamin Champney Feb. 2, 1802. 

Sampson Fletcher July 8, 1822. 

Josiah W. Spaulding March 23, 1839. 

Charles Hastings, Jr March 10, 1843. 

Charles Chickering July 31, 1845. 

Edward M. Isaacs April 23, 1849. 

John Peabody Feb. 3, 1855. 

John U. Davis July 23, 1855. 

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John G. Leonard Oct. 24, 1857. 

Charles A. Whitney May 31, 1861. 

Henry O. Preston June 13, 1878. 

Charles S. Brown Aug. 24, 1885. 

Joseph E. F. Marsh, Jr Feb. 10, 1890. 

Bessie M. Tarbell July 22, 1893. 

Bessie M. T. Thompson .... June 29, 1896. 
Bessie M. Cushing Sept. 27, 1909. 

Samuel Batchelder had the office at his store in Bakehouse 
(now Davis) Village. Benjamin Champney at first had the 
office in his law office, a small building "situated under the 
shade of a large willow tree on the north side of the road 
just across the brook, near the late Dr. Barr's residence." 
Later it was at the old corner store, and in 1822 was removed 
to the house of Mr. Fletcher across the street. 

Tradition tells us that Mr. Hastings had the office in the 
building east of the Appleton Inn, formerly the apothecary's 
shop of Dr. Preston. Mr. Chickering occupied a room in the 
old hotel. Mr. Leonard had the office at the Nichols house 
east of the old hotel ; Mr. Isaacs, at the old corner store, where 
has been its abiding-place since 1861, so long that the stone 
doorsteps have been hollowed by the tread of many feet. For 
many years we have for such a small town been exceptionally 
fortunate in our postal facilities, three mails each day to Bos- 
ton and as many in return. A postal car on our branch rail- 
road makes it possible for a letter to go from New Ipswich 
to Chicago as quickly as would an individual. 

In 1801 one letter was received. Who was the recipient 
of this historic document? In 1913 the number of letters sent 
away was approximately 30,000 and a much larger number 
was received. 

In 1884 a postoffice was established at Bank Village; 
postmasters, Charles L. Tarbell, 1884-1895, Ida M. Frye, 
1895-. In 1892 a postoffice was established at Smithville 
(formerly Smith or Mill Village) ; postmasters, Lyman M. 
Chandler, 1892-95, Carrie B. Chandler, May, 1895, Herbert W. 
Chandler, December, 1895-. 

Free Masons 

Bethel Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & A. M., was instituted 
in 1815, the members constituting it having been dismissed 
from a lodge in Ashby. John Everett was the first master, 

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and N. D. Gould was his successor. For many years their 
meetings were held in what was long known as "Silver's 
store." In 1903, through the untiring efforts of the late Frank 
W. Preston, assisted by the generosity of Mrs. George R. 
Barrett and others, the entire building was purchased and 
fitted up in a way suitable for their needs and convenience. 
Its members are few and widely scattered, and the scythe of 
time has made sad inroads in the lodge during the past few 
years. (A. L. P.) 

Fire Department 

Arthur E. Chase, chief of the fire department, states that 
"the firemen number four engineers and seventy-eight men, 
with three hand fire engines," and also that "the town com- 
pared to its population is one of the best-equipped towns in 
the state." 

The Children's Oak 

Nearly fifty years ago the building originally erected for 
the use of the Methodist church and later occupied by the 
Second Congregational church was purchased by the trustees 
of the Academy and moved to the corner east of the girls' 
dormitory to be used as a gymnasium. In the journey the old 
oak tree beside the road was in the way and plans were made 
to cut it down. 

Mr. William Preston, with his reverence for the old land- 
mark, felt that such a sacrilege should not be allowed, and he 
at once purchased the tree of its owner, and added a touch 
of sentiment by giving it to the children of the district school 
nearby, thus ensuring its perpetual ownership and care. 
Others older than the children are Mr. Preston's debtors for 
this graceful conservation of an important unit in our forests. 
Some years ago an expert estimated the age of the tree to 
be more than 250 years, thus making it our oldest inhabitant. 

The Children's Oak ! may its beauty continue for other 
centuries. 

Portraits in the Tozvn Hall 

A fine portrait of Judge Timothy Farrar was given the 
town in 1870 by the widow of Hon. Charles G. Atherton and 
it was hung in the town hall directly behind the speaker's 

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desk. In 1895 Mr. Frank W. Preston and family gave several 
other portraits of deceased citizens of the town. Others have 
been added, until now the walls are well filled with pleasant 
reminders of those who formerly were prominent in town 
affairs. 

A list of them is given in the order in which they are 
arranged. 

Hon. Timothy Farrar Stephen Thayer 

Rev. Samuel Lee Benjamin Champney 

George Barrett John Preston 

Henry O. Preston William A. Preston 

George W. Wheeler, 2d. Frank W. Preston 

Stephen Wheeler Charles R. Fletcher 

Rodney Wallace Charles A. Whitney 

Francis Prichard Nathan Sanders 

William W. Johnson George Sanders 

Peter H. Clark Albert Stearns 

James Clark Isaac C. Stearns 

John C. Hildreth George H. Hubbard 

James Chandler Elihu T. Quimby 

George C. Gibson Silas Bullard 

Stillman Gibson Eli Foster 

Samuel Gibson George C. Campbell 

Census Returns 

The Department of Commerce and Labor gives the census 
returns ol population for the town as follows : 

1790 1,241 1860 1,701 

1800 1,266 1870 1,380 

1810 1,395 1880 1,222 

1820 1,278 1890 969 

1830 1,673 1900 911 

1840 1,578 1910 927 

1850 1,877 

Valuation of Nezv Ipswich, 1914. 

Number of polls, 222, value $22,200.00; improved and unimproved 
land and buildings, value $576,460.00; number of horses, 184, value 
$23,402.00; mules, 4, value $680.00; oxen, 6, value $660.00; cows, 294, 
value $13,196.00; neat stock, 25, value $873.00; sheep, 4, value $24.00; 
hogs, 11, value $144.00; fowls, 1156, value $891.00; vehicles and auto- 
mobiles, value $7,529.00; stock in trade, value $29,802.00; money on hand, 
at interest, or on deposit, $14,145.00; mills and machinery, value 
$138,842.00; undesignated buildings, value $12,400.00. Total valuation, 
$841,248.00. Soldiers' exemption, $4,250.00. Rate percent on $1000, $12.30. 

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Maps of New Ipswich 



Map of New Ipswich 



INDEX TO NUMBERS. 



1 


School-house No. 9. 


50 


Ramsdell, Willis 


2 


Brooks 


51 


Lahtanen 


3 


Brooks, Walton 


52 


Nykanen 


4 


Maxwell 


53 


Nelson, C 


5 


Brooks, A. N. 


54 


Davis Bros. 


6 


Harris 


55 


Davis, Gardner 


7 


Sylvester 


56 


Whitney, W. D. 


8 


Emerson 


57 


French, Orren 


9 


Taylor, Jona. 


58 


Russell, C. L. 


10 


Tenney 


59 


Davis, Edward H. 


11 


Tenney 


60 


Hosmer 


12 


Tenney 


61 


Hodgman, Lewis 


13 


Hill, A. A. 


62 


Tracy 


14 


School-house No. 6. 


63 


School-house No. 3. 


15 


Tenney 


64 


"Wheeler Tavern" 


16 


Carlton 


65 


Winship and Hodgman 


17 


Chandler, J. L. 


66 


Barrett, Charles 


18 


Underwood 


67 


Wheeler, Seth 


19 


Chandler 


68 


Davis, Solomon 


20 


Knowlton 


69 


Woolson. (Country Club) 


21 


Wheeler 


70 


Preston, W. E. 


22 


Chandler, Roger 


71 


Preston, John 


23 


Page 


72 


First Church 


24 


Herskanen, John 


-73 


First Burial Ground 


25 


Conant 


74 


Wolcott, J. 


26 


Wheeler, John 


75 


Sargent, G. W. 


27 


Blanchard, William 


76 


Bucknam, W. T. 


28 


Collins, J. 


77 


Thayer, W. S. 


29 


Parmenter, 0. 


78 


Jones, F. W. 


30 


Goen 


79 


Adams, Zachariah 


31 


Chamberlain 


80 


Hildreth, J. B. 


32 


Collins, J. 


-81 


South Burial Ground 


33 


Mansfield Bros. 


82 


Erickson, H. 


34 


Breed 


83 


Nelson 


35 


Jaquith, G. R. 


84 


Wheeler, R. 


36 


Wilkerson, C. 


85 


Sawmill 


37 


Kivela 


86 


Aho, John 


38 


Jaquith. G. R. 


87 


Finnish Hall 


39 


Siren, J. 


88 


Lampi, M. 


40 


Whitney, Newton 


89 


Lampi 


41 


Johnson, Nile 


90 


Jalkanen, Aron 


42 


Mansfield, A. F. 


91 


Walker, S. B. 


43 


Perry, C. R. 


92 


Nelson, C. 


44 


Willard, Leon 


93 


Parmenter, J. 


45 


School-house No. 4. 


94 


Farwell, D. 


46 


Linna, Matti 


95 


Farwell, D. 


47 


Matson, Matti 


96 


Antilla, A. 


48 


Ramsdell, Daniel 


97 


Kaiku, K. 


49 


Warren 


98 


Finnish Church 



160 



SHARON 




ASHBURNHAM 



Map of New Ipswich 



INDEX TO NUMBERS. 



99 Somero, L. 

100 Somero, L. 

101 Locke 

102 Gedenberg, M. 

103 School-house No. 7. 

104 Wheeler, G. S. 

105 Wheeler, G. W. 

106 School-house 

107 Burrows 

108 Kasti, Peter 

109 Lougee 

110 Lougee 

1 12 Lougee 

113 Coleman 

114 Davis, W. E. 

115 Aho, Emanuel 

116 Aho, Isaac 

117 Cutter 

118 Cutter 

119 Drywood 

120 Mastin 

121 Tenney, Alfred 

122 Tenney, Barnard 

123 Jowders, Fred 

124 Chickering 

125 Tenney, O. 

126 Sawyer, C. E. 

127 Flagg 

128 Bourgault 

129 Bourgault 

130 Phillipi, John 

131 Tenney, A. R. 

132 Knowlton, J. C. 

133 School-house No. 2. 

134 Somero, J. 

135 Abbott, Reuben 

136 Parker, Ralph E. 

137 Wilson 

138 Wilson, Isaac 

139 Tenney, O. 

140 Wilson 

141 Stowell, H. B. 

142 Stowell, H. B. 

143 Stowell, H. B. 

144 Matilla 

145 Prindle 

146 Rafuse, H. C. 



147 Ashley, W. D. 

148 Withington, H. 

149 Appleton, Isaac (1756) 

150 Molloy 

151 Chandler, G. W. 

152 Kidder, Reuben 

153 Boynton, Earl 

154 Peavey 

155 Boynton, Earl 

156 Gould, John 

157 Gordon, Robert 

158 "Peppermint Tavern" 

159 Leel, David 

160 Brown 

161 Walton 

162 Brown, H. 

163 Kaskine, E. 

164 School-house No. 8. 

165 Proctor's Mills 

166 Proctor, A. J. 

167 Blakey 

168 Hanson, E. 

169 Frederick, E. 

170 Hood, Helen 

171 Wilder Chair Shop 

172 Wallace, G. R. 

173 Nichols, W. K. 

174 Carr, Ezra 

175 Miller 

176 School-house No. 10 

177 Spaulding 

178 Wright 

179 Carr, Emory 

180 Carr, James 

181 Thayer, W. S. 

182 Salo, Peter 

183 Aldrich, I. E. 

184 Taft, H. J. 

185 Jones, F. 

186 Gibson, F. 

187 Putnam, R. 

188 Balch's Mills 

189 Walker, A. L. 

190 Corbett 

191 Walker's Mills 

192 Antilla 

193 Sawmill 



12 



161 



CENTER VILLAGE 




N 


P 


Englr-e Hous« 
Old Buna) Ground 
Old Mcttms House 


Q 
R 


School Houss 
BricK School Hous* 


S 


Union Hall 


T 


Bank 


U 

V 

w 


Library 

Old Corner Store 

Clarks Hot«l 


X 
Y 

z 


Appleton Inn 
Masoni'C' Hall 
BlacksmiTh Shop 



Index to Map 



MAP OF CENTER VILLAGE. 



1 


Palme 


36 


Barr, C. F. 


2 


Brown 


37 


Champney, E. & B. (office) 


3 


Perrin 


38 


Homestead Inn 


4 


Gordon, P. F. 


39 


Fox, E. M. 


5 


Cummings, J. W. 


40 


Barr, C. F. 


6 


Ames, R. 


41 


Brooks, H. M. 


7 


Spofford, H. 


42 


Farwell, H. E. 


8 


Ames 


43 


Chandler, J. C. 


9 


Gushing, F. A. 


44 


Pratt, C. H. 





Roger, J. 


45 


Hudson, D. 


1 


Preston, J. 


46 


Prescott, G. J. 


2 


Davis, J. 


47 


Champney, H. T. 


13 


Taylor, M. 


48 


Phillips, J. W. 


4 


Congregational Parsonage 


49 


Wilson, W. H. 


5 


Lowe, G. N. 


50 


Pratt, W. H. 


6 


Hardy, G. H. 


51 


Hardy, F. E. 


7 


Obear, C. H. 


52 


Phelps, W. L. 


8 


Taylor, E. M. 


53 


Russell, M. A. 


9 


Gould, E. L. 


54 


Travis, A. L. 


'0 


Knowlton, C. L. 


55 


Robinson, E. M. 


>1 


Barrett, G. R. 


56 


Hudson, E. M. 


'2 


Barr, L. M. 


57 


Thompson, W. R. 


J3 


Tucker, E. L. 


58 


Barnett, J. 


!4 


Parker, E. M. 


59 


Thayer 


!5 


Batcheller, H. 


60 


Royce, H. S. 


'6 


Farwell, E. H. 


61 


Wheeler, J. A. 


7 


Coleman 


62 


Balch, M. M. 


!8 


McKown 


63 


Wright, A. F. 


»9 


Preston, F. W. 


64 


Hastings, G. W. 


50 


Brown, C. S. 


65 


Lawrence, E. A. 


!1 


Hardy, L. M. P. 


66 


Beard, E. B. 


!2 


Tidder 


67 


Silver 


;3 


Lee, S. F. 


68 


Whitney 


\4 


Pollard 


69 


Presby 


15 


Kayser 







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BANK VILLAGE 

and 

HIGH BRIDGE VILLAGE 



School HouK No II 
Pi>»1 Office 
Wattrloom Mill 
Bonk 

MfrhDdiar CHurch 
School Houx No 12 
HIjh Bf-idj* Mill 




SMITH VILLA 



fcala mfttr 

School House No. 
Whederj Mill 
eiacksmifh Shop 
Engine House 
Stor. •nd Po5t Off 
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Hughe* Mill 

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MAP OF BANK AND HIGH BRIDGE VILLAGES. 



1 


Heywood, S. M. 


2 


Marshall, E. 0. 


3 


Tabraham 


4 


Knight, D. 


5 


Johnson's Store 


6 


Tarbell, M. H. 


7 


Goldsmith, A. A 


8 


Muzzey, E. 


9 


Vincent, P. 


10 


Fournier 


11 


Belanger, A. 


12 


Taylor, B. G. 


13 


Vincent, J. 


14 


Fortin, Louis 


15 


Rochon, A. 


16 


Chouinard, L. 


17 


Fontaine, J. 


18 


Duval, D. 


1 


Taylor 


2 


Ferrin, A. 


3 


Chandler, A. E. 


4 


Davis, R. H. 


5 


Gushing, G. 


6 


Blanchard, E. F. 


7 


Wheeler, C. 



19 Brunault, F. 




20 Fournier, E. 




21 Barrett, J. 




22 Ely 




23 Whiting 


^^--"^ 


24 Tindall 


C 


25 Moore 


\ 


26 Clark 


\ 


27 Corporation boarding house 


28 Wilson 


/■ 


29 Corporation 


/ 


30 Corporation 




31 Corporation 




32 Corporation 




33 Corporation 




34 Bourgault 




35 Bourgault 




36 Bourgault 




I VILLAGE. 




8 Wheeler, E. R. 




9 Hendrickson 




10 Hughes, C. 




11 Blanchard, G. 




12 Hildreth, J. L. 




13 Howe, G. 




14 Shirland 





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Genealogical 



INTRODUCTION. 

After my father's death, when the question of the com- 
pletion of the History of New Ipswich came up, it was under- 
stood that he had said that is was "nearly done." It was, so 
far as the gathering of available data was concerned, but it 
was like the gathering of threads which were dropped before 
the knot was tied. 

My father had often mentioned the invaluable aid given 
him in this work by Miss Lee, and accordingly she was asked 
if she would undertake the completion of the historical part, 
to which she consented. It seemed best that I should take up 
the genealogical part, and I did so. I found that many 
families had been written up in great detail, (full data having 
been received,) with the probable intention of future conden- 
sation to proportions suitable for this book. Other families 
had been partially written up awaiting further data, while a 
large number of families had not yet been written up at all 
because of a lack of authentic data. As a result, some of the 
families have not received here the attention justly due their 
importance in the town. 

Even the completed work was found to need careful re- 
vision, for old age leaves its marks on the works of one's 
hands and brain, such as the exchange of figures in copying 
dates, but these and other mistakes we have endeavored to 
discover and remove. The task of a genealogist is not an 
easy one ; in many cases people to whom letters requesting 
information about their families are sent reply six months or 
a year later saying that they know nothing of the family, but 
that perhaps a certain cousin can give the information, and 
then another six months may bring a similar answer from the 
cousin ; in other cases someone apparently very much inter- 
ested in the genealogy may give data showing that his aunt 
was married at the age of two years, died twenty years before 
she was born, or some other equally impossible combination 
of dates ; less absurd errors will often pass undetected. It 
has not been possible to avoid all mistakes in such a work 
as this, but lenience is besought in the criticism of what may 
be found amiss. 

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In writing a town genealogy there are manifold questions 
as to how much should be included. It was decided to insert 
no family unless two generations of voters bearing that name 
had resided here. This rule eliminated several who, though 
living here but a few years, were marked factors in the town's 
history, but some line had to be drawn. To many readers 
the ancestry of residents of the town has very little interest, 
but to the historian and genealogist it is of great value ; so 
the ancestors of each family name have been inserted as far 
as they could be discovered. 

I wish to thank Miss Sarah Fiske Lee for her aid, without 
which this work would have been impossible, Miss Caroline 
F. Barr for her generous support of the work, the other mem- 
bers of the Town Historical Committee, and many others who 
have given aid in gathering the material for this book. 

Edith B. Chandler. 
Springfield, Missouri, 
September 20, 1913. 



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GENEALOGICAL RECORDS OF PRINCIPAL 
NEW IPSWICH FAMILIES 

ADAMS (Henry). 

Adams was a common name among the early colonists in New Eng- 
land, and descendants of three seventeenth-century immigrants bearing 
that name are found in New Ipswich. 

Henry' Adams is believed to have come to Boston with his wife, 
eight sons, and a daughter in 1632 or 1633, and to have settled at "Mount 
Wollaston" in what was afterward the town of Braintree, where he died 
Oct. 6, 1646. His wife's name is not known. 't.c^^^'^ 9,c^u*v>--- 

Thomas' (Henry'), b. England, 1612; d. Chelmsford, July 20, 1688; 
m. Braintree, 1642, Mary Blackmore (?). He removed to Concord in 
1646, and settled in what is now the west part of Chelmsford in 1650 
or a little later. He held nearly all the important town offices and rep- 
resented the town in the General Court. 

Samuel" (Henry'), b. England, 1617; d. Chelmsford, Jan. 24, 1688/9; 
m. (1) Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Graves [d. Oct. 8, 1662 or 1664] ; 
(2) May 7, 1668, Esther, dau. of Nathaniel Sparhawk of Cambridge 
[d. Nov. 4, 1745]. Resided in Charlestown, later removed to Concord, 
thence to Cambridge. 

Timothy' (Thomas^ Henry*), b. Concord, Feb. 15, (or Apr. 2,) 
1648; d. Chelmsford, July 1, 1708; m. Mary . 

Joseph" (Samuel', Henr/), b. Nov. 27, 1672; d. Jan. 22, 1717; m. 
Mary . Resided at Chelmsford. 

Thomas* (Timothy', Thomas*, Henry*), b. Chelmsford, 1675; d. 

Dunstable, Feb. 18, 1746; m. Judith [b. 1680; d. Apr. 15, 1754]. He 

was a carpenter and passed most of his life in Dunstable. Three of his 
sons came to New Ipswich. 

Benjamin' (Joseph*, Samuel*, Henry*), b. Dec, 1701; d. Oct. 30, 
1738 or 1739; m. Olive . Resided in Chelmsford. 

1. Stephen^ (Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^, Henry^), b. 
Chelmsford, Feb. 5, 1715; d. Andover, Vt., Aug. 3, 1801; m. 

Rebecca [b. 1715; d. Andover, Vt., Sept. 29, 1813]. He 

is said to have come to New Ipswich about 1750, but the 
reputed places of birth of his children would indicate that 
he was not a permanent resident until some years later. He 
is believed to have lived for a time a little north of the 
present site of the Congregational church near the place long 
occupied by Stedman Houghton, and also for a time near 
the south line of the town on the place long known as the 
Blanchard farm, (84, A. D.) In 1771 he bought land in Hollis 

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and perhaps lived there for a time before his final removal 
to Andover, Vt. Children — the first nine born at Dunstable, 
the last three at New Ipswich : 

4. i. Stephen, b. Dec. 29, 1738. He was of New Ipswich in 1769, 

when he sold land to Oliver Wright; he was in Capt. 
Ezra Towne's company at Bunker Hill and served later 
in the Revolutionary struggle, becoming lieutenant, but the 
number of soldiers bearing the same name makes his 
record somewhat indefinite. 

5. ii. Civil, b. Nov. 23, 1740. 

6. iii. Olive, b. Jan. 25, 1742/3. 

7. iv. Silas, b. June 8, 1745.+ 

8. v. Levi, b. Apr. 2, 1747.+ 

9. vi. Phinehas, b. Oct. 15, 1749. He was a member of Capt. 

Towne's company, also it has been said that he was killed 
at Bunker Hill; but as his name is found upon a receipt 
signed by the members of that company in the following 
October, it would seem that he survived that battle and 
served later in the war, as given on the rolls of Capts. 
Briant and Brown. 

10. vii. Rebecca, b. Jan. 2, 1752. 

11. viii. Hannah, b. Nov. 8, 1754. 

12. ix. Jane, b. Nov. 28, 1756. 

13. X. Jonas, b. Aug. 18, 1758.+ 

14. xi. Luther, b. about 1760. 

15. xii. A son, name not given. 

2. Zachariah^ (Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^, Henry^), b. 
Chelmsford, Nov. 5, 1718; m. Anna . He lived in Dunsta- 
ble in 1744, but was in New Ipswich before 1754 and built a 
sawmill, probably at Smithville. He lived near Hodgkins 
corner, his house being at the north end of lot X : 3, S. R., 
a few rods west of the brook and perhaps twenty rods west 
of the present road to Smith Village, but upon an old road 
running in nearly a westerly direction which has long ago 
disappeared. He sold sixty acres to Eleazer Cummings in 
1773 and his name disappears about that time. 

3. Thomas^ (Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^, Henry^), b. 
Dunstable, 1727; d. West Windsor, Vt., June 9, 1800; m. Ruth 
Eliot [b. 1730; d. West Windsor, Vt., Feb. 4, 1806]. He was 
at New Ipswich as early as 1754, but left little to tell his 
history. He removed to Andover, Vt., and thence to West 
Windsor, Vt., where he seems to have been more in evidence, 
as he was listed higher than any of his fellow-townsmen in 
1782. Children — the first three born at Dunstable, and the 
later two at New Ipswich: 

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16. i. Ruth, b. Dec. 19, 1749; d. Jan. 21, 1826; m. about 1771, 

Simeon Bullard (G. 3). 

17. ii. Phebe, b. Dec. 31, 1752. 

18. iii. Abel, b. Feb. 25, 1755.+ 

19. iv. Isaac, b. May 9, 1761.+ 

20. V. JuDAH, b. Mar. 12, 1764. 

7. SiLAS^ (Stephen^ Thomas*, Timothy^ Thomas^, 

Henry^), b. June 8, 1745 ; m. Susanna . He is said to have 

given Revolutionary service, but his name does not appear 
upon the roll of any New Ipswich company. It appears, 
however, as that of one of the Committee of Safety at Dun- 
stable in 1776-77, and the record of his children's births in 
the town ceases during the time of the war, although one 
birth in 1777 is found in another record. It may be inferred, 
therefore, that he returned to his native town and made that 
his home during those years. In 1786 Silas and Susanna "of 
New Ipswich" sold land to John Pratt, Jr., and his name is 
not found after 1788. Children — born in New Ipswich: 

21. i. Susanna, b. Jan. 30, 1772. 

22. ii. Jane, b. Jan. 27, 1775. 

23. iii. Rebecca, b. Jan. 20, 1777. 

24. iv. Hannah, b. May 29, 1783. 

25. V. Sibil, b. May 19, 1785. 

26. vi. Lydia, b. Jan. 18, 1788. 

8. Levi^ (Stephen^, Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^, Henry^), 
b. Apr. 2, 1747; m. (1) Mary Abecca Perry; (2) Lydia Patch. 
He was in Capt. Towne's company, and at different times 
served to the extent of four and one-half years during the 
war. He removed to Rindge, thence to Andover, Vt., and 
Ludlow, Vt. Children — those of the first marriage, seven in 
number, a part born in New Ipswich and a part in Rindge, 
those of the second marriage at Andover, Vt. : 

27. i. Becca, b. Mar. 19, 1772. 

28. ii. Asenath, b. June 13, 1774; d. Milton, Vt, 1860; m. (1) 

Thomas Chandler of Chester, Vt. ; (2) Oct. 29, 1812, Lynde 

Sargent, also of Chester. Three children. 
Abigail, b. Apr. 23, 1776. 
Rhoda, b. Feb. 18, 1778 (?): d. Proctorsville, Vt., Feb. 5, 

1873; m. Aug. 10, 1796, David Dickinson. Ten children. 
Phinehas, b. July 24, 1782 ; d. Moriah, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1838 ; 

m. Apr. 24, 1809, Hannah Kibling. Seven children. 
Ebenezer, d. aged eighteen years. 
James, b. Apr. 5, 1789; d. Feb. 22, 1885; m. Apr. 28, 1817, 

Nancy Pingry of Shrewsbury, Vt. 

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30. 


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31. 


V. 


32. 


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33. 


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History of New Ipswich 

34. viii. Charles, d. unm. 

35. ix. Mary Abecca, d. unm. 

36. X. Roxanna, b. Oct. 22, 1802; m. Oct., 1824, Reuben Emery of 

Ludlow, Vt. 
Zl . xi. Lydia, d. unm. 

38. xii. Stillman. 

39. xiii. Dorcas, m. Otis Archer of Bridgewater, Vt. 

13. Jonas® (Stephen^, Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^, 
Henryi), b. Aug. 18, 1758; m. Phebe Hoar (9). He also is 
said to have been wounded at Bunker Hill and to have re- 
ceived a pension in his later years ; but as his name does not 
appear upon Capt. Towne's roll, it is probable that the wound 
was received during one of the later terms of service credited 
to him. He removed to Jaffrey in 1784, and later to Andover, 
Vt., where he died. Children : 

40. i. Lucy C, b. New Ipswich, Mar. 22, 1784; d. Westminster, 

Vt., Feb. 4, 1813; m. Dec, 1803, Cyrus Dickinson. Two 
children. 

41. ii. Jerry, b. Jaflfrey, Aug. 15, 1785; d. Weston, Vt., Dec. 20, 

1873; m. Feb. 21, 1816, Dorcas Austin. He represented 
Weston in the legislature, and was a captain. Five children. 

42. iii. Jonas, b. Jaffrey, Aug. 25, 1785; d. Sept. 28, 1790. 

43. iv. Phinehas, b. Jaffrey, Oct. 20, 1789; d. Dec. 18, 1845; m. 

Feb. 5, 1813, Rebecca Gibson. He lived in Grafton, Vt., 
and Ludlow, Vt. 

44. V. Molly, b. Jaffrey, Sept. 2, 1791; d. Weston, Vt., Mar. 15, 

1857, unm. 

45. vi. Nancy, b. Jaffrey, Feb. 25, 1794; m. Mar. 9, 1814, James 

Estabrook. Settled in Elizabethtown, N. Y., and removed 
thence to Iowa. Ten children. 

46. vii. AcHSA, b. Andover, Oct. 29, 1799; d. Apr. 8, 1879; m. July 

26, 1818, David Austin. Six children. 

47. viii. Laura, b. Andover, Apr. 18, 1802; d. June 1, 1879, unm. 

48. ix. Alvin, b. Andover, June 16, 1804; d. Watertown, Mass., 

Sept. 1, 1877; m. Nov. 10, 1831, Ann Rebecca Bridge of 
Boston. He was founder of the Adams Express Company. 

49. X. Stillman, b. Andover, Aug. 26, 1806; d. Apr. 10, 1807. 

50. xi. Orson, b. Andover, Dec. 13, 1807; d. South Boston, Nov. 7, 

1869; m. July 28, 1834, Cynthia Frescott. He lived in 
South Boston. 

14. Luther® (Stephen^, Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^, 
Henryi), b. about 1760; d. Jan. 12, 1842; m. Oct. 2, 1792, 
Fanny, dau. of Josiah and Esther Stanford of Dublin. He 
lived in Dublin and removed thence to Weston, Vt., about 
1802. Children — the first four born before the removal : 

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51. i. Polly, b. Jan. 8, 1793; d. Apr. 13, 1877; m. Mar., 1816, 
Robert Nichols. She lived in Concord, Vt., where she died. 

52. ii. James, b. Aug. 2, 1795 ; d. young. 

53. iii. Luther, b. Nov. 6, 1796; d. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Aug. 8, 1878; 
m. Mar. 20, 1822, Ada Brown. He settled in Littleton, 
N. H., but later lived at St. Johnsbury. Nine children. 

54. iv. SiRENE, b. Apr. 1, 1801; d. North Littleton, N. H., Apr. 13, 
1841 ; m. Ira Caswell. Five children. 

55. V. Elvira, b. Mar. 30, 1803; d. Fond du Lac, Wis.; m. Mar. 
20, 1828, Daniel Howe. Four children. 

56. vi. Mercy, b. June 3, 1805; d. June 7, 1840; m. Levi Ball of 
Concord, Vt. Removed to Sutton, Vt., in 1839. Four 
children. 

18. Abel*' (Thomas", Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas", 
Henry^), b. Feb. 25, 1755; d. July 12, 1821; m. Feb. 2, 1780, 
Hannah Proctor of Dimstable. He lived at West Windsor, 
Vt. Children : 

57. i. Hannah, b. Dec. 20, 1783; d. P^eb. 13, 1826; m. Mar. 23, 1802, 

Bezaleel Bridge of Windsor. 

58. ii. John, an adopted son, b. June 4, 1785. 

19. IsAAC^ (Thomas^ Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^, 
Henryi), b. May 9, 1761; d. Nov. 12, 1824; m. Nov. 7, 1780, 
Mary Blanchard of Ashby. He served in the Revolution, but 
his record is somewhat difficult to ascertain, as there were 
two soldiers bearing the name. Afterward settled at West 
Windsor, Vt. Children — all born at West Windsor: 

59. i. Isaac, b. May 3, 1784; d. May 23, 1784. 

60. ii. John, b. Aug. 27, 1785 ; d. May 27, 1792. 

61. iii. Isaac, b. Sept. 7, 1787; d. June 19, 1789. 

62. iv. Polly, b. Jan. 13, 1790; d. May 6, 1855; m. Feb. 4, 1808, Daniel 

Wetherby. 

63. V. Ruth, b. May 3, 1792; d. Nov. 19, 1840, unm. 

64. vi. Phebe, b. May 4, 1794; d. Aug. 8, 1845. 

65. vii. Abel, b. Jan. 17, 1797. 

66. viii. Ira, b. Sept. 6, 1799; m. Mar. 6, 1823, Hannah Robinson. 

67. ix. JuDES, b. Feb. 17, 1802; m. (1) Jan. 7, 1819, Elijah Robinson 

of Windsor, Vt. ; (2) Woodward. 

Oliver" (Benjamin^ Joseph', Samuel", Henry^), b. Oct. 27, 1729; m. 
Dec. 2, 1756, Rachel Proctor of Chelmsford. He lived in Chelmsford 
and was a Revolutionary soldier. 

Oliver^ (Oliver", Benjamin*, Joseph', SamueP, Henry^), b. Jan. 7, 
1767; d. Rindge, Dec. 28, 1813; m. Betsey Marshall of Chelmsford. Re- 
sided in Chelmsford and in Rindge. 

Marshall' (Oliver", Oliver'', Benjamin*, Joseph', SamueP, Henry'), b. 
Rindge, Mar. 14, 1801; m. May 9, 1826, Sarah G., dau. of Thaddeus and 

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Dorothy (Coolidge) Richards of Rindge. He was a woolen manufac- 
turer at New Boston and later a farmer; deacon in the Presbyterian 
church. 

68. Joseph G.^ (Marshall^ 01iver^ Oliver^ Benjamin*, 
Joseph^ SamueP, Henry^). b. Dec. 12, 1836; m. May 10, 1858, 
Martha W., dau. of Samuel and Martha (Stone) Perry. He 
was a merchant in Natick, Mass., whence he came to New 
Ipswich in 1878, and conducted the "Corner store" for a few 
years. 

69. Eugene Francis^ (Joseph G.^, Marshall^, Oliver^, 
Oliver^, Benjamin*, Joseph^, SamueP, HenryM, b. Natick, 
Mass., Oct. 14, 1859; m. 1892, Annie P., dau. of William P. 
Felch [d. Sept. 9, 1896]. He left New Ipswich in 1883 and 
has since been in the grain business at Manchester except 
during three years passed upon a cattle ranch in Nebraska. 
He was town clerk in 1882. Child : 

70. i. Beulah, b. Mar. 9, 1894. 

It should perhaps be added that this family of patriotic instincts is 
the same as that of those patriots in higher positions, President John 
Adams and his cousin Samuel, the line of descent being as follows : 
Henry,^ Joseph^ Joseph^ John"*, President John\ 



ADAMS (Robert). 

Robert' Adams, b. 1602; d. probably Oct. 12, 1682; m. (1) Eleanor 
(Wilmot?) [d. June 12, 1677]; (2) Feb. 6, 1678, Sarah (Glover), widow of 
Henry Short [d. Oct. 24. 1697]. In 1635 he with wife and two children 
came to Ipswich, where he was a tailor, but in 1640 he was at Newbury, 
where he obtained a large farm and other property. 

Abraham^ (Robert'), b. Salem, 1639; d. Newbury, Aug., 1714; m. 
Nov. 10, 1670, Mary, dau. of Richard and Joanna (Ingersoll) Pettengell 
[b. July 6, 1652; d. Sept., 1705]. 

Isaac' (Abraham^ Robert'), b. Newbury, Feb. 26, 1678/9; d. 1738/9; 
m. (pub. Feb. 24, 1707) Hannah, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Burpee) 
Spofford of Rowley [b. Feb. 12, 1684; d. Sept. 3, 1775]. He was a weaver 
and afterward a farmer in Rowley and in Boxford successively. 

Isaac' (Isaac', Abraham', Robert'), b. Rowley, May 25, 1713; d. Mar. 
20, 1797; m. Apr. 1, 1743, Mary (or Mercy), dau. of Dr. David Wood 
[b. 1720; d. 1794]. He settled at Boxford in 1738, where he was select- 
man fourteen years, representative four years, and captain. 

David" (Isaac*, Isaac', Abraham', Robert'), b. Boxford, June 20, 
1747; d. Nov. 17, 1831; m. May 5, 1773, Phebe, dau. of Dea. Abner 
and Sarah (Coleman) Spofford of Byfield [b. Jan. 6, 1757; d. Feb. 17, 
1822]. He settled in Rindge at about the time of his marriage. He 
served in the Revolution, and was afterward captain in the militia. 

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1. MooDY^ (Dav^d^ Isaac*, Isaac^, Abraham^ Robert^), b. 
Rindge, Mar. 25, 1784; d. Feb., 1868; m. Jan. 18, 1814, Betsey, 
dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Batchelder (24). His name ap- 
pears upon the New Ipswich records not very long after he 
reached the age of twenty-one, but he ma)'- not have become 
a permanent resident until the time of his marriage. He lived 
in the Center Village the succeeding three years, and then for 
twenty years was proprietor of the "Peppermint Tavern," 
leaving it only when the changed methods of travel had left 
no patronage. During the remainder of his life he lived in 
the Center Village, nearly opposite the Barrett mansion, and 
for a few years was associated in business with Isaac Sander- 
son at the slaughter-house occupied for that purpose for many 
years near the foot of the old Meeting-house Hill. Children: 

2. i. Elizabeth Woodbury, b. Sept. 18, 1815 ; d. Oct. 29, 1885, unm. 

3. ii. William Moody, b. Feb. 9, 1818; d. Oct. 3, 1826. 

4. iii. Myra Jane, b. Sept. 9, 1823 ; d. Oct. 12, 1826. 

5. iv. Myra Jane, b. Feb. 18, 1828; d. Mar. 30, 1890; m. Jan. 8, 

1852, George Boyden (2). They lived for some years in 
the neighboring house, and then removed to Washington, 
D. C. 

6. V. William Moody, b. June 18, 1830; d. Oct. 30. 1830. 



ADAMS (William). 

William' Adams, b. Shropshire, England, Feb. 3, 1594; d. 1661. He 
came to America in 1628; was at Cambridge in 1635 or earlier; freeman 
in 1639; removed to Ipswich, Mass., before 1642, probably living in the 
part which is now Hamilton. His widow was living in 1681, but her 
name is not known. 

Nathaniel- (William*), b. Ipswich, 1642; d. Apr. 11, 1715; m. June 
30, 1668, Mercy, dau. of Thomas Dickinson of Rowley, Mass. [d. Dec. 12, 
1735]. It is possible that he was the son of William^ and grandson of 
Vvilliam\ and that all the following generation numbers should be one 
larger. 

Thomas' (Nathaniel', William'), b. June 14, 1672; d. Oct. 14, 1729; 
m. Bethiah [d. Jan. 12, 1742]. 

Thomas' (Thomas', NathanieP, William'), b. Aug. 31, 1699; d. 1765; 
m. Apr. 17, 1722, Deborah, dau. of Thomas and Margery (Goodhue) 
Knowlton [b. Dec. 31, 1698; m. (2) Feb. 6, 1770, William Wigglesworth 
of that part of Ipswich which is now Hamilton, in which Thomas Adams 
had also lived]. He was early interested in the settlement of New 
Ipswich, having two eighty-acre lots under the Massachusetts grant, which 
he probably lost, but he held five shares under the Masonian charter, 
giving him a title to more than two square miles of land, upon 240 acres 
of which, at least, his sons were the original settlers. 

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1. Ephraim^ (Thomas*, Thomas^ NathanieP, William^), 
bapt. Oct. 18, 1724; d. Mar. 26, 1797; m. (1) Apr. 6, 1749, 
Lydia Kinsman [b. about 1728; d. Nov. 5, 1760] ; (2) Nov. 18. 
1761, Rebecca, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Burnap) Locke 
[b. May 13, 1735; d. 1822]. He was a soldier against the 
French about 1746, and after his return from service was 
married and came to New Ipswich, probably at the same time 
as his brother Benjamin, and settled upon N. D., 21, where 
his house, built at that early period, is still standing, another 
house of more recent construction having been added to it 
at the west side. This house was surrounded by "flankers" 
for protection against the Indians. There is, however, no 
tradition of their having been attacked, and in 1757 the town 
voted not "to repair Mr. Adam's flankers in order for defence." 
He was a leading citizen and had great influence in public 
matters, due not only to his sound sense but also to the clear 
and quaint methods in which his views were presented. He 
was not elected to office as frequently as his brother, being a 
selectman for only a single year, but he was relied upon in 
times of special stress. He represented the town in the Pro- 
vincial Congress and for five years in the state legislature, 
was chairman of the Committee of Inspection, Correspondence 
and Safety when it was first chosen, and also at a later time 
when its duties were very arduous and its power was necessa- 
rily almost dictatorial, so that skilful management was almost 
as essential as earnest purpose ; and in general his record bears 
the mark of a conscientious, patriotic, and well-balanced man. 
He also served in the field, but evident carelessness in the com- 
pany rolls makes it impossible to determine with certainty 
between his name and that of his oldest son. There seems 
to be no doubt, however, that he was in Capt. Smith's com- 
pany at the battle of White Plains. He was one of the two 
deacons elected at the organization of the church. Children : 

3. i. Ephraim, b. Dec. 26, 1749.-|- 

4. ii. Thomas, b. Sept. 12, 1751; d. Oct. 11, 1820; m. Dec. 18, 1777, 

Molly Farnsworth [b. about 1756; d. June 24, 1842]. He 
served in the Revolution, and probably was the one bearing 
the name upon the company roll of Capt. Abijah Smith or 
of Capt. Francis Towne or of both. 

5. iii. Stephen, b. Nov. 6, 1753. He is said to have enlisted from 

Rindge in the company of Capt. Philip Thomas in 1775, 
but identification is hardly practicable on account of dif- 
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6. iv. Daniel, b. Aug. 24, 17S5.+ 

7. V. Lydia, b. July 16, 1757; d. Oct., 1800; m. Nathan Wheeler 

[b. Concord, Mass., Jan. 9, 1744; d. May 7, 1834]. Res. in 
Temple. Children : i. Nathan Wheeler, b. Oct. 20, 1781 ; 
he was a prominent citizen of Temple and a deacon, ii. 
Lydia Wheeler, b. Aug. 19, 1783. iii. Josiah Wheeler, b. May 
11, 1786; m. Dolly Shattuck. 

8. vi. John, b. Nov. 10, 1762; d. Dec. 9, 1763. 

9. vii. John, b. Feb. 29, 1764; d. 1781 in the army, where he was 

probably the one who enlisted in the February of that year 
"for three years or the war." 

10. viii. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 2, 1765.+ 

11. ix. Rebecca, b. July 27, 1767; m. Jan. 20, 1802, Abel Shedd. 

12. X. James, b. May 20, 1769; m. Nov. 3, 1795, Ruth Conant (9). 

Res. Grafton, Vt. 

13. xi. Betsey, b. Mar. 13, 1772; d. Apr. 14, 1816; m. Feb. 7, 1779, 

Dr. Luther Jewett of St. Johnsbury, Vt. Eight children. 

14. xii. QuiNCY, b. Sept. 29, 1775.+ 

2. Benjamin^ (Thomas*, Thomas^, NathanieF, William^), 
bapt. Aug. 6, 1728; d. May 5, 1815; m. (1) Apr. 18, 1751, Pris- 
cilla, dau. of Joseph* (Thomas^) and Priscilla (Warner) 
Adams [b. Jan. 3, 1729; d. Feb. 19, 1791] ; (2) Feb. 19, 1795, 
Susannah, dau. of Stephen Ralph and widow of David Everett 
of Princeton, Mass. [d. May 2, 1815]. He came to New Ips- 
wich with his brother Ephraim or very soon after, and set- 
tled upon the same lot and the adjoining lot at the west, N. D., 
25, since occupied by Benjamin A. Clark and by Reed Tenney, 
where the two brothers held their land in common for many 
years, although later Benjamin removed his home to the last- 
named lot. He, like his brother, was a valued citizen and an 
approved holder of official positions, being Proprietors' clerk 
before the incorporation of the town for several years and 
town clerk afterward, and selectman for nine years. He served 
upon at least tv o calls for troops in the Revolutionary strug- 
gle, and faile'' ave a part in the contest at Lexington only 
because th uprising was so general that, with some 
other men x Ipswich and other more distant towns, 
he was dismi^ reaching Cambridge. He was in the 
company of Ca^ and while encamped near White 
Plains his blanket ■< from him while asleep, the re- 
sulting exposure ca. -long lameness and ultimately 
a complete inability to was chosen a deacon at the 
same time as his brothe. "< : 

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16. ii. Priscilla, b. Mar. 15, 1753; d. Feb. 17, 1777; m. Oct. 12, 1772, 

John Warner. 

17. iii. Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1755; d. Mar. 15, 1755. 

18. iv. Benjamin, b. Feb. 7, 1756; d. May 6, 1758. 

19. V. Mary, b. Mar. 1, 1758. 

20. vi. Deborah, b. June 5, 1760; d. July 19, 1760. 

21. vii. Hannah, b. Aug. 27, 1761. 

22. viii. Benjamin, b. Sept. 9, 1763.4- 

23. ix. Joseph, b. Dec. 13, 1765. -f- 

24. X. Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 1768; d. Nov. 20, 1768. 

25. xi. Eunice, b. Mar. 8, 1770; m. Nov. 17, 1799, Aaron Appleton 

(6). 

3. Ephraim** (Ephraim", Thomas*, Thomas^, Nathaniel-. 
William^), b. Dec. 26, 1749; d. Apr. 15, 1825; m. (1) 1772, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy and Dinah (Pierce) Stearns of 
that part of Lancaster which is now Leominster [b. Nov. 11. 

1751; d. Mar. 29, 1810]; (2) Bridget [b. about 1747; d. 

Oct. 25, 1813]. Soon after reaching the age of manhood he set- 
tled upon a lot then entirely wilderness, N. D., 61, which was 
occupied by him and his descendants for 125 years, but under 
later conditions has passed into the hands of Antti Raketti, 
sometimes preacher at the Lutheran church erected in that 
part of the town by the Finnish townsmen, a possession cer- 
tainly in harmony with its occupancy for more than sixty 
years by father, son, and grandson in succession, all deacons 
in the Congregational church. The house prepared for the 
new home upon this lot was situated a little farther west than 
the present house, built by the owner of the farm in the next 
generation, nor did the road end at the house as it has now 
for many years. In early days the road divided, one branch 
passing directly over the mountain, being the first road opened 
to Rindge, and the other turning northward to the region 
afterward occupied by the "Peppermint Tavern." The ruling 
spirit of this home is perhaps sufificiently evidenced by the 
calls to service made upon its head by the neighbors who 
knew him, as he served the town as selectman for sixteen 
years and the church as deacon for an equal period. He 
responded to the Concord alarm in 1775 and to the Royalton 
call in 1780. Children: 

26. i. Ephraim, b. Oct. 15, 1773.+ 

27. ii. Isaac, b. July 13, 1775.+ 

28. iii. Lydia, b. June 7, 1777; m. William Perkins of Leominster, 

Mass. Res. at Enosburg, Vt. Thirteen children. 

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29. iv. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 13, 1778; d. Feb. 22, 1868; m. (1) June 21, 

1801, Joseph Spear (8) ; (2) Dec. 19, 1820, John, son of 
Samuel and Lizzie (Cummings) Cross of Litchfield, N. H. 
[d. 1825] ; (3) Joseph Joslyn of Jaffrey. 

30. V. John, b. Feb. 10, 1781.+ 

31. vi. Rebekah, b. Nov., 1782; m. Feb. 3, 1803, Aaron Knight. 

32. vii. Sarah, b. July 30, 1784; d. Mar. 19, 1814; m. Nicholas 

Richards of Enosburg, Vt., where she lived and died. Three 
daughters. 

33. viii. Susanna, b. Nov. 4, 1785; d. Nov. 6, 1819; m. Thomas Stearns 

of Leominster, Mass., later of Enosburg, Vt. [b. 1789; d. 
Feb. 27, 1832]. Five children, one of whom, Thomas Adams 
Stearns, b. Sept. 2, 1812, lived in New Ipswich for a few 
years when a young man, but removed to Jaflfrey, where 
he d. July 28, 1879. 

34. ix. LuciNDA, b. Jan. 26, 1788; d. 1848; m. May 14, 1807, Jonas, 

son of James and Sarah (Stearns) Boutelle of Leominster, 
Mass. Res. at Enosburg, Vt. 

35. X. Melinda, b. Feb. 8, 1790; d. 1868; m. Feb. 6, 1817, Asa Knight. 

Res. in Hancock, where she had eight children; later in 
Milford and New London. 

36. xi. Timothy Kinsman, b. Sept. 30, 1791. -f- 

37. xii. Benjamin Stearns, b. Aug. 6, 1794. He married and re- 

moved to Tennessee. 

38. xiii. Cynthia, b. Sept. 5, 1796; d. 1883; m. Hiram, son of Judge 

Amos and Anna Fassett. Res. Enosburg, Vt. 

6. Daniel® (Ephraim^, Thomas*, Thomas^, NathanieP, 
William^), b. Aug. 24, 1755; d. about 1790; m. Sarah, dau. of 
William and Sarah (Locke) Clark [b. Townsend, Mass., Nov. 
21, 1754]. Her mother and her husband's stepmother were 
sisters. He removed about 1778 to a part of Fitzwilliam 
which is now Troy. Children : 

39. i. Stephen, b. Oct. 29, 1779; m. Dec. 1, 1803. Res. at Hinesburg, 

Vt. Eight children. 

40. ii. Daniel, b. Mar. 22, 1781 ; m. Dec. 3, 1806, Mercy Olney. Res. 

at Zingwick, Quebec. Seven children. 

41. iii. William, b. Mar. 10, 1783; d. Oct. 15, 1851; m. (1) Susan 

Raymond; (2) Betsey Tarbell; (3) Phebe Hatch. Res. in 
Boxboro, Mass., and later in Westford, Mass., where he 
died. 

42. iv. Thomas, b. Mar. 9, 1785; d. Sept. 12, 1841; m. June, 1805, 

Sarah Sawtelle of Jaffrey [d. Oct. 25, 1828]. Res. at Jeffrey. 
Ten children. 

43. V. Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1787; m. Mar. 11, 1805, John Frost [d. July 

4, 1847]. Res. at Jaffrey. Nine children. 

44. vi. Lydia, b. July 13, 1789. Res. at Nashua. 

45. vii. Samuel, b. Apr. 30, 1791. He removed to Canada, and was 

last known as a soldier in the British army in 1812. 

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10. Ebenezer^ (Ephraim^ Thomas*, Thomas^ Nathaniel, 
William^), b. Oct. 2, 1765: d. Aug*. 15, 1841; m. (1) July 9, 
1795, Alice, dau. of Dr. John Frink [b. Rutland, Mass., Mar. 
1, 1769; d. June 20, 1805] ; (2) May 17, 1807, Beulah, dau. of 
Dr. John Minott [b. Concord, Mass., June 28, 1775]. He pre- 
pared for college at New Ipswich, and graduated from Dart- 
mouth College in 1791. He was principal of the academy at 
Leicester, Mass., for fourteen years, of an academy at Port- 
land, Me., two years, instructor at Phillips Academy, Exeter, 
two years, and in 1809 was appointed professor of Latin, 
Greek, and Hebrew in his Alma Mater, but a year later was 
transferred to the chair of Mathematics and Natural Philoso- 
phy, in which he remained until his death thirty-one years 
later, although during the last eight years he was relieved of 
its duties and remained as professor emeritus. In all of those 
positions he was an eminently successful teacher and a highly 
respected citizen. He was postmaster at Leicester. Had 
athletics held at that time such a place in college activities as 
they now claim, he would without doubt have had additional 
claims for popularity, as it is related that at the age of nine- 
teen he was selected as the champion to maintain the honor 
of New Ipswich against the challenge of three brothers from 
Ashburnham who came across the state line upon town- 
meeting day to win the honor of a wrestling victory over the 
boys of New Hampshire, but were forced to admit the defeat 
of their best man by the embryonic professor from a muscular 
New Ipswich family. That his mental activities were not 
limited by the walls of his class-room is evidenced by his being 
an original member of the Northern Academy of Arts and 
Sciences, and also by his connection with many other societies, 
including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the 
New Hampshire Historical Society, the Royal Society of 
Northern Antiquities, and the American Antiquarian Society. 
Children, the first five born at Leicester and the last two at 
Hanover : 

46. i. Alice Amelia, b. June 2, 1796; d. Portland, Me., Feb. 11, 

1820; m. June 16, 1819, Rev. Thomas Jewett Murdock. 

47. ii. Adeline Augusta, h. Jan. 17, 1798; m. June 28, 1819. 

48. iii. John Frink, b. Nov. 3, 1799; m. July 2, 1835, Elizabeth Lovell 

Walker. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1817, 
and became a lawyer at Mobile, Ala. Three children. 

49. iv. Charles Augustus, b. Oct. 2, 1801; d. in South Carolina, 

Mar. 9, 1824. 

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50. V. Harriet Russell, b. Sept. 14, 1804; d. July 30, 1830; m. Nov. 

14, 1826, Hon. John Aiken, who graduated from Dartmouth 
College in 1819, was a lawyer in Manchester, Vt., and a 
business man at Lowell, Mass., and at Boston. Charles A. 
Aiken, professor of Latin at Dartmouth College 1859-1866, 
was their son. 

51. vi. Eliza Minott, b. Feb. 9, 1810; m. Aug. 23, 1833, Ira Young, 

who graduated from Dartmouth College in 1821 and suc- 
ceeded to the chair of Prof. Adams upon his becoming 
professor emeritus. Charles A. Young, professor of Physics 
and Astronomy at Dartmouth College 1866-1872, and later 
at Princeton, N. J., who succeeded to a portion of the duties 
of Prof. Ira Young, was their son, and Anne S. Young, 
professor of Astronomy at Mt. Holyoke College, is their 
granddaughter. 

52. vii. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 6, 1813; d. July 23, 1837. He graduated 

from Dartmouth College in 1831. 

14. QuiNCY® (Ephraim^, Thomas*, Thomas^, NathanieP, 
William^), b. Sept. 29, 1775; d. about 1815; m. Dolly Elliot. 
He lived upon the paternal farm for a few years after reaching 
manhood, but about 1805 he exchanged farms with Francis 
Cragin of Temple and removed to that town, where he lived 
for about ten years before receiving fatal injuries by falling 
through his sled. Children : 

53. i. John Quincy, b. Dec. 18, 1800. 

54. ii. Maria, b. Nov. 14, 1802. 

22. Benjamin^ (Benjamin^, Thomas*, Thomas^, Nathaniel^ 
William^), b. Sept. 9, 1763; d. about July 1, 1825; m. June 22, 
1794, Olivia (1), dau. of David and Susannah (Ralph) Everett 
[b. Princeton, Mass., July 22, 1768]. He passed most of his 
life upon the paternal farm, (N. D., 25,) but for a few years 
soon after the opening of the turnpike through the town, in 
the early years of the nineteenth century, he kept a tavern 
in the old parsonage at the corner (N. D., 37,) where the road 
turns to Mill Brook. It was an exceptionally orderly house, 
as might be inferred from the fact that he is said to have been 
the first man in the town to carry on his farm, without the 
use of rum. He was interested in military matters, and at- 
tained the rank of major, by which title he was known until 
his death. Children : 

55. i. David Everett, b. July 4, 1795; m. Sept. 28, 1833, Nancy 

Walker (J. 9). 

56. ii. Olivia, b. Sept. 6, 1796; m. Rev. Robert Page [b. Readfield, 

Me., Apr. 25, 1790; d. Jan. 12, 1876]. He was a pastor in 

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Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Ohio, in which last 
state they died. Seven children. 

57. iii. Clarissa Priscilla, b. May 12, 1798. She became a perma- 

nent resident in Keene, with her aunt Eunice (Adams) Ap- 
pleton, when only a child. 

58. iv. Benjamin Franklin, b. Mar. 1, 1800; d. July 28, 1886; m. 

Feb. 20, 1828, Louisa Ruth, dau. of Isaac and Mercy (Dana) 
Redington of Walpole and Keene [b. Aug. 13, 1805 ; d. Mar. 
12, 1883]. He went in childhood, like his sister, to the home 
of his aunt Eunice Appleton in Keene, in which town he 
lived until 1853, when he removed to Chicago. He had 
eight children, one of whom, George Everett, graduated 
from Harvard College in 1860, and from Harvard Law 
School in 1865 ; he entered upon legal practice in Chicago ; 
was a state senator 1881-83, and a representative in Congress 
1883-91. 

59. v. Charles, b. Dec. 21, 1802; m. Susan, dau. of John and Susan 

(White) Shedd of Rindge and Jaffrey. He was a tanner 
at the foot of Meeting-house Hill for several years about 
1830, but removed to Derby, Vt., before 1835, and later to 
the New Ipswich colony at Denmark, Iowa. Children : i. 
A daughter, d. in childhood, ii. A daughter, d. soon after 
marriage, iii. Charles Kendall, h. Jan. 24, 1835 ; d. Red- 
lands, Cal., July 26, 1902. He graduated from the Univer- 
sity of Michigan in 1861, and was a member of the faculty 
of that institution until 1885, at first as an instructor, but 
rising to the professorship of History, and being also Dean 
of the School of Political Science, and at the same time 
a professor "in absentia" at Cornell University, to the pres- 
idency of which he was called in 1885, but resigned in 1892 
to accept the presidency of the University of Wisconsin, 
which he held for nine years. 

60. vi. SoPHRONiA, b. Mar. 11, 1804; m. May 20, 1828, Dr. Hibbard, 

son of Dr. Luther and Betsey (Adams) (13) Jewett. She 
also passed her youth with her aunt Eunice in Keene. 

61. vii. Eunice Augusta, b. Aug. 30, 1805; d. Dec. 22, 1846; m. Jan. 

3, 1833, James Adams, son of Capt. Abel and Rebecca 
(Adams) (11) Shedd. 

62. viii. Frederic Augustus, b. July 19, 1807; d. Apr. 8, 1888; m. Oct. 

23. 1839, Mary Jane, dau. of Col. David McGregor Means of 
Amherst [b. Jan. 1, 1811; d. Mar. 28, 1882]. He graduated 
from Dartmouth College in 1833, and from Andover Theo- 
logical Seminary in 1837, teaching during his professional 
study, being a tutor at Dartmouth in 1836-37. He was pas- 
tor at Amherst for three years, and then devoted himself 
to teaching in academies and private schools in Byfield, 
Mass., Orange, N. J., and Newark, N. J., until 1882. He 
died at East Orange, N. J. He was a trustee of New Ips- 
wich Academy 1837-44. He had three daughters who died 
young, and one son, Frederic, b. Oct. 9, 1840; m. (1) Oct. 

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27, 1870, Ella, dau. of John S. King of Putnam, O. [d. 
Nov. 14, 1896] ; (2) July 20, 1904, Ella, dau. of Morris K. 
King of Norfolk, Va. ; six children. 

63. ix. Emily Appleton, b. Feb. 3, 1810. 

23. Joseph*' (Benjamin^, Thomas*, Thomas^, NathanieP, 
William^), b. Dec. 13, 1765. He married, and probably left 
New Ipswich immediately after, as his name appears on the 
town records only in 1787. Children : 

64. i. Isaac. He was a minister, and d. leaving one daughter. 

65. ii. Hiram. He had two children. 

66. iii. Mary, m. Johnson. One son. 

67. iv. Minerva, unm. 

26. Ephraim^ (Ephraim^, Ephraim^, Thomas*, Thomas^, 
Nathaniel, William^), b. Oct. 15, 1773; d. July 16, 1833; m. 
(1) 1800, Sally, dau. of James and Sarah (Stearns) Boutelle 
of Leominster, Mass. [d. Enosburg. Vt., July 29, 1814] ; (2) 
Dec. 29, 1814, Polly, sister of his first wife [d. about 1830] ; (3) 
Salome (Grant), widow of Rev. James Parker, who survived 
him. In 1796, when he was not yet 23 years of age, he with 
his brother Isaac and two fellow-townsmen, Charles Barrett 
and Nathan Wheeler, with the spirit which in later years set- 
tled the western areas of the country, went to northern 
Vermont, and bought 1000 acres of land in "Knight's Gore," 
now the eastern part of the town of Bakersfield, and settled 
there, keeping "bachelor's hall" while clearing and planting 
their land during thiee seasons, but returning to New Hamp- 
shire each winter and there teaching school. Communication 
with the towns upon the lake to the west was not difficult, 
and the young men had visions of a thriving town in the 
future centering in Knight's Gore. But as the forest was 
cleared, it was found that the surrounding mountains forbade 
advance to the east, and that the busy town would never lie 
as they planned. This experience, familiar in later years to 
so many who have deserted the eastern states and sought 
homes in the unsettled West, caused a complete abandonment 
of the Knight's Gore enterprise. But Ephraim Adams did 
not resume residence in New Ipswich ; he went a few miles 
farther to the north and settled in Enosburg, whither he soon 
took his young wife, and where all his children were born. 
Children : 

68. i. John, b. Dec, 1801; d. Nov. 30, 1802. 

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69. ii. Ephraim, b. Dec. 27, 1802; d. Oct. 20, 1837; m. May 26, 1825, 

Lydia Wheeler. He was a farmer and a tin-peddler. He 
removed to Fitchburg while yet a young man. Three 
children. 

70. iii. James B., b. Oct. 14, 1805; d. 1869; m. Mehitable Pope. Res. 

in Troy, Vt. Three children. 

71. iv. Fidelia, b. 1807; d. 1808. 

72. V. George, b. Dec. 27, 1809; d. Apr. 27, 1891; m. (1) Feb. 27, 

1833, Arvilla Stevens [d. May 13, 1843] ; (2) July 13, 1843, 
Mrs. Elmira (Stevens) Stone [b. Feb. 5, 1805; d. Feb. 5, 
1888]. He lived in Enosburg, Vt., which town he repre- 
sented in the Legislature in 1876. Six children. 
1Z. vi. Julia, b. 1812; d. Aug., 1817. 

74. vii. Thomas Spencer, b. Feb. 3, 1816. Res. in Boston. 

75. viii. Sally, b. Feb. 20, 1819; d. June 2, 1837. 

76. ix. Benjamin Stearns, b. Aug. 27, 1820; m. Apr. 16, 1843, Susan 

S. Pierce [b. Brighton, Mass., June 2, 1822]. Res. Troy, Vt. 
n. X. Henry Martyn, b. Nov. 20, 1823 ; d. Aug. 13, 1856. He gradu- 
ated from Amherst College in 1851, and from the Theo- 
logical Institute of Connecticut in 1854. He was ordained 
soon after, at Enosburg, and sailed for the Gaboon Mission 
in Western Africa, where he labored less than two years 
before his death. 

78. xi. Joanna K., b. Apr. 12, 1827; d. Dec. 27, 1891; m. Mar. 31, 

1847, Samuel Henry Dow of Enosburg [b. Dec. 6, 1822; d. 
Mar. 27, 1907]. 

79. xii. John Scott, b. Jan. 22, 1829; d. Oct., 1858; m. Cordelia Ab- 

bott [d. Mar., 1849]. Res. Gardner, Mass. Two children. 

27. IsAAC^ (Ephraim®, Ephraim^, Thomas*, Thomas^, Na- 
thaniel, William^), b. July 13, 1775; d. July 7, 1849; m. Dec. 
8, 1803, Sally, dau. of Benjamin and Lydia (Hawks) Perkins 
of Leominster, Mass. [b. Dec. 10, 1779; d. June 26, 1856]. He 
had a part with his brother Ephraim in the Knight's Gore 
settlement, as related above, but unlike his brother, he re- 
turned to his native town and there passed his life, succeeding 
his father not only in ownership of the paternal farm but also 
as selectman in 1805, and as deacon in 1814. He was also 
an Academy trustee. Children : 

80. i. Sally, b. Sept. 29, 1805; d. Mar. 18, 1879; m. Dec. 26, 1837, 

Nathan, son of John and Sarah (Merrill) Perley [b. Haver- 
hill, Mass., June 11, 1794; d. June 18, 1882]. Res. Enos- 
burg, Vt. Children: i. Ellen S. Perley, b. Feb. 18, 1839; 
d. Aug. 10, 1845. ii. Laura Perley, b. Mar. 8, 1842; d. Jan. 
14, 1879; m. Feb., 1865, Edward H. Smith; one child, iii. 
Ephraim Adams Perley, b. Aug. 29, 1844; d. Jan. 19, 1905; 
m. Sept. 10, 1879, Susan Paul ; one child, iv. Ormond T. 
Perley, b. Sept. 19, 1846; d. Sept. 13, 1882; m. Laura Annette 
Stone. 

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81. ii. Henry, b. Nov. 23, 1807.+ 

82. iii. Marinda, b. Nov. 25, 1810; d. Jan. 19, 1879; m. Dec. 11, 1833, 

William Dana Locke (12). 

83. iv. Ephraim, b. Dec. 13, 1812; d. Aug. 1, 1816. 

84. V. Elizabeth Stearns, b. Jan. 18, 1816; d. Aug. 7, 1818. 

85. vi. Ephraim, b. Feb. 5, 1818.+ 

30. John'' (Ephraim^, Ephraim^, Thomas^ Thomas^, Na- 
thaniel, William^), b. Feb. 10, 1781; m. Rebecca, dau. of 
James and Sarah (Stearns) Boutelle of Leominster, Mass. 
Res. at Enosburg, Vt. Children : 

86. i. John. 

87. ii. Fidelia. 

88. iii. Emily. 

89. iv. Charles. 

90. V. Cyrus. 

91. vi. Joseph. 

92. vii. Ephraim. 

93. viii. LuciNDA. 

94. ix. Josiah. 

95. X. Rebecca. 

36. Timothy Kinsman^ (Ephraim^, Ephraim^, Thomas*, 
Thomas^ Nathaniel, William^), b. Sept. 30, 1791; m. Alary 
Nichols. Res. at Enosburg, Vt., and removed thence to 
Minnesota, where they passed their lives. Children : 

96. i. Clarissa. 

97. ii. Cynthia. 

98. iii. Mary. 

99. iv. Bartlett. 

100. V. Melinda. 

101. vi. Dorothy. 

102. vii. Elizabeth. 

103. viii. Stearns. 

104. ix. Thomas. 

81. Henry^ (Isaac'', Ephraim^, Ephraim^, Thomas*, 
Thomas^ Nathaniel, William^), b. Nov. 23, 1807; d. Oct. 21, 
1892; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1835, Deborah Clark (4) [b. Oct. 12, 1811; 
d. June 18, 1865] ; (2) Aug. 5, 1875, Mrs. Adeline Proctor. 
He was a farmer, succeeding to the farm of his father and 
his grandfather, and like them he was a deacon, being chosen 
to that office upon the formation of the Second Congregational 
church in 1851, and holding that position until the reunion 
of the two churches ten years later. He passed his later 
years at Decorah, Iowa. Children : 

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109. i. Louisa Deborah, b. Dec. 23, 1837; m. Oct. 9, 1860, George 

Thompson Hastings [b. Nov., 1836; d. Nov. 15, 1885]. She 
res. with her sister in Decorah, Iowa. One daughter who d. 
young. 

110. ii. Mary Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1844; m. Dec. 25, 1863, Samuel 

Allen Thayer (9). 

111. iii. Henry C, b. June 7, 1846; d. May 12, 1850. 

112. iv. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Jan. 29, 1848; m. Oct. 8, 1869, Newton 

Henry, son of Cyrus and Mary Ann (Weaver) Adams [b. 
Suffield, O., Oct. 6, 1849]. He is a dealer in grain and seeds 
at Decorah, Iowa. Children: i. Burton Henry Adams, b. 
Aug. 29, 1870; m. Mrs. Winnie Landers; he is in business 
with his father, ii. Grace Deborah Adams, b. Nov. 18, 
1875 ; m. Severt Rebay Ringoen, a cashier in Decorah, Iowa, 
iii. Walter Clark Adams, h. Apr. 8, 1882; m. Marie Gene- 
vieve Cutler; res. in Decorah, Iowa. 

85. Ephraim^ (Isaac^ Ephraim", Ephraim^ Thomas*, 
Thomas^ Nathaniel^, William^), b. Feb. 5, 1818; d. Nov. 30, 
1907 ; m. Sept. 16, 1845, Elizabeth Sylvia, dau. of Jabez Avery 
and Elizabeth (Ingalls) Douglass of Hanover [b. Jan. 1, 1821 ; 
d. July 12, 1905]. He fitted for college at New Ipswich 
Academy and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and was one 
of fifty students who left that institution upon being forbidden 
to form an anti-slavery society there. He graduated from 
Dartmouth College in 1839, and from. Andover Theological 
Seminary in 1843. He was one of the noted "Iowa band" of 
eleven young men who in that year left Andover for service 
under the American Home Missionary Society in the region 
with unfamiliar name "divided between the Indian, the pioneer 
and the bufifalo," where they believed that they were "needed 
and most needed." In the work of that band this son of New 
Ipswich is abundantly testified to have done his full part, not 
merely as a minister of the gospel, but in all the activities of 
the territory and the state which, built in from the foundation, 
have given that state its honored position. He was ordained 
at Denmark, was pastor at Mt. Pleasant, Davenport, Decorah, 
and Eldora, and was also for many years missionary superin- 
tendent, and for some time engaged in active labor for Iowa 
College, of which he was one of the founders and president 
of the trustees for many years. The ability of this service 
was formally recognized in 1882 by the degree of D. D. After 
46 years of strenuous and successful endeavor he nominally 
retired from active labors and was granted 18 years of a rest, 
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has place in such a life, and which his able and equally faith- 
ful companion in almost sixty years of service was spared to 
pass with him in their home at Waterloo, where they died. 
Children : 

113. i. Theodore Douglass, b. Davenport, Iowa, July 31, 1846; d. 

Decorah, Iowa, Sept. 5, 1872; m. May 30, 1870, Elizabeth 
Sawyer. 

114. ii. Elizabeth Camilla, b. Davenport, Iowa, Oct. 20, 1848; d. 

Feb. 22, 1877. 

115. iii. Henry Carter, b. Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1851; m. Sept. 

3, 1890, Bertha, dau. of Asa H. and Harriet B. (Hammond) 
Wright [b. Port Huron, Mich., Apr. 11, 1865]. He gradu- 
ated from Iowa College in 1874, was at Andover Theological 
Seminary for a year, and afterward a fellow at Johns Hop- 
kins University and a student in Germany at the Universities 
of Heidelberg and Berlin. He has been a lecturer on Politi- 
cal Economy and Finance at Cornell University and the Uni- 
versity of Michigan for several years, and for a time at 
Johns Hopkins. He was elected professor at the Univer- 
sity of Michigan in 1887, and has made his home at Ann 
Arbor. He has also been statistician to the Interstate Com- 
merce Commission, and has had charge of other expert 
work for the government. He is author of several ap- 
proved works on living public questions. He has received 
the degree of Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins, and of LL. D. 
from Iowa College and the University of Wisconsin. Chil- 
dren : i. Henry Carter, b. Oct. 8, 1891. ii. Theodore 
Wright, b. Jan. 20, 1896. iii. Thomas Hammond, b. Sept. 1, 
1901. 

116. iv. Sarah Sidnie, b. Hanover, Nov. 20, 1857: d. Decorah, Iowa, 

June 9, 1865. 

117. V. Ephraim Douglass, b. Decorah, Iowa, Dec. 18, 1865; m. June 

8, 1893, May Stevens, dau. of William and Jane Elizabeth 
(Stevens) Breakey [b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 6, 1867J. 
He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1887, 
and was afterward a graduate student, receiving the degree 
of Ph. D. in 1890. He was a member of the faculty of 
the University of Kansas for eleven years, and since 1902, 
professor of European History in Leland Stanford Uni- 
versity. He is the author of several books. Children : i. 
James Douglass, b. Apr. 6, 1894. ii. Sidney Francis, h. July 

9, 1895. iii. William Forbes, b. Feb. 25, 1898. 

AINSWORTH. 

Edward' Ainsworth, b. in England about 1652; d. Mar., 1740/1; m. 
Jan. 11, 1687/8, Joanna, dau. of Joshua and Joanna (Evans) Heming- 
way [b. Sept. 21, 1670; d. Dec. 23, 17481. Res. in Roxbury, Mass., until 
1702/3, when he removed to Woodstock, Conn. He was a farmer. 

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Edward' (Edward'), b. Roxbury, Aug. 18, 1693; d. June 16. 1758; 
m. Apr. 5, 1722, Joanna, dau. of Matthew and Margaret (Corbin) Davis 
of Pomfret, Conn. [b. Oct. 22, 1696; d. Apr. 25, 1753]. He was a pros- 
perous farmer at Woodstock, Conn. 

William' (Edward', Edward'), b. July 12, 1733; d. Nov. 14, 1815; 
m. May 29, 1753, Mary Marcy [b. 1783; d. Nov. 23, 1815]. Res. at Lev- 
erett, Mass., until 1802, when he removed to Wales, Mass., where he died. 

Laban^ (William^ Edward', Edward'), b. July 19, 1757; d. Mar. 16, 
1858; m. Dec. 4, 1787, Mary, dau. of Jonas and Mary (Hall) Minott of 
Concord, Mass. [b. Feb. 1, 1761; d. Feb. 3, 1845]. He graduated from 
Dartmouth College in 1778, was licensed to preach in 1779, and served 
as army chaplain for a time. He preached a short time in New Jersey, 
but in 1782 he entered upon his pastorate at Jaffrey and there continued 
until his death, more than seventy-five years later. 

1. William^ (Laban*, William^, EdwarcP, Edward^), b. 
Aug. 24, 1792; d. June 14, 1842; m. Sept. 29, 1818, Mary Morse 
Stearns. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1811. Tie 
studied law and practised at Jaffrey until 1831, when he was 
elected cashier of the "Manufacturers' Bank," which had been 
established a few years before in the small brick building 
upon the north side of the street opposite the short street 
leading down to the "Waterloom Factory," as it was then 
named, and he continued in the successful management of that 
enterprise until his death. He was also a trustee of the Acad- 
emy dviring most of his residence in town. He died at Con- 
cord while representing the town in the Legislature. Children : 

2. i. Frederick Smith, b. Apr. 17, 1820.-)- 

3. ii. Mary Minot, b. Feb. 24, 1822; d. June 9, 1890; m. Oct. 17, 

1849, Theodore P. Greene, afterward an admiral in the 
U. S. Navy. 

4. iii. William Parker, b. Dec. 22, 1825; d. May 29, 1862, unm. 

He was treasurer of the Nashua & Lowell railroad, but 
resigned that position to serve in the Civil War. He was 
captain of a New Hampshire company attached to the 1st 
Rhode Island Cavalry. He was killed in a charge at Port 
Royal, Va. 

5. iv. JosiAH Stearns, b. Aug. 7, 1832; d. Oct. 23, 1833. 

2. Frederick Smith® (William^ Laban^ William^, Ed- 
ward^, Edward^), b. Apr. 17, 1820; d. Oct. 5, 1878; m. Apr. 22, 
1856, Mary C. Harris [d. 1893]. He graduated from Dart- 
mouth College in 1840, studied medicine, and received his 
degree from Harvard Medical School in 1844. He practised 
in Boston, and also served as surgeon of the 22d Massachu- 
setts Regiment and as brigade surgeon from 1862 to 1865. 
Child: 

6. i. William, b. June 29, 1861 ; d. June 12, 1863. 

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AMES. 

It has not been found practicable to present the citizens of New 
Ipswich bearing this family name as members of a single family, but the 
lineage is given below as far as it has been ascertained. 

AMES (David). 

David' Ames, b. Oct. 14, 1752; d. Sept. 24, 1834; m. Margaret, dau. 
of Dea. Samuel and Janet (Morrison) Mitchell [b. Aug. 14, 1751; d. May 
27, 1822]. He removed from Peterboro to Hancock about 1779, and 
afterward resided there. 

1. Jacob^ (Davidi), b. May 20, 1776; d. June 22, 1825; m. 
Mar. 7, 1799, Melia, dau. of Joseph and Mittie (Cummings) 
Symonds [b. Oct. 24, 1778; d. Jan. 13, 1836]. He was a car- 
penter and auctioneer at Hancock, where he was a prominent 
citizen and captain of the artillery company. He came to 
New Ipswich in 1823, but lost his life two years later by a 
fall from a building which he was erecting. Children : 

2. i. Asa, b. Sept. 4, 1800. 

3. ii. Oilman, b. 1802.-|- 

4. iii. Amelia, b. 1802; m. June 12, 1828, Oeorge Barr (6). 

5. iv. Lavinia, b. Feb. 11, 1805; d. June 6, 1870; m. (1) June 2, 

1835, Ephraim W. Blood'; (2) Feb. 9, 1842, Sampson 
Fletcher (13). 

6. v. Jacob, b. Sept. 7, 1806.+ 

7. vi. WiNSLOW, b. 1808.+ 

8. vii. Lucy Matilda, b. 1811; d. Aug. 29, 1817. 

9. viii. John, b. Sept. 15, 1815.+ 

10. ix. Oeorge Leonard, b. 1819; d. Sept. 12, 1838. 

11. X. Arethusa, b. Feb., 1822; d. in infancy. 

3. Oilman^ (Jacob^, David^), b. 1802; d. Mar. 27, 1862; m. 
(1) Oct. 6, 1825, Ann E., dau. of Jeremiah Bacon of Hancock 
[b. about 1802; d. Apr. 11, 1834]; (2) June 4, 1835, Hannah 
Newhall (20). He was a carpenter at Bank Village. Children: 

12. i. Elizabeth Ann, b. July 8, 1826; m. (1) Dec. 23, 1849, Richard 

Baxter, son of Dea. Asa and Betsey (Russell) Simonds 
of Hancock; (2) Nov. 4, 1862, William W. Johnson. Three 
children. 

13. ii. Sarah Jane, b. 1828; m. Daniel P. Ramsdell (13). 

14. iii. Leonard, d. young. 

i 15. iv. Charles B., b. about Apr., 1834; d. Aug. 13, 1834. 

6. Jacob^ (Jacob^, David^), b. Sept. 7, 1806; d. Aug. 27, 
1889; m. (1) Rhoda Coburn of Dracut, Mass. [b. about 1807; 
d. May 1, 1880] ; (2) Oct. 14, 1880, Mrs. Lucy Ann Keyes of 

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New Ipswich [b. Peterboro, Jan. 4, 1829; d. Jan. 24, 1908]. 
Res. in Dracut and Lowell, Mass. Children : 

16. i. RoMANZo, b. Sept. 21, 1833; d. Oct. 2, 1852. 

17. ii. Gilbert, b. Aug. 28, 1835; d. Sept. 14, 1836. 

18. iii. Jacob, b. July 14, 1837; d. Dec. 15, 1841. 

19. iv. Charles, b. June 4, 1839; d. June 20, 1857. 

20. V. Eveline Aurelia, b. Sept. 3, 1841 ; d. June 28, 1852. 

7. WiNSLOw^ (Jacob^, David^), b. 1808; d. Feb. 9, 1888; m. 
(1) Sept. 10, 1835, Lucy R., dau. of Elisha Barret of Mason 
[d. Oct. 21, 1838] ; (2) Sept. 11, 1839, Harriet, dau. of James 
H. Wood of Mason [b. Mar. 14, 1816; d. Dec. 2. 1881]'. He 
lived many years in Nashua, but removed to Jersey City. 
N. J., in 1869, and thence to Montclair, N. J. Engaged in iron 
works. Child : 

21. i. James H., b. Apr. 23, 1841 ; m. Lucia, dau. of W. W. Pratt of 

Jersey City. Also engaged in iron business. 

9. JoHN^ (Jacob^. DavidM, b. Sept. 15, 1815; m. (1) Oct. 
12, 1843, Sarah T., dau. of Luke N. and Mary Perry of Wor- 
cester, Mass. ; (2) Jan. 3, 1859, Cynthia, dau. of Liberty and 
Rachel Rice of Brookfield, Mass. A tanner and currier, and 
later a farmer. Res. Warren, Mass. Children : 

22. i. Mary Lavinia, b. July 18, 1844. Res. Warren, Mass. 
John, b. Dec. 1, 1845. Res. California. 
Leonard Herbert, b. Apr. 4, 1848; d. Sept. 9, 1850. 
Sarah Emma, b. Feb. 9, 1850; m. Edward L. Foskit of 

Warren. Two children. 
Helen Gertrude, b. July 14, 1853; d. Mar. 4, 1892. 
Carrie Emeline, b. Oct. 29, 1860. 

AMES (Elijah). 

Elijah Ames, m. Prudence (?). 

Jonathan' (Elijah'), b. Sept. 20, 1771; d. July 16, 1818; m. Dec. 9, 
1797, Sarah Tarbell. Res. at Pepperell, Mass. 

1. Samuel Tarbell^ (Jonathan^, Elijah^), b. Mar. 23. 1810; 
d. Cambridge, Mass., May 25, 1897; m. July 14. 1843, Mary 
Hartwell Barr (16). He removed in 1842 from Pepperell to 
Boston, where he was in the wholesale woolen business and 
later in real estate. Res. in Boston and Medford, summers in 
New Ipswich. Children : 

2. i. James Barr, b. June 22, 1846.-!- 

3. ii. Mary Frances, b. Medford, Apr. 8, 1856; d. Florence, Italy, 

June 18, 1907; m. Nov. 29, 1881, Heman M. Burr. Children: 
i. Roger Ames Burr, b. Aug. 28, 1882; m. in Berlin, Ger- 

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many, Oct. 27, 1908, O. A. O. Siemers ; two children, ii. 
Francis Harden Burr, b. Sept. 14, 1886; d. Dec. 5, 1910. 
iii. Mary Hartwell Burr, b. Dec. 1, 1898. 

2. James Barr* (Samuel T.^, Jonathan-, Elijah^), b. June 
22, 1846; d. Jan. 8, 1910; m. June 28, 1880, Sarah Russell [b. 
Sept. 22, 1851]. He graduated from Harvard Colleg-e in 1868, 
from Harvard Law School in 1872. He was a tutor and in- 
structor in Harvard 1871-73. Admitted to the bar in 1873, he 
never practised but was connected with the Harvard Law 
School ever after as assistant professor and dean. He has 
been called the foremost teacher of law of his time, being 
not only an exceptionally broad and accurate scholar, and a 
profound student of the history of common law, but also 
having special ability in the development of clear and exact 
thought in those under his instruction. His writings published 
in legal periodicals and elsewhere are authoritative. He re- 
ceived the degree of LL. D. from six universities. Children : 

4. i. Robert Russell, b. Feb. 12, 1883; m. May 27, 1911, Margaret 

F. Glover. One son. 

5. ii. Richard, b. May 26, 1885 ; m. Dorothy Abbott. One son. 

APPLETON. 

Samuel* Appleton, b. Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England, 1586; d. 
Rowley, Mass., June, 1670; m. (1) Jan. 24, 1616, Judith Everard [d. about 

1630] ; (2) Martha . He was in Ipswich with wife and five children 

in 1636, and was deputy to the General Court the following year. His 
services in that capacity, however, terminated during the same year, 
apparently because he was not considered to be sufficiently intolerant in 
relation to Mrs. Hutchinson and her adherents. 

Samuel^ (Samuel*), b. Little Waldingfield, 1625; d. Ipswich, May 15, 
1696; m. (1) Apr. 2, 1651, Hannah, dau. of William Paine of Ipswich; 
(2) Dec. 8, 1656, Mary, dau. of John Oliver of Newbury [d. Feb. 15, 
1698]. 

Isaac' (Samuel", Samuel*), b. 1664; d. May 22, 1747; m. Priscilla, 
dau. of Thomas Baker of Topsfield [d. May 26, 1731]. 

Isaac* (Isaac', SamueP, Samuel*), b. May 30, 1704; d. Dec. 18, 1794; 
m. (1) pub. Apr. 25, 1730, Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Sawyer of Wells, 
Me. [b. 1710; d. Apr. 29, 1785]; (2) Dec. 11, 1785, Mrs. Hephzibah (prob. 
Swain) Appleton, widow of Dea. Joseph* Appleton, (Oliver', SamueP, 
Samuel*), [d. July 7, 1788]. He was the largest proprietor of New Ips- 
wich, having six shares ; but he is not believed to have been an actual 
resident in the town. 

1. IsAAC^ (Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, SamueU), bapt. May 30. 
1731; d. Feb. 26, 1806; m. Apr. 24, 1760, Mary, dau. of Joseph 

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Adams of Concord [b. Mar. 14, 1742; d. May 22, 1827]. He 
came to New Ipswich about 1750, and settled upon one of the 
24 lots owned by his father (N. D., 41,) building his house 
near the southeast corner of the lot, upon the west side of the 
old "country road" not far from the point where the turnpike 
was to intersect it fifty years later. But in 1756 he removed a 
short distance farther up the country road and there built 
the house which still bears over its entrance the date of its 
erection, and which was to be his home for half a century, 
during which he was a power in the town for all that tended 
to true prosperity. He held the office of town clerk and of 
selectman each for several years and was a deacon for thirty 
years. He responded to the call to arms from Concord, and 
also served under Capt. Smith. Children — all born in New 
Ipswich : 

3. i. Isaac, b. June 6, 1762.+ 

4. ii. Joseph B., b. June 25, 1764; d. Keene, Dec. 2, 1791. He grad- 

uated from Dartmouth College in 1791. 

5. iii. Samuel, b. June 22, 1766; d. July, 1853; m. Boston, Nov., 

1818, Mary, dau. of John Lekain, widow of John Gore 
[d. May 19, 1870]. The years of his childhood and youth 
were passed upon his father's farm, where his monetary 
resources bore little similarity to those of his later life. 
Many years afterward he related the story of his first trip 
to Peterboro in his fourteenth year, which he made on foot 
while aiding in the management of a drove of cattle, for 
which assistance his father had received in advance the 
sum of "ninepence" (I2y2 cents). But at the end of the 
stipulated ten miles an extension of the contract was nego- 
tiated, by virtue of which he continued service over an 
additional ten miles, and placed in his own pocket in return 
therefor "fopence ha'penny" (6% cents). It was probably 
a little before his arrival at his majority that Hon. Charles 
Barrett (5) suggested that he should remove to his settle- 
ment in the Maine forests, then known as Barrettstown, 
and presented him with land for a farm, such as he was 
selling to the other settlers for one hundred dollars, which 
proposition he accepted, and labored upon his new domain 
for about three years, also acting as Mr. Barrett's agent. 
He did not, however, choose a permanent farmer's life, 
but returned to New Ipswich, was one of the earliest stu- 
dents at the newly founded Academy, and received from 
Principal John Hubbard the first certificate of ability to 
teach issued from that institution. He availed himself of 
the privilege thus conferred for only two or three terms, 
and about the age of twenty-five he opened a store in Ash- 
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year to his native town, and occupied the low store-building 
standing until recently at the foot of Meeting-house Hill, 
which Mr. Barrett had built for his use. In 1794, by advice 
of that discerning friend, he removed to Boston, and en- 
tered upon a quarter-century of eminently successful com- 
mercial activity in that city, accumulating a fortune reck- 
oned among the largest of those earlier days, and maintaining 
in all things a spotless reputation. Near the close of his life 
he declared that Mr. Barrett's confidence and aid were the 
origin of his wealth; and he gave form to his grateful 
appreciation in gifts to the descendants of his thus avowed 
benefactor amounting to $10,000. He retired from active 
business about 1820, and for more than thirty years his 
useful life was occupied with worthy interests of the city 
and the bestowal of discriminating assistance upon deserv- 
ing benevolences. His estate, according to the estimate of 
his will, amounted to almost $1,000,000, of which $200,000 
were bequeathed to "Scientific, literary, religious and chari- 
table purposes" at the discretion of his executors. In the 
history of the Academy, previously given in this volume, 
it is shown how he probably saved its life at the time of a 
serious crisis, and also gave later aid commemorated by its 
assumption of his name. 

6. iv. Aaron, b. Aug. 6, 1768; d. Keene, June 20, 1852; m. (1) Nov. 

17, 1799, Eunice Adams (W. 25) ; (2) Keziah, dau. of 
Nathan Bixby of Keene [b. about 1798; d. June 4, 1870]. 
He was a successful merchant in Dublin, but in 1814 he 
removed to Keene, where he continued his business as a 
general merchant, and also was interested in a glass factory. 
He was one of the largest tax-payers of the town. 

7. v. Dolly, b. Sept. 6, 1770; d. Jan. 16, 1859; m. Dec. 29, 1799, 

David, son of David and Susannah (Ralph) Everett of 
Princeton, Mass. [b. 1769; d. Dec. 21, 1813]. Mr. Everett 
was not a son of New Ipswich, but Dea. Benjamin Adams 
(W. 2) was his stepfather, and Maj. Benjamin Adams 
(W. 22) was his brother-in-law, which facts, together with 
his preparation for college at New Ipswich Academy and 
his marriage, made him a citizen of the town in spirit, and 
his widow's long residence in town after his death seems 
to give his life a place which demands recognition. He 
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795 and afterward 
resided in Boston, except for a few years in Amherst, N. H., 
and a few months in Marietta, O., where he died. He was 
in practice as a lawyer, but was also largely occupied with 
political and literary activities, being connected with several 
newspapers and also publishing works from his pen as di- 
verse as dramas and theological essays, all showing good 
mental power and exceptional adaptive ability. But nothing 
from his pen is likely to be remembered longer than the 
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"You'd scarce expect one of my age 
To speak in public on the stage," 
which he wrote while teaching in New Ipswich, during his 
preparation for college, to be spoken by Ephraim H. Farrar 
(17), then a lad of seven years, at an exhibition of his 
school. Mrs. Everett returned to New Ipswich after her 
husband's death, and lived in the house a little below the 
central burying-ground which she bequeathed to the Congre- 
gational church for a parsonage. 

Moses, b. Mar. 17, 1773.+ 

Mary, b. June 22, 1775; d. Dec. 16, 1853; m. Oct. 3, 1809, 
Joseph Barrett (2). 

Ebenezer, b. Oct. 17, 1777; d. July 7, 1780. 

Nathan, b. Oct. 6, 1779.+ 

Emily, b. Nov. 7, 1781; d. Burlington, Vt, June 4, 1809; m. 
Nov. 6, 1804, Moses Jewett [d. Columbus, O., Aug. 12, 
1847]. 

Eben, b. June 7, 1784.+ 

Emma, b. Apr. 14, 1787; d. Dec. 30, 1791. 

2. Francis^ (Isaac*, Isaac^, Samuel^, SamueP), bapt. Mar. 
25, 1733; d. Jan. 29, 1816; m. May 5, 1758, Elizabeth Hubbard 
of Ipswich [d. Nov. 7, 1815]. He came to New Ipswich a 
little before 1770 and settled on the lot next northeast of that 
of his brother, N. D., 38, where he lived quietly, scarcely en- 
tering any public activities, although he enlisted at least once 
in the Revolutionary service, and was present at the surren- 
der of Burgoyne. But his son also had a part in the contest, 
so that it is uncertain who is designated by the common name 
upon the company rolls. Children — born in Ipswich with 
the exception of the youngest : 

15. i. Francis, b. May 28, 1759.-f- 

16. ii. Isaac, b. Jan. 14, 1761.-f 

17. iii. John, b. Mar. 28, 1763.-|- 

18. iv. Mary, b. 1764; d. New Ipswich, 1820. 

19. V. Elizabeth, b. 1767; d. New Ipswich, Nov. 27, 1850. 

20. vi. Jesse, b. Nov. 17, 1772.-|- 

3. IsAAC^ (Isaac^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, SamueU), b. 
June 6, 1762; d. Dublin, N. H., Aug. 19, 1853; m. Dec. 9, 1788, 
Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer Twitchell of Dublin. Children — all 
born in Dublin : 

21. i. Sarah, b. Mar. 5, 1790; m. James B. Todd of Byron, N. Y. 

22. ii. Joseph, b. Dec. 5, 1791.+ 

23. iii. Emily, b. May 15, 1794; d. Sept. 9, 1842; m. June 9, 1825, 

Samuel Estabrook. 

24. iv. David, b. July 16, 1796; d. Mar., 1870. 

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25. V. Mary, b. Mar. 12, 1800; m. (1) Jan. 30, 1823, Cyrus B. Davis; 

(2) Mar. 10, 1853, Asa Holt of Ashby. 

26. vi. Samuel, b. July 12, 1803.+ 

27. vii. Isaac, b. Feb. 21, 1806; d. Nov. 26, 1827. 

28. viii. Harriet, b. Dec. 1, 1811; m. May 27, 1844, Rev. Henry A. 

Kendall of Dublin. 

8. Moses® (Isaac^, Isaac*. Isaac^, SamueP, Samuel^), b. 
Mar. 17, 1773; d. Waterville, Me., May 5. 1849; m. 1801, Ann 
Clark [d. Jan. 4, 1864]. Children — all born at Waterville: 

29. i. Ann Louisa, b. Sept. 26, 1802; m. May, 1826, Samuel Wells 

of Portland, Me. 

30. ii. Samuel, b. Sept. 30, 1803. 

31. iii. Mary Jane, b. Dec. 14, 1805 ; m. June 22, 1830, Samuel Plasted 

of Waterville. 

32. iv. George Alfred, b. June 15, 1809; d. Nov. 5, 1811. 

33. V. Moses Larke, b. Feb. 3, 1811.-|- 

11. Nathan® (Isaac^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, Samuel^), b. 
Oct. 6, 1779; d. July 14, 1861; m. (1) Apr. 13, 1806, Maria 
Theresa, dau. of Thomas Gold of Pittsfield, Mass. [b. Nov. 
8. 1786; d. Feb. 10, 1833] ; (2) Jan. 8, 1839, Harriot C, dau. of 
Jesse Sumner of Boston [d. Oct. 10, 1867]. Children — all 
born at Boston : 

34. i. Thomas Gk)LD, b. Mar. 31, 1812. 

35. ii. Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1813 ; m. Dec. 26, 1839, Robert James Mack- 

intosh of London. 

Charles Sedgwick, b. Oct. 9, 1815 ; d. Oct. 25, 1835. 

Frances Elizabeth, b. Oct. 6, 1817 ; d. July 10, 1861 ; m. July 
13, 1843, Henry Wadswrorth Longfellow of Cambridge. 

George William, b. Oct. 1, 1826; d. May 25, 1827. 

William Sumner, b. Jan. 11, 1840.+ 

Harriot, b. Nov. 16, 1841; m. Nov. 17, 1863, Greely Steven- 
son Curtis of Boston. 

41. viii. Nathan, b. Feb. 2, 1843. 

13. Eben® (Isaac^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, SamueP), b. 
June 7, 1784; d. Lowell, Apr. 29, 1833; m. Oct. 12, 1809, Sarah 
Patterson [d. July 12, 1837]. Children: 

42. i. Sarah, b. Liverpool, Eng., July 12, 1810; d. June 5, 1837. 

43. ii. Samuel, b. London, Eng., Dec. 26, 181 1.+ 

44. iii. William Stuart, b. Cambridge, June 1, 1814.-|- 

45. iv. Caroline Francis, b. London, Eng., Aug. 27, 1817; m. Dec. 

17, 1844, Samuel Blatchford of Auburn, N. Y. 

15. Francis^ (Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^ Samuel'-^, SamueP), 
b. May 28, 1759; d. Dublin, July 16, 1849; m. June 2, 1789, 
Mary, dau. of Noah Ripley of Barre [d. Aug. 2, 1840]. He 
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the earlier years of the Revolution, unless, as has been earlier 
suggested, a part of this service should be credited to his 
father. In 1779 he removed to Dublin, where he passed the 
remaining 70 years of his life, and where he was a deacon 
for 36 years. Children — all born at Dublin : 

46. i. An infant, b. Mar. 9, 1790; d. Mar. 10, 1790. 

47. ii. Mary, b. Sept. 22, 1792; m. Feb. 16, 1813, Jonathan Warren 

of Dublin. 

48. iii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 12, 1795; d. Sept. 11, 1798. 

49. iv. Ashley, b. Dec. 23, 1796.+ 

50. V. Francis Oilman, b. Feb. 24, 1799.+ 

51. vi. Eliza Ann, b. May 28, 1801; d. July 19, 1840; m. Dec. 31, 

1823, John Gould (32). 

52. vii. Serena, b. June 1, 1804; m. June 28, 1832, Thaddeus Morse of 

Dublin. 

53. viii. Sophia, b. Nov. 15, 1806; m. Apr. 19, 1832, Thomas Fisk of 

Dublin. 

54. ix. Jesse Ripley, b. Apr. 25, 1809.+ 

16. IsAAC^ (Francis^ Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, Samuel^), b. 
Jan. 14, 1761; d. Aug. 27, 1838; m. June 2, 1791, Hepzibah 
Foster (8). He lived at the north end of Smith Village, S. R., 
X: 3. His house was the first upon the right hand side of the 
road from the Center Village, but it now occupies the second 
place on the same side of the road, Capt. Nutting, who oc- 
cupied the place for many years, having moved it down the 
hill about 1850, and built the present house upon the site of 
the Appleton house, and another house having been erected 
still nearer the Center Village. Children — born in New 
Ipswich : 

55. i. Isaac H. 

56. ii. Emily, b. 1800; d. Boston, Dec, 1866; m. May 23, 1850, Joseph 

Noyes of Boston. 

17. John*' (Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, SamueP), b. 
Mar. 28, 1763; d. Feb. 16, 1849; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Ephraim 
Peabody of Wilton [d. Oct. 28, 1809]. He succeeded to the 
occupancy of his father's farm. Children — born in New 
Ipswich : 

57. i. John, b. July 12, 1804.+ 

58. ii. Elvira, b. Apr. 6, 1807; d. Apr. 24, 1852; m. June 3, 1830, 

George C. Gibson (3). 

20. Jesse^ (Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, SamueP), b. 
Nov. 17, 1772; d. Brunswick, Me., Nov. 12, 1819; m. Apr. 25, 
1800, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Means of Amherst, N. H. [d. 

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Boston, Oct. 29, 1844]. He prepared for college in the acad- 
emy while at home, and graduated from Dartmouth College 
in 1792. He then taught for two years in Dover and in 
Amherst, studied theology, and began to preach at the age 
of twenty-three, and two years later was ordained at Hampton, 
N. H. After ten years he left that post to .accept the presi- 
dency of Bowdoin College, which he held until his death, per- 
forming not only the duties especially appropriate to that 
office, but also, as was necessarily the custom at that time, 
giving instruction to a very considerable extent. As a 
preacher, as a teacher, and as an executive officer he was 
eminently successful, and his personal relations with the stu- 
dents were exceptionally kind and valuable. He received from 
his Alma Mater and also from Harvard the Doctor's degree 
in Divinity. Children — the earlier three born at Hampton 
and the later at Brunswick : 

59. i. Mary Means, b. Oct. 27, 1801; m. May, 1832, John Aiken of 

Lowell. 

60. ii. Elizabeth Frances, b. Apr. 22, 1804; d. June 2, 1839; m. May 

24, 1827, Alpheus Spring Packard of Brunswick. 

61. iii. Jane Means, b. Mar. 12, 1806; d. Dec. 2, 1863; m. Nov., 1834, 

Franklin Pierce, afterward President of the United States. 

62. iv. William, b. Nov. 7, 1808; d. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 19, 1830. 

63. V. Robert, b. Dec. 4, 1810. 

64. vi. John, b. Aug. 4, 1814; d. Oct. 19, 1817. 

22. Joseph'' (Isaac®, Isaac^, Isaac*, Isaac^ SamueP, Sam- 
uel^), b. Dec. 5, 1791 ; d. May 9, 1840; m. Mar. 24, 1818, Han- 
nah, dau. of Elisha Knowlton of Dublin who m. (2) Jan. 23, 
1844, Oliver Barrett of New Ipswich. Children : 

65. i. Joseph B., b. New Ipswich, Mar. 9, 1819; m. Sept. 18, 1844, 

Abby H. Hunt. 

66. ii. Mary Theresia Gtold, b. New Ipswich, Oct. 20, 1820; m. Apr. 

20, 1843, Edward F. Preston (50). 

67. iii. Isaac Henry Clay, b. New Ipswich, July 20, 1827; d. Mar. 

28, 1830. 

68. iv. H. Celestia, d. 1859 ; m. June 26, 1848, N. Oilman Bagley [b. 

Candia, N. H., July 19, 1813; d. Aug. 6, 1909]. Res. in 
Sharon. Children : i. David Bagley. ii. Mary Celestia 
Bagley. 

69. V. Henry Clay, b. 1835; d. Feb. 25, 1837. 

70. vi. Eugene, b. about 1838; d. Mar. 11, 1874. 

26. Samuel'^ (Isaac®, Isaac^, Isaac*. Isaac^, Samuel^, Sam- 
ueP), b. July 12, 1803; d. June 20, 1830; m. Mar. 20, 1827, 

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Emily, dau. of Joseph Hayward of Dublin, who m. (2) June 
5, 1833, Calvin Aiken of Francestown. Child: 

71. i. Mary Jane, m. Farr of Portland, Me. 

33. Moses Larke^ (Moses*', Isaac^ Isaac^ Isaac^, SamueP, 
SamueP), b. Feb. 3, 1811; d. Bangor, Me., Sept. 25, 1859; m. 
Mar., 1835, Jane Sophia, dau. of Thomas A. Hill of Bangor, 
Me. Children: 

72. i. Edward Larke, b. Sept. 8, 1839; d. Boston, Oct. 25, 1868. 

73. ii. Francis E., b. 1841. 

74. iii. Alice G. 

75. iv. Margaret, b. 1855. 

39. William Sumner^ (Nathan^, Isaac^, Isaac*, Isaac^, 
SamueP, SamueP), b. Jan. 11, 1840; d. Apr. 28, 1903; m. Berne, 
Switzerland, Aug. 12, 1871, Edith Stuart Appleton (92). Chil- 
dren : 

76. i. Eleanor Armistead, b. Paris, France, May 11, 1872; m. Apr. 

12, 1904, Maj. Robert Hargreave Eraser Standen [b. in India, 
July 2, 1871]. She resides in Ireland. Children: i. Edith 
Appleton Standen, h. Halifax, N. S., Feb. 21, 1905. ii. 
Anthony Standen, h. Temple Ewell, Kent, Eng., Sept. 9, 
1906. iii. Marjorie Standen, b. Temple Ewell, Kent, Eng., 
Oct. 20, 1907. 

77. ii. William Sumner, b. May 29, 1874. 

78. iii. Marjorie Crane, b. May 19, 1875 ; d. Nov. 19, 1913. 

79. iv. Dorothy Everard, b. Jan. 10, 1878; m. Dec. 8, 1904, George 

Francis Weld [b. Apr. 22, 1866]. Res. Santa Barbara, Cal. 
Children: i. Dorothy Weld, b. Jan. 31, 1906. ii. Anna Weld, 
b. July 26, 1908. iii. George Francis Weld, b. Nov. 4, 1910. 
iv. Sumner Appleton Weld, b. June 24, 1912. 

80. v. Gladys Hughes, b. Nov. 22, 1881. 

43. Samuel'^ (Eben*', Isaac^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, Sam- 
uel), b. Dec. 26, 1811; d. June 4, 1861; m. (1) London, Eng., 
Sept. 24, 1839, Julia, dau. Daniel Webster of Marshfield, Mass. 
[d. Boston, Apr. 28, 1848] ; (2) July 28, 1857, Mary Ann 
Whiting [d. Oct. 27, 1870]. Children— all born at Boston: 

81. i. Caroline LeRoy, b. Oct. 3, 1840; d. Nov. 19, 1911; m. (1) 

Newbold Edgar of New York [d. Ems, Germany, July 26, 
1869] ; (2) Newport, R. I., Sept. 7, 1871, Jerome Napoleon 
Bonaparte. 

82. ii. Samuel, b. Nov. 25, 1841 ; m. (1) Philadelphia, June 22, 1863, 

Mary Ernestine, dau. of J. J. Abercrombie of the U. S. 
Army [d. Aug. 27, 1869] ; (2) Oct. 9, 1872, Anna Maybin 
Jones of Southboro, Mass. 

83. iii. Julia Fletcher, b. Feb. 8, 1844; m. Apr. 12, 1871, Walker 

Keith Armistead of New York. 

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84. iv. Daniel Webster, b. May 6, 1845; d. Boston, May 23, 1872; m. 

Mary Freeman of Ayer, Mass. 

85. V. Mary Constance, b. Feb. 7, 1848; d. Mar. 15, 1849. 

44. William Stuart^ (Eben*', Isaac^, Isaac*, Isaac', Sam- 
ueP, SamueP), b. June 1, 1814; m. Nov. 27, 1838, Georg-iana 
Louisa Frances, dau. of George Armistead of the U. S. Army. 
Children — all born at Baltimore: 

86. i. Louise Armistead, b. Dec. 6, 1839; m. Berlin, Prussia, Oct. 15, 

1871, Frederick Irving Knight of Boston. 
Sarah Paterson, b. Nov. 2, 1840; d. Aug. 4, 1841. 
William Stuart, b. Nov. 1, 1841 ; d. Jan. 6, 1845. 
George Armistead, b. Aug. 11, 1843. 
Eben, b. Aug. 19, 1845; m. Nov. 24, 1868, Isabel, dau. of John 

Slade of New York. 
Georgiana Louise Frances Gillis Armistead, b. July 15, 1847 ; 

m. Sept. 2, 1869, George M. Hunter of Wilmington, Del. 
Edith Stuart, b. June 11, 1849; d. Jan. 19, 1892; m. Berne, 

Switzerland, Aug. 12, 1871, William Sumner Appleton (39). 

93. viii. Margaret Armistead, b. Feb. 19, 1851; m. Feb. 23, 1871, 

George Livingston Baker of Boston. 

94. ix. Caroline Frances, b. July 4, 1853; d. Sept. 21, 1857. 

95. X. Alice Maud, b. Sept. 24, 1859. 

49. Ashley'^ (Francis®, Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueF, 
SamueP). b. Dec. 23, 1796; m. Jan. 27, 1823, Nancy, dau. of 
Thaddeus Metcalf of Keene. Children — born at Granby, Vt. : 

96. i. George Ashley, b. Nov. 23, 1823; m. May 11, 1851, Fanny 

Reed, dau. of Rev. John Wooster of Granby. 

97. ii. Francis Gilman, b. June 15, 1825; d. Apr. 27, 1849. 

98. iii. Nancy Metcalf, b. Oct. 26, 1831 ; m. June 20, 1855, Oliver L. 

Richardson of Atlanta, Ga. 

50. Francis Gilman^ (Francis®, Francis*^, Isaac*, Isaac^, 
SamueP, SamueP), b. Feb. 24, 1799; m. Sept. 29, 1825, Mary, 
dau. of Joseph Haywood of Dublin. Children — born at Troy, 
N. Y.: 

99. i. Alfred Curtis. 

100. ii. Mary Elizabeth. 

101. iii. Frances. 

54. Jesse Ripley^ (Francis®, Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^, Sam- 
uel, SamueP), b. Apr. 25, 1809; m. (1) Apr. 13, 1841, Louisa, 
dau. of Thaddeus Mason of Dublin [d. Nov. 3, 1844] ; (2) 
Mar. 11. 1852, Abbie Sophia, dau. of Calvin Mason of Dublin. 
Children — born at Dublin: 

102. i. Ellen Rebecca, b. Nov. 30, 1853; d. Sept. 14, 1859. 

103. ii. Charles Francis, b. Apr. 6, 1856. 

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57. JoHN^ (John^, Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^, Samuel^ Sam- 
uelO, b. July 12, 1804; d. Feb. 7, 1891; m. Feb. 6, 1834, Sarah, 
dau. of Hon. Samuel Allen of Northfield, Mass. He prepared 
for college at New Ipswich Academy, entered Bowdoin Col- 
lege at the age of fourteen, and graduated in 1822. He was a 
teacher for a brief period after graduation, then entered upon 
the study of the law, and when only twenty-two years old 
was admitted to the bar at Amherst. His life thereafter was 
spent in Maine, at first at Dixmont, later at Sebec, and after 
1832 at Bangor, where he was for many years one of the lead- 
ing practitioners of the state. In 1852 he was appointed a 
justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, and ten years later 
became chief justice of the Supreme Court, which position he 
held for a period of 21 years. He paid special attention to the 
law of evidence, and his published writings in that field had 
great influence for the removal, in both state and national 
courts, of the former legal disability of parties to a suit, either 
civil or criminal, to be heard as witnesses. He was a trustee 
of his Alma Mater, from which he received the degree of 
LL. D. in 1860. Children : 
104. i. John Francis, b. Aug. 29, 1838; d. Aug. 21, 1870. He graduated 
from Bowdoin College in 1860. He was brevet brigadier- 
general in United States Volunteers, and held the position 
of United States District Judge in the Eastern District of 
Texas. 
Sarah Peabody, b. July 2, 1841 ; d. Jan. 24, 1844. 
Frederic Hunt, b. Jan. 14, 1844; m. Feb. 18, 1892, Mary Allie 
Gibson (20). He graduated from Bowdoin College in 
1864, and received the degree of LL. D. He was a lawyer 
at Bangor, Me. 
Edward Peabody, b. June 11, 1846; d. July 6, 1869. 
Henry Allen, b. Jan. 7, 1849; d. 1903. 

BACON. 

Michael' Bacon, d. Apr. 18, 1648; m. Alice [d. Apr. 2, 1648]. 

He came to New England, probably from Suffolk county, England, in 
1640, and was one of the early settlers at Dedham, Mass. 

Daniel"" (Michaer), probably b. in England; d. Sept. 7, 1691; m. 
Bridgewater, Mass., Mary, dau. of Thomas Reed of Colchester, Essex 
county, Eng. [d. Oct. 5, 1691]. Res. successively at Dedham, Woburn, 
Bridgewater, and Newton, in which last town he died. 

Daniel' (DanieP, Michael'), probably b. at Bridgewater; m. Aug. 1, 
1664, Susanna, dau. of Michael Spencer of Salem. He lived at Boxford 
in 1660, but removed to Salem, where he was a shipwright in 1664. 

Michael' (Daniel^ Daniel", Michael'), b. Salem, Oct. 23, 1676; m. 

Margaret . Res. at Salem. 

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1. Retire^ (Michael*, Daniel^ Daniel^, MichaeP), bapt. 
Salem, Apr. 17, 1720; m. (1) Boxford, Mass., Apr. 14, 1741, 
Mary, dau. of Jacob and Hannah (Goodline) Hale [b. Feb. 
25, 1722; d. about 1762]; (2) Rowley, Mass., Aug. 27, 1764, 
Margaret Burnham of Ipswich, Mass., who died in 1808, at 
which time it was said she was 100 years, 5 months, and 21 
days of age, and had "drank nothing stronger than small beer 
for fourteen years before her death." He probably lived in 
Boxford, Mass., until after his second marriage, and he ren- 
dered military service in 1758, but in May, 1771, he came from 
Ipswich, Mass., to New Ipswich, and his name appears on 
the tax list until 1787. He lived on the southern part of XI : 
1, S. R., on the old "malt-house road" not far from the present 
road from Hodgkins corner to Davis Village. He also had 
a large tract of land in Sharon, and perhaps he occupied it 
for a few years before making his home in New Ipswich. 
Children : 

2. i. Hannah, bapt. Apr. 22, 1744. 

3. ii. Susanna, bapt. May 27, 1744; d. young. 

4. iii. Sarah, bapt. Jan. 25, 1747; d. young. 

5. iv. Sarah, bapt. Nov. 6, 1748. 

6. V. Jacob, bapt. Feb. 17, 1751. 

7. vi. Susanna, bapt. July 17, 1757. 

8. vii. Molly, bapt. Oct. 8, 1758. 

9. viii. Hetty, bapt. May 23, 1762. 

BALCH. 

John* Balch, d. Salem, Mass., 1648; m. (1) Margery ; (2) 

Agnes (or Annis) Patch. He came from Somersetshire, England, in 
1623, landing at Weymouth. He settled at Salem, and was made freeman 
in 1631, the earliest date of such action. In 1638 he built a house in the 
region which is now Beverly, which house is still standing and in the 
possession of the family. He was one of the first board of selectmen. 

Benjamin^ (John*), b. of first marriage in winter of 1628/9; d. after 
Jan., 1714/5; m. (1) about 1650, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Gardner [d. Apr. 
5, 1686] ; (2) Feb. 5, 1689, Abigail, widow of Matthew Clarke of Marble- 
head, Mass. [b. about 1635; d. June 1, 1690]; (3) Mar. 15, 1691/2, Grace 
Mallet [d. before 1704]. Res. in the family home. 

John' (Benjamin^ John*), b. July 18, 1657; d. Nov. 19, 1738; m. 
Dec. 23, 1674, Hannah, dau. of Philip and Joanna Veren [b. 1655]. He 
was a carpenter and farmer on the ancestral farm. He was selectman, 
representative, and a lieutenant. 

David' (John', Benjamin', John*), b. Oct. 1, 1691; d. Topsfield, Mass., 
Sept. 25, 1769; m. (1) Apr. 29, 1713, Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Sarah 
(Wallis) Perkins [b. Feb. 10, 1692/3; d. Jan. 1, 1747/8]; (2) Nov. 14, 

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1752, Esther, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Perkins) Dwinel of Topsfield 
[b. May 1, 1720; d. Jan. 13, 1815/6]. Res. in Topsfield. 

John' (David', John', Benjamin', John'), b. Nov. 2, 1716; d. Dec. 
31, 1774; m. June 17, 1740, Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Curtis) 
Smith [b. about 1714; d. Mar. 1, 1794]. He was a tanner and currier 
in Topsfield. 

Robert' (John", David', John', Benjamin^, John'), bapt. July 28, 1745; 
d. Aug. 3, 1830; m. Nov. 28, 1769, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Solomon Dodge 
[b. June, 1752; d. Mar. 16, 1822]. He was a farmer in Topsfield, but re- 
moved to New Boston, 1791. 

John' (Robert*, John^ David', John', Benjamin', John'), b. June 25, 
1779; d. June 20, 1822; m. Deborah Kenniston of Weare. He was a 
farmer at Jericho, Vt. 

John Jefferson* (John', Robert^ John°, David', John', Benjamin', 
John'), b. June 27, 1804; d. Mar. 10, 1879; m. Nov., 1827, Abigail J. 
Mudgett. Res. New Boston, but removed to Lyndeboro in 1862. 

1. Moses M.'' (John^ John^ Robert^ John^ David*, John^ 
Benjamin^, John^), b. Sunapee, Sept. 11, 1831; d. June 5, 1914; 
m. Nov. 20, 1856, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Asa and Polly 
(Tapley) Stiles of Wilton. After reaching the age of man- 
hood he lived five years at Weare, then in Temple until 1878, 
after which time he was a citizen of New Ipswich. He had 
previously owned and conducted a saw and grist mill, and 
despite the loss of the greater part of his right hand while 
sawing, he purchased the mill at the Gibson Village, and con- 
tinued a similar industry for ten years. His home of later 
time was the house in the Center Village upon the north side 
of the Turnpike, long the dwelling of Charles A. Whitney. 
Children : 

2. i. Anna Jane, b. Oct. 11, 1858; m. June, 1908, Frank J. Mc- 

Laughlin. Res. in Peterboro. 

3. ii. Ella Minerva, b. July 3, 1862; m. Jan. 24, 1883, Albert F. 

Walker (S. 33). 

4. iii. Abbie Louise, b. Feb. 1, 1870; m. Apr. 26, 1892, Wilbur L. 

Phelps (4). 

5. iv. Albro Leslie, (adopted) b. Jan. 8, 1878; m. June 25, 1902, 

Mary Louisa Mansfield (33). Child: i. Hasel Elisabeth, 
b. Aug. 25, 1905. 

BALLARD. 

1. JosiAH^ Ballard, b. Apr. 14, 1806; d. Dec. 12, 1863; m. 
Oct. 16, 1835, Elizabeth Dorothy, dau. of Rev. Dr. John Mil- 
ton and Abby (Morris) Whiton of Antrim, N. H. [b. Mar. 7, ^ 
1811 ; d. Aug. 10, 1862]. He was the son of William and Mary 
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he attended the district schools until he was sixteen years of 
age, when he went to Boston and there learned the mason's 
trade, at which he labored for several years. He then entered 
the academy at Monson, Mass., fitted for college, and gradu- 
ated from Yale in 1827. After a brief period as a teacher in 
the academy at Westfield, Mass., he commenced the study of 
theology with Rev. Dr. Whiton at Antrim, was ordained in 
1835, and held pastorates at Chesterfield, Nelson, and Sudbury, 
Mass., before coming to New Ipswich in 1852 and becoming 
the first pastor of the Second Congregational church, just or- 
ganized as related on a preceding page. The unpleasant con- 
ditions then existing caused him to believe it well that he 
should sever his connection with that church a little before 
the close of his third year of earnest labor as its head, and 
he afterward served the churches in Plympton, Mass., and 
Carlisle, Mass., at which last-named place he died. To the 
end of his life there were plainly manifest the characteristics 
of an earnest, self-made man. Children : 

2. i. Edward Otis, b. Apr. 19, 1837.+ 

3. ii. Catherine Elizabeth, b. Nelson, Apr. 9, 1840; d. Apr. 3, 

1877; m. Jan. 23, 1864, Emory B. Smith, a lawyer of Platts- 
burg, N. Y., and later of Boston. Res. Melrose, Mass. 
Children: i. Walton Ballard Smith, b. Sept. 24, 1866; m. 
Nov. 23, 1893, Edith Hoffnagle; res. Attleboro, Mass.; 
four children, ii. Bertha Leland Smith, b. May 12, 1868; 
m. Nov. 13, 1897, Carl Smith; res. Attleboro, Mass. iii. 
Catherine Elisabeth Smith, b. Mar. 13, 1877; unm. ; res. 
Maiden, Mass. ; she is connected with the Massachusetts 
State Board of Charities. 

2. Edward O.- (Josiah^), b. Apr. 19, 1837; m. (1) Sept. 
24, 1859, Lauretta Sophia Thayer (6) ; (2) Sept. 4, 1884, 
Katherine Agnes McConnellogue. He studied at New Ips- 
wich Appleton Academy, and in 1854 went to Boston, and has 
passed his life in mercantile and insurance industries. Res. 
Marlboro, Mass. Children: 

4. i. Herbert Edward, b. Aug. 21, 1863; d. Aug. 11, 1864. 

5. ii. Clarence Eugene, b. Oct. 9, 1866; d. Feb. 11, 1867. 

6. iii. Ettie Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1869; m. June 2, 1892, Dr. Eddy 

B. Swett of Marlboro, Mass. Res. Grasmere, N. H. Six 
children. 

7. iv. Agnes Anna, b. Aug. 30, 1870; d. Oct. 15, 1870. 



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BANCROFT. 

Thomas^ Bancroft, b. England, 1622 ; d. Lynnfield, Aug. 19, 1691 ; m. 
(1) 1647, Alice Bacon who d. soon; (2) Sept. 15, 1648, Elizabeth Met- 
calf. He settled in Dedham, removed to Reading about 1650, and thence 
to Lynnfield. He was a lieutenant with record of honorable service. 

Thomas' (Thomas'), b. Dedham, Sept. 24, 1649; d. July 12, 1718; m. 
Apr. 10, 1673, Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Poole [d. May 20, 1723]. He 
removed to Reading before his marriage. He was a deacon, and also a 
lieutenant with the record of having saved the garrison at Exeter from 
an Indian assault. 

Thomas^ (Thomas^ Thomas'), b. Reading, Sept. 8, 1673; d. Nov. 9, 
1731 ; m. Aug. 1, 1694, Mary Webster. He served in the Indian wars, 
and like his father and grandfather, was a lieutenant. He was repre- 
sentative in the General Court at the time of his death. 

Benjamin* (Thomas^ Thomas^ Thomas'), b. Reading, May 6, 1701; 
d. Apr. 3, 1790; m. Anna, dau. of John and Anna (Tarbell) Lawrence 
of Lexington [d. July 21, 1787]. He lived in Charlestown, and removed 
thence to Reading, where he was a tanner. He was a captain. 

Benjamin" (Benjamin*, Thomas^ Thomas', Thomas'), b. Sept. 29, 
1724; d. Oct. 27, 1804; m. Oct. 18, 1749, Alice, dau. of William and Mary 
(Farnsworth) Tarbell [d. Nov. 29, 1781]. He also was a tanner in 
Groton. He was a deacon. 

Joseph" (Benjamin", Benjamin*, Thomas", Thomas^ Thomas'), b. July 
3, 1760; d. Townsend, Oct. 21, 1815; m. Susannah, dau. of Nathan and 
Mary (Patterson) Hubbard [d. July 17, 1825]. He was also a tanner, 
living in Groton, Lunenburg, and Townsend successively. 

1. Jambs'^ (Joseph^, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Thomas^, 
ThomasS Thomas^, b. Sept. 27, 1803; d. Mar. 18, 1884; m. 
(1) May 28, 1829, Sarah W., dau. of Oliver and Lucy (Welling- 
ton) Kendall [b. Mar. 3, 1810; d. Jan. 23, 1861]; (2) Dec, 
1865, Jemima, dau. of Emerson and Jemima (Foster) Hale of 
Rindge [b. July 26, 1822; d. May 7, 1910]. He came from 
Ashby to New Ipswich about 1833, and lived in Wilder Village 
about twelve years, near the High Bridge for two years, in 
the Newhall house formerly standing at the corner near the 
town house, and in 1849 he settled at Hodgkins corner (S. R., 
X : 2,) where he lived until his removal to Rindge in 1857. He 
was a carpenter, and a man whose unfailing smile and helpful 
kindness attracted the young to the church in which he was 
a deacon, and is well remembered as conducting strangers to 
seats with a reverent, noiseless footfall along the aisle. 
Children : 

2. i. Nancy R., b. Dec. 23, 1830; d. Sept. 23, 1833. 

3. ii. Henry A., b. June 2, 1832; d. May 27, 1848. 

4. iii. Nancy R., b. Sept. 27, 1834; d. Dec. 11, 1906; m. Nov. 11, 

1852, Ivers H. Brooks (27). 
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5. iv. Susan R, b. Oct. 25, 1836; d. Jan. 3, 1885; m. June 6, 1867, 

Albert Conant. Children: i. Alice Bancroft Conant, m. 
Frank Wadleigh of Milford. ii. Ann Sanborn Conant, m. 
Ernest Horton of Boston, iii. Harry IVinthrop Conant; he 
graduated from Amherst College and Harvard Law School ; 
res. in Somerville, Mass. iv. John Bancroft Conant; he 
graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
and is an electrician at Dallas, Texas. 

6. V. Cecil Franklin Patch, b. Nov. 25, 1839.+ 

7. vi. Mary H., b. Apr. 3, 1841; m. July 15, 1869, Thomas, son of 

John and Eleanor (Spence) Annett [b. Dec. 1, 1831; d. 
Feb. 22, 1903]. Res. East Jaffrey. Children: i. Sarah E. 
Annett. ii. Elsie C. Annett. iii. Marietta E. Annett. iv. 
Markwell Annett. v. Cecil B. Annett. 

8. vii. Caroline, b. Oct. 15, 1842; d. Sept. 12, 1865; m. Mar. 15. 1860, 

George S., son of William and Ruthv (Shedd) Kimball of 
Rindge [b. Mar. 1, 1839; d. Jan. 17. 1862. at Annapolis, Md., 
where he was a member of the 6th N. H. Regt.]. Two 
children who d. young. 

9. viii. Henry A., b. Feb. 13, 1849. He lives in California. 

6. Cecil Franklin Patch* Qames'^, Joseph*', Benjamin^, 
Benjamin*, Thomas^, Thomas-, Thomas^), b. Nov. 25, 1839; 
d. Oct. 4, 1901 ; m. May 6, 1867, Fannie Adelia, dau. of Capt. 
Timothy Kittredge of Mt. Vernon, N. H. [b. Feb. 12, 1844; 
d. Mar. 29, 1898]. He prepared for college at New Ipswich 
Appleton Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College 
in 1860. He was principal of Appleton Academy, Mont Ver- 
non, N. H., for four years after graduation, was a student at 
Union Theological Seminary and at Andover Theological 
Seminary for three years, graduating from the last-named in- 
stitution in 1867, principal of the Lookout Mountain Institute, 
near Chattanooga, Tenn., during its brief life of five years. In 
1873 he entered upon what may properly be termed, from its 
breadth and complete success, his life-work as principal of 
Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., where he labored until 
he met his death, as he often said he desired, "in the harness." 
His entire life was by no means included in his professional 
work ; to an unusual extent he was identified with the busi- 
ness interests of the town and of its citizens, until he was 
termed "the first citizen of the town." He had a share in the 
management of the neighboring State Almshouse at Tewks- 
bury ; his counsel was valued in the directorates of bank and 
of insurance company, and he was one of the trustees of Dart- 
mouth College, his Alma Mater. He received as honorary 
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Litt. D. from Williams College, and LL. D. from Yale Uni- 
versity. But neither these honors nor his election to the pres- 
idency of the "New England Association of Colleges and 
Preparatory Schools" testify as surely to the strength and 
breadth of his work as the practically unanimous testimony 
of the six thousand students who came under his care ; these 
give his work broader and longer power than has fallen to 
the lot of the efforts of any other native of the town. Children : 

10. i. Cecil Kittredge, b. Dec. 15, 1868. He graduated from Phil- 

lips Academy in 1886, from Yale College in 1891 ; taught at 
Morristown, N. J., for two years, and after a year in Eu- 
rope and another as tutor and instructor at Yale became 
instructor and registrar at the institution so long controlled 
by his father. 

11. ii. Frances Marsh, b. Sept. 12, 1872; m. Sept. 5, 1900, Rev. 

William Joseph Long. She graduated from Smith College 
in 1894, and taught at Andover in Abbot Academy for 
three years before her marriage. Res. in Stamford, Conn. 
Children : i. Lois Long. ii. Frances B. Long. iii. Brian 
Long. 

12. iii. Arthur Kendall, b. Mar. 10, 1874; d. Aug. 9, 1880. 

13. iv. Phillips, b. Apr. 21, 1878. He graduated from Phillips Acad- 

emy in 1898, from Yale College in 1902, and has since been 
occupied by financial duties at Phillips Academy. 

14. V. Mary Ethel, b. May 22, 1882. She graduated from Smith 

College in 1904, has taught in New Haven, Conn., and in 
Abbot Academy in her native town. 

BARR. 

1. James^ Barr, son of George and Mary (Whitehill) Barr, 
of Kilbarchan, county of Renfrew, Scotland, b. Dec. 12, 1752; 
d. Mar. 7, 1829; m. 1783, Molly Cummings (12) [b. Dec. 2, 
1764; d. Feb. 23, 1845]. He came to New England when about 
21 years of age, and after traveling for a time in the new land 
settled in New Ipswich, succeeding Joseph Bullard in the 
occupancy of the lot on Knight's Hill, (II : 2, S. R.,) and be- 
ing associated with Eleazer Cummings in his malting industry, j 
and in the manufacture of oatmeal, having brought from Scot- 
land a knowledge of methods of preparing and hulling the 
oats, before unknown in this land. But after the death of 
Joseph Pollard Mr. Barr removed to his farm at the end of 
the road on the east side of Page Hill, (64, N. L. O.,) which 
was his home for about forty years. The last few years of his 
life he lived on the "Warren farm" at the summit of the hill.i 
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2. i. James, d. in infancy. 

3. ii. Nancy, b. July 25, 1784; d. July 9, 1857; m. Jeremiah Prich- 

ard (17). 

4. iii. Sarah, b. May 25, 1788; d. Sept. 29, 1864; m. Dr. William 

Lovejoy. Res. in West Townsend, Mass. 

5. iv. James, b. May 23, 1790.+ 

6. V. George, b. Feb. 6, 1792.+ 

7. vi. Caroline Mathilda, b. Jan. 6, 1794; d. Oct. 3, 1874; m. Asa 

Prichard (22). 

8. vii. CuMMiNGS, b. May 9, 1795. -f 

9. viii. RoBENA, b. Feb. 22, 1799; d. Dec. 20, 1873, unm. 

10. ix. Charlotte, b. Mar. 13, 1801; d. Aug. 27, 1842, unm. 

11. X. William, b. Feb. 7, 1803; d. West Townsend, Mass., unm. 

He left New Ipswich soon after attaining his majority. 
Res. for some years with his brother George, and in va- 
rious other places. 

12. xi. Mary Whitehill, b. Dec. 15, 1805; d. Nov. 19, 1830, unm. 

13. xii. John, b. Mar. 10, 1808.+ 

14. xiii. Esther Jane, b. Dec. 4, 1810; d. July 26, 1837, unm. 

15. xiv. Charles, d. in infancy. 

5. James^ (James^), b. May 23, 1790; d. June 6, 1845; m. 
Apr. 21, 1824, Laura Livermore (Bellows) (3). After due at- 
tendance at New Ipswich Academy he studied medicine with 
Dr. Haskell of Lunenburg, Mass., and Dr. Twitchell of Keene, 
and received his degree from Harvard Medical School in 1817. 
He then entered upon practice in his native town, and in close 
attention to his professional duties passed his life, attaining 
high success, and continuing his desired attention to the needs 
of the sick, despite the weakness of fatal pulmonary disease, 
almost until the end. Children : 

16. i. Mary Hartwell, b. Jan. 16, 1825; d. May 27, 1893; m. July 

14. 1843, Samuel T. Ames (E. 1). 
Sarah Jane, b. July 11, 1827.-|- 
George Lyman, b. Mar. 12, 1830.-)- 
James Walter, b. June 7, 1833; d. Apr. 19, 1834. 
Caroline Frances, b. Feb. 27, 1835 ; resides in New Ipswich 

in the former home of her great-grandfather, Ephraim 

Hartwell. 
James Henry, b. Sept. 16, 1837; d. Sept. 19, 1838. 
Ellen Maria, b. Nov. 10, 1840; d. Feb. 7, 1895. She was a 

teacher in the high school of Medford, Mass., for some 

years and then established in Boston a successful private 

school for girls. Her later years were largely occupied in 

traveling. 

6. George^ (James^), b. Feb. 6, 1792; m.. June 12, 1828, 
Amelia Ames (D. 4). He removed to New York State. 
Children : 

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23. i. Sarah. 

24. ii. Caroline. 

25. iii. George. 

One or more others. 

8. CuMMiNGS^ (JamesO, b. May 9, 1795; d. 1854; m. Eliza, 
dau. of Nathaniel, Jr., and Ruth (Eliot) Peabody of Middle- 
ton, Mass. He went to Lowell, Mass., in his early manhood. 
He was an engineer in the fire department of the city for a 
time, and was a contractor in canal work, etc. Children : 

26. i. Eliza Jane, b. 1829; d. 1881; m. Charles Cheney of Man- 

chester. Children: i. Evelyn Cheney, b. 1854; d. 1878; m. 
Franklyn P. Johnson ; two children, ii. Myra Cheney, b. 
1859; m. Charles Dougan; one son. iii. Maud Cheney, b. 
1870; m. Morris C. Austin of Goffstown ; two children. 

27. ii. Ellen Maria, b. 1833; d. in infancy. 

28. iii. George Cummings, b. 1834; d. 1896; m. 1868 Mary Frances, 

dau. of John and Mary (Bean) Brown [d. 1906]. He lived 
in Manchester after 1852. Child : i. Florence Goodwin, 
b. 1881. 

29. iv. Ellen, b. 1837; d. in infancy. 

30. V. John Mortimer, b. 1840; d. 1842. 

13. JoHN^ (James^), b. Mar. 10, 1808; m. . He left 

New Ipswich in early manhood, going to Gouverneur, N. Y. 
Children : 

31. i. John. He enlisted in the Civil War, and was killed at Fort 

Pillow. 

32. ii. Moses. 

There were several other children. 

17, Sarah Jane^ (James^, James^), b. July 11, 1827; d. 
Feb. 5, 1897; m. Mar. 15, 1847, Sanford B. Perry [d. Sept. 
12, 1884]. Children: 

i. Frederic, Barr Perry, b. May 7, 1848; d. Feb. 3, 1908; m. 
Oct. 18, 1881, Sarah A. Proctor [d. May 28, 1914]. Chil- 
dren : i. Helen C. Perry, b. August 10, 1882 ; m. Francis 
B. Reynolds; one son. ii. Sarah Barr Perry, b. Nov. 2, 
1884; m. Bryan Bell. iii. Bertha Perry, b. July 6, 1889; d. 

ii. William Nelson Perry, b. March 9, 1852; d. Nov. 21, 1899; 
m. Feb. IS, 1884, Laura O. Barker. Children: i. Ruth 
Barker Perry, b. Jan. 29, 1885; m. Edmund F. Saxton. 
ii. Elsie Barr Perry, b. Jan. 6, 1888; m. Harold M. Nichols. 
iii. George Sanford Perry, b. Nov. 6, 1889. 

iii. George Barnum, b. Apr. 12, 1861 ; m. May 24, 1899, Helena S. 
Lewandowska. Is a dentist in Chicago. 

18. George Lyman^ (James^, James^), b. Mar. 12, 1830; 
d. Apr. 1, 1877; m. Nov. 20, 1851, Elizabeth Maria, dau. of 
Daniel and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence [b. Medford, Mass., 

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Aug. 5, 1835; m. (2) Apr. 21, 1880, George Robert, son of 
George and Frances (Ames) Barrett (19)]. He early entered 
business life as a clerk in a dry goods store at Boston, but 
soon undertook a similar business for himself, and in a few 
years became a member of a large distilling firm at Medford, 
Mass. He retired from active business in 1867, and divided 
his time between city matters (having control of its fire de- 
partment for several years), and historic antiquarian pursuits, 
the collection of rare books, coins, etc. Children : 

33. i. Elizabeth Lawrence, b. Mar. 3, 1854; m. 1880, Eugene A., 

son of Jean Baptiste and Madeline (Nehr) Kayser. Res. 
Newton, Cambridge, and Boston. Children : i. Paul James 
Barr Kayser, h. Nov., 1881. ii. Robert Barr Kayser, b. 
Oct. 25, 1889. iii. George Barr Kayser, h. Jan. 15, 1891. iv. 
Elizabeth Barr Kayser, b. July 15, 1897. 

34. ii. Laura Maria, b. July 22, 1859; unm. Res. Boston. 

35. iii. Caroline Hartwell, b. Nov. 13, 1864; m. Apr. 20, 1897, 

Winthrop Rowland Wade of Boston. Res. Dedham, Mass. 
Child : i. Winthrop Howland Wade, b. Feb. 18, 1898. 

36. iv. James Cummings, b. Mar. 15, 1867.-|- 

37. V. Daniel Lawrence, b. Nov. 17, 1869; m. Sept. 23, 1908, Mrs. 

Morrison Eggers of Pittsburg, Pa. He graduated from 
Harvard College in 1896, and later from the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology. He is an electrical engineer in 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

36. James Cummings* (George Lyman^, James^ James^), 
b. Mar. 15, 1867; m. (1) Nov. 5, 1890, Sally, dau. of George 
Gordon and Helen (Devens) Crocker of Taunton, Mass.; (2) 
June 1, 1910, Lalla (Griffith) Fairfield, dau. of Collin McLeod 
and Frances (Chandler) Griffith [b. St. Albans, W. Va., Jan. 
17, 1873]. He graduated from Harvard College in 1890, and 
upon graduation entered the scientific study of electricity with 
the Thomson-Houston Company, in connection with which he 
held very responsible positions in relation to the application 
of electricity to coal mining. In later years he has been en- 
gaged in the railway supply business at Boston. For several 
years he held commission in the Massachusetts Volunteer 
Militia, is prominent in the recent work in aviation, and is a 
member of leading clubs in Boston, New York, and Washing- 
ton. Children : 

39. i. Helen, b. July 29, 1891. 

40. ii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 14, 1893. 

41. iii. James Cummings, b. Mar. 3, 1898. 

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John Barr, who lived for a time in the house opposite the 
Barrett mansion and elsewhere, was apparently of a different 
family from the one here given. 

BARRETT. 

Humphrey* Barrett, b. 1592; d. Nov. 7, 1662; m. Mary [d. Aug. 

15, 1663]. He is believed to have come from County Kent, England. He 
settled at Concord in 1639, where he had a farm of three hundred acres 
and a "house lot" of twelve acres near the centre of the town. 

Humphrey" (Humphrey^), b. England, 1630; d. Jan. 3, 1715/6; m. 
July 16, 1661, Elizabeth Paine [d. Dec. 21, 1674] ; (2) Mar. 23, 1674/5, 
Mary, dau. of Luke and Mary (Edmunds) Potter [b. 1656; d. Nov. 17, 
1713]. He was a deacon in the Concord church, ensign in the foot com- 
pany, and represented the town in the General Court in 1691. 

Joseph^ (Humphrey', Humphrey'), b. Jan. 31, 1679; d. Apr. 4, 1763; 
m. Dec. 24, 1701, Rebecca, dau. of James and Rebecca (Wheeler) Minott 
[b. Feb. 9, 1685; d. June 23, 1738]. He was town treasurer, and also 
captain of the foot company. He was one of the original grantees of 
Grafton. 

Benjamin' (Humphrey^ Humphrey*), b. May 7, 1681; d. Oct. 25, 
1728; m. Jan. 3, 1704/5, Lydia, dau. of James and Rebecca (Wheeler) 
Minott [b. Mar. 12, 1686/7]. Like his brother, he was a farmer and 
general business man, and one of the original grantees of Grafton. 

John* (Joseph^ Humphrey", Humphrey*), b. Feb. 14, 1719/20; d. 
Apr. 19, 1790; m. 1744, Lois, dau. of Joshua and Lydia (Wheeler) Brooks 
[b. June 29, 1723; d. Apr. 12, 1805]. He was in service at the North 
Bridge Apr. 19, 1775. 

Thomas* (Benjamin^ Humphrey^ Humphrey*), b. Oct. 2, 1707; d. 
June 20, 1779; m. about 1730, Mary, dau. of Samuel and Ruth (Brown) 
Jones [b. Mar. 23, 1715; d. Jan. 30, 1804]. He was a prominent business 
man of Concord and a deacon. Col. James Barrett, commander of the 
Provincial troops in the "Concord fight," was his younger brother. 

Joseph^ (John*, Joseph', Humphrey", Humphrey*), b. Jan. 5, 1745; d. 
Dec. 20, 1831 ; m. Sarah, dau. of John and Lucy Brooks. He removed 
to Mason in his early manhood, and settled upon the farm which has 
descended to successive generations of Barretts. He held all the more 
important town offices, and represented the town in the Legislature for 
several years. His inherited military traits are shown by his title of 
captain. 

1. Charles^ (Thomas*, Benjamin^, Humphrey^, Hum- 
phrey^), b. Jan. 13, 1739/40; d. Sept. 21, 1808; m. 1764, Re- 
becca, dau. of Samuel and Dorcas (Prescott) Minott [b. Jan. 
14, 1744; d. 1838; m. (2) about 1810, Francis Cragin ('l)]. 
He left Concord in early manhood, and after a brief sojourn 
in that part of Mason which is now Greenville, where his 
characteristic business habits were foreshadowed by his part 

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with a brother in the erection of a saw and grist mill, at about 
the period of his marriage in 1764, he settled in New Ipswich. 
At first he was near the Mason line, (1 : 2, S. R.,) in which 
neighborhood he quickly became a leader; in 1780 he removed 
to the Center Village, and purchased the Joseph Kidder lot, 
(IX: 1, S. R.,) then considered a proverbially poor tract of 
land, but destined to show very different capabilities under 
the handling of its new manager. He there built for his resi- 
dence the "Bullard house," just north from the well-known 
Barrett mansion of later days, which he built 25 years after 
for the second bearer of his name. 

The business operations upon which he entered seem al- 
most petty when compared with the activities of the twentieth 
century, but at that period a journey to New York was a 
greater undertaking than is a trip to the Pacific coast in the 
present days. The settlement of Barrettstown, now known 
as Hope, in Lincoln county, Me., the erection of the mill upon 
the neighboring George's River, the construction of canals and 
locks upon the same river, the aid given to the glass manu- 
factory just across the Temple line upon Kidder Mountain, and 
the cotton mills of the town, said to have been undertaken 
at his suggestion and with his cooperation, all these were en- 
terprises to be promoted only by a man of broad outlook and 
exceptional business confidence and sagacity. That he had 
ability to know when he saw a man, is illustrated by the 
incident related in the account of the Appleton family on a 
previous page. This power doubtless had a part in making 
it true that his failure to take a position satisfactory to his 
fellow townsmen, in the "times that tried men's souls" when 
the nation had its birth, did not permanently alienate public 
feeling, as is conclusively shown, not merely by his repeated 
elections to represent New Ipswich in the Legislature, and in 
the convention called to ratify the national Constitution, but 
also by the votes from a larger territory giving him place as 
a state senator and as councillor. Children : 

3. i. Charles, b. Jan. 8, 1765; d. June 10, 1766. 

4. ii. Dorcas, b. Apr. 20, 1767 ; d. Jan. 31, 1818, unm. 

5. iii. Charles, b. Sept. 24, 1773.-|- 

6. iv. George, b. Feb. 27, 1777 ; d. Aug. 14, 1812, unm. 

7. V. Rebecca, b. Sept. 4, 1779; d. May 11, 1834; m. Dec. 5, 1795, 

Hon. Samuel, son of Rev. Samuel and Anna (Kendrick) 

Dana of Groton [d. 1837]. Children: i. Charles Dana. ii. 

Anna Dana, m. Col. John Sever, iii. George Dana. iv. 
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Rebecca Dana, m. Kilby Page. v. Samuel Dana. vi. Martha 
Barrett Dana, m. Gen. George C. Greene, vii. James Dana. 
viii. Thesta Dana, m. Gen. James J. Dana. 

8. vi. Seth, b. May 20, 1784; d. Jan. 9, 1792. 

2. Joseph*' (Joseph^ John*, Joseph^ Humphrey^ Hum- 
phrey^), b. Mason, Jan. 25, 1774; d. Oct. 31, 1852; m. Oct. 3, 
1809, Mary, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Adams) Appleton (9). 
His name appears upon the town record at about the date of 
his marriage, but soon after he removed to Bakersfield, Vt., 
where he was a farmer for ten or twelve years, during which 
all his children were born. About 1821 he came to New Ips- 
wich and occupied the Appleton farm, his wife's early home, 
for twenty years, removing thence in 1842 to the John F. 
Hills place upon the Turnpike, afterward the residence of his 
son-in-law, S. W. Bent, where the last ten years of his life 
were passed. He was a quiet, unassuming man, but one whose 
opinion was prized, especially in the church, although he de- 
clined official station when chosen deacon. Children : 

9. i. Joseph Appleton, b. July 22, 1812; d. Apr. 20, 1833. He was 

a student in Yale College at the time of his death. 

10. ii. Emily Maria, b. Oct. 23, 1814; d. June 11, 1833, unm. 

11. iii. Mary Narcissa, b. Aug. 24, 1816; d. May 28, 1872; m. Aug. 

3, 1836, Samuel W. Bent (1). 

12. iv. Dora Everett, b. Jan. 10, 1820; m. June 23, 1842, Dr. Edward, 

son of Dr. Matthias and Rebecca Spalding. She lived at 
Nashua, where she had three children. 

5. Charles® (Charles^, Thomas*, Benjamin^, Humphrey-, 
Humphrey^), b. Sept. 24, 1773; d. Sept. 3, 1836; m. at Concord, 
Mass., Oct. 15, 1799, Martha, dau. of Jonas and Mary (Hall) 
Minott [b. Oct. 17, 1771; d. 1842]. He graduated from Dart- 
mouth College in 1794, and soon after entered into trade at 
the foot of the old Meeting-house Hill in partnership with 
Samuel Appleton, whom after a few years he followed to 
Boston, and there continued busily engaged in commercial 
matters until 1814, when he returned to his native town. For 
the remainder of his life he was a prominent figure in its 
activities, having a leading place in the formation of the man- 
ufacturing companies and in the establishment of the bank, 
representing the town in the Legislature for several years, 
and being practically the founder of the Unitarian church and 
the leading supporter during its brief life. Children — the 
first three born in New Ipswich, the last two in Boston : 

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George, b. Dec. 15, 1801.+ 

Mary Ann, b. Nov. 12, 1802; d. Aug., 1875; m. (1) May 1, 

1820, Silas Bullard (J. 8) ; (2) Sept. 13, 1838, Alfred C 

Hersey [d. Mar. 8, 1888]. 
Juliet Maria, b. Dec. 22, 1804; d. May 22, 1808. 
Charles, b. Jan. 11, 1807.+ 
Edward Augustus, b. June 17, 1811; d. May 2, 1834. 

13. George^ (Charles®, Charles^ Thomas*, Benjamin^, 
Humphrey-, Humphrey^), b. Dec. 15, 1801; d. Oct. 4, 1862; 
m. at Greenfield, Mass., Sept. 1, 1831, Frances Hall, dau. of 
Ambrose and Hannah (Allen) Ames [b. Nov. 18, 1809; d. 
1887]. In early manhood he entered into business in Boston, 
and thus continued until 1842, when he returned to New 
Ipswich and assumed the cashiership of the bank, which he 
successfully managed until removed by disease. He lived for 
a few years after his return in the brick dwelling built by 
his father at Bank Village ; after the removal of the bank to 
the Center Village, first the "Bullard house" and afterwards 
the family mansion became his home. Children : 

18. i. Edward Augustus, b. May 18, 1834.+ 

19. ii. George Robert, b. May 17, 1844; m. Apr. 21, 1880, Elizabeth 

M., dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence, and 
widow of George L. Barr. For a few years he was occu- 
pied in the sale of books, but afterward devoted himself 
to the collection of historical letters, broadsides, and en- 
gravings relative to the Colonial and Revolutionary period, 
of which rare treasures his collection is exceptionally large 
and valuable. His interleaved and illustrated copy of Ban- 
croft's History is unique in its magnitude and value. While 
preferring a city residence during the greater part of the 
year, he is still of New Ipswich, retaining and keeping in 
order the family mansion and serving as president of the 
trustees of Appleton Academy. 

16. Charles^ (Charles**, Charles^, Thomas*, Benjamin^, 
Humphrey^ Humphrey^, b. Jan. 11, 1807; d. Feb. 9, 1862; 
m. May 31, 1830, (by Ralph Waldo Emerson,) Abby B., dau. 
of Edmund (builder of the old ship Constitution) and Mehit- 
able (Lambert) Hart [b. Nov. 17, 1809; d. Nov. 24, 1877.] At 
the age of five years he lost his hearing from the action of 
medicine given during a severe illness. He was educated in 
the asylum for deaf-mutes in Hartford, Conn., and he was 
treasurer of the New England Gallaudet Association of Deaf- 
Mutes from its formation in 1852 until his death. For a few 
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Johnson being his partner, and he resided in the brick 
dwelling-house erected for him by his father at the time of 
his marriage ; after the death of his mother he removed to 
the homestead mansion ; this he sold to his brother George 
in 1848, and passed his remaining years in Boston. His bodily 
deprivation could not shut him within himself. Of him it was 
said : "To all who were permitted to know him his short and 
comparatively uneventful life suggests many sweet and beau- 
tiful memories — memories of gracious, kindly intercourse, of 
serene cheerfulness, of Christian content." Children — born 
in New Ipswich : 

20. i. Julia Maria, b. May 11, 1832; m. Dec. 21, 1858, Charles, son 

of Reuben and Mary (Wetherbee) Marsh [b. 1829; d. July 
9, 1886]. She lived in Boston. Children: i. Edith Barrett 
Marsh, h. Mar. 24, 1863; m. Oct. 21, 1884, George Binney. 
(Children: i. George Hayward Binney, Jr., b. Jan. 20, 1886. 
ii. Edith Marsh Binney, b. Jan. 10, 1888; d. March 6, 1895.) 
ii. Mabel Minott Marsh, b. Mar. 4, 1867; m. June 9, 1888, 
Arthur N. Milliken. iii. Charles Reuben Marsh, b. Mar 2, 
1872; d. at Sharon, Mass., Mar. 16, 1908. 

21. ii. Mary Darracott, b. June 28, 1840. 

22. iii. Charles, b. July 21, 1844; d. Aug. 31, 1845. 

18. Edward Augustus* (George^, Charles®, Charles^ 
Thomas*, Benjamin^, Humphrey^, Humphrey^), b. May 18, 
1834; d. Mar. 11, 1883; m. Sept. 26, 1860, Georgianna M., dau. 
of Wells and Maria (Bailey) Chase [b. 1840; d. 1883]. He 
was in business in the West for a few years, but passed the 
later years of his life in the family home. Children : 

23. i. George Wells, b. Aug. 1, 1863.-}- 

24. ii. Charles Edward, b. Sept. 14, 1865. -|- 

25. iii. Frances Ames, b. Nov. 10, 1867; m. May 24, 1893, George 

Augustus Hopkins of Boston. Child : i. Barrett Hopkins, 
b. Jan. 30, 1906. 

26. iv. Blanche, b. Dec. 26, 1872 ; d. May 2, 1874. 

23. George Wells^ (Edward A.*, George'', Charles^ 
Charles^, Thomas*, Benjamin^, Humphrey^, Humphrey^), b. 
Aug. 1, 1863; m. Jamestown, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1890, Caroline 
Whitney. He was engaged in banking, and later in the in- 
ternal revenue service. Children : 

27. i. Agnes, b. June 13, 1902. 

28. ii. Frances Ames, b. Nov. 22, 1903; d. Dec. 16, 1906. 

29. iii. Jean, b. Mar. 3, 1912. 

24. Charles Edward'' (Edward A.^ George^ Charles^ 
Charles^ Thomas*, Benjamin^, Humphrey^ Humphrey^), b. 

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Sept. 14, 1865; m. May 31, 1894, Beulah Gertrude Hildreth 
(30). He is bank cashier in Winchester, Mass., where he 
resides. Children : 

30. i. Hildreth, b. Apr. 27, 1899. 

31. ii. Rebecca, b. May 24, 1904. 

BARTLETT. 

Joseph^ Bartlett, d. Dec. 26, 1702; m. Oct. 27, 1668, Mary Waite 
[d. Dec. 21, 1721]. He was early at Newton, Mass., whither he probably 
came from Cambridge. His home was on the side of the hill where now 
is the Baptist Theological Seminary. 

Joseph' ( Joseph'), b. Mar. 5, 1673; d. 1734; m. (1) Hannah [d. Dec, 
1730] ; (2) 1732, Mercy Hyde [b. about 1671; d. June, 1750]. 

Joseph'' (Joseph^ Joseph'), b. Apr. 8, 1703; m. Feb., 1731, Zebiah 

1. Samuel* (Joseph^, Joseph^, Joseph^), b. Mar. 9, 1732; d. 
Jan. 27, 1812; m. (pub. Sept. 1, 1760) Elizabeth, sister of 
Isaac Appleton (1) [bapt. Oct. 24, 1736; d. May 4, 1817]. He 
seems to have lived in his ancestral town of Newton until 
1771, when he came to New Ipswich and settled upon XIII: 
2, S. R., afterward long the home of Richard Wheeler, and 
there he passed his life. Children : 

2. i. Isaac, b. Oct. 8, 1761. 
Samuel, b. July 18, 1763. 
Elizabeth, b. Apr. 9, 1765 ; d. 1790. 
Daniel, b. Jan. 8, 1767. 
Noah, b. Dec. 25, 1768.+ 
Lydia, b. Feb. 3, 1771. 
Elizabeth, b. July 20, 1773; d. Jan. 28, 1790. 

9. viii. Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1776; d. Nov. 27, 1803; m. May 16, 1802, 
Timothy Fox (2). 
John, b. May 7, 1779; d. Oct. 4, 1802. 
Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1781; m. Aug. 21, 1817, Daniel Giles (4). 

6. NoAH^ (Samuel*, Joseph^ Joseph^, Joseph^), b. Dec. 25, 
1768; d. Sept. 14, 1809; m. Nov. 17, 1799, Mary Hills (3). He 
remained at the home of his boyhood, and although he died in 
middle life he became a leading citizen. He was town clerk 
for two years, a selectman during the last twelve years of his 
life, and also represented the town in the Legislature the last 
seven years. He was elected a deacon two years before his 
death. Children : 

12. i. George Everett, b. May 17, 1801 ; d. Sept. 24, 1820. 

13. ii. Lydia, b. Aug. 14, 1802; d. Nov. 11, 1804. 

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14. iii. John, b. Jan. 22, 1804; d. about 1826, unm. He had purposed 
to enter the ministry, and had studied at Andover Theo- 
logical Seminary; but before the completion of his course 
of study he, the last survivor of a family which had per- 
ished from consumption, was attacked by the same disease, 
and while on his way south in hope of relief, he died in 
New Jersey. What remained of the family property he 
bequeathed to the American Board of Missions. 

BATCHELDER— BATCHELLER. 

The New Ipswich records and gravestones present this family name 
in several varying forms, but an examination of early records forbids 
the conclusion that such orthographic variations necessarily indicate dif- 
ferent origins. The New England families bearing some form of this 
name appear to have descended from several different emigrant ancestors; 
but the two branches appearing in New Ipswich are found to have sprung 
from a common stock, despite the fact that, with by no means infrequent 
variations, each of them has adhered to its chosen one of the two forms 
given above. 

The name of their common ancestor is uncertain, but probably was 
Joseph. He is not known to have removed from England, but it is be- 
lieved that three of his sons, Joseph, John, and Henry came from Canter- 
bury, Kent, England, about 1636, and founded the Salem branch of the 
family. Henry and his wife, Martha, however, left no issue; the de- 
scendants of both the other brothers have had a part in the building of 
New Ipswich. 

Joseph^ Batcheller, d. about 1657; m. Elizabeth . He is be- 
lieved to have made a home in that part of Salem which was afterward 
set off as Wenham. 

JoHN^ Batchelder, b. about 1610; d. Nov. 13, 1675; m. Elizabeth 

[d. Nov. 10, 1675]. He had a grant of land in 1639, in that part of 
Salem which is now Beverly, and was made a freeman in the following 
year. 

John' (Joseph'), bapt. Jan. 20, 1638; d. Mar. 22, 1729; m. (1) July 
12, 1661, Mary Dennis; (2) May 4, 1666, Sarah, dau. of Robert Goodale 
of Salem. He probably resided near the place of his birth. 

John' (John'), b. June 23, 1650; d. Aug. 6, 1684; m. Aug. 14, 1673, 
Mary, prob. dau. of Zachariah and Mary (Dodge) Herrick [b. Oct. 10, 
1654; d. Aug. 19, 1684]. He was a cooper living in that part of Salem 
which is now Beverly. 

Ebenezer' (John', Joseph'), b. about 1673; d. 1747; m. Sarah, dau. 
of Samuel Tarbox of Lynn, Mass. 

Jonathan' (John', John'), b. Mar. 29, 1678; d. Apr., 1740; m. Ruth, 
dau. of William and Ruth (Hull) Raymond |b. 1690; d. 1736]. He was a 
prominent citizen, and represented Salem in the General Court. 

JosiAH^ (Ebenezer", John', Joseph'), b. Wenham, 1709; d. 1786; m. 
1740, Hannah Kimball. He passed his life in Wenham, but all his chil- 
dren removed to New Ipswich, the sons before his death, and the daugh- 
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1. i. Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1746/7; d. Jan. 2, 1827. 

2. ii. Joseph, b. Feb. 19, 1748/9.+ 

3. iii. Abigail, b. May 28, 1751; d. Dec. 8, 1838. 

4. iv. JosiAH, b. Dec. 19, 1753.+ 

Jonathan- (Jonathan^, John^ John'), b. 1720; d. Oct. 19, 1776; m. 
Apr. 10, 1745, Hephzibah, dau. of Daniel and Lucy (Dodge) Conant [b. 
Beverly, Oct. 16, 1729]. He was lieutenant in the company which marched 
from Salem on the Concord alarm, 1775. 

2. Joseph^ (Josiah*, Ebenezer^, John-, Joseph^), b. Feb. 
19, 1748; d. Wallingford, Vt., 1812; m. (1) Dec. 31, 1771, 
Elizabeth Merry of Marblehead, Mass. [b. Aug. 10, 1752, N. 
S. ; d. Feb. 1, 1809] ; (2) Rebecca , who soon became in- 
sane. He came to New Ipswich in 1780 and followed the busi- 
ness of a carpenter and cabinet maker, the occupation of many 
members of the family, until his removal from town after the 
loss of a home caused by his wife's insanity. His first place 
of residence in the town was on or near the site afterward 
occupied by the house of Rev. Stephen Farrar, a short dis- 
tance northwesterly from the church, but he soon built a 
house nearer the church in a southeast direction, long occu- 
pied by his family, afterward by the widow Fisk, and now the 
summer home of Henry T. Champney. Children : 

6. i. Joseph, b. Marblehead, Mass., Jan. 27, 1773. -(- 

7. ii. John Merry, b. Marblehead, Mass., Mar. 14, 1775; d. Oct. 13, 

1849; m. Mary Simonds of Billerica [b. about 1777; d. Dec. 
22, 1861]. He passed his life as a carpenter and cabinet 
maker, his first home after marriage being in a small house 
near the brook crossing* the road a little to the east of the 
present Baptist church, until he built a house between the 
present sites of the two cottages upon the north side of 
the turnpike fifteen or twenty rods below the crossing of 
the road from the starch factory. Child : 2)7. i. Frederic 
M., b. about 1805 ; d. Sept. 19, 1830. 

8. iii. Elizabeth, b. Wenham, Nov. 1, 1779; d. Feb. 6, 1842. She 

passed her life in New Ipswich, living for many years in 
the family of her youngest brother, and conducting a very 
successful business as a tailoress, often having four em- 
ployees in her shop. 

9. iv. Hannah, b. New Ipswich, July 30, 1782; d. Feb. 4, 1838. She 

passed her life as a tailoress in her native town, living for 
many years on the spot afterward occupied by the school- 
house of District No. 13, and also caring for her aunts, 
Hannah and Abigail, often called the "two old bachelors 
and the two old maids." 

10. v. JosiAH, b. Sept. 2, 1783; d. Mar. 25, 1784. 

11. vi. JosiAH, b. Jan. 30, 1785; d. Feb. 4, 1785. 

12. vii. Polly, b. May 2, 1786; d. May 6, 1786. 

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13. viii. Polly, b. Nov. 30, 1787 ; d. Nov. 30, 1787. 

14. ix. Oliver, b. Jan. 6, 1791; d. July 1, 1816; unm. He was a 

cabinet maker. 

15. X. Moses, b. June 22, 1793.+ 

16. xi. Hervey, b. Nov. 28, 1795.+ 

4. JosiAH^ (Josiah*, Ebenezer^, John^, Joseph^), b. Dec. 19, 
1753; d. May 2, 1812; m. Ruth Fletcher (37). He came to New 
Ipswich at about the same time as his brother, and was the 
village blacksmith for many years, living in the house upon 
the west side of the street running southerly from the Baptist 
church, and since occupied in succession by Dea. John Clark 
and his son Peter. His shop was situated just across the 
street from his house, and was destroyed by fire in 1812. 
Children — all born in New Ipswich: 

17. i. JosiAH, b. Nov. 20, 1787.+ 
RuTH, b. Mar. 27, 1789; d. June 1, 1811. 
Peter, b. July 20, 1794; d. New Orleans, La., while a young 

man. 
William Kimball, b. Aug. 4, 1798; d. Aug. 4, 1811. 
Washington Adams, b. Apr. 30, 1808.-|- 

5. Samuel^ (Jonathan^, Jonathan^, John^, John^), b. Jan. 1, 
1755; d. Feb. 17, 1814; m. (pub. Jan. 13, 1782) Elizabeth, dau. 
of Peter and Mary (Rea) Woodbury [d. Feb. 11, 1835] and 
also great-granddaughter of John and Hannah (Tarbox) Batch- 
eller, brother and sister of Ebenezer^ and Sarah (Tarbox) 
Batcheller. He served in the company with his father at the 
time of his father's death. He removed from Beverly to New 
Hampshire in 1785, and commenced business as a baker in a 
very small way in the house long occupied by Benjamin Davis 
in the Davis Village, (northeast corner of XIII : 1, S. R.) 
He also had a small store, which in time came to be managed 
by his sons. He prospered in his business, and upon the open- 
ing of the Turnpike he erected the "Peppermint Tavern," (61, 
N. D.,) which for a long time had such a reputation as being 
the best public-house between Boston and Keene that travel- 
ers and teamsters, whose wagons drawn by four horses served 
the public in place of the freight trains of the present, would 
often shorten or extend the day's journey in order to rest at 
it. Children — all born at New Ipswich, except the eldest: 

22. i. Samuel, b. Jaffrey, June 8, 1784.+ 

23. ii. Peter, b. Sept. 12, 1786.+ 

24. iii. Betsey, b. Jan. 16, 1789; d. 1857; m. Jan. 18, 1814, Moody 

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25. iv. William, b. May 24, 1791; d. Nov. 18, 1811. 

26. V. Nancy, b. June 20, 1793; m. Rev. Phineas Pratt (2). 

27. vi. Daniel, b. 1795; d. 1796. 

28. vii. Mary, b. Apr. 18, 1797; d. Feb. 9, 1879; m. Silas Wheeler (75). 

29. viii. Czarina, b. Dec. 22, 1800; m. Joel Parker. 

30. ix. Fanny, b. June 16, 1804; m. Rev. Jonathan Tucker of Saco, 

Me. 

6. Joseph^ (Joseph^, Josiah*, Ebenezer^, John^, Joseph^), 
b. Marblehead, Mass., Jan. 27, 1773; m. 1796, Hannah, dau. 
of Samuel Trull. He left his native town soon after reaching 
his majority, and pursued his father's calling of cabinet maker 
in other parts of the state; for a time he resided in Billerica, 
where his wife died. Children : 

31. i. Joseph, b. Apr. 25, 1797. 

32. ii. JosiAH, b. May 28, 1799. 

33. iii. Hannah, b. Oct. 28, 1800; m. June 25, 1822, James H. Fames 

of Reading, Mass. 

34. iv. Sophronia, b. May 20, 1802; m. May 17, 1825, William Taintor 

of Boston. 

35. V. Eliza, b. Feb. 20, 1804. 

36. vi. Brooks Trull, b. Jan. 7, 1813. 

15. Moses® (Joseph^, Josiah*, Ebenezer^, John^, Joseph^), 
b. June 2, 1793; d. Jan. 12, 1829; m. (pub. Jan., 1818) Lucy M. 
Nash of Dorset, Vt. He was a carpenter in Williamstown and 
died there. Children : 

38. i. Harriet M., b. Jan. 19, 1819. 

39. ii. George H., b. Jan. 7, 1820. 

40. iii. Kimball, b. May 22, 1821. 

41. iv. Addison, b. Nov. 16, 1822. 

42. V. Eliza May, b. May 8, 1824. 

43. vi. Alva N., b. Mar. 2, 1826. 

44. vii. Alvin B., b. Mar. 2, 1826. 

45. viii. Oliver, b. Dec. 2, 1828; d. June 25, 1830. 

16. Hervey'' (Joseph^, Josiah*, Ebenezer^, John^, Joseph'), 
b. Nov. 28, 1795; d. Sept. 16, 1857; m. Apr., 1832, Sally, dau. 
of James and Nabby (Childs) Buchanan of Waltham, Mass. 
[b.Apr. 1, 1805; d. June 10, 1865]. He continued the family 
industry as carpenter and cabinet maker, and lived in the 
house at the foot of Meeting-house Hill around which the 
road to the Baptist church and postoffice bends. Children : 

46. i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Apr. 11, 1833; d. Aug. 20, 1909. She 

was educated at New Ipswich Academy, and at the age of 
nineteen began her work as a teacher in which she con- 
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to make further evidence of success superfluous. Her work 
was largely in the cities of Boston and New York, and the 
latter was her home after the end of her work. 

47. ii. Hervey Buchanan, b. May 16, 1836; d. Jan. 28, 1912, unm. 

His life was largely occupied with the duties of a pro- 
fessional nurse in New York. 

48. iii. Mary Abigail, b. Apr. 13, 1838; d. Mar. 9, 1842. 

49. iv. Oliver Merry, b. May 1, 1840; unm. He is a business man in 

Minneapolis, Minn. 

17. JosiAH^ (Josiah^, Josiah*, Ebenezer^, John^, Joseph^), b. 
Nov. 20, 1787; m. Rebecca Billings. He was a blacksmith, 
and for a time was his father's partner. Children : 

Ira Alonzo, was fatally scalded in early life. 

William Kimball. 

Ruth Ann, m. (1) about Mar. 1, 1836, Levi Ward [d. Mar. 

22, 1836] ; (2) Chase. 

Mary Rebecca. 
Martha Maria. 

21. Washington Adams^ (Josiah^, Josiah*, Ebenezer^, 
John^ Joseph^), b. Apr. 30, 1808; m. his cousin, Adelaide 
Fletcher (63). He removed to Brooklyn, N. Y. Children: 

55. i. Adelaide A. 

56. ii. Clara, d. unm. 

57. iii. Josephine, d. unm. 

58. iv. LuciLLA, d. young. 

59. v. Eugene, d. young. 

60. vi. Henry Kent.-|- 

22. Samuel" (SamueP, Jonathan*, Jonathan^, John-, John^), 
b. Jaffrey, June 8, 1784; d. Feb. 5, 1879; m. Aug. 26, 1810, 
Mary, dau. of Gen. John Montgomery of Haverhill, N. H. 
[b. Mar. 5, 1780; d. Apr. 24, 1869]. He early showed his 
mercantile instincts, and at the age of sixteen he practically 
conducted his father's store. At the age of twenty he opened 
a store in Peterboro, later removing to Exeter, but in 1808 
he returned to New Ipswich and occupied the store on the 
Turnpike at the corner of the Temple road until it was burned 
in 1812, when he built the brick building known since that 
time as "the corner store" and traded there until his removal 
from town. While still a young man he became greatly in- 
terested in the manufacture of cotton goods, then taking form 
in the town, entered upon it, and for the rest of his life was 
especially devoted to that interest. With the birth of Lowell 
he went thither and came to have a very prominent position 
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president of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, the Ap- 
pleton Company, the Essex Company, the Everett Mills, the 
York Manufacturing Company, and the Exeter Manufacturing 
Company, together possessing capital, truly enormous in those 
days, of $5,000,000. His own inventions had no small place 
in the prosperity of the various undertakings in which he was 
so earnestly engaged for a period of 62 years, and during 
those years of constant advance in methods his mind kept pace 
with the increasing demands of the market and he wielded 
a facile pen in support of his own views. His tastes were 
literary, and he was a frequent contributor to magazines and 
journals, even till he reached four score years and ten. He 
represented New Ipswich in the Legislature for six years, 
and he afterward sat in the Massachusetts Legislature. He 
resided in Lowell for several years and was one of the first 
board of selectmen of that new town. He removed to Saco, 
Me., in 1831, and there made his home for fifteen years, after 
which he established himself in Cambridge, Mass., where he 
was a member of its first board of aldermen and resided for 
a third of a century. Children : 

61. i. John Montgomery, b. Oct. 12, 1811. + 

62. ii. William, b. Dec. 12, 1813; d. May 21, 1857; m. Nov. 14, 

1842, Caroline Augusta, dau. of Dr. Thomas G. and Sarah 
(Cutto) Thornton [b. Saco, Me., Aug. 14, 1814; d. Saco, 
1899]. He prepared for college at Lancaster, Mass., and 
entered Harvard College in 1830, but did not complete his 
course of study. He resided at Andover, Mass., where he 
was an amateur farmer. 

63. Hi. Mary Anne, b. Aug. 2, 1815; d. Lowell, Oct. 31, 1827. 

64. iv. Horace, b. Oct. 11, 1817; d. Saco, Feb. 11, 1842, unm. 

65. V. Isabella, b. Sept. 2, 1819.4- 

66. vi. Edward Everett, b. Sept. 19, 1821; d. Sept. 24, 1821. 

67. vii. Eugene, b. Nov. 13, 1822. + 

68. viii. Francis Lowell, b. Apr. 2, 1825. -|- 

69. ix. Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 1830.+ 

23. Peter" (SamueP, Jonathan*, Jonathan^, John-, John^), 
b. Sept. 12, 1786; d. Sept., 1867; m. Margaret Mitchell. Child : 

70. i. A daughter, m. Bradford. Res. in Francestown. 

60. Henry Kent^ (Washington Adams®, Josiah^, Josiah*, 
Ebenezer^, John-, Joseph^). He resided in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Children : 

71. i. Estella, a teacher in Brooklyn. 

72. ii. Harry. 
7Z. iii. Adeline. 

74. iv. John. He has two children, Blanch and Hattie. 

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61. John Montgomery^ (SamueP, Samuel^, Jonathan*, Jon- 
athan^, John^, John^), b. Oct. 12, 1811 ; d. July 8, 1892; m. (1) 
1843, Mary Elizabeth Wood; (2) Eliza Constantia (Bird) 
Beardsley [d. 1898]. He was a civil engineer at York, Me., 
and at Lawrence, Mass., and for a time had charge of a mill 
in Ipswich, Mass. He then became connected with the United 
States Coast Survey, and was active in the investigation of a 
great variety of scientific cjuestions, in which he was asso- 
ciated with many of the leading American scientists. He was 
the inventor of many valuable scientific devices. He was 
elected member of the American Academy, and was also a 
member of many other scientific societies, retaining his earnest 
and active interest in such matters to the end of his long life. 
Children : 

75. i. Horace, b. Saco, Me., 1844; d. 1844. 

76. ii. Isabella, b. Sept. 28, 1846. Resides in Boston. 
n . iii. Arthur Montgomery, b. 1851 ; d. 1856. 

65. Isabella^ (SamueP, SamueP, Jonathan*, Jonathan^, 
John^, John^), b. Sept. 2, 1819; d. Aug. 6, 1901 ; m. Dec. 3. 1851, 
Thomas Potts James of Philadelphia. She lived in Philadel- 
phia until 1869, then in Cambridge until 1885, and afterward 
in England, her home being at Ottery-St. Mary, Devon, 
where she died. During the Civil War she devoted much 
time to the Sanitary Commission and hospital work, being 
prominent in patriotic activities, and she was afterward presi- 
dent of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Commission, and also 
interested in other similar work. In later life she was largely 
engaged in antiquarian, historic, and genealogical study, and 
was a member of many societies of that general character. 
A worthy ode from^ her pen sung at the Centennial Celebra- 
tion of New Ipswich may be recalled here. Children : 

i. Mary Isabella James, b. Burlington, N. J., Sept. 19, 1852; 
m. Feb. 4, 1885, Silvio M. de Gozaldi of Denno, Tyrol, 
Austria. She lived in Europe until 1898, and since that 
time in Cambridge, where she succeeded to her father's 
home. Four children, 
ii. Montgomery James, b. Philadelphia Dec. 20, 1853; d. Phila- 
delphia Dec. 24, 1895, unm. He graduated from Harvard 
College in 1876, receiving the degree of S. B. He was a 
civil engineer in Mexico and in South Africa, served in 
the British army during the Zulu war, and was afterward 
in the employ of King Leopold of Belgium in the Congo 
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iii. Clarence Gray James, b. June 30, 1856; d. Mar. 13, 1892, 
unm. He pursued special work in chemistry at Harvard 
College, and was afterward a manufacturing chemist in 
Philadelphia. 

iv. Frances Batchelder James, b. Sept. 26, 1859; m. John Rose- 
Troup, son of Gen. Sir Colin Troup. She resides at Ottery- 
St. Mary, Devon, England. One son. 

Q . Eugene'^ (SamueP, SamueP, Jonathan*, Jonathan^, 
John2, John^), b. Nov. 13, 1822; d. Oct. 8, 1878; m. June 16, 
1864, Caroline Augusta Deshon [d. Sept., 1904]. He studied at 
Harvard Law School, receiving- the degree of LL. B. in 1845. 
He lived at Dover, Mass. He was greatly devoted to English, 
French, and German literature, and had the poet's place at 
the centennial celebration of his native town. A very con- 
siderable number of poems were published. Child ; 

78. i. Maude Augusta, b. Apr. 28, 1872; m. Apr. 14, 1909, Charles 

Peter Vosburgh of New York City. She studied at Rad- 
cliflfe College, and follows on practically the lines of her 
father's literary pursuits. 

68. Francis Lowell^ (Samuel^, SamueF, Jonathan*, Jona- 
than^, John^ John^), b. Lowell, Apr. 2, 1825; d. Feb. 9, 1858; 
m. Dec. 2, 1851, Susan Cabot, dau. of Charles Chauncy Foster 
[d. Apr., 1900]. He prepared for college at Saco, Me., studied 
at Harvard College and Harvard Law School, receiving the 
degree of A. B. in 1844 and LL. B. in 1848. He practised 
law in Boston for some years, having his home at Cambridge, 
until failing health caused him to seek a milder climate at 
Hibernia, Fla., where he died. Children : 

79. i. Amy, b. Sept. 9, 1852; d. July 5, 1881, unm. 

80. ii. Charles Foster, b. July 15, 1856; m. Laura P., dau. of Lin- 
coln R. Stone of Newton. He prepared for college at 
Cambridge high school, and graduated from Harvard Col- 
lege with the degree A. B. in 1878. He devoted himself 
to ornithology, and for many years was president of the 
National Ornithological Society. He has four sons : Philip 
Stone, Francis Lowell, Charles Foster, and Lawrence. 

69. Samuel^ (Samuel^, SamueF, Jonathan*, Jonathan^, 
John^, John^), b. Jan. 9, 1830; d. Apr. 24, 1888; m. June 20, 
1867, Marianne Giles, dau. of Gov. Emory Washburn [b. Wor- 
cester, Nov. 24, 1831]. He was a lawyer in Boston. Children : 

81. i. Emory Washburn, b. Apr. 4, 1868; d. Aug. 20, 1869. 

82. ii. Samuel Francis, b. Mar. 10, 1870. He graduated from Har- 
vard College and Law School, A. B. 1893, LL. D. 1898. He 
is a lawyer in Boston, and is also engaged in historical and 
literary pursuits. 

83. iii. Mary Emory, b. Mar. 25, 1873. 

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BATEMAN. 

Thomas^ Bateman, d. Feb. 6, 1669; m. (1) Martha [d. Aug. 3, 

1665] ; (2) Jan. 27, 1668, Margaret Knight [m. (2) Feb. 7, 1670, Nathaniel 
Ball; d. Apr. 18, 1709]. According to tradition he came from England 
in 1630 and settled in Concord, Mass., in 1635, and there is little doubt 
that he was the man to whom the Concord records given above relate. 
The record of his children is apparently incomplete, but circumstantial 
evidence strongly supports the following line of descent. 

Thomas'' (Thomas'), m. Apr. 25, 1672, Abigail, dau. of George and 
Susanna Meriam [b. (probably) July 15, 1647; d. July 14, 1684]. He 
lived in Concord, where he was known as "Sergeant Bateman." 

John' (Thomas% Thomas'), b. Apr. 12, 1679; m. Elizabeth [d. 

Nov. 20, 1715]. He lived in Concord. 

John' (John', Thomas', Thomas'), b. Oct. 18, 1706; m. Feb. 10, 
1731/2, Anna, dau. of Timothy' and Lydia' Wheeler [b. Nov. 26, 1713]. 
He also passed his life in Concord. 

Jonas® (John*, John', Thomas^ Thomas'), b. June 17, 1735; m. Jan. 
27, 1757, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Fletcher [b. Sept. 20, 
1736]. He continued the family in Concord. 

Jonas" (Jonas', John^ John', Thomas', Thomas'), b. Nov. 21, 1769; 
d. Oct. 17, 1824; m. 1791, Lydia Buttrick [b. 1763; d. Mar. 9, 1845]. He 
removed from Concord after the birth of his first child and settled in 
Chelmsford, Mass. 

1. Charles'^ (Jonas^, Jonas^, John*, John^, Thomas^, 
Thomas^), b. about 1793; d. May 7, 1861; m. 1817, Czarina 
Thompson of Swanzey [b. about 1800; d. May 17, 1853]. He 
came from Harvard, Mass., to New Ipswich about 1823, and 
passed his life in the town as blacksmith, for many years in 
the shop at the west end of the Village Green, under the wil- 
low near the Jo Kidder Brook, and later in other places in 
the Center Village. His first home was in the old tavern 
building of Jonathan Dix, and after its destruction by fire in 
1826 he built upon its site the present house long the home 
of Rev. Samuel Lee. He was a selectman in 1843. Children : 

3. i. Lucy Williams, b. Swanzey July 10, 1819; d. July 3, 1890; 

m. May 16, 1847, George E. Nutting, who for a time was 
a butcher on the Woolson farm, IV : 2, S. R., but later re- 
moved to Jersey City, N. J. She had two daughters while 
resident in New Ipswich, both of whom died young. 

4. ii. Amanda Malvina, b. Harvard, Mass., Nov. 5, 1820; d. Apr. 

3, 1902; m. Mar. 25, 1852, Charles Boardman. Res. in Bos- 
ton, where he was in the employ of the Boston & Lowell 
railroad. 

5. iii. Ann Maria, b. Harvard, Mass., Dec. 10, 1821 ; d. May 6, . 

1893; m. Mar. 8, 1849, Isaiah W. Barnum of New York 
city. 

6. iv. Arabella Semira, b. July 20, 1823; d. Jan. 2, 1824. 

7. v. Josephine Angelia, b. Nov. 27, 1824; d. Aug. 2, 1825. 

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8. vi. Arabella Augusta, b. Mar. 14, 1826; m. (1) May 16, 1847, 

Samuel S. Brown (J. 1) ; (2) John Warner. 

9. vii. Charles Thompson, b. July 17, 1828; d. Sept. 27, 1828. 

10. viii. Charles Augustus, b. Aug. 20, 1830.-(- 

11. ix. Alfreda Thompson, b. Sept. 21, 1831; m. Mar. 16, 1854, James 

R. Elliot of Mason. He was a publisher in Boston. Res. 
in Everett, Mass. Children : i. James Elliot, d. aged 2 
days. ii. Arthur Elliot, d. aged 4 years, iii. Grace Elliot, 
h. May 28, 1860. Supervisor of public schools of Everett. 

12. X. Semira Jane, b. Apr. 13, 1833; d. Sept. 23, 1861. She had a 

large tailoring establishment in Boston. 

13. xi. George Frederic, b. about 1835. + 

14. xii. Andrew Plummer, b. Mar. 10, 1837.+ 

15. xiii. Harriet Josephine, b. Dec. 1, 1838; m. Sept. 21, 1865, George 

H., son of Charles Bullard. Res. Dorchester, Mass. Chil- 
dren : i. George Arthur Bullard, h. July 14, 1866; unm. ; 
he has an advertising agency in Boston, ii. William Osgood 
Bullard, h. May 30, 1868; unm.; he is in the employ of a 
boot and shoe house in Boston, iii. Clarence Paul Bullard. 
b. Sept. 11, 1872; d. Feb., 1874. Three other children who 
died young are not borne upon the record. 

2. JoHN^ (Jonas®, Jonas^ John*, John^, Thomas^, Thomas^). 
He came to New Ipswich a few years later than his brother, 
and worked with him several years, afterward removing to 
Ohio. 

10. Charles Augustus^ (Charles^ Jonas*', Jonas^, John*, 
John^ Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Aug. 20, 1830; d. Oct.,' 1906; 
m. Aug. 20, 1854, Elizabeth Miller of Fitchburg, Mass. He 
was a hardware dealer in Charlestown, Mass. Children : 

16. i. Harriet, d. aged 4 years. 

17. ii. Frederic, d. in infancy. 

18. iii. Leon Herbert, d. aged 26 years. He entered Tufts College, 
afterward studied law and had begun practice in Boston. 

19. iv. Frank Elliot. He graduated from Tufts College in 1887, 
from Harvard Medical School in 1894, and is in practice at 
Somerville, Mass. 

20. V. Ernest, d. aged 17 years, while a student in Tufts College. 

13, George Frederic^ (Charles^ Jonas*', Jonas^ John*, 
John^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. about 1835; d. in Colorado. 
He went westward in early manhood, settled in Colorado, and 
"grew up with the state," living in different places, but finally 
becoming a dealer in tin and hardware at Salida. Children : 

21. i. Semira, d. young. 

22. ii. Alfreda, d. in infancy. 

23. iii. Frederic. He succeeded to his father's business. 

24. iv. Walter. He is also in the family business. 

25. v. Josephine, m. and has a family. Res. in Salida. 

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14. Andrew Plummer^ (Charles^ Jonas^, Jonas^, John*, 
John^ Thomas^ Thomas^), b. Mar. 10, 1837; d. June, 1906; 
m. Mary Page of Westminster, Mass. He was a dealer in tin 
and hardware at Winchendon, Mass. Children : 

26. i. Jennie Louise, b. 1858; m. Frank W. Puffer of Fitchburg, 
Mass. One daughter. 

Myra, b. 1860; d. Nov. 8, 1907; m. Oilman Fogg of Charles- 
town, Mass. 

Harry Osgood, b. Nov. 24, 1879. Five children. He suc- 
ceeded to his father's business. 

Hattie, b. 1872; d. aged 4 years. 

Clara, b. 1875; m. Frank R. Smith of Grand Junction, Colo. 

Gertrude, b. about 1882; m. Alvin E. Donnie of Bellows Falls, 
Vt. 

BATES. 

John' Bates, b. about 1642; d. about 1720; m. Mary . He was 

a cooper and yeoman at Chelmsford, Mass. 

JoHN^ (John'), d. about 1722; m. Deborah . Res. at Chelmsford. 

Edward" (John^ John'), b. about 16%; m. Mary, dau. of John Snow 
of Nottingham, Mass. Res. in that part of Chelmsford which is now 
Westford. 

1. Joseph* (Edward^ John^, John^), b. Nov. 3, 1726; m. (1) 

Phebe ; (2) Dec. 12, 1781, Mary Davis. He came from 

Westford, Mass., to New Ipswich in 1751 and bought of Abi- 
jah Foster the lot upon which he had built the first house of 
the town, 33, N. D., including most of the land now occupied 
by the Center Village north of the Village Green, now marked 
by the soldiers' monument. He perhaps had a store earlier 
than that of Jonathan Dix, who has generally been considered 
the first trader in the town. If so, it probably was on the site 
of the present Appleton House, and was sold with the farm 
to David Hills about 1772. He was a very energetic chairman 
of the Committee of Correspondence and Inspection in 1775, 
and he gave military service in the Revolution at least on the 
occasion of the Concord alarm. He is said to have been a 
lieutenant and to have been present at the capture of Bur- 
goyne, but his name does not appear on the State Revolu- 
tionary Rolls of that time. He removed to Jafifrey about 1778, 
and was a member of the Committee of Safety in that town 
for that year, and later held important town offices. About 
1801 he removed to the northern part of the state of New 
York. Children : 

2. i. Joseph, b. May 29, 1757; m. Apr. 7, 1795, Lucy, dau. of Job 

Dodge of Jaffrey. He gave Revolutionary service. Child : 
i. John, m. Susan Kidder; res. Potsdam, N. Y. 
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3. ii. Hannah, b. Sept. 10, 1759; d. May 14, 1762. 

4. iii. Philip, b. July 8, 1763 ; d. Dec. 4, 1764. 

5. iv. Hannah, b. Oct. 26, 1765 ; m. Lieut. Daniel Emery of Jaffrey. 

6. V. Sarah, b. Jan. 1, 1767 ; d. Dec. 18, 1787 ; m. Alexander Ernes 

of Dublin. Child: i. Sally Ernes, d. Sept. 12, 1838; m. 
Farnum Fisk; res. at Potsdam, N. Y. 

7. vi. Peter, b. Mar. 21, 1770; m. Elizabeth Milliken of Sharon. 

Removed to Potsdam, N. Y., 1808. Eight children. 

8. vii. Anna, b. Aug. 13, 1775. 

[Here the New Ipswich record of births ceases, but the 
History of Jaffrey gives additional names without dates of 
birth.] 

9. viii. Samuel, d. Oct. 14, 1838; m. June 21, 1810, Jenny, dau. of 

Moses Cutter of Jaffrey. Res. Bradford. 

10. ix. Nancy, m. Apr. 21, 1803, Alexander Milliken of Sharon. 

11. X. Isaac, m. Oct. 14, 1796, Charlotte Bryant. Removed to St. 

Lawrence Co., N. Y., and thence to Springfield, 111., in 1831. 

Children: i. James, b. Mar. 2, 1803; res. Potsdam, N. Y., 

and Springfield, 111. ii. Oliver; res. Potsdam, N. Y. ; four 

children. 

Six more children of Isaac were born in Potsdam. 

BELLOWS. 

John^ Bellows, b. about 1623; d. 1683; m. May 9, 1655, Mary, dau. 
of John and Mary Wood of Concord and Marlboro, Mass. [d. Sept. 16, 
1707]. He is believed to have come to New England at the age of 12, 
in the "Hopewell," but with whom he came at that early age is unknown. 
His name first appears in the Concord records in 1645, and his life was 
passed in that town and in Marlboro, which last-named town was the 
place of his death and that of his wife. 

Benjamin' (John'), b. Concord, Jan. 18, 1676/7; m. Jan. 5, 1703/4, 
Dorcas (Cutler), widow of Henry Willard [d. Sept. 8, 1747]. He Hved 
in Lancaster, Mass., whence he removed about 1728 to Lunenburg, Mass., 
where he and his wife died. 

Benjamin' (Benjamin^ John'), b. May 26, 1712; d. July 10, 1777; 
m. (1) Oct. 7, 1735, Abigail'' Stearns of Watertown (John', Samuel^ 
Isaac'), [b. June, 1708; d. Nov. 9, 1757]; (2) Apr. 21, 1758, Mary (Hub- 
bard), widow of John Jennison of Lunenburg, Mass. [b. Groton, Mass., 
Apr. 12, 1725; d. Feb. 21, 1794]. He went with his parents to Lunenburg, 
Mass., in 1728, and remained there until the age of forty, being a leading 
citizen and elected to all the important town offices. But in 1752 he 
removed to Walpole, N. H., incorporated in that year, and in this new 
enterprise he held so prominent a place that he was termed the founder 
of the town. The neighboring Bellows Falls perpetuate his name. In 
the necessary contests with the Indians he was brave and skilful, and held 
the positions of major and colonel. Henry W. Bellows, D. D., the Uni- 
tarian divine and president of the Sanitary Commission during the Civil 
War, was descended from Benjamin' by the line of Joseph^ John^ 
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Benjamin^ (Benjamin', Benjamin^, John^), b. Sept. 25, 1740; d. June 
4, 1802; m. Nov. 4, 1766, Phebe, dau. of Lieut. Caleb and Phebe (Lyman) 
Strong and sister of Governor and Senator Caleb Strong of Massachusetts 
[b. Jan. 2, 1740; d. Jan. 15, 1817]. He succeeded to his father's place as 
leading citizen of Walpole, and in addition to town honors he was a 
member of the state council, and also as Presidential elector voted for 
George Washington, and later for John Adams. His service in the field 
during the Revolution was long, and he rose to the position of general. 

Caleb^ (Benjamin^ Benjamin', Benjamin^, John^), b. July 29, 1767; 
d. Apr. 17, 1822; m. Mar. 6, 1791, Mary Hartwell (2). Like his father 
and grandfather he passed his life in Walpole, which, however, had then 
become too large to allow any man so pronounced leadership as they had 
exercised. He, however, held important town offices and was a colonel in 
the militia. He was a farmer and owned a very large amount of land. 
He had twelve children, of whom four may be claimed by New Ipswich. 

1. Ephraim Hartwell, b. Jan. 29, 1792.-J- 

2. Benjamin Franklin, b. Oct. 22, 1795; d. Dec. 24, 1818. Little 

is recorded concerning this member of the family, who died | 
in early manhood, but apparently he was a resident in New 
Ipswich for several years, as his admission to the church 
six years before his death is a matter of record. 

3. Laura Livermore, b. Sept. 17, 1804; d. Jan. 9, 1878; m. Apr. 

21, 1824, Dr. James Barr (2). 

4. Charles Cotesworth, b. May 6, 1813.-1- 

1. Ephraim Hartwell^ (Caleb^, Benjamin*, Benjamin^, 
Benjamin^ John^), b. Jan. 29, 1792; d. Jan. 5, 1861; m. Nov. 
24, 1818, Sarah, dau. of Roger and Mary (Hartwell) Brown, 
a cousin of her mother-in-law [b. Oct. 15, 1786; d. Feb. 15, 
1866]. He was adopted by his grandfather, Ephraim Hart- 
well, at the age of two years. New Ipswich became his home, n\ 
and in due time he attended the Academy. He removed to 
Concord, Mass., where he was a manufacturer of cotton cloth. 
That heredity had its place in forming his character is in- 
dicated by his captaincy of a military company in Concord. 
Children : 

5. i. Benjamin Franklin, b. Oct. 9, 1819; d. Feb. 27, 1823. 

6. ii. Mary Brown, b. Nov. 14, 1821; d. June 19, 1837. 

7. iii. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Mar. 6, 1823; d. Oct. 28, 1909. |l| 

8. iv. Ephraim Hartwell, b. Jan. 10, 1825; d. Dec. 16, 1825. ff' 

9. v. Ephraim Hartwell, b. Aug. 18, 1826; d. Apr. 22, 1905; m. 

Apr. 30, 1848, Jane L. Read [d. July 30, 1849]. Res. in 
Cuba for twenty years; later after 1880 in Salem, Mass. j i 
An inventor and manufacturer. 

10. vi. George Lyman, b. Apr. 6, 1828; d. Nov. 26, 1863, unm. He 

was in business at Boston for some years, and later at 
Chicago. He served in the Civil War, entering as captain 
in the 51st Illinois Regt., and was promoted to major. He 
was killed at the battle of Missionary Ridge. 

11. vii. Frances Maria, b. Feb. 18, 1831; d. Jan. 15, 1835. 

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4. Charles Cotesworth^ (Caleb^, Benjamin*, Benjamin^ 
Benjamin-, John^), b. May 6, 1813; d. Sept. 7, 1872; m. Oct. 
7, 1838, Abby Parker Champney (40). He followed mercan- 
tile pursuits in Dubuque, Iowa, Toledo, O., and Buffalo, N. Y., 
and was also occupied with useful inventions. He was en- 
gaged in the work of the Sanitary Commission during the 
Civil War. All of these activities forbade for a large part of 
the time his permanent residence with his family, which for 
many years occupied the house built by Rev. Stephen Farrar 
a little northwest from the old meeting-house on the hill. 
Children : 

Mary Narcissa, b. Feb. 1, 1841; d. July 15, 1842. 
Richard Mott, b. July 6, 1843; drowned July 18, 1857. 
Mary Abby, b. May 10, 1845; d. July 27, 1914; m. Nov. 23, 

1867, Dr. Francis N. Gibson (1). 
Charles Parker, b. Apr. 27, 1848; d. Oct. 1, 1863. 
Ellen Phebe, b. Nov. 13, 1851; d. Mar. 8, 1864. 

BENT. 

JoHN^ Bent, b. Penton-Grafton, County Essex, England, 1596; d. 

Sept. 27, 1672; m. about 1624, Martha ; [d. May 15, 1679]. He came 

to America in 1638, and settled in Sudbury, Mass., where he died. 

John' (John'), b. Jan., 1636; d. Sept., 1717; m. (1) Hannah, dau. of 
John and Anne Stone of Cambridge, Mass. [b. June 6, 1640] ; (2) Martha, 
dau. of Matthew Rice [b. Aug. 17, 1657]. He lived in Framingham, his 
name being the first upon the petition for its formation. 

David^ (John^ John'), b. Framingham about 1691; d. Framingham, 
Feb. 15, 1730; m. Jan. 1, 1713, Mary, dau. of Capt. Thomas Drury. 

David* (David^ John^ John'), b. Mar. 30, 1730; d. Rutland, Mass., 
Jan. 15, 1798; m. (1) Apr. 3, 1751, Lucy, dau. of Peter Moore of Rut- 
land; (2) Oct. 2, 1783, Martha, dau. of James and Elizabeth Browning 
of Rutland [b. Nov. 21, 1744; d. July 9, 1817]. He was a blacksmith and 
farmer in Rutland. He served as a captain in the Revolution. 

Samuel Browning' (David', David', John', John'), b. Nov. 27, 1784; 
d. Middlebury, Vt, Dec. 4, 1858; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1807, Hannah, dau. of 
Oliver Watson, Jr. [b. Feb. 13, 1786; d. Sept. 7, 1813]; (2) Mar. 13, 1816, 
Catherine, dau. of Rev. Joseph Avery of Holden, Mass. [b. Feb. 3, 1788; 
d. Oct. 3, 1865]. He was a manufacturer of machine cards in Middle- 
bury, Vt. 

1. Samuel Watson® (Samuel Browning^, David*, David^, 
John^, Johni), b. Rutland, Oct. 27, 1811; d. Feb. 6, 1861; m. 
Aug. 3, 1836, Mary Narcissa, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Apple- 
ton) Barrett (11). He passed his boyhood in Middlebury; 
about 1827 he went to Boston, and five years later commenced 
business as a dry goods merchant. He went to California in 

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1849, and soon after his return in 1851 he removed to New 
Ipswich and located upon the farm of his father-in-law, Joseph 
Barrett, to the management of which he gave careful attention 
during the rest of his life. Children : 

2. i. Samuel Arthur, b. July 1, 1841.-}- 

3. ii. Joseph Appleton, b. Feb. 22, 1843; d. Aug. 12, 1869. He 

graduated from Yale in 1865 with honorable record, and 
entered upon the study of law in Columbia Law School; his 
failure in health forbade the completion of his course of 
study. 

2. Samuel Arthur^ (Samuel Watson^, Samuel Browning^, 
David*, David^ JohnS John^), b. July 1, 1841 ; m. Aug. 30, 1890, 
Mary Edna Thompson of Bridgewater, Mass. He graduated 
from Yale in 1861, and from Harvard Law School in 1865. He 
practiced in Boston for some years, and was at that time an 
active member of the school board of the city. He was in 
Europe from 1870 to 1878, and after his return for a few years 
was superintendent of the schools of Nashua and afterwards 
of Clinton, Mass. During those and later years he has been 
especially devoted to literary pursuits, a considerable amount 
of his work having been published. Child : 

4. i. Mildred, b. Nov. 6, 1891. 

BIGELOW. 

John* Bigelow, b. about 1617; d. July 14, 1703; m. (1) Oct. 8, 1642, 
Mary, dau. of John and Margaret Warren [d. Oct. 19, 1691]; (2) Oct. 2, 
1694, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Bemis. He was an early resident at Water- 
town, Mass., his marriage being the first recorded, the record being as 
follows: "1642-30-8 John Bigulah and Mary Warin joj^ned in mariag." 
He was chosen selectman several times. Inventory of his estate, £627, 12s. 

Joshua' (John^, b. Nov. 5, 1655; d. Feb. 1, 1745; m. Oct. 20, 1676, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Mary Flagg [b. Mar. 22, 1657; d. Aug. 9, 
1729]. He lived in Watertown during most of his life, but d. in West- 
minster, Mass., whither his youngest son had removed. He was wounded 
in King Philip's war, for which he had a grant of land in Westminster. 

Joshua' (Joshua^ John*), b. Nov. 25, 1677; d. May 9, 1728; m. Oct. 7, 
1701, Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel Fiske. He lived in that part of Water- 
town which is now in Weston. 

1. John* (Joshua^, Joshua^, John^), b. June 24, 1715; d. 
1787; m. Nov. 29, 1739, Grace Allen. He lived successively 
in Weston, Stow, Acton, and Westford, Mass., and in the last 
year of his life he came to New Ipswich, whither his son had 
come the preceding year, and he is said to have remained un- 
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2. SiLAS^ (John*, Joshua^, Joshua^, John^), b. Stow, Mass., 
Mar. 17, 1750; d. May 17, 1797; m. Rachel Pitts of Townsend, 
Mass. [b. Dec. 25, 1755; d. Jan. 4, 1829]. He had lived in 
Westford, Lunenburg, and Ashburnham, Mass., before coming 
to New Ipswich. He bought the house of Samuel Whitte- 
more on lot 1, N. L. O., enlarged it and became an innholder 
there. It is uncertain whether the old "Bigelow tavern" build- 
ing is still included in the ruined house yet standing a little 
eastward from the "Gibson schoolhouse." Children : 

3. i. Silas, b. Jan. 9, 1775; d. Aug. 31, 1801. 

4. ii. Daniel, b. Apr. 3, 1776; m. Betsey T., dau. of Jonathan Wil- 

kins of Amherst. He remained in New Ipswich but a few 
years after reaching manhood. Ten children. 

5. iii. Samuel, b. Nov. 11, 1777; d. by drowning while engaged in 

lumbering at Holland Purchase, N. Y. He, too, remained 
in town but a few years. 

6. iv. Joel, b. Feb. 27, 1779; d. Aug. 2, 1807, unm. 

7. V. John, b. July 7, 1781; d. Nov., 1809, unm. 

8. vi. An infant, b. and d. Aug. 1, 1783. 

9 vii. Joseph, bapt. Nov. 13, 1785; d. June, 1786. 

10. viii. Betsey, b. Nov. 8, 1788; d. Nov. 25, 1867; m. 1804, Danforth 

Walker (S. 6). 

11. ix. Milly, b. Feb. 17, 1792; m. Sept. 23, 1813, David Walker 

(S. 8). Res. in Middlebury, Vt. 

12. X. Luther, b. Jan. 13, 1794; d. Oct. 6, 1832. He was a doctor 

in Carthage, Tenn., and Nashville, Tenn., in which last place 
he died. 

BINNEY. 

John' Binney, d. Nov. 10, 1698; m. Mercy [d. Jan. 19, 1708/9]. 

He came to Hull, Mass., about 1769, probably from Worksop, Notting- 
hamshire, England. He is styled "fisherman" and "gentleman." 

JoHN= (John'), b. May 31, 1679; d. Hull, June 30, 1759; m. (1) May 
31, 1704, Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Shaw) Paine [b. about 
1685; d. Jan. 14, 1757]; (2) Dec. 15, 1757, Mrs. Sarah Crosby of Boston. 

John' (John', John'), b. Hull, Apr. 23, 1705; d. Lincoln, Mass., Aug. 
14, 1760; m. Oct. 21, 1726, Hannah Jones. He was a doctor. He removed 
from Hull to Mendon about 1730, and to Weston or Wayland about 1745. 

1. John* (John^, John^, John^), b. Hull, Dec. 21, 1727; d. 
Jan. 23, 1784; m. (1) Dec, 1753, Elizabeth Ward of Mendon 
[d. Sept. 3, 1756] ; (2) (pub. Oct. 21, 1757), Dinah, dau. of 
Gamaliel and Mary Beaman of Lancaster, Mass. [b. Sept. 20, 
1728; d. Dec. 24, 1791]. He was a farmer in Weston, Lincoln, 
and Marlboro, Mass., before coming to New Ipswich in 1781. 

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He lived upon the summit of the hill which took his name, 
on lot 100, N. L. O. Children: 

2. i. Elizabeth, b. June 21, 1756; d. Hillsboro, N. H., before 1802; 

m. Jan. 3, 1782, Elijah Fiske of Natick. Eight children. 

3. ii. Mary, b. Sept. 24, 1759; m. (1) Solomon Rice; (2) Ebenezer 

Parker. Three children. 

4. iii. Moses, b. Sept. 19, 1761.+ 

5. iv. Abigail, b. Apr. 11, 1763; m. after her sister's death, Elijah 

Fiske, then a resident of Hillsboro, N. H. 

6. V. John, b. May 25, 1764.+ 

7. vi. David, b. about 1769; prob. d. young. 

8. vii. Thomas, b. Apr. 24, 1771; d. Dec. 10, 1853; m. (1) Mar. 7, 

1796, Lucinda, dau. of Col. Richard Roberts [b. Dec. 4, 
1776; d. Mar. 10, 1845]; (2) May 7, 1846, Hephzibah, dau. 
of John and Grace Davis of Whitingham, Vt. He removed 
from New Ipswich soon after 1800, and was a farmer in 
Barre, Mass.. Westminster, Vt., and Wilmington, Vt. 

4. MosES^ (John^ John^, John^ John^), b. Sept. 19, 1761 ; 
d. Concord, Mass., Sept. 28, 1788; m. June 8, 1786, Elizabeth, 
dau. of Stephen and Elizabeth Hosmer of Concord, Mass. [b. 
Jan. 21, 1765 ; d. Mar. 3, 1847]. Res. Concord, Mass. Children : 

9. i. Polly, b. Oct. 17, 1787. 

10. ii. Betsey, b. May 18, 1789. 

6. JoHN^ (John*, John^ John^, John^), b. May 25, 1764; d. 
New York state, Aug. 6, 1844; m. (1) June 6, 1793, Anna 
Walker (J. 3) ; (2) Jan. 25, 1816, Lucretia Fox (9). He suc- 
ceeded to his father's farm on Binney Hill. Children : 

11. i. Mary, b. Feb., 1794; d. Oct. 11, 1794. 

12. ii. John, b. about 1795; d. in infancy. 

13. iii. Moses, b. Aug. 20, 1796; d. Somerville, Mass., Jan., 1880; m. 

(1) Phebe, dau. of John and Susanna (Page) Wetherbee 
of Rindge [b. Mar. 8, 1793 or 91 ; d. Nov. 10, 1837] ; (2) 
1838, Elizabeth Perham of Boston. He was a leather dealer 
in Boston, and a leather cushion maker in Cambridge. He 
had seven children, of whom most died young. 

14. iv. Polly, b. June 19, 1798; m. Apr. 12, 1819, William Merriam 

of Princeton, Mass. Five children. 

15. v. John Walker, b. Aug. 4, 1800; m. May 9, 1826, Susan, dau. 

of Isaac and Elizabeth (Hartwell) Wood of Rindge [b. 
1792; d. 1873]. Res. in Keene, where he was a deacon. 

16. vi. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 7, 1802; m. Sept. 26, 1833, John Evans, a 

farmer in New York, Indiana, and Florida. Two children. 

17. vii. Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1804; m. Jan. 25, 1825, Emory Conant, a 

farmer of Sudbury, Mass. Six children. 

18. viii. Anna W., (first named Ruth, but legally changed,) b. Mar. 

27, 1807; d. Jan. 9, 1844; m. Aug. 28, 1832, Jonathan Rand 
of Keene. Three children. 

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BLANCHARD. 

The early ancestral line of this family is not easily determined, as 
the apparently reliable published statements are somewhat contradictory. 
But the following facts of colonial days appear to be satisfactorily evi- 
denced. 

JoHN^ Blanchard, b. in England; d. 1693/4; m. (1) about 1657, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Rose (Clark) Hills [bapt. Oct. 21, 1627; d. 
about 1662] ; (2) Hannah, dau. of Richard and Alive Brackett, and widow 
of Samuel Kingsley [b. or bapt. Jan. 4, 1633/4; d. July 3, 1706]. He res. 
in Charlestown, Chelmsford, and Dunstable. He was a deacon. 

Thomas' (John'), b. 1668; d. Mar. 9, 1727; m. (1) Feb. 13, 1688/9, 
Tabitha, dau. of Michael and Isabel Lepingwell [b. May 18, 1661 ; d. Nov. 
29, 1696]; (2) Oct. 4, 1698, Ruth, dau. of Peletiah' Adams (Thomas', 
Henry') [b. Mar. 8, 1673]. 

Joseph' (John'), b. Nov. 1, 1672; d. 1727; m. May 25, 1696, Abiah, 
dau. of Joseph Hassell [b. about 1676; d. Dec. 8, 1746]. He was a leading 
man in Dunstable, and bore the title of captain. 

William' (Thomas', John'), b. Sept. 5, 1714; d. Feb. 17, 1805; m. 
Feb. 28, 1733/4, Deliverance, probably dau. of Nathaniel and Lydia Parker 
[b. July 28, 1714] ; but possibly dau. of Samuel Searles of Dunstable, and 

widow of Parker. Res. in Dunstable and in Litchfield. He was 

taken prisoner by the Indians, while in service at the Ashuelot garrison, 
and was held some months. 

1. Joseph^ (Joseph^ John^), b. Feb. 11, 1704; d. Apr. 7, 
1758; m. Sept. 26, 1728, Rebecca Hubbard, dau. of Major Jona- 
than and Rebecca (Brown) [b. Feb. 11, 1710/11; d. Apr. 17, 
1774]. Although he was never an actual resident in New 
Ipswich, he was so closely connected with its early history 
that he rightly has a place in this record. As agent of the 
Masonian Proprietors he signed the Masonian Charter giving 
title to the land. He was owner of one of the 63 original 
rights and was the first treasurer of the Proprietors of the 
town. Very probably he might have had a part in its develop- 
ment but for his death a few years later. He was a colonel. 

2. Simeon* (William^, Thomas^, John^), b. Groton, Mass., 
June 11, 1747; d. June 22, 1822; m. Feb. 28, 1776, Elizabeth, 
dau. of John and Elizabeth Shattuck [b. about 1752; d. Feb. 
9, 1844]. He settled in New Ipswich a little before his mar- 
riage, and bought a farm upon the Massachusetts line (84, 
A. D.,) where he passed his life. He served a few days in the 
company of Capt. Silas Wright of Stoddard which marched 
upon one of the Ticonderoga alarms in 1777. Children: 

3. i. Simeon, b. Nov. 25, 1776.-|- 

4. ii. Betsey, b. Nov. 25, 1778; m. Sept. 6, 1797, Simeon Wright. 

5. iii. Levi, b. Dec. 17, 1780.-]- 

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6. iv. Louisa, b. Jan. 1, 1783; m. Jan. 22, 1805, Isaiah Wright. 

7. V. Sarah, b. July 24, 1785; d. Jan. 18, 1859, unm. Res. New 

Ipswich. 

8. vi. William, b. May 3, 1788.+ 

9. vii. James, b. Apr. 29, 1790.+ 

10. viii. Charlotte, b. Aug. 16, 1792; m. Dec. 12, 1815, David Whitney. 

Res. Ashby, Mass. Children : i. James N. Whitney, ii. 
Lucius M. Whitney, iii. George S. Whitney, iv. Mary C. 
Whitney, v. Harriet M. Whitney, vi. Charles E. Whitney. 

3. Simeon'^ (Simeon*, William^, Thomas^, John^), b. Nov. 
26, 1776; m. Submit Winship. He settled in Roxbury, N. H. 
Children : 

11. i. HosEA, b. Mar. 20, 1801. 

12. ii. Charles G. 

13. iii. Nancy. 

14. iv. Susan. 

15. v. Sarah. 

16. vi. Amos M. 

17. vii. Joseph Winship, b. Dec. 21, 1822. 

5. Levi^ (Simeon*, William^, Thomas^, John^), b. Dec. 17, 
1780; d. Mar. 12, 1857; m,. Apr. 16, 1807, Hannah, dau. of 
Kendall and Hannah Nichols [b. Jan. 28, 1791; d. Oct. 28, 
1871]. At about the age of twenty-five years he settled in 
the western part of Sharon, where he had a sawmill for twenty 
years or more, returning to New Ipswich in 1829, and after a 
brief residence near Kidder Mountain (N. D. 55,) he settled 
in the Pratt Pond region, living for several years upon the 
farm at the end of the road just east from the pond, (XV: 3, 
S. R.,) and afterward with his son Oilman, one lot farther to 
the north. Children : 

18. i. Betsy, b. June 5, 1809; m. Oct. 31, 1833, Nathan Stone (26). 

19. ii. Marinda, b. Mar. 8, 1812; m. Dec. 24, 1835, Lebanon Brown 

(T. 87). 

20. iii. Elvira, b. July 21, 1814; d. Jan. 3, 1876; m. Dec. 4, 1834, 

George W. Wheeler (64). 
GiLMAN, b. May 4, 1817.-}- 
Hannah, b. Aug. 20, 1819; m. Apr. 6, 1848, Hosea Snow of 

Keene. Child : i. Francella Maria Snow. 
Levi Monroe, b. June 16, 1822.-|- 
Clarissa, b. July 29, 1824; d. Apr. 7, 1895; m. May 2, 1851, 

Elijah Edwards of Natick, Mass. Children: i. Franklin 

Elijah Edwards, ii. William Alfred Edwards. 

25. viii. Julia Ann, b. Sept. 17, 1827; d. Mar. 31, 1845. 

26. ix. Horace Kendall, b. June 9, 1830.-}- 

27. X. Charles Rodney, b. June 10, 1832.-|- 

28. xi. Sophronia, b. Aug. 22, 1835. 

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8. William^ (Simeon*, William^, Thomas^, John^), b. May 
3. 1788; d. Mar. 31, 1869; m. Susan Farnsworth (19) [b. about 
1787; d. Dec. 23, 1873]. He passed his life as a farmer, suc- 
ceeding to his father's farm. Children : 

29. i. Louisa, b. July 14, 1811; m. (1) Austin Dinsmore; (2) 

Johnson; (3) Jonathan Sherwin. Children: i. Maria Dins- 
more, ii. George A. Dinsmore. iii. Mary Jane Dinsmore. 
iv. Louisa, d. young. 

30. ii. Susan, b. Jan. 29, 1813; d. Jan. 29, 1846; m. May 7, 1833, 

Webster Reed. Res. at Maiden, Mass. Children : i. 
Charles Reed. ii. George Reed. 

31. iii. Harriet Maria, b. Oct. 2, 1814; d. Sept. 7, 1900; m. Sept. 29, 

1836, John C Hildreth (10). 

32. iv. William Hale, b. Feb. 8, 1816.+ 

2,2>. V. Eben H., b. Apr. 11, 1818; d. Aug. 7, 1819. 

34. vi. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 19, 1819; d. Aug. 27, 1853; m. William 

Billings. She lived in Worcester. Children : i. William 
Billings, ii. Clarence Billings. 

35. vii. Andros J., b. Apr. 15, 1821; d. Mar. 2, 1907; m. 1856, Eliza- 

beth, widow of Hiram Shepard of Worcester, Mass. He 
left his home at the age of nineteen and was engaged in the 
manufacture of shoes at Hartford, Ct., Albion, N. Y., and 
Worcester, Mass., successively until 1866, when he returned 
to his native town, and passed his remaining years on the 
farm of his boyhood. 

36. viii. Asenath Taylor, b. Oct. 28, 1822; d. Mar. 12, 1914; m. June 

5, 1844, Richard H. Davis (107). 
2)7. ix. Henry C, b. Mar. 5, 1824; m. 1847, Sarah Jane Emory [b. 
Sept. 20, 1824; d. Aug. 26, 1902]. He was a farmer at 
Sherman, Wis. Children : i. Ernest D. ii. Edith, m. 
C. G. Sedgwick. 

38. X. George H., b. Nov. 3, 1825 ; m. Vianna L. Wood. He was a 

machinist in Worcester, Mass. Children: i. George; he 
is a provision dealer in Worcester, ii. Emma. 

39. xi. Lurena B., b. Jan. 20, 1829; d. Sept. 24, 1863; m. Kendall 

Bailey. Res. Templeton and Gardner, Mass. Children : i. 
Ada Bailey, ii. George K. Bailey; res. in Boston. 

9. James^ (Simeon^ William^, Thomas^, John^), b. Apr. 29, 
1790; m. June, 1822, Lydia Brown of Ashby. He lived in 
Peterboro. Children : 

40. i. Nancy. 

41. ii. Jason. 

42. iii. Joseph. 

43. iv. Maria, d. Feb. 7, 1859; m. Horace Davis (98). 

44. V. Elizabeth. 

45. vi. Myron. 

46. vii. Caroline. 

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21. Oilman^ (Levi^ Simeon*, William^, Thomas-, John^), 
b. May 4, 1817; d. Mar. 28, 1894; m. Jan. 2, 1844, Sarah Eliza- 
beth Wheeler (40). He passed his life as a farmer on XV: 2, 
S. R., where he also had a sawmill. Children : 

47. i. Julia E., b. July 26, 1845; d. May 1, 1847. 

48. ii. George Oilman, b. May 13, 1849; d. Aug. 14, 1872. 

49. iii. Emma L., b. Jan. 12, 1858; m. (1) Jan. 31, 1876, Fred A. 

Wheeler (167), from whom she was separated by divorce; 

(2) Sept. 15, 1893, George H. Woodward [d. Dec. 26, 1896] ; 

(3) Feb. 20, 1901, Freeman S. Tucker [d. June 1, 1903]. 
Three children. 

50. iv. Carrie M. H., b. June 19, 1862; m. Apr. 16, 1884, Herbert W. 

Chandler (122). 

51. V. Guy Clifford, b. Feb. 21, 1868.+ 

23. Levi Monroe® (Levi^, Simeon*, William^, Thomas^, 
John^), b. June 16, 1822; d. June 15, 1893; m. Apr. 22, 1845, 
Eliza Nutting, dau. of EzekieP [b. Dec. 5, 1819; d. Apr. 1, 
1891]. He lost one arm while a young man by an accident 
in the shop in which he was working, but still supported him- 
self and family by agricultural and mechanical labor in New 
Ipswich and Ashby. Children : 

52. i. George Monroe, b. Dec. 15, 1849.+ 

53. ii. Herbert J., b. June 5, 1856.-}- 

26. Horace Kendall® (Levi^, Simeon*, William^ Thomas^, 
John^), b. June 9, 1830; d. Nov. 23, 1899; m. (1) Nov. 2, 1856, 
Mary Ellen, dau. of Jacob and Martha Puflfer of Leominster, 
Mass. [d. Feb. 20, 1888] ; (2) Sept. 23, 1889, Mary J. Cochran 
of Clinton, Mass. Children : 

54. i. Mary Frances, b. Aug. 29, 1858; m. Feb. 10, 1879, John 

Trimble of Clinton, Mass. Children : i. Frederick Elnion 
Trimble ; he died while returning from service in the Cuban 
War. ii. Walter Henry Trimble, iii. Albert Everett Trim- 
ble, iv. Mabel Frances Trimble, v. Elmer Trimble. 

55. ii. Arthur Horace, b. June 8, 1859.+ 

56. iii. Cora Adelia, b. Aug. 12, 1863; m. Nov. 28, 1888, William H. 

Benson of Clinton, Mass. Children : i. George Edward 
Benson, ii. Arthur Frederick Benson. 

57. iv. Carrie Bernice, b. Nov. 21, 1870; m. Nov. 6, 1889, Myron F. 

Scott of Clinton, Mass. Children : i. Harold Floyd Scott. 
ii. Bernice Marion Scott. 

27. Charles Rodney® (Levi^, Simeon*, William^, Thomas^, 
John^), b. June 10, 1832; d. Apr. 13, 1908; m. May 2, 1858, 
Matilda Miller [d. Jan. 25, 1907]. He lived in Rindge and in 
Ashby. Child: 

58. i. Charles M., b. East Rindge, May 13, 1864.+ 

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32. William Hale^ (William^, Simeon*, William^, 
Thomas^ John^), b. Feb. 8, 1816; d. Nov. 1, 1859; m. 1839, 
Hannah Conrey [b. about 1815; d. July 16, 1866]. He was 
a machinist at Nashua in his early manhood, but in 1845 he 
returned to his native town and passed his remaining life 
upon the paternal farm, except four years during which he 
lived at Smithville in the most easterly house in the village 
upon the road to Gibson Village. Children : 

59. i. Josephine, b. Nashua, Sept. 17, 1841; d. Dec. 16, 1854. 

60. ii. Edwin Franklin, b. Feb. 18, 1845.+ 

61. iii. Jennie H., b. Sept. 7, 1854; m. Jan. 1, 1877, William Rayner. 

She has lived at Andover, Neponset, and Newton. Chil- 
dren : i. William A. Rayner. ii. Edwin R. Rayner. iii. 
Fred I. Rayner. iv. Harry W. Rayner. v. George F. Ray- 
ner. vi. Herbert C. Rayner. 

62. iv. Susan J., b. Apr. 13, 1858; d. Apr. 16, 1863. 

51. Guy Clifford'^ (Gilman*', Levi^, Simeon*, William^, 
Thomas^ John^). b. Feb. 21, 1868; m. Nov. 28, 1889, Ida L. A. 
Partridge. He lives at Smithville. Children: 

63. i. Grace E., b. Apr. 19, 1894. 

64. ii. Helen L., b. Dec. 14, 1895. 

65. iii. James M., b. Dec. 19, 1897. 

66. iv. Inez, b. Oct. 13, 1901. 

52. George Monroe^ (Levi Monroe'', Levi^, Simeon*, Wil- 
liam^ Thomas^ John^), b. Dec. 15, 1849; m. 1872, Hattie E. 
Lawrence of Ashby, Mass. [d. Feb. 18, 1904]. He lives in 
Ashby. Children : 

67. i. George Levi, b. July 12, 1873. 

68. ii. Fred Monroe, b. Dec. 23, 1876. 

69. iii. Amos Andrew, b. Dec. 12, 1879. 

70. iv. Cora Martha, b. Mar. 17, 1884; d. Jan. 15, 1904. 

71. v. Grace Amanda, b. Oct. 8, 1889. 

53. Herbert J.^ (Levi Monroe®, Levi\ Simeon*, William", 
Thomas^, John^), b. June 5, 1856; m. Lizzie Booth of Ashby. 
Children : 

72. i. Nelson Herbert, b. Aug. 5, 1875. 
7Z. ii. Francella Eliza, b. Mar. 15, 1877. 

74. iii. Horace Levi, b. Jan. 14, 1879. 

75. iv. Linnie Etta, b. Jan. 23, 1881. 

76. V. Elmer, b. June 18, 1885. 

55. Arthur Horace^ (Horace K.*', Levi% Simeon*, Wil- 
liam^ Thomas^ John^), b. June 8, 1859; m. Isabella Colton. 
He lives at Clinton, Mass. Children : 

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n. i. Mary Ellen, b. Aug. 30, 1881 ; d. Jan. 25, 1886. 

78. ii. Cora Bernice, b. Jan. 10, 1884. 

79. iii. William Colter, b. Oct. 4, 1889. 

80. iv. Arthur Perley, b. July 12, 1892. 

58. Charles M.^ (Charles R.^ Levi^, Simeon*, William^ 
Thomas^, John^), b. May 13, 1864; m. Oct. 19, 1898, Sarah J. 
Gnider. Res. at Natick, Mass. Children : 

81. i. Dorothy Alice, b. Oct. 2, 1907. 

60. Edwin Franklin^ (William Hale^, William^, Simeon*, 
William^ Thomas^, John^), b. Feb. 18, 1845; m. Oct. 21, 1868, 
Mary E. Knowlton (72). He succeeded to his father's home 
in Smithville, and has lived there except during a few years 
of his early manhood. He also occupies the shop and water- 
power a few rods above the Smithville bridge, where he has 
facilities for various kinds of woodwork. He has held the 
office of selectman for several years, and has also represented 
the town in the Legislature and in Constitutional Convention. 
He served in the Civil War for a year, 1864-65, in the 4th 
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. Children : 

82. i. Susie E., b. July 25, 1869; d. July 6, 1903; m. Sept. 17, 1890, 

Elwood E. Livingston. Res. in Fitchburg, Mass. Child : 
i. Ruth Harriet Livingston, b. July 6, 1892. 

83. ii. Edith A., b. Mar. 1, 1874; m. 1897, Charles W. Woodward. 

Res. in Fitchburg, Mass. Child : i. Mildred Mary Wood- 
ward, b. Apr. 24, 1898. 

84. iii. Alice M., b. Feb. 23, 1877; m. Oct. 28, 1897, Charles Hardy. 

Res. at Concord Junction, Mass. 

BLISS. 

Thomas^ Bliss, of Belstone parish, Devonshire, England, b. 1550-60; 
d. 1635-40. He vras a Puritan, ruined in health and estate by the perse- 
cution of Archbishop Laud. 

Jonathan^ (Thomas'), b. at Belstone, 1575-80; d. 1635-36. He was 
a victim of the same persecution as his father, and died from a fever 
contracted while in prison. 

Thomas^ (Jonathan", Thomas'), b. at Belstone; d. Rehoboth, Mass., 
June, 1649; m. probably a widow Ide (or Hyde). He came to America 
in 1636, and having landed at Boston, went to Braintree, Mass., thence 
to Hartford, Conn., and then back to Weymouth, before settling with 
others at Rehoboth in 1643. 

Jonathan^ (Thomas^ Jonathan^ Thomas'), b. about 1625; d. about 
1687; m. Miriam Harmon. He probably came to America with his father. 
He was a blacksmith at Rehoboth. 

Jonathan" (Jonathan^ Thomas', Jonathan^ Thomas'), b. Rehoboth, 
Sept., 1666; d. Oct. 16, 1719; m. (1) June 23, 1691, Miriam Carpenter [b. 

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Oct. 24, 1674; d. May 23, 1706]; (2) Apr. 10, 1711, Mary French of Reho- 
both. He was a blacksmith and a leading citizen of his native town. 

Ephraim" (Jonathan^, Jonathan\ Thomas^ Jonathan", Thomas'), b. 
Rehoboth, Aug. 15, 1699; m. Dec, 1723, Rachel Carpenter. He held a 
lieutenant's commission. 

Abadial' (Ephraim", Jonathan^ Jonathan*, Thomas^, Jonathan^ 
Thomas'), b. Dec. 15, 1740; d. Calais, Vt., June 10, 1805; m. Nov. 6, 1759, 
Lydia Smith of Rehoboth [b. 1740; d. Mar. 27, 1820]. He was a farmer 
in Rehoboth, and also at Calais, whither he removed about 1798. He 
represented Calais in the legislature. 

Abadial* (Abadial', Ephraim°, Jonathan", Jonathan*, Thomas^ Jona- 
than^ Thomas'), b. Rehoboth, July 8, 1768; m. Jan. 20, 1785, Sybil Whea- 
ton [b. Feb. 28, 1755; d. June 13, 1850]. He remained in his native town, 
not removing with the rest of his father's family to Vermont. 

1. James Wheaton^ (Abadial^, AbadiaF, Ephraim^ Jona- 
than^, Jonathan*, Thomas^, Jonathan^, Thomas^), b. Rehoboth, 
Nov. 8, 1792; d. June 17, 1867; m. Jtily 27, 1817, Dolly Claflin 
[b. Rome, N. Y., Mar. 14, 1798; d. May 16, 1870]. He came 
to New Ipswich in 1821 and settled in Bank Village, where 
he was a machinist and carpenter. He built himself a house 
upon the north side of the main road, it being the second house 
northerly from the brick bank building. This was his home 
until his death and has since been occupied by his descendants. 
He was a skilful and trustworthy mechanic in largely varied 
lines of work, as is evidenced by his long-continued connection 
with the cotton factories. He superintended the erection of 
three of the factories upon the Souhegan, the "Waterloom," 
now standing unused in the Bank Village, the "Souhegan," 
standing until its destruction by fire in 1838 on the site of the 
present Columbian factory below the High Bridge, and the 
first of the factories of the same company at Greenville. 
Nearly all of the machinery in those mills was made by him 
or under his inspection in the machine shop connected with 
the "VVaterloom" mill, and he was manager of all those mills 
until a division of such duties in 1835. Children : 

2. i. Mary B., b. Nov. 19, 1819; d. in infancy. 

3. ii. Harriet Newell, b. Nov. 1, 1821; d. Feb. 26, 1907; m. Aug. 
30, 1842, Dr. Jeoffard E. Goldsmith [b. Wilton, June 14, 
1817; d. Sept. 28, 1843]. He had taken his medical degree 
at Harvard Medical School, and had settled in Rindge, but 
his brief practice was closed by a fatal illness. She re- 
turned to New Ipswich and was a successful teacher for 
many years, and the same is true of her only child, Anna 
Augusta Goldsmith, who was also one of the first women to 
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4. iii. Sarah Claflin, b. Mar. 24, 1824; d. Nov. 23, 1895; m. Oct. 

12, 1853, Andrew Henry, an engineer on the Fitchburg 
railroad for more than thirty years [b. Worcester, Mass., 
Oct. 22, 1821]. Children: i. James Wheaton Henry, b. Sept. 
25, 1854; d. Nov. 26, 1911; he graduated from Dartmouth 
College in 1878, and was a teacher in Missouri and Cali- 
fornia, ii. Anne Claflin Henry, b. Dec. 11, 1856; d. June 2, 
1858. iii. William Claflin Henry, b. Mar. 6, 1859; he is treas- 
urer and manager of the Waltham Clock Co. 

5. iv. James Wheaton, b. Mar. 1, 1826; d. Mar. 29, 1826. 

6. V. Martha Ann, b. June 29, 1828; d. Oct. 28, 1828. 

7. vi. George Barrett, b. July 12, 1830; d. Temple, Feb. 9, 1888. He 

was a machinist. 

8. vii. James Henry, b. Sept. 27, 1834; d. Jan. 29, 1888; m. Oct. 31, 

1874, Elvira L. Lane. Children : i. Anna Sophronia, b. July 
23, 1875 ; d. Dec. 23, 1875. ii. James Henry Wheaton, b. Nov. 
3, 1876. 

BLOOD. 

James' Blood, d. Dec. 17, 1683; m. Ellen [d. Aug. 1, 1674]. He 

is said to have come from England and to have settled in Concord, Mass., 
about 1638, and to have made that place his home until his death. 

Richard^ (James'), d. Dec. 7, 1638. He was a prominent original 
proprietor of Groton, Mass., holding the offices of selectman and town 
clerk. 

Robert' (James'), d. Oct. 27, 1701; m. Apr. 8, 1653, Elizabeth, dau. 
of Maj. Simon Willard of Concord [d. Aug. 29, 1692]. He was a large 
landowner in that part of Concord, Mass., which is now Carlisle. 

James' (Richard', James'), d. Sept. 16, 1692; m. (1) Sept. 7, 1669, 

Elizabeth Longley; (2) after 1675, Abigail . Res. Groton, Mass. He 

was killed by the Indians. 

Josiah' (Robert', James'), b. Apr. 6, 1664; d. July 2, 1731; m. (1) 
March 4, 1688, Mary Barrett; (2) Feb. 3, 1690/2, Mary Tory. Res. Con- 
cord, Mass. 

John* (James', Richard', James'), b. March 16, 1689; d. Aug. 23, 
1758; m. July 13, 1712, Joanna Nutting. Res. Groton, Mass. 

Stephen' (Josiah', Robert', James'), b. Feb. 22, 1703/4; m. Mary 
. Res. Concord. 

Caleb° (John^ James', Richard', James'), b. Nov. 23, 1734; d. Dec. 
9, 1804; m. (1) Nov. 1, 1753, Hannah Holden [b. July 6, 1735; d. Sept. 1, 
1773]; (2) March 3, 1774, Elizabeth Farnsworth [d. Dec. 9, 1819]. Res. 
Groton, Mass. 

Francis' (Stephen', Josiah', Robert', James'), b. March 18, 1735/6; m. 
Elizabeth Spaulding of Pepperell, Mass. He removed from his native 
town, Concord, Mass., in 1763, and settled in Temple, where he passed 
his life, acquiring a large property for those days, holding nearly every 
office in the gift of the town, sitting in the Senate and Council of the 
state, and holding a commission as brigadier-general. 

Timothy" (Caleb', John', James', Richard', James'), b. Sept. 8, 1778; j 
m. Nov. 15, 1798, Sibbel, dau. of Levi and Sibbel (Gibson) Woods of 
Pepperell, Mass. [b. Apr. 23, 1777; d. July 28, 1812]. Res. Groton, Mass. 

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Ephraim' (Francis^ Stephen^ Josiah', Robert^ James*), b. Mar. 6, 
1779; m. (1) Patty, dau. of Oliver Whiting of Temple [b. Feb. 13, 1780; 
d. Jan. 17, 1800] ; (2) Apr. 6, 1802, Rebecca, dau. of Caleb Maynard of 
Temple; (3) Goldsmith. Res. Temple. 

Ephraim Whiting' (Ephraim", Francis^ Stephen^ Josiah", Robert^ 
James'), b. July 26, 1799; d. Dec. 29, 1837; m. (1) June 8, 1828, Fanny, 
dau. of Oliver Whiting, Jr., of Temple [b. Mar. 17, 1807; d. July 18, 1830] ; 
(2) June 2, 1835, Lavinia Ames (5). Res. Temple. 

1. Calvin^ (Timothy^, Caleb^, John*, James^, Richard^, 

James^), b. Sept. 10, 1806; d. Nov. 2, 1894; m. (1) ; (2) 

Caroline, dau. of Stephen and Asenath (Shedd) Woods of 
Pepperell, Mass. [b. Aug. 1, 1814; d. March 20, 1895]. He 
came to New Ipswich about 1858 and settled upon the Abijah 
Smith farm, (34, N. D.,) where he passed his life. Children : 

2. i. Luther, b. March 20, 1836; m. (1) Walker; (2) . 

Res. South Easton, Mass. Three sons of first marriage. 
Elizabeth, m. James Hitchings. Res. Groton, Mass. 
Sarah, m. Luther Blodgett. Seven children. 
Calvin, m. Nov. 22, 1864, Nettie E. Wright of Pepperell, 

Mass. Res. Ayer, Mass. 
Stephen Dana, b. Dec, 1842.-|- 
Albert, b. May 28, 1845.+ 

6. Stephen Dana^ (Calvin^, Timothy'', Caleb^, John*, 
James^ Richard^, James^), b. Dec, 1842 ;'m. Nov. 27, 1867, 
Jennie E. Withington. Res. New Ipswich. Children : 

9. i. Orange Adams, b. June 16, 1869; d. Oct. 21, 1869. 

10. ii. Alice Cordelia, b. Oct. 8, 1870; m. May 25, 1891, Andrew H. 

Willard, Jr. (14). 

11. iii. Henry Herbert, b. Apr. S, 1873; d. Aug. 25, 1876. 

12. iv. Gilbert Calvin, b. Nov. 19, 1874. 

13. V. Caroline Isabel, b. Dec. 29, 1876. 

14. vi. Eugene Nelson, b. June 13, 1879. 

15. vii. Waldo, b. May 30, 1881. 

16. viii. Oscar, b. Oct. 8, 1884. 

17. ix. Mabel Elsie, b. Jan. 12, 1887; m. Dec. 8, 1908, C. Alvah 

Farwell. 

18. X. Edith May, b. Sept. 21, 1891. 

7. Albert^ (Calvin'^, Timothy^, Caleb'^, John*, James^, 
Richard^, James^), b. May 28, 1845; m. Sept. 12, 1872, Sarah 
Jane, dau. of Albert Taylor [b. Jan. 20, 1852]. Res. New 
Ipswich. Children : 

19. i. George A., b. May 12, 1875 ; d. Sept. 12, 1897. 

20. ii. Charles A., b. Oct. 25, 1877; m. Oct. 11, 1899, Lottie A. 

Thompson of Fitzwilliam. He is a clerk in Fitchburg, Mass. 
Six children. 

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8. Henry Ames^ (Ephraim W/, Ephraim^, Francis^, 
Stephen*, Josiah^, Robert^, James^), b. June 7, 1836; d. Dec. 
30, 1900; m. (1) August 15, 1862, Mary Jane Marshall (7); 
(2) Oct. 14, 1880, Mary Ellen Miller of Salem, Mass. [b. about 
1842; d. Aug., 1905]. He passed his youth with his mother 
in New Ipswich, preparing for college at xA.ppleton Academy. 
He then entered Dartmouth, graduating in 1857. The follow- 
ing years were devoted to writing the History of Temple, 
published in 1860. After teaching for two years he removed 
to Washington, D. C, where he passed the remainder of his 
life, being for many years a clerk in the State Department. He 
was favorably known as a writer, especially of short poems. 
Child : 

21. i. Royal Henry, b. July 29, 1884; d. Oct. 18, 1892. 

BOLTON. 

1. James^ Bolton, b. about 1804; d. Mar. 21, 1874; m. 
Margaret McGregor [b. about 1810; d. Mar. 27, 1874]. He 
lived in Paisley, Scotland, where he was a weaver of Paisley 
cashmere shawls. He came to America with his wife and 
younger children in 1859, his older sons having come, one by 
one, somewhat earlier. They settled at the High Bridge Vil- 
lage. Children : 

2. i. Alexander, b. about 1835. -|- 

3. ii. James, b. about 1837 ; d. young. 

4. iii. Charles S., b. about 1838.+ 

5. iv. George G., b. about 1840.+ 

6. V. John S., b. about 1843.-f- 

7. vi. Margaret, b. about 1845 ; m. Henry Wilkes. Res. Lawrence, 

Mass. Four children. 

8. vii. James, b. May 1, 1847.-[- 

9. viii. Thomas King, b. about 1849.+ 

10. ix. Lizzie K., b. about 1851; m. Walter Thorn, an artist in Bos- 

ton. 

2. Alexander^ (James^), b. about 1835; d. Dec, 1908; m. 
Margaret Bisland. He was the first of the family in America, 
coming about 1854, and working for a time in the Columbian 
mills, but later removing to New York city, where he was 
occupied with stoves and tinware and also as a plumper. 
Children : 

11. i. William. 

12. ii. Cora. 

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4. Charles S.^ (James^), b. about 1838; d. about 1905; m. 
Abby Eldredge of Bangor, Me. He was a soldier in the British 
army, but purchased his discharge and came to America about 
1856. He was for a time a machinist at Andover, Mass. He 
served through the Civil War in the 17th Massachusetts Regi- 
ment, and was crippled for life in one of the last battles. He 
resided in Boston, and was for many years the superintendent 
of Faneuil Hall. Children : 

13. i. A son, d. young. 

14. ii. Fred E. Res. in Boston, of which he is an assessor. 

5. George G.^ (James^), b. about 1840; m. Lizzie Sterling. 
He was a teacher, and later has been engaged in the tuning 
department of the Smith Organ Co. Res. at Boston. Four 
children. 

6. John S.^ (James^), b. about 1843; m. Nettie Taylor. He 
was a machinist at Lowell, Mass. He removed to California 
in 1864, and lived there until 1906, when he lost his life in the 
earthquake of that year. Children : 

15. i. Walter, d. about 1900. He was an organist. 

8. James^ (James^), b. May 1, 1847; m. June 10, 1870, Mar- 
garet White of New Brunswick [b. Feb. 8, 1846; d. Feb. 15, 
1910]. He has been in the employ of the Columbian Co., ex- 
cept a very few years, since his arrival in America in 1859. 
Children : 

16. i. James Benjamin, b. Mar. 31, 1874; unm. He was a drug- 

gist in Ashland, Ore., and removed thence to California. 
He is supposed to have perished in the earthquake of 1906, 
as nothing has been heard from him since a brief time be- 
fore that event. 

17. ii. Oscar King, b. July 18, 1877; d. May 22, 1908; m. (1) May 

Richmond; (2) Maude Laporte. He was a decorator and 
paper hanger in Boston. Children, one of each marriage : 
i. Raymond, ii. Mildred. 

9. Thomas King^ (James^), b. about 1849; m. Jan. 4, 1875, 
Lizzie Brooks (54). He is a druggist and jeweler at Ashland, 
Ore. Children: 

18. i. Walter. 

19. ii. Winnifred. 

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BOYCE. 

Joseph* Boyce, b. about 1609; d. 1684/5; m. Ellenor [d. about 

1694]. He was a tanner in that part of Salem, Mass., which is now 
Peabody. 

Joseph' (Joseph'), bapt. Salem, March 31, 1644; d. 1709; m. Dec. 4, 
1667, Sarah Meacham. He was a tanner and succeeded to his father's 
home. 

Joseph' (Joseph', Joseph'), b. about 1672; d. 1723; m. about 1695, 
Rebecca (Trask), widow of Samuel Potter [m. (2) 1731/2, Benjamin 
Very of Salem]. He was a tanner and miller on the paternal homestead. 

JoHN^ (Joseph^ Joseph', Joseph'), m. Jan. 18, 1728, Elisabeth Osborne 
of Salem. He continued the family industry of tanning for a time, and 
then became a seaman, removing to Smithtield, R. I. He served in the 
French and Indian War. 

Paul' (John', Joseph', Joseph', Joseph'), b. about 1736; d. 1817; m. 
(1) Hannah Staples [d. 1803] ; (2) Phyllis, widow of Nicholas Cooke 
[b. Oct. 31, 1738; d. March 21, 1815]. He removed from Smithfield, R. I., 
to Richmond, where he was a large landowner. He served in the Revolu- 
tion. 

Silas' (PauP, John^ Joseph', Joseph', Joseph'), b. Richmond, Nov., 
1770; d. Oct. 1, 1818; m. 1798, Comfort, dau. of Moses Allen [b. about 
1774; d. Sept. 29, 1838]. He succeeded to his father's farm. He studied 
medicine and was called doctor, but never practiced. 

1. Paul^ (Silas^ PauP, John*, Joseph^, Josepli^ Joseph^), 
b. Richmond, IMarch 6, 1804; d. March 30, 1850; m. March 24, 
1829, Hannah Russell Hannaford [b. Northfield, Oct. 3, 1808; 
d. Peterboro, May 10, 1889]. In early manhood he came to 
New Ipswich and for some years he had a small iron foundry, 
trip-hammer, etc., in the shop formerly standing on Saw Mill 
Brook at the south end of the Adams lot (21, N. D.) Later 
he was engaged in the manufacture of friction matches in the 
building formerly facing on the north side of the Village 
Green, which had previously been the hat shop of Seth King. 
Children : 

Harriet Newell, b. Apr. 20, 1830; d. March 14, 1860. 
Diana Perry, b. Sept. 30, 1831 ; m. May 28, 1850, George W. 

Conant (20). 
Silas, b. July 14, 1833.+ 
LucY Jane, b. Sept. 24, 1835; d. Rindge, Jan. 14, 1890; m. 

George W. Cragin. Five children. 
MosES Allen, b. Jan. 20, 1838; d. May 19, 1839. 
James Lysander, b. June 9, 1840; d. Aug. 25, 1863. He 

served during the Civil War in the 16th New Hampshire 

Regiment, and died soon after reaching his home. 

8. vii. Jacob Francis, b. Sept. 7, 1842; d. Oct. 20, 1843. 

9. viii. Charles Allen, b. Feb. 21, 1847; d. July 15, 1876. 

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4. SiLAS^ (Paul^ Silas®, Paul^ John*, Joseph^, Joseph^, Jo- 
seph^), b. July 14, 1833; d. Washington, D. C, May 23, 1910; 
m. (1) Sarah A., dau. of Charles and Sarah (Jones) Baldwin 
[b. Oct. 15, 1833; d. Dec. 20, 1893] ; (2) Mrs. Sarah (Bartlett) 
Everson. Children : 

10. i. Frederick P., b. 1857 ; d. Oct. 10, 1858. 

11. ii. Harriet Angeline, b. May 17, 1859; d. June 8, 1912; m. John 

W. Cummings (142). 

12. iii. Sarah Almira, b. Dec. 5, 1861; d. Feb. 29, 1884; m. June 15, 

1879, John F. Hedge. One child. 

13. iv. Lydia Josephine, b. July 28, 1868; d. Feb. 12, 1905; m. Oct. 

6, 1901, Charles H. Williams. 

BOYDEN. 

Thomas^ Boyden, b. about 1613; m. (1) Frances [d. Mar. 17, 

1658]; (2) Nov. 3, 1658, Hannah (Phillips), widow of Joseph Morse 
[d. Oct. 3, 1676]. He came from Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and lived 
successively in Scituate, Boston, Medfield, Groton, and Watertown. 

Jonathan' (Thomas^, b. Boston, Feb. 20, 1652; d. May 30, 1732; 
m. (1) Sept. 26, 1673, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Abia Clark of Medfield, 

Mass. [b. Mar. 12, 1649]; (2) Anne [d. 1735]. He was one of the 

early settlers of Dedham and of Medfield. 

Jonathan' (Jonathan^ Thomas^), b. Medfield, July 30, 1674; d. Mar. 
3, 1719; m. (1) Nov. 7, 1698, Rachel, dau. of John and Hannah (Adams) 
Fisher [b. Mar. 24, 1680; d. Mar. 31, 1712]; (2) Feb. 12, 1713, Esther, 
dau. of John and Mary (Wood) Thurston [d. Mar. 10, 1755; m. (2) 
John Turner]. Res. Medfield. 

John' (Jonathan', Jonathan', Thomas'), b. Sept. 30, 1702; d. Dec. 24, 
1754; m. Oct. 19, 1728, Prudence, dau. of Ebenezer and Prudence (Stet- 
son) Leach of Bridgewater, Mass. [d. May 22, 1759]. Res. Walpole, Mass. 

JoHN° (John^ Jonathan', Jonathan', Thomas'), b. Oct. 4, 1734; d. 
Apr. 25, 1813; m. (1) Nov. 3, 1757, Hannah Hartshorn [d. May 22, 1759]; 
(2) Aug. 2, 1761, Sarah Foster [b. about 1740; d. Apr. 9, 1762]. Res. 
Walpole, Mass. 

Elijah* (John^ John', Jonathan', Jonathan', Thomas'), b. Oct. 19, 
1763; d. July 22, 1814; m. Nov. 17, 1791, Amity Fisher of Walpole [b. 
Feb. 13, 1766; d. Oct. 29, 1841]. He removed from Walpole, Mass., to 
Marlboro about 1806. 

1. Oliver^ (Elijah®, John^, John*, Jonathan^, Jonathan^ 
Thomas^), b. Apr. 28, 1798; d. Dec. 11, 1854; m. Dec. 31, 1821, 
Eliza Prescott [b. about 1793; d. July 7, 1869]. He came to 
New Ipswich about 1840, and after a few years bought for his 
home the house on Barrett street second below the Congrega- 
tional parsonage. He was a farmer and mechanic. Children : 

2. i. George, b. June 26, 1826.+ 

3. ii. Henry K., b. and d. Apr. 8, 1831. 

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2. George^ (Oliver^, Elijah^, John^, John*, Jonathan^, Jona- 
thanS Thomas^), b. June 26, 1826; d. Sept. 30, 1905; m. Jan. 

8, 1852, Myra Jane Adams (R. 5) [b. Feb. 18, 1828 ; d. Mar. 30, 
1890]. He succeeded to his father's home, and was maker of 
cigar boxes. He removed to Washington, D. C, about 1872. 
Children : 

4. i. Frances Cornelia, b. Sept. 21, 1856. She removed with her 
parents to Washington, and became a successful teacher. 

BOYNTON. 

William BoYNTON^ b. 1606; d. Dec. 8, 1686; m. Elizabeth Jackson 
[d. 1687]. He was a son of William Boynton of an ancient family of 
Yorkshire, England, and came to New England in 1637. He settled in 
Rowley, Mass., where he is mentioned as a plumber, and also as a tailor. 
He was probably the first schoolmaster in the town, and taught from 
1656 to 1681. 

John Boynton\ b. 1614; d. Feb. 18, 1670; m. about 1644, Ellen Pell 
of Boston [m. (2) Aug. 30, 1671, Dea. Maxmilian Jewett of Rowley]. 
He was also a son of William of Yorkshire, and he came to New England 
at the same time as his brother. He also settled in Rowley, where he was 
a tailor. 

Joshua' (William'), b. Mar. 10, 1646; d. 1736 or earlier; m. (1) Apr. 

9, 1678, Hannah Barnet [d. Jan. 12, 1722]; (2) Nov. 29, 1725, widow 
Mary Syles [d. July 28, 1727] ; (3) Oct. 30, 1727, Mary, widow of Simon 
Wainwright of Bradford, Mass., and later of John^ Boynton (John'). 
He removed to Newbury, Mass., in early manhood, and lived there upon 
the same farm for more than fifty years. He served in the Indian wars. 

Joseph' (John'), b. 1644; d. Dec. 16, 1730; m. (1) Sarah, dau. of 
Richard and Ann Swan of Rowley [b. 1646; d. Feb. 27, 1718]; (2) Mar. 
11, 1720, Elizabeth Wood. He was town clerk of Rowley and its rep- 
resentative in the General Court. He removed to Groton, Mass., about 
1715, but returned to Rowley some years later. 

Joshua' (Joshua^ William'), b. May 4, 1679; d. Oct. 29, 1770; m. 
May, 1708, Mary, dau. of John and Mary (Gerrish) Dole [b. Newbury, 
Nov. 14, 1681; d. Dec. 26, 1777]. Res. Newbury. 

Joseph' (Joseph^ John'), b. Mar. 23, 1669/70; d. Nov. 25, 1755; m. 
Jan. 30, 1692/3, Bridget, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Hazen) Harris 
of Rowley [b. Nov. 26, 1672; d. Oct. 14, 1757]. He was a housewright 
in Rowley and a deacon of its church. 

Joshua' (Joshua', Joshua', William'), bapt. Jan. 20, 1717; d. Feb. 4, 
1763; m. Apr. 14, 1743, Martha, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Palmer) 
Stickney of Rowley [bapt. Aug. 15, 1714]. Res. Hollis. 

Nathaniel' (Joseph', Joseph', John'), b. Dec. 11, 1694; d. before 
1759; m. (1) 1720, Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Dorothy Perham [d. 
Sept. 16, 1733]; (2) Sept. 13, 1735, Elizabeth Shedd of Billerica, Mass. 
[m. (2) Aug. 15, 1759, Thomas Heald of Westford, Mass]. Res. suc- 
cessively in Littleton, Mass., Westford, Mass., and Pepperell, Mass. He 
was a housewright and farmer, and for many years he was town clerk 
of Westford. 

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Elias' (Joshua^ Joshua', Joshua', William'), b. Feb. 24, 1755; d. 
Jan. 20, 1842; m. Mar. 31, 1781, Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Francis Blood of 
Temple [b. Jan. 5, 1762; d. Oct. 13, 1853]. He removed from Hollis to 
Temple soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, in which he had 
rendered service at Bunker Hill and at the capture of Burgoyne. He vi^as 
a prominent citizen of Temple and a captain in the militia. Three of 
his sons became citizens of New^ Ipswich. 

1. Abijah^ (Nathaniel*, Joseph^, Joseph^, John^), b. Mar. 
24, 1740; d. Dec. 26, 1821; m. Mar. 23, 1769, Sarah Chamber- 
lain of Westford, Mass. [d. Oct. 2, 1818]. His name appears 
upon the New Ipswich tax list in 1764, and he was probably 
a resident at that time. But he passed most of his life in 
Pepperell, Mass., where he was a farmer and cabinet maker. 
He responded to the call of April 19, 1775, and he afterward 
served as a lieutenant. Children : 

7. i. Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 1770; d. Dec. 13, 1848; m. James Parker 

[b. Apr. 10, 1769]. Res. in Brookline. Eight children. 

8. ii. Abigail, b. Oct. 3, 1771; d. Feb. 11, 1851; m. Feb. 27, 1798, 

Jesse* Shattuck (Samuef, Samuef, Samuel^ John', Wil- 
liam'), a farmer in Pepperell. Seven children. 

9. iii. Betsey, b. Aug. 11, 1773; d. Nov. 2, 1853; m. Asa Ames. Two 

children. 

10. iv. Abijah, b. May 3, 1775; m. Feb. 23, 1800, Eunice Shepley. 

Nine children. 

11. v. Abel, b. 1777; d. 1798, unm. 

12. vi. Eli, b. May 24, 1780; d. Aug. 7, 1856; m. Dec. 17, 1809, Mary 

McDonald [b. Brookline, Sept. 10, 1780; d. Apr. 14, 1882]. 
Six children. 

2. Nathan^ (Nathaniel*, Joseph^, Joseph^, John^), b. June 
16, 1742; d. Oct. 7, 1823; m. Lucy Smith. His name appears 
on the New Ipswich tax list of the same year as that of his 
brother Abijah, and continues for three years, but he soon re- 
moved to Plymouth, Vt., and thence to Cavendish in the same 
state. He was a joiner. Children : 

13. i. Lucy, d. Cleveland, O., Feb. 17, 1842; m. (1) Mar., 1787, Sam- 

uel Foster; (2) Sept. 3, 1794, Levi Stevens [d. Feb. 21. 
1842]. Thirteen children. 

14. ii. Nathan, b. 1772; d. Providence, O., Aug. 4, 1838; m. Lydia, 

dau. of Aaron, or of Dr. Isaiah Parker, two brothers from 
Chelmsford, Mass., who resided in Cavendish [d. Port 
Huron, Mich., July 12, 1837]. Seven children. 

15. iii. Nathaniel, d. 1840. He was a manufacturer of sewing silk 

in Boston. Eight children. 

16. iv. Charles. Three children. 

17. V. Jonah, b. Feb. 3, 1783; m. 1808, Phebe Russell of Albany, 

N. Y. He was an architect at Albany. Eight children. 

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3. Amos^ (Nathaniel*, Joseph^, Joseph^, John^), b. 1744; m. 
Jan. 9, 1770, Mary Parker. His name is borne upon the New 
Ipswich records of the same years as those of his two brothers, 
and the three probably came from Westford at about the same 
time. But his name continues until 1781, although he seems 
to have finally removed, like his brother Nathan, to Plymouth 
and Cavendish, Vt. His activities during the Revolution 
seem to be located by the record of his military service for 
a considerable part of that period. His name is found upon 
the roll of volunteers aroused by the Concord alarm, but his 
later enlistments, concluding with one for the period of three 
years, credit him to Fitzwilliam, from which he probably re- 
ceived a bounty. Children : 

18. i. Isaiah, b. Oct. 20, 1770; d. June 12, 1851; m. (1) 1796, Re- 

becca Page of Plymouth, Vt. [d. May 12, 1816]; (2) 
Hannah Parker. Nine children. 

19. ii. Mary, m. Williams. Removed to Illinois. 

20. iii. Joseph, m. . Removed to New York. 

21. iv. Abigail, b. Sept. 11, 1777; d. Jan. 30, 1854; m. Moses Pollard. 

Res. Plymouth, Vt. 

22. v. Amos, d. Ludlow, Vt, about 1860; m. Mirey Perry. Five 

children. 

23. vi. Lydia, m. Weston. 

4. Earl*^ (Elias^, Joshua*, Joshua^, Joshua^, William^), b. 
Apr. 20, 1788; d. Aug. 25, 1871 ; m. Nov., 1808, Sally Fisk of 
Temple (2). He came to New Ipswich in 1811 and passed 
his life as a farmer on the "country road," at first upon 52, 
N, D., his cellar still remaining upon the east side of the road 
near the separation of the "Fish road" from the "Todd road." 
Later he removed southerly to the house near the division 
line between 50 and 51, N. D., a little south of the road diverg- 
ing to the "Pevey place." Children : 

24. i. Mary Caldwell, b. May 19, 1810; m. William J. Fisher. 

25. ii. Sally, b. Jan. 4, 1814; d. Mar. 1, 1815. 

26. iii. Sarah, b. Jan. 2, 1816; d. Apr. 30, 1906; m. Dec. 31, 1835, 

Albert G. Thayer (2). 

27. iv. William, b. Jan. 15, 1818; d. Feb. 10, 1905. He passed his 

life in New Ipswich, engaged in various occupations. He 
was greatly interested in the town library, and so disposed 
of the sum of $5000 in his will that it will ultimately revert 
to that institution. 

28. V. Isabel, b. Dec. 20, 1821; d. Jan. 10, 1892; m. July 21, 1841, 

Nehemiah M. Smith [b. about 1814; d. Apr. 17, 1885]. He 
was ai baker, carrying on his business in the Center Village 
at the stand upon the north side of the turnpike. 

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29. vi. Francis, b. June 6, 1824; d. Sept. 2, 1888; m. Apr. 14, 1847, 

Rhoda Butters. He was a plumber and tinsmith at Hyde 
Park, Mass. Children : i. Henry, d. Wichita, Kan. ii. 
Albert. 

30. vii. Martha Ann, b. June 16, 1826; d. July 29, 1827. 

31. viii. Emily M. B., b. Aug. 16, 1828; d. Oct. 9, 1912; m. Solomon 

Augustus Russell. 

32. ix. Charles Hastings, b. Nov. 10, 1830; d. Apr. 14. 1896; m. 

Orissa Clark. He was a hotel-keeper in Temple. Three 
children. 

33. X. George Henry, b. Nov. 21, 1832; d. Sept. 19, 1870; m. twice. 

He was a photographer at Boston. 

5. Oliver^ (Elias^, Joshua*, Joshua^ Joshua^, William^), 
b. May 8, 1799; d. May 2, 1879; m. Jan. 25, 1820, Mary 
Howard. He was a farmer, having his residence in the Cen- 
ter Village, for a considerable time in the large house upon 
the southern side of the turnpike near the Jo Kidder Brook. 
Children : 

34. i. William Elias, m. Mary E. Grover. He was a farmer in 

Jaffrey. Three children. 

35. ii. James F., m. Harriet R. Tapley. 

36. iii. Mary I., m. Clifton C. Stark. He was a cigar maker in New 

Ipswich, but removed to Hyde Park, Mass. Children : i. 
Henry Stark, ii. Ellen Stark. 

37. iv. Elizabeth, m. James P. Carroll. He was a cigar maker, 

living for some years in the house above named as the 
home of his father-in-law. Removed to Boston. Children : 
i. Sarah Carroll, ii. Margaret Carroll. 

6. Spaulding*^ (Elias^, Joshua*, Joshua^, Joshua^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Sept. 15, 1801; d. July 1, 1869; m. Nov. 29, 1823, 
Lavinia J. Wilder. He lived for a time on XV: 2, S. R., and 
later in the Center Village. He was a peddler of tinware and 
similar articles. Children : 

38. i. Hannah H., b. Aug. 5, 1828; m. (1) June 29, 1848, Nathan 

C. Lear; (2) Charles Frost of Orange, Mass. 

39. ii. William Spaulding, b. Apr. 14, 1830; m. July 30, 1857, Ase- 

nath L. Webb. Children : i. William F. ii. Edwin S. iii. 
Walter K. 

40. iii. James Hildreth, b. Apr. 3, 1832; d. Feb. 9, 1896; m. (1) 

Aug. 9, 1853, Eliza F. Grummet; (2) . He was a car- 
penter and tinworker. Children : i. Clara F. ii. Effie L. 

41. iv. Lavinia J., b. Sept. 10, 1834; d. Feb. 27, 1869; m. (1) Jan. 6, 

1853, Robert Paine [d. Sept. 4, 1856]; (2) Apr. 6, 1857, 
Joseph Poleicho. 

42. V. Susan A., b. May 12, 1839; d. Aug. 31, 1881; m. Mar. 5, 1859, 

Noah P. Shipley. 

43. vi. Mary E., b. Mar. 30, 1844; m. Dec. 2, 1856, Michael Harrigan. 

44. vii. Theresa L, b. Aug. 2, 1851; d. Jan. 13, 1869. 

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BREED. ^^ ^r^ tfiCA^' ^ 

Allen' Breed, b. 1601; d. Mar. 17, 1691/2; m. (1) ; (2) Mar. 28, 

1656, Elizabeth, widow of James Ballard and later of William Knight of 
Lynn, Mass. He came from England in 1630 with his first wife, whose 
name is not known, and his two oldest children and settled at Lynn, where 
he remained until his death, except during a few years spent at Southamp- 
ton, L. I. He was a farmer and was a selectman of Lynn. 

Allen' (Allen'), b. 1626; d. 1704-1707; m. Mary [d. Nov. 30, 

1671]. Res. in Lynn. 

Allen' (Allen^ Allen'), b. Aug. 30, 1660; d. Dec. 27, 1730; m. May 22, 
1684, Elizabeth Ballard [d. July, 1743]. He was a farmer and wheelwright 
at Lynn. 

John" (Allen^ Allen% Allen'), b. Oct. 10, 1689; d. Apr. 16, 1774; m. 
Jan. 2, 1717, Lydia Gott of Wenham, Mass. [b. Apr., 1699; d. Aug., 1789]. 
He was a yeoman and coaster. Res. Lynn. 

1. JoHN^ (Johns Aliens Allen^ Allen^), b. Sept. 13, 1720; 
d. July 25, 1780; m. 1743, Jane, dau. of Elisha* and Jane 
(Breed) Newhall [b. Aug. 9, 1721; d. 1790]. This marriage 
forms a part of a somewhat complicated union between the 
families engaged, as Elisha* Newhall and his brothers, Ebene- 
zer, Samuel, and Daniel, and their sister Susannah, had 
married members of the Breed family, three of whom, at least, 
Jane the wife of Elisha, Elizabeth the wife of Ebenezer, the 
ancestor of the Newhalls of New Ipswich, and Joseph the 
husband of Susannah, were children of Joseph* Breed, and 
Keziah the wife of Samuel was his niece. John came from 
Lynnfield to New Ipswich about 1764, and settled near the 
state line upon 82, A. D., and developed an excellent farm 
there at the end of the highway. Children : 

4. i. Allen, b. Jan. 19, 1744.-f 

Lydia, b. Sept. 25, 1745; m. Daniel Mansfield (2). 

Rebecca, b. Sept. 2, 1747; m. Peter Shattuck (6). 

John, b. Aug. 28, 1749. 

Jane, b. June 23, 1751. 

Susanna, b. Apr. 24, 1753. 

Elisha Newhall, b. Apr. 21, 1755. 

11. viii. Martha, b. Oct. 9, 1758. 

12. ix. Timna, b. Mar. 19, 1762. 

13. X. Deliverance, b. Mar. 24, 1764; probably "Delia," who d. 1816. 

2. Nathaniel^ (John*, AllenS AllenS Allen^), b. July 22, 
1728. His name appears upon the New Ipswich tax-lists 
from 1781 until 1789, but most of his life was spent elsewhere. 
He was resident at Easton, Mass., in 1757, but removed to 
Sudbury, Mass., in 1760, and thence to Packersfield, now 

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Nelson, five years later. In 1775 he enlisted as surgeon of 
the company leaving Nelson, and appears later as surgeon's 
mate of the regiment of Col. James Reed. Children : 

14. i. John, b. Oct. 15, 1757. He enlisted from Nelson at the same 

time as his father, but upon reaching Boston he was en- 
rolled in the company of Capt. Ezra Towne. At Bunker 
Hill his hat was struck by a bullet, and also his cartridge- 
box. He enlisted several times before the close of the 
war. He continued his residence in Nelson until 1828, when 
he removed to Sandy Creek, N. Y. 

15. ii. Thomas K., b. Apr. 10, 1761; d. Feb. 2, 1849; m. Dec. 15, 

1791, Polly Keyes. His place of residence appears to have 
been quite changeable. He seems to have lived in New 
Ipswich from 1783 until 1788, then for some years in Nel- 
son, afterward in Antrim, and later still in Lowell, Mass. 
He enlisted several times during the Revolution, serving in 
companies from Rindge, Fitzwilliam, and vicinity. 

16. iii. Abigail. 

3. JosiAH^ (John*, Allen^ Allen^, Allen^), b. Lynn, Dec. 
16, 1731; d. Dec. 12, 1790; m. (1) Dec. 18, 1755, Mary^ (Jo- 
seph*, Joseph^ Allen', Allen^) Breed [b. Jan. 6, 1733; d. May 
7, 1767] ; (2) June 30, 1768, Hannah, dau. of Henry Bacheller 
[b. 1729; d. Aug. 16, 1805]. He was in the contest of Apr. 
19, 1775, and was captured by the British, but was later ex- 
changed for a captured lieutenant. He did further service in 
Massachusetts troops. Res. in Lynn. Children : 

17. i. Mehetable, b. Jan. 8, 1757; m. Theophilus Bacheller. 

18. ii. Allen, b. July 14, 1759.-f- 

19. iii. Nathaniel (twin), b. Aug. 30, 1761. 

20. iv. Charles (twin), b. Aug. 30, 1761. 

21. V. Joseph, b. Mar. 29, 1764. 

22. vi. Mary, b. Apr. 29, 1772; d. Nov. 17, 1813. 

4. Allen« (John^ John*, Allen^, Allen^, Allen^), b. Jan. 19, 
1744; d. Apr. 16, 1806; m. Jan. 15, 1767, Lydia Mansfield (1). 
He came to New Ipswich, probably with his father, about 
1764. He seems to have lived upon his father's farm, and to 
have succeeded him in its ownership. Apparently he was in 
service during the greater part of the Revolutionary war, 
although it is difficult to certainly distinguish in the records 
between his service and that of his cousin bearing the same 
name. Children : 

23. i. Lydia, b. Jan. 8, 1768; d. Feb. 1, 1807, unm. 

24. ii. John, b. Dec. 1, \769.-\- 

25. iii. Elisha Newhall, b. Dec. 30, 1771.-+- 

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26. iv. Allen, b. Feb. 8, 1774.+ 

27. V. Jane, b. Dec. 9, 1775. 

28. vi. Enoch, b. Apr. 2, 1780.+ 

18. Allen« (Josiah^ John*, Allen^ Allen^, Allen^), b. July 
14, 1759; d. Apr. 2, 1842; m. July, 1781, Lucy, dau. of Reuben 
Taylor (10) [b. Jan. 10, 1762; d. Mar. 23, 1825]. When his 
father enlisted at Lynn, he came to New Ipswich and served 
in the companies of both Capt. Joseph Parker and Capt. 
Stephen Parker, and in later service held a lieutenant's com- 
mission. Children : 

29. i. JosiAH, b. Apr. 25, 1782; d. Mar. 5, 1855. 

30. ii. Mehetable, b. Dec. 8, 1783; d. Feb., 1856. 

31. iii. Lucy, b. Dec. 17, 1785; d. July 2, 1819. 

32. iv. Mary, b. May 20, 1789; d. May 26, 1869. 

33. V. Milly, b. Feb. 28, 1790. 

34. vi. Allen, b. Jan. 20, 1792; d. Mar. 13, 1827. 

35. vii. Rachel, b. Feb. 8, 1794. 

36. viii. Hannah, b. Dec. 14, 1795; d. 1856. 

37. ix. Ira, b. Dec. 23, 1797; d. Jan. 9, 1823. 

38. X. George Washington, b. Jan. 14, 1800. 

39. xi. Harriet, b. Feb. 28, 1802. 

40. xii. Lucretia, b. July 15, 1804; d. Aug. 15, 1804. 

41. xiii. Reuben Taylor, b. July 28, 1806. 

24. JoHN^ (Allen«, John^ John*, Allen^ Allen^, Allen^), b. 
Dec. 1, 1769; d. June 28, 1807; m. Nov. 16, 1797, Abiah Lamp- 
son [b. June 2, 1777; d. Apr. 14, 1808]. He was a farmer 
upon the next farm eastward from that of his father (80, 
A. D.) Children: 

42. i. Abiah, b. Aug. 17, 1798; d. Sept. 1, 1883. She resided in New 

Ipswich and in Ashby, Mass., and was for many years a 
nurse and general helper in times of need. She was the 
last member of the family here recorded as resident in 
town, and the date borne upon the marble stone marking 
her grave is separated by more than fifty years from the 
date upon the latest of the long line of olden slate stones 
in the South graveyard at the end of which it stands. 

43. ii. John, b. June 8, 1800. 

44. iii. Moses, b. Mar. 12, 1802. 

45. iv. Daniel, b. Apr. 8, 1804. 

46. v. Susan, b. Mar. 10, 1807. 

25. Elisha Newhall^ (Allen«, John^ John*, Allen^ Allen-, 

Allen^), b. Dec. 30, 1771; d. Mar. 6, 1802; m. Rebecca 

[b. about May, 1779; d. Oct. 14, 1806]. He probably passed 
the years of his brief manhood on the ancestral farm. 
Children : 

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47. i. Elisha Newhall, b. Feb. 14, 1802; d. Sept. 20, 1805. 

26. Allen" (Allen«, John^, John*, Allen^, Allen^, Allen^), 
b. Feb. 8, 1774; d. Mar. 8, 1849; m. Esther Lampson of Little- 
ton, Mass. Children : 

48. i. Esther, b. Sept. 24, 1797. 

49. ii. HuLDY, b. May 25, 1799. 

28. Enoch^ (Allen«, John^ John*, Allen^, Allen^, Allen^, 
b. Apr. 2, 1780; d. June 26, 1811; m. Dec. 29, 1807, Sarah, dau. 
of John* and Susanna (Page) Wetherbee of Rindge [m. (2) 
Dea. Adin Cummings of Rindge]. Res. in Rindge. Children: 

50. i. Joseph Baxter, b. Nov. 27, 1808.+ 

51. ii. Marinda, b. 1810; d. young. 

50. Joseph Baxter^ (Enoch^, Allen^, John^, John*, Allen^, 
Allen^ Alleni), b. Nov. 27, 1808; d. Sept. 23, 1864; m. June 
6, 1833, Mary Wilson (16). He was a merchant in Rindge, 
and was a deacon there. Children : 

52. i. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1834; m. Jan. 12, 1860, John C. 

Spenser. Res. Geneseo, 111. 

53. ii. Martha Jane, b. and d. June 8, 1834. 

54. iii. Sarah Marinda, b. Nov. 15, 1835; d. Dec. 3, 1835. 

55. iv. Marinda, b. Oct. 10, 1836; m. Nov. 3, 1865, John L. Combs. 

Res. Geneseo, 111. 

56. V. Harriet Wilson, b. Aug. 9, 1838; d. Sept. 5, 1839. 

57. vi. Augustus Baxter, b. Sept. 12, 1840; d. May 31, 1863, while 

serving in the Civil War. 

58. vii. George Henry, b. May 28, 1844; m. Caroline A. Albro of 

Providence, R. I. Res. Geneseo, 111. 

The readiness of the members of this family for Revolutionary 
service suggests mention of the fact that Ebenezer Breed, the owner 
of the larger part of Breed's Hill, upon which the battle of "Bunker Hill" 
was fought, was a kinsman of the New Ipswich family, his lineage as 
follows : Allen\ John", Ebenezer^, John^, Ebenezer^ 

The early disappearance of this family from the town, probably 
largely due to the tendency of its members to consumption, the wide 
dispersion of the descendants of the residents in New Ipswich, and also 
the prevalence of two or three given names causing an exceptional un- 
certainty in the interpretation of records, have together made entire 
accuracy hard to attain. It is hoped, however, that the resulting errors 
are not very great. 

BRIANT. 

Abraham Briant\ m. (1) 1664, Mary, dau. of Dea. Thomas Kendall 
of Reading, Mass. [d. 1688] ; (2) Ruth, widow of Samuel Frothingham 
of Charlestown, Mass. [d. 1693]. He was a blacksmith in Reading. Dea. 
Kendall had no sons living to adult age, but each of his eight daughters 
married and had a son named Kendall. 

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Kendall' (Abraham'), b. Sept. 8, 1680; m. 1704, Elizabeth, dau. of 
Maj. Jeremiah and Mary (Smith) Swain. He followed his father's 
occupation as a blacksmith. 

1. Kendall^ (KendalP, Abraham^), b. Mar. 7, 1709; in. 
Oct. 5, 1736, Mary Parker. He followed the family trade 
of a blacksmith in his native town until middle life. In 1754 
he and his wife were dismissed to the church in Concord, 
Mass., but his residence there must have been brief, as his 
name does not appear upon the Vital Records of that town, 
and he came to New Ipswich as early as 1763, apparently 
from Pepperell. He purchased a small farm from Col. Reuben 
Kidder, (46, N. D.) The probable location of his house may 
still be seen on the eastern side of the old "country road" 
about midway between the Kidder cellar and the house nearer 
the Center Village which has bpen developed by additions 
from the ancient smaller dwelling of Col. Kidder's negro 
slave, Caesar. Near the Briant house was his blacksmithy. 
No list of children of this family has been found. 

2. Edmond* (KendalP, KendalP, Abraham^), b. June 3, 
1744; d. Sept. 28, 1786; m. (1) Abigail Fletcher (7) ; (2) Dec. 
30, 1778, Hannah Sprague [b. about 1748; d. Sept. 7, 1830]. 
He continued the family calling in his father's shop and later 
in Smith Village. He served three times during the Revo- 
lution, first in response to the Concord alarm, second as lieu- 
tenant in the company of Capt. Josiah Brown in 1777, and 
third, later in the same year, as captain of another New Ips- 
wich company. It is characteristic of the enlistments in the 
earlier years of the war that these three terms of service to- 
gether covered a period of only about six weeks. Children : 

3. i. Joseph, b. Sept. 25, 1765. -|- 

4. ii. Edmond, b. May 20, 1768; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Nabby Fox (3). 

5. iii. Abigail, b. Jan. 6, 1775. 

6. iv. Aaron, b. 1783. 

3. Joseph^ (Edmond*, KendalP, KendalP, Abraham^), b. 
Sept. 25, 1785; m. Anna . Children: 

7. i. Joseph, b. Jan. 8, 1786. 

8. ii. John, b. Apr. 25, 1788. 

9. iii. Anna, b. June 13, 1790. 

10. iv. Benjamin, b. Aug. 20, 1792. 

The New Ipswich tax lists bear also the names of Amos, Edward, 
James, John, and Nathan Briant, who were perhaps residents for a year 
or two at about the time of the arrival of Kendall Briant, and were 
probably his kinsmen. But no record of such relationship has appeared. 

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BROOKS. 

This name has been borne by citizens of New Ipswich descended 
from two immigrant ancestors, Thomas and Henry Brooks ; but as ac- 
cording to reliable tradition these ancestors were brothers, their de- 
scendants are here presented together. 

Thomas^ Brooks, b. County Suffolk, England; d. Concord, Mass., 
May 21, 1667; m. Grace, dau. of Capt. Timothy Wheeler of Concord [d. 
May 12, 1664]. He was a preacher in London and came to America in 
1634, remaining at Watertown, Mass., for a time, but soon removing to 
Concord, settled in that part which is now Carlisle. He was a deacon, 
and represented the town in the General Court for several years. 

Henry^ Brooks, d. Apr. 12, 1683; m. (1) Susanna [d. Sept. 15, 

1681] ; (2) July 12, 1682, Annis Jaquith. He is believed to have come to 
America with his brother Thomas, and to have removed to Concord a 
little later than Thomas. But he resided there only a few years, as the 
birth of only one child, in 1641, is recorded there. He was a proprietor 
of Woburn, Mass., in 1652 and apparently resided there. 

Joshua" (Thomas^), b. England, 1625; d. Concord, Mass., Oct. 10, 
1698; m. Oct. 17, 1653, Hannah, dau. of Capt. Hugh Mason. Res. Con- 
cord, Mass. 

John" (Henry^), b. England, Jan. 1, 1624; m. Nov. 1, 1649, Eunice, 
dau. of Dea. John and Joanna Monsal. 

Noah' (Joshua", Thomas'), b. Concord, 1657; d. Feb. 1, 1738-9; m. 
Dorothy Wright of Sudbury, Mass. [b. about 1663; d. Mar. 15, 1752]. 
Res. Concord. 

John' (John^ Henry'), b. March 1, 1664; d. Aug. 7, 1733; m. Feb. 25, 
1684, Mary Richardson. 

Thomas' (Noah', Joshua', Thomas'), b. May 28, 1701; d. Dec. 22, 
1790; m. June 24, 1725, Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Dorothy (Wooster) 
Dakin [b. Oct. 22,, 1704; d. July 3, 1784]. Res. Lincoln, Mass. 

Nathan' (John', John', Henry'), b. Nov. 1, 1706; d. Jan. 6, 1751; 
m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Fowle) Wyman. Res. Woburn. 

Aaron^ (Thomas', Noah', Joshua', Thomas'), b. Concord, Aug. 24, 
1727; d. Feb. 23, 1811; m. Jan. 2, 1755, Mary Stone. 

William"* (Nathan', John', John', Henry'), b. Mar. 3, 1737; d. Oct. 
11, 1804; m. Mar. 29, 1759, Abigail Kemp On attaining his majority 
or earlier he removed to Hollis, of which he was one of the proprietors. 
In the Revolution he gave two terms of service, once as lieutenant; he 
enlisted a third time as captain, but was not called upon to leave the 
state; later he removed to Lyndeboro. 

1. Stephen*^ (Aaron^, Thomas^ Noah^, Josliua-, Thomas^), 
b. Lincoln, Mass., Mar. 22, 1759; d. Jan. 30, 1848; m. June 7, 
1791, Rachel Taylor (20). In early manhood he settled in 
Rindge near the New Ipswich line where the road over Binney 
Hill enters the Rindge turnpike, but in 1798 he exchanged 
farms with his brother Aaron and removed a half mile east- 
ward to the farm for many years owned by his descendants, 
(97, A. D.,) where he passed an honorable life ; his house 

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was the western one of the two houses now standing. He 
rendered service at least three times, 1775, 1777, 1780, before 
leaving Massachusetts. Children : 

3. i. Rachel, b. July 6, 1792; d. Feb. 20, 1795. 

4. ii. Stephen, b. Oct. 31, 1794; d. Mar. 24, 1795. 

5. iii. Stephen, b. Jan. 27, 1796.+ 

6. iv. Joseph, b. Aug. 31, 1798.+ 

7. V. Walton, b. Sept. 4, 1800.+ 

8. vi. Rachel, b. Dec. 29, 1802; m. Feb. 11, 1847, Joseph Davis, son 

of Ebenezer B. and Huldah (Lawrence) Davis of Rindge. 
She was his third wife. 

9. vii. Harvey, b. May 30, 1805.+ 

10. viii. Oliver, b. May 14, 1810; d. Feb. 25, 1895; m. Eliza C. Farrar 

[b. Oct., 1811; d. Nov. 28, 1892]. He passed his life in 
Denmark, Iowa, of which he was one of the first settlers 
and where he was a deacon. 

11. ix. Newton, b. March 13, 1812.+ 

2. Aaron^ (Aaron^, Thomas*, Noah^ Joshua^, Thomas^), 
b. Lincoln, Mass., Jan. 10, 1765; d. Aug. 4, 1823; m. Mary 
Taylor (23). He came to New Ipswich about 1790 and set- 
tled on the farm next south of that of Thaddeus Taylor, (97, 
A. D.,) where he lived for a few years and then exchanged 
with his brother Stephen as before stated and lived in Rindge 
until his death. 

William" (William^ Nathan*, John', John^ Henry'), b. Hollis, May 
1, 1760; d. Greenfield, Sept. 5, 1843; m. (1) Deborah Parker of Groton, 
Mass.; (2) Hepzibah Draper. 

5. Stephen'^ (Stephen'^, Aaron^, Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua^, 
Thomas^), b. Jan. 27, 1796; d. Apr. 2, 1876; m. May 22, 1823, 
Narcissa Tweed Pratt (John, 7). Res. Ashby. Children: 

12. i. Amelia Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1826; d. July 7, 1864; m. Dec. 

19, 1861, Franklin Wyman of Westminster, Mass. She 
attended the academies at New Ipswich and Groton, Mass., 
and taught for several years before her marriage. Res. 
Westminster. Child: i. Alfred Aurelius IVynian, b. Oct. 
26, 1863; d. Nov. 9, 1907; m. Flora Wright of Fitchburg, 
in which city he was a successful business man. Six sons. 

13. ii. Myron Dwight, b. Aug. 26, 1828; d. Jan. 29, 1832. 

14. iii. Ellen Mariah, b. May 16, 1831; d. Jan. 26, 1832. 

15. iv. Louisa Langdon, b. June 25, 1833. She attended New Ips- 

wich Academy, graduated from the Westfield (Mass.) Nor- 
mal School, and has passed her life as a teacher and reader. 
Res. Boston. 

16. V. Horace Stephen, b. July 22, 183S.-f- 

17. vi. Myron Dwight, b. May 9, 1838. -f 

18. vii. Henry Winslow, b. May 17, 1845.-}- 

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6. Joseph'' (Stephen^, Aaron^, Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua^, 
Thomas^), b. Aug. 31, 1798; m. May 5, 1825, Emily Taylor 
(46). He was a farmer in Rindge. Children: 

19. i. Warren Taylor, b. Sept. 21, 1827; d. Oct. 2, 1827. 

20. ii. Emily Taylor, b. Mar. 25, 1829; d. June 24, 1852; m. Apr. 

25, 1850, Samuel, W.', son of Walter' (Lyman^ Joshua', Jo- 
seph^ Joshua', William^ Robert') Fletcher of Westford, 
Mass. He is a merchant in West Rindge. One son. 

21. iii. Calista A., b. Aug. 19, 1831; m. Pliny F. Towne (39). 

22. iv. Caroline M., b. Sept. 28, 1834; m. Nov. 9, 1852, her brother- 

in-law Samuel W. Fletcher. Four children. 

23. V. Charles B., b. Nov. 2, 1841 ; d. Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 18, 

1871. He served in the Civil War in the 9th N. H. Regt. 

7. Walton^ (Stephen*', Aaron'', Thomas*, Noah^ Joshua", 
Thomas^), b. Sept. 4, 1800; d. May 5, 1881; m. Mar. 28, 1822, 
Arethusa, dau. of Thomas Piper [b. April 19, 1803; d. Apr. 
30, 1895]. He succeeded to his father's farm, living in the 
eastern of the dwelling-houses upon it. Children : 

24. i. Nancy Piper, b. Aug. 20, 1823; d. Feb. 23, 1898; m. Sept. 23, 

1841, George W. Stearns. 

25. ii. Eveline Jewett, b. Sept. 14, 1825; d. May 6, 1901; m. June 

17, 1846, Joshua Chadwick Towne of Rindge [d. Feb. 3, 
1893]. 

26. iii. Harriet Taylor, b. Sept. 14, 1828; d. Nov. 3, 1831. 

27. iv. Ivers Harvey, b. Apr. 27, 1831. + 

28. V. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 21, 1833; m. (1) Oct. 2, 1851, George 

Raymond Thomas [d. May 20, 1873]; (2) Oct. 1, 1884, 
George G. Williams (16). Res. Rindge. Five children. 

29. vi. Albert Newton, b. June 6, 1836.-f- 

9. Harvey'^ (Stephen*', Aaron^, Thomas*. Noah^, Joshua^, 
Thomas^), b. May 30, 1805; d. Jan. 20, 1899; m. Lois Burgess 
of Ashburnham, Mass, [d. Jan. 19, 1892]. Res. Gardner, 
Mass. Children : 

30. i. Harvey P. 

31. ii. Euclid L. 

32. iii. Newton. 

33. iv. LUELLA. 

11. Newton' (Stephen^, Aaron^ Thomas*, Noah^ Joshua^, 
Thomas^), b. Mar. 13, 1812; d. Feb. 28, 1898; m. June 2, 1841, 
Harriet A. Campbell (6). He left New Ipswich a few years 
after attaining his majority and was in Boston or its vicinity 
for about ten years, returning to his native town in 1846 and 
purchasing for his home the house built by John Crosby at 
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Barrett mansion on the south. This was his home for about 
thirty-five years until, after the death of his wife, he left the 
town, passing his later years with his son in Chicago. He 
was a man of artistic temperament and for a considerable 
time was occupied in the production of oil portraits. After 
the development of the daguerreotype, however, he turned his 
attention in that direction, and at a very early date made use 
of the gallery upon wheels for offering the later forms of that 
line of work to the public. He was a trustee of the Academy 
for a considerable period. Child : 

34. i. Newton Vinelle, ,b. Aug. 3, 1845; m. (1) Mary J. Reynolds 
[d. May 3, 1892] ; (2) Mar. 23, 1896, Mary Partridge Frank. 
Res. in Chicago. One son. 
James Hosley' (William^ William^ NathanS John^ John% Henry'), 
d. in Greenfield, Dec. 30, 1885; m. Sabrina H. Person of Prancestown. 

Gardner Towne' (William', William', Nathan*, John', John', Henry'), 
b. Hancock, May 18, 1794; d. Fitchburg, Mass., June 3, 1841; m. Mina 
Gove [b. about 1794; d. Oct. 31, 1879]. 

16. Horace Stephen^ (Stephen^, Stephen*^, Aaron^ 
Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua", Thomas^), b. July 22, 1835; m. 
Ashby, Mass., Sarah Elisabeth Rice. Res. in Springfield, 
Mass., and is a farmer in Ashby. Has been a teacher and 
member of the Legislature. Children : 

38. i. Frederic Pratt, b. Springfield; m. Dec. 18, 1906, Ada Comer 

Waterman. He graduated from Boston School of Phar- 
macy and has been successful in business. Res. Norwood, 
Mass. 

39. ii. Mabel Rice, b. Sept. 1, 1868. She graduated from Worcester, 

Mass., Normal School and is a teacher in Worcester. 

40. iii. Lucy Hubbard, b. Ashby, Mass., Feb. 8, 1880. She graduated 

from Worcester Normal School and is a teacher. 

17. Myron Dwight^ (Stephen'', Stephen'', Aaron^, 
Thomas*, Noah^ Joshua^, Thomas^), b. May 9, 1838; m. in 
Boston, May 28, 1867, Susan Ann Field. He has been a busi- 
ness man in Boston, Florida, and Georgia. Child : 

41. i. Amy Louise C, b. May 12, 1870; m. June 12, 1899, Dr. Fred- 

eric S. Snow. One daughter. 

18. Henry Winslow** (Stephen^, Stephen^, Aaron^ 
Thomas*, Noah^ Joshua'-, Thomas^), b. May 17, 1845; m. (1) 
June 11, 1868, Jeannette Wilson Wright [d. Dec. 20, 1877] ; 
(2) Feb. 23, 1880, Lucy Reade Wright [d. Oct. 26, 1905]. 
Res. in Chicago, where his children were born. Children : 



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42. i. Maude Wright, b. Apr. 10, 1869; d. New York, Feb., 1896. 

Graduated from Normal School in Philadelphia and was a 
teacher. 

43. ii. Robert Montgomery, b. Nov. 6, 1872; d. Johnstown, Penn., 

Jan. 27, 1897; m. Oct., 1896, Margaret Donnegan. He was 
a civil engineer. 

44. iii. Henry Winslow, b. Dec. 20, 1877; m. Mar. 23, 1911, Lucy 

Bennet Claxton. He graduated from a business college 
in New York city, where he had entered upon a business life. 

27. IvERS Harvey^ (Walton^, Stephen*^, Aaron^ Thomas*, 
Noah^ Joshua^, Thomas^), b. Apr. 27, 1831; m. (1) Nov. 11, 
1852, Nancy R. Bancroft (4); (2) Jan. 1, 1908, E. Urania 
Wright. He has been a farmer in Rindge and in Ashby, 
Mass., and has held the office of deacon. Children : 

45. i. Ancil W., b. April 2, 1855; m. Nettie M. Frost of Ashby, 

Mass. Three children. 

46. ii. Mary Eveline, b. Sept. 14, 1858; m. Howard P. Lamb of 

Rindge. Four children. 

47. iii. James William, b. Apr. 17, 1861 ; m. M. Emma Walker of 

Fitchburg, Mass. Four children. 

48. iv. Jennie Harriet, b. Sept. 19, 1863; m. Edward R. Wilder of 

Fitchburg. Four children. 

49. V. Helen, b. June 13, 1866; d. Sept. 25, 1890; m. Charles J. 

Hubbard of Ashby, Mass. Two children. 

50. vi. Frederick Eugene, b. Nov. 7, 1867; m. Nellie E. Whitney of 

Ashby. Three children. 

29. Albert Newton^ (Walton^, Stephen^, Aaron^, 
Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua-, Thomas^), b. June 6, 1836; d. Sept. 
25, 1881 ; m. Oct. 22, 1857, Clementine M. Hale of Rindge [b. 
Mar. 23, 1841]. He was a farmer and succeeded to the family 
estate. Children : 

51. i. George Henry, b. Feb. 29, 1864; m. Dec. 23, 1896, Esther 

Jane Green [b. Ashby, Mass., Nov. 20, 1873]. Res. Ashby. 
Children : i. Ruth Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1904. ii. Clara 
Helen, b. Nov. 8, 1906. 

52. ii. Oliver Newton, b. Jan. 12, 1866; m. Sept. 5, 1893, Martha 

Bell, dau. of William and Isabel (Maxwell) Corbett [b. Apr. 
18, 1877]. Res. Ashby. Children: i. Minnie Arthusa. ii. 
Walton Albert, iii. Laura Abbie. iv. Hazel Emma. 

35. Frederick A.** (James H.'', William", William^, Na- 
than*, John^ John^ Henry^), b. Nashua, Mar. 20, 1836; d. 
Apr. 18, 1882; m. Sept. 15, 1860, Helen M. Mansur (15). He 
came to New^ Ipswich in early manhood and until his death 
conducted a private express to Boston, living during nearly 
the entire period at New Ipswich, but for a few years at other 
towns upon his route. Child : 

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53. i. Lena A., b. July 20, 1861- m. May 11, 1891, Frederic Preston 

(110). 

36. Square Gage^ (Gardner^, William^, William^ Nathan*, 
John^, John^ Henry^), b. Alerrimac, April 4, 1833; d. Dec. 26, 
1907; m. Dec. 30, 1855, Sarah L. Griggs of Roxbury. He re- 
sided for a short time in Bank Village. Six children, the 
youngest of whom, Herbert Griggs, succeeded to his father's 
business in Roxbury. 

37. Edward Chase^ (Gardner^, William*', William^, Na- 
than*, John^ John^, Henry^), m. March 13, 1848, Hannah 
Merrill, dau. of Charles Porter [b. Mar. 4, 1826; d. May 6, 
1881]. Lived on the "Moses Wilkins" farm 1861-72. Chil- 
dren : 

54. i. Lizzie, m. Jan. 4, 1875, Thomas K. Bolton (9). 

55. ii. Charles Edward, d. July 27, 1873. 

56. iii. Susan P. 

57. iv. Gertrude. 

BROWN (Abraham). 

Abraham^ Brown, d. about 1650; m. Lydia [d. Sept. 27, 1686; 

m. (2) Nov. 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges of Ipswich, Mass.]. He was a 
very early settler at Watertown and a leading citizen. 

Jonathan- (Abraham^), b. Oct. 15, 1635; d. 1691; m. Feb. 11, 1661/2, 
Mary, dau. of William and Susanna Shattuck of Watertown [b. Aug. 25, 
1645; d. Oct. 23, 1732]. 

Benjamin' (Jonathan^ Abraham'), b. Feb. 27, 1681/2; d. Mar. 11, 
1753; m. Feb. 27, 1702/3, Anna, dau. of Capt. Benj. and Elizabeth (Bridge) 
Garfield of Watertown [b. June 2, 1683; d. Sept. 13, 1737]. He lived in 
that part of Weston afterwards a part of Lincoln. 

William' (Jonathan^ Abraham'), b. Sept. 3, 1684; d. Oct. 28, 1756; 
m. (1) Jan. 10, 1704/5, Hannah Pease of Cambridge, Mass. [d. Mar. 10, 
1717/8]; (2) Dec. 11, 1718, Sarah, dau. of Jonas and Grace (Coolidge) 
Bond [b. about 1699; d. June 10, 1777]. He was a member of the first 
board of selectmen of Waltham, Mass. 

Joseph^ (Benjamin', Jonathan^ Abraham'), b. Feb., 1717/8; d. Apr. 
2, 1788; m. Feb. 7, 1744/5, Abigail, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Munroe 
of Lexington [b. Jan. 21, 1723; d. Mar. 18, 1793]. Res. in Lincoln and 
Waltham. 

1. Isaac* (William^, Jonathan^, Abraham^), b. Dec. 5, 
1711; d. Oct. 6, 1759; m. Apr., 1736, Mary, dau. of Thomas 
and Mary (Prentiss) Balch [b. about 1714; d. Apr. 29, 1782; 
m. (2) May 22, 1760, Nathan Brown of Lincoln, Mass.] He 
may not have been a resident in New Ipswich, but his imme- 
diate family is so closely identified with the town that it is 
here presented as though he were himself a townsman. His 

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widow is said to have spent her last days with her youngest 
son in New Ipswich. Children : 

2. i. Mary, b. Mar. 17, 1738/9; d. Nov. 18, 1740. 

3. ii. Isaac, b. Apr. 14, 1740; d. Nov. 16, 1740. 

4. iii. Mary, b. Aug. 22, 1741 ; d. Oct. 7, 1742. 

5. iv. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1742; d. young. 

6. V. Eunice, b. Oct. 10, 1744; d. Sept. 9, 1818; m. 1764, Rev. 

Stephen Farrar (1). 

7. vi. Isaac, b. June 24, 1746; d. about 1752. 

8. vii. Moses, b. Apr. 6, 1748; d. June 16, 1820; m. (1) Oct. 16, 1774, 

Elizabeth, dau. of Osmyn Trask of Beverly [d. July 7, 
1788] ; (2) May 3, 1789, Mary, dau. of Rev. Matthew and 
Anna (Perkins) Bridge [b. Sept. 7, 1760; d. Feb. 21, 1843]. 
He graduated from Harvard College in 1768. He was a 
merchant in Beverly, Mass., was a captain in the Revo- 
lutionary War, president of the Provincial Congress, mem- 
ber of the Legislature, and a Presidential Elector in 1808. 
Three children. 

9. viii. Mary, b. Dec. 29, 1749; d. Nov. 30, 1824; m. June 1, 1769, 

Ephraim Hartwell (1). 

10. ix. Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1751. 

11. X. Aaron, b. Sept. 16, 1752; d. Nov. 14, 1811; m. (1) 1774, 

Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Whitney) Stowell 
of Waltham, Mass. [b. June 14, 1752; d. Aug. 4, 1797]; 
(2) Dec, 1799, Thesta, dau. of Hon. Stowell Dana of 
Brighton, Mass. He was a merchant in Boston, and is 
said to have removed to New Ipswich in his later life, but 
neither records nor tradition give further details. Nine 
children. 

Ephraim° (Joseph^ Benjamin^ Jonathan^ Abraham^), b. Lincoln, 
Mass.. Aug. 30, 1756; d. Mar. 3, 1813; m. Oct., 1779, Elizabeth, dau. of 
Jacob Wyman of Wayland, Mass. Eleven children. 

12. William^ (Ephraim^ Joseph*, Benjamin^, Jonathan-, 
Abraham^), b. Lincoln, Mass., May 22, 1807; d. Jan. 8, 1877; 
m. June 10, 1830, Lucy Taylor (45). For several years after 
his marriage he had a general store at what is now Smithville, 
succeeding Peter Felt in the house at the corner around which 
the road from the Center Village turns toward the "Fox place" 
and the present "Little Finland." Jeremiah Smith, from 
whom the village was later to receive its name, was asso- 
ciated with him for a time, but the firm was not of long dura- 
tion ; after its dissolution Mr. Smith opened just across the 
street a store which was to have a longer life than any other 
store of that village, while Mr. Brown entered the colony of 
New Ipswich people then forming a settlement in Iowa, to 
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his remaining forty years of life, having a part in founding 
and shaping a New England town upon what was then al- 
most the extreme frontier. Children : 

13. i. William Taylor, b. Apr. 17, 1831.+ 

14. ii. Charles Kendall, b. May 9, 1833.4- 

15. iii. Edward Hills, b. May 9, 1836. -|- 

16. iv. George Stewart, b. Feb. 16, 1838.+ 

17. V. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1841; d. Feb. 14, 1911; m. Feb. 

7, 1870, John J. Day. Res. in Denmark, Iowa. They had 
no children but adopted in her infancy, Lilian Anna, b. 
Aug. 9, 1879; m. Feb. 5, 1902, Charles Wharton; she resides 
upon the family homestead in Denmark. 

18. vi. Harriet Rebekah, b. Oct. 29, 1844; m. Feb. 7, 1870, Newton 

L. Mills [b. Gustavus, O., Mar. 23, 1845]. 

19. vii. Lucy Henrietta, b. Nov. 30, 1846; d. Eldon, Iowa, Aug. 21, 

1907, unm. 

20. viii. Ellen Sophronia, b. Mar. 14, 1853; m. Feb. 15, 1883, Rev. 

Dallas D. Tibbetts. Five children. 

13. William^ Taylor (William:'', Ephraim^, Joseph*, Ben- 
jamin^, Jonathan^, Abraham^X t». Apr. 17, 1831; d. Aug. 30, 
1894; m. (1) Apr. 23, 1856, Almira Jane Dudley [d. Dec. 12, 
1891]; (2) Feb. 22, 1894, Mrs. Martha Sutter. Res. in Den- 
mark, Iowa. Children : 

21. i. Olive E., b. July 25, 1859; d. Aug. 2, 1909; m. J. E. Trevett. 
Walter W., b. Aug. 20, 1862. 

Laura L., b. July 23, 1864; d. Feb. 26, 1897; m. Hiram Ken- 
nedy. 

Bertha G., b. Feb. 10, 1866. 

Frank O., b. June, 1868; d. Oct. 20, 1868. 

LiLiA, b. Oct., 1870; d. Jan., 1871. 

14. Charles Kendall^ (William*^, Ephraim^ Joseph*, 
Benjamin^, Jonathan^ Abraham^), b. May 9, 1833; d. Fairhope, 
Ala., June 17, 1909; m. Nov. 1, 1860, Harriet N. Briggs [b. 
Utica, N. Y., June 11, 1836]. Children: 

27. i. Frank L., b. Dec. 26, 1861. 

28. ii. Nellie M., b. Sept. 28, 1863. 

29. iii. Anna D., b. Feb. 9, 1868. 

15. Edward Hills^ (William'', Ephraim^, Joseph*, Benja- 
min^ Jonathan^, Abraham^), b. May 9, 1836; d. Middletown, 
Iowa, July 18, 1911; m. (1) Oct. 23, 1856, Clara Ellen Dudley 
[b. Oct. 23, 1856; d. Oct. 31, 1888]; (2) Jan. 14, 1889, Mrs. 
Anna Diemer. Children: 

30. i. Arthur Allen, b. Oct. 13, 1857; m. Alice Purcell. He is a 

farmer and veterinarian at Columbia, Mo. Four children. 

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31. ii. Clarence Edward, b. May 1, 1859; m. Lesta Purcell. He is 

merchant, Nevada, Mo. 

32. iii. Etalea Latoria, b. Apr. 2, 1866; m. William Taylor. Res. 

at Keene, Tex. Five children. 

33. iv. Charles, b. Aug. 7, 1872; m. Clara Van Syke. He is a well 

driller at Rocheport, Mo. Five children. 

16. George Stewart^ (William.*', Ephraim^ Joseph*, Ben- 
jamin^, Jonathan^, Abraham^), b. Feb. 16, 1838; d. Geneseo, 
111., Feb. 19, 1888; m. Feb. 24, 1870, Sophie E. Mills of Lewis, 
Iowa. Children : 

34. i. Fred Oliver, b. Dec. 3, 1870. 

35. ii. William G., b. July 2, 1875. 

36. iii. Edward F., b. July 2, 1875. 

37. iv. Edith Julia, b. Dec. 20, 1879. 



BROWN (John). 

JoHN^ Brown, b. England, 1608; d. Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 13, 1677; 

m. Mary . He came to America in 1635, and had settled at Ipswich 

as early as 1640. He was a farmer and tailor. 

John' (John'), b. about 1639; d. Apr. 9, 1727; m. (1) Hannah 

[b. about 1650]; (2) Elizabeth ; (3) Hannah [d. Nov. 17, 1727]. 

Res. Ipswich. 

William' (John^ John'), b. 1683; d. about 1753; m. Apr. 17, 1703, 
Dorothy, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Giddings. He was a weaver at 
Ipswich. 

William' (William^ John=, John'), d. Dec. 31, 1799; m. Jan. 1, 1726, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Susanna (Dutch) Kinsman [b. Nov. 11, 
1707]. Res. Ipswich (prob. 1713-76). 

1. Ebenezer^ (William*, William^, John^, John^), bapt. 
Oct. 14, 1744; d. June 7, 1814; m. Mar. 24, 1768, Elizabeth Per- 
kins [b. about 1745; d. Mar. 19, 1837]. He came to New 
Ipswich about 1776, and settled upon lot 30, N. D., where he 
was a farmer and also a blacksmith. Children : 

2. i. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 19, 1769.-t- 

3. ii. Isaac, bapt. Nov. 18, 1770. 

4. iii. William, bapt. Nov. 15, 1772. 

5. iv. Elizabeth, bapt. Apr. 11, 1775; d. Apr. 30, 1775. 

6. V. Elizabeth Perkins, b. Apr. 21, 1776. 

7. vi. Eleazer, b. 1778.-]- 

8. vii. Lucy. 

9. viii. James. 

10. ix. Susan, b. about 1786; d. Apr. 21, 1857. 

11. X. Sarah. 

12. xi. Abigail, b. July 1, 1790; d. Oct. 23, 1873; m. Jan. 2, 1812, 
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2. Ebenezer^ (Ebenezer^, William*, William^, John^, 
John^), b. Feb. 19, 1769; d. May 20, 1849; m. (1) Feb. 25, 
1796, Lydia, dau. of Daniel and Lydia (Breed) Mansfield (7) ; 
(2) Cynthia Holbrook. He was a clothier in Rindge and a 
deacon in the church of that town. Children : 

13. i. Ebenezer Wilder, b. Feb. 22, 1797; d. Jan. IS, 1839; m. Nov. 

29, 1821, Eliza, dau. of Thaddeus and Dorothy (Coolidge) 
Richards. He succeeded to his father's business. Children : 
i. Franklin Wilder, b. Aug. 24, 1822; d. Aug. 4, 1827. ii. 
Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 19, 1830; m. Warham H. Rugg. 

14. ii. Franklin, b. Apr. 17, 1799; d. Oct. 24, 1819. 

15. iii. Eliza, bapt. Feb. 4, 1810; m. Horace A. Breed of Fitchburg, 

Mass. 

7. Eleazer*^ (Ebenezer^, William*, William^, John^, John^), 
b. 1778; d. July 24, 1855; m. Feb. 6, 1806, Hannah Morgan [d. 
Jan. 25, 1867J. In middle life he became interested in cotton 
manufactures, then steadily increasing in New Ipswich, and 
about 1825 in connection with Samuel Batchelder he estab- 
lished a factory for the manufacture of tickings, between the 
sites of the mills known at different periods as the "Upper 
Factory" and the "Lower Factory," as the "Waterloom" and 
"Souhegan Mills," and still later as the "Columbian, No. 3" 
and the "Columbian, No. 2." "Brown's Factory" was active 
until, in the changing methods of competition, the smaller 
mills were unable to maintain a profitable activity. For a 
considerable period the tax assessed against Mr. Brown was 
exceeded by that of only one fellow townsman. He was in- 
terested in military afi:'airs, and his command of one of the 
militia companies caused him to be generally mentioned as 
"Capt. Brown." Children: 

16. i. Hannah Maria, b. Dec. 9, 1806; d. 1819. 
Elvira, b. July 25, 1808; d. 1809. 
Elvira E., b. Jan. 1, 1810; d. 1810. 
Louisa Reed, b. Mar. 4, 1811; d. Macon, Ga., Mar., 1838; m. 

R. R. Graves. 
Lucy Ann, b. Jan. 8, 1813; d. Oct. 22, 1909; m. Jan. 13, 1836, 

George M. Champney (16). 
George, b. Apr. 14, 1815; d. 1816. 
Henrietta, b. Jan. 16, 1817; d. Macon, Ga., 1848; m. Dec. 25, 

1837, Edwin Graves. 

23. viii. Charles Bradford, b. Oct. 8, 1818; d. Feb. 11, 1825. 

24. ix. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 28, 1821 ; d. Feb. 21, 1825. 

25. X. Horace Willard, b. Oct. 31, 1822; m. Aug. 6, 1849, Harriet 
N. Tucker. 

26. xi. Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1824; d. Dec, 1824. 

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BROWN (Jonathan). 

Jonathan^ Brown, of Westminster, Mass., is assumed to have been 
descended from Nicholas Brown of Westminster and Reading, but no 
certain evidence of such descent is known. He m. Mehitable, dau. of 
James Hay. Res. Westminster, Mass. 

Jonathan^ (Jonathan'), b. about 1740; d. Mar. 14, 1820; m. Huldah 
Hawkes [b. about 1743; d. Jan. 1, 1818]. Res. Reading and Westminster, 
Mass. 

Jonathan'' (Jonathan", Jonathan'), b. Reading, Mass., Aug. 30, 1765; 
d. July 24, 1840; m. Beulah, dau. of Elisha and Beulah (Taylor) Jackson 
[b. about 1772; d. Nov. 24, 1839]. He was a farmer in Gardner, Mass. 

Charles' (Jonathan^ Jonathan^ Jonathan'), b. Mar. 12, 1800; d. Oct. 
16, 1863; m. Susan Morehead of Gloucester, Mass. He was a grocer in 
Boston. 

1. Charles Severance^ (Charles*, Jonathair . 
Jonathan^), b. Boston, Nov. 18, 1844; m. (1) 1867, Frances, 
dau. of Adrian and Abbie (Harding) Partridge [d. New Ips- 
wich, 1889] ; (2) 1891, Ruth, dau. of Ephraim Miller of Salem, 
JVIass. He has been engaged in carriage service in Boston 
since 1872, but passes his summers in his country home in 
New Ipswich, formerly the home of Judge Timothy Farrar, 
(VIII: 1, S. R.) Children: 

2. i. Albert Edward, b. Feb. 19, 1871; m. Oct. 29, 1894, Grace 

Joanna Thayer (20). He is an electrician in Hartford, 
Conn. 

3. ii. Susan Morehead, b. Jan. 1, 1885. 

4. iii. Philip, b. Nov. 18, 1892. 

BROWN (Joshua). 

Joshua Brown', m. Prudence Welch. They came from England to 
America and settled at Coventry, Ct. 

Benjamin" (Joshua'), m. Jerusha Edwards of Coventry. 

Benjamin' (Benjamin^ Joshua'), b. Coventry, Feb. 1, 1787; d. Sept. 
23, 1857; m. Azuba, dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Butterfield) Searles 
[b. Townsend, Mass., Feb. 19, 1790; d. Nov. 29, 1839]. He came to 
Townsend, Mass., in early manhood, and passed his life there as a farmer. 

1. Samuel S.'* (Benjamin^, Benjamin^, Joshua^), b. Oct. 27, 
1814; d. Sept. 7, 1876; m. May 16, 1847, Arabella Augusta Bate- 
man (8). He came to New Ipswich while yet a young man and 
was actively engaged for many years as a teamster, his home 
being one of the houses formerly standing upon the north side 
of the turnpike easterly from the High Bridge, which were 
afterward destroyed by fire. Children: 

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2. i. Arabella A., b. Nov. 9, 1848; m. Nov. 20, 1878, Joseph Allen, 

son of Joseph B.' (Stephen", Joseph"*, John^ John^ Isaac", 
Isaac^), and Mercy L. (Covell) Cummings [b. May 16, 
1847], a machinist in Orange, Mass. Two children. 

3. ii. Charles S., b. Jan. 17, 1851; d. Apr. 12, 1902; m. Apr. 27, 

1872, Clara L., dau. of Daniel W. and Nancy (Parkhurst) 
Rugg of Fitchburg, Mass. He was a tinsmith at Taunton, 
Mass., for many years. Two children. 

4. iii. William H., b. May 19, 1852; m. Oct. 6, 1875, Isabelle McNabb 

of Clinton, Mass. He was a tinsmith, but later has been 
superintendent of the waterworks at Shirley, Mass. Three 
children. 

5. iv. James E., b. Apr., 1854; d. June 12, 1854. 

6. V. James Frederick, b. May 10, 1855 ; m. June 13, 1886, Etta E., 

dau. of George V. and Lorena (Warner) Davis [d. Apr. 
7, 1909]. He is a marble worker and undertaker at Shirley, 
Mass. 

BROWN (Thomas). 

Thomas^ Brown came from England, and he settled in Concord, 

Mass., in 1640. He died Nov. 3, 1688, and his wife, Bridget , Mar. 5, 

1681. 

BoAr (Thomas'), b. Feb. 14, 1641/2; d. Apr. 7, 1724; m. (1) Nov. 
8, 1664, Mary, dau. of Edward and Jane Winship; (2) Oct. 10, 1716, 
Abigail (Ballard) Wheat [d. July 20, 1726]. 

Thomas" (Boaz", Thomas'), b. May 12, 1716; d. May 13, 1739; m. 
Rachel Poulter. 

John' (Thomas", Boaz', Thomas'), b. Sept. 18, 1694; d. Mar. 6, 1750; 
m. Feb. 23, 1714/5, Elizabeth, dau. of Judah and Grace (Brooks) Potter 
[b. July 23, 1699]. Two of his sons were among the early settlers in 
New Ipswich. 

1. JoHN^ (John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b. July 1, 
1724; d. 1803; m. Elizabeth Bateman. He came from Concord 
to New Ipswich during the early period of the Revolution, 
and settled in an elevated position between Barrett and Kidder 
Mountains, only two or three hundred feet below their sum- 
mits, very near to the crest of the turnpike which was destined 
to cross the range more than a quarter-century later. His 
children, of whom only the youngest was born after his arrival 
in New Ipswich, were: 

3. i. Elizabeth, b. June 30, 1753; d. Feb. 24, 1812; m. Lieut. 

Samuel", son of Dea. Ephraim* (Thomas", Thomas^ 
Thomas'), and Abigail (Wheeler) Brown [b. Feb. 18, 1752; 
d. Oct. 29, 1818]. Eleven children. 

4. ii. John, b. Dec. 5, 17S5.+ 

5. iii. Thaddeus, b. Mar., 1758. 

6. iv. Asa, b. Apr. 10, 1759; d. Feb. 25, 1834. 

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7. V. Anna, b. May 8, 1761; d. Apr. 28, 1825; m. Dec. 6, 1785, 

Willard Spaulding [b. 1761; d. 1822]. 

8. vi. Rebecca, b. Mar. 17, 1763; d. Mar. 13, 1813; m. Josiah French 

[d. 1840]. Five children. 

9. vii. Joseph, b. Feb. 21, 1765.+ 

10. viii. Hannah, b. Apr. 28, 1767; d. Feb. 15, 1852; m. Apr. 16, 

1795, Aaron Brown (19). 

11. ix. Reuben, b. Mar. 15, 1769.+ 

12. X. Hepzibah, b. Aug. 27, 1771; d. 1834; m. Nov. 17, 1796, 

Stephen Davis (58). 

13. xi. Thomas, b. June 25, 1774. 

14. xii. Polly, b. Aug. 24, 1779; d. Feb. 24, 1832; ni. about 1798, 

Samuel Wyman. 

2. Josiah^ (John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b. Jan. 30, 
1742; d. Mar. 18, 1831 ; m. Oct. 31, 1765, Sarah, dau. of Joseph 
and Rebecca (Heywood) Wright [b. Nov. 27, 1744; d. 1821]. 
He came to New Ipswich immediately after his marriage, and 
settled upon Flat Mountain, half a mile eastward from his 
brother, (62, N. D.,) and soon became a prominent man in 
military and in religiotts matters. His name is borne upon 
the Concord roll as that of a sergeant, he was first lieutenant 
in Capt. Towne's company at Bunker Hill, and claimed to 
have fired the last gun before the retreat ; and he afterward 
was captain in command of a company largely composed of 
his fellow townsmen which responded with great prompt- 
ness to the calls for immediate aid as related in the earlier 
part of this volume. He was one of the foremost in the 
organization of the Baptist church, in which he was made 
the first deacon. Like many men of intense vision and prompt 
action, he may have lacked something in breadth of view, but 
conscientious and faithful, he was one of those men whose 
work in the evolution of a new society can hardly be over- 
valued. Children — all born in New Ipswich: 

15. i. JosiAH, b. Oct. 1, 1766.-1- 

16. ii. Joseph, b. Oct. 10, 1767.+ 

17. iii. Jonas, b. Mar. 4, 1769.-|- 

18. iv. Sarah, b. Nov. 22, 1770; d. Apr. 20, 1822; m. Reuben Brown 

(11). 

19. V. Aaron, b. Dec. 8, 1772.-f- 

20. vi. Amos, b. Sept. 11, 1774.-|- 

21. vii. Abner, b. July 27, 1776.-^ 

22. viii. Rebecca, b. July 5, 1778; d. June 9, 1853; m. Nathan Perry. 

23. ix. Levi, b. Aug. 6, 1780; d. Sept. 10, 1840; m. May 15, 1803, 

Betsey Temple. 

24. x. Nathan, b. July 25, 1782.-1- 

25. xi. Heywood, b. July 2, 1784.-|- 

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26. xii. Betsey, b. Feb. 7, 1787; d. July 11, 1793. 

27. xiii. Abigail, b. June 22, 1790; d. Apr. 24, 1864; m. Asa Farnsworth. 

4. JoHN^ (John^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b. Dec. 
5, 1755; d. Nov. 17, 1830; m. Nov. 9, 1780, Patty Wright. He 
came from Concord, probably with his father, in the later 
part of his youth, and remained during the earlier years of 
his married life. Later he removed to Sharon, and in 1817 he 
sold his farm in that town and removed to Alexander, N. Y. 
He had received a good common-school education before leav- 
ing Concord, and during his life he often added to his agricul- 
tural labors the duties of a Baptist minister. Children : 

28. i. Abigail, b. Sept. 1, 1781; d. June 21, 1803; m. Apr. 19, 1801, 

David Nay [b. 1781; d. 1803]. One child. 

29. ii. Patty, b. 1783 ; d. about 1803, unm. 

30. iii. Cyrus, b. Mar. 20, 1785.+ 

31. iv. John, b. Mar. 5, 1787.-|- 

32. V. Edward, b. 1789; d. May 2, 1863; m. 1818, Almira Jones [d. 

1868]. 

33. vi. Sally, b. 1791 ; m. 1818, George Adams. 

9. Joseph^ (John^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b. 
Feb. 21, 1765; d. Dec. 16, 1840; m. (1) Sept., 1795, Rebecca 
Walker [b. 1770; d. 1811]; (2) Nov. 5, 1811, Lucy Proctor. 
He was a Congregational minister at Shapleigh, Me., 1795, at 
Alfred, Me., 1805, at Cavendish, Vt., 1812. Children : 

34. i. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1796; d. Mar. 7, 1866; m. Dec. 31, 1819, Israel 

Moore. Three children. 

35. ii. John, b. July 5, 1801; d. Feb. 22, 1843; m. (1) Nov. 10, 

1829, Clarissa B. Whipple [d. 1832] ; (2) Harriet Doolittle. 
He was a physician. He had one son, John Henry, b. Aug. 
15, 1830. 

36. iii. Lucy Amelia, b. Feb. 15, 1813; m. Apr. 11, 1839, Anson 

Spaulding. Two children. 

37. iv. George Wellington, b. Oct. 4, 1814; m. (1) Dec. 2, 1841, 

Sophia Soper [d. 1843] ; (2) Mar. 7, 1849, Irene Woodbury. 
Three children. 

11. Reuben^ (John^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b. 
Mar. 15, 1769; d. July 17, 1853; m. July 1, 1793, Sarah Brown 
(18). He removed from New Ipswich to Whitingham, Vt., 
about 1800, and thence ten or twelve years later into Canada, 
settling in a new town which received the name of Browns- 
ville in his honor. He was a prosperous farmer. Children : 

38. i. Charles B., b. May 10, 1796; m. Nov. 14, 1816, Sophia Stone. 

He was a minister. 

39. ii. George, b. Aug. 24, 1797. 

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40. iii. Reuben, b. 1798. 

41. iv. Olive, b. May 11, 1801; d. July 6, 1883; m. Jan. 21, 1819, Zenas 

Carey. She lived in Pamelia, N. Y., and Richland, N. Y. 
Seven children. 

42. v. Jesse, b. Oct. 22, 1802. 

43. vi. Betsey, b. Mar. 4, 1804. 

44. vii. Abner, b. July 27, 1805; ,m. Sept. 27, 1829, Lucy French [b. 

1805; d. 1882]. Nine children. 

45. viii. Hannah, b. July 27, 1805. 

46. ix. Sarah, b. Mar. 13, 1807. 

47. X. John Bateman, b. Mar. 10, 1811; m. Sept. 13, 1837, Mary 

Herrick. Three children. 

48. xi. Lyman Lockw^ood, b. Mar. 18, 1815. 

15. JosiAH® (Tosiah^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz-, Thomas^), b. 
Oct. 1, 1766; d. Jan. 20, 1858; m. Apr. 19, 1792, Milicent, dau. 
of Edward and Thankful Wright [b. June 25, 1767; d. 1849]. 
He removed to Whitingham, Vt., where he passed his life as 
a farmer. Children : 

49. i. JosiAH, b. Sept. 24, 1793; d. July 19, 1794. 

50. ii. Cyrus, b. Apr. 20, 1795; d. Sept. 21, 1797. 

51. iii. RuFus, b. Jan. 12, 1797; d. Aug. 9, 1875; m. (1) May 1, 1820, 

Polly Smead [b. 1802; d. 1839]; (2) Ruth (Greenwood) 
Belknap, 1841 [d. 1847] ; (3) Dec. 13, 1848, Mrs. Eliza M. 
Winn, dau. of Abiatha and Betsey Edwards. He lived in 
Whitingham. Four children. 

52. iv. Peter, b. July 28, 1798 ; d. July 30, 1798. 

53. v. Clement, b. May 23, 1800; d. Aug. 7, 1849; m. 1823, Polly 

Fames. 

54. vi. Milicent, b. July 3, 1802; d. Feb. 24, 1803. 

55. vii. Abram, b. Dec. 10, 1803 ; d. Dec. 19, 1803. 

56. viii. Edmund, b. July 13, 1805; d. Oct. 11, 1866; m. May 5, 1831, 

Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Potter and Elizabeth (Brown) 
Prescott. He lived in Whitingham. Six children. 

57. ix. George Witherell, b. Mar. 18, 1810; m. Oct. 4, 1832, Frances 

E. Bemis. 

16. Joseph'' (Josiah^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b. 
Oct. 10, 1767; d. Mar. 2, 1827; m. Sally Preston (10). Like 
his brother Josiah he became a farmer in Whitingham, Vt. 
Children : 

58. i. Joseph Wright, d. July 18, 1855. 

59. ii. James Preston. 

60. iii. Jemima. 

17. Jonas'* (Josiah^, John*, Thomas^ Boaz^, Thomas^), b. 
Mar. 4, 1769; d. Feb. 23, 1836; m. Feb. 20, 1796, Lois, dau. of 
Samuel and Abigail Russell. He too passed his life as a 
farmer in Whitingham, Vt. Children: 

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61. i. Jeremiah, b. Nov. 29, 1796; d. Mar. 4, 1849; m. Clarissa 

Fowler. 

62. ii. Nancy, b. Mar. 16, 1798; m. James Peebles. 

63. iii. Gratis, b. Apr. 16, 1800; d. Apr. 22, 1868; m. Joseph Eames. 

64. iv. Harvey, b. Dec. 15, 1801; d. Feb. 13, 1874; m. Lucena Fuller. 

65. V. Abigail, b. June 25, 1803; d. Mar. 3, 1873; m. 1823, Joseph 

Peebles. 

66. vi. Leonard, b. Sept. 24, 1806; m. Feb. 9, 1834, Lucinda Martin. 

Five children. 

67. vii. Lois, b. Aug. 25, 1808; m. Jan. 29, 1829, Daniel Fowler. Five 

children. 

68. viii. Jonas, b. Apr. 8, 1810; d. Apr. 20, 1856; m. Emeline Aldrich. 

69. ix. Russell, b. Feb. 21, 1812; d. May 7, 1835, unm. 

70. X. Martin, b. Nov. 7, 1813; d. July 11, 1861; m. Mary A. Stacey. 

71. xi. Abel W., b. Nov. 2, 1817; m. Lucy Horsley. 

19. Aaron*' (Josiah^, John*, Thomas^ Boaz-, Thomas^), b. 
Dec. 8, 1772; d. Feb. 15, 1828; m. Apr. 16, 1795, Hannah 
Brown (10) [b. Apr. 28, 1767; d. Feb. 15, 1852]. He was a 
farmer, occupying the farm of his father-in-law, John Brown, 
on the crest of the mountain. He also for a few years after 
the construction of the turnpike kept a store near his home. 
He sturdily maintained the activities of his father, Capt. Jo- 
siah Brown, being a lieutenant and also a prominent supporter 
of the Baptist church, and like his father, a deacon. Children : 

72. i. Betsey, b. Jan. 23, 1796; d. Jan. 26, 1804. 
IZ. ii. Aaron, b. Sept. 28, 1797; d. May 22, 1798. 

74. iii. Addison, b. Mar. 11, 1799.-^ 

75. iv. Hermon, b. Dec. 28, 1800.-^ 

1t. V. Mary, b. Feb. 14, 1803; d. Dec. 1, 1837; m. 1836, William 

Billings. 
n. vi. John S., b. Apr. 26, 1806.+ 

20. Amos'' (Josiah^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz-, Thomas^), b. 
Sept. 11, 1774; d. May 10, 1864; m. Apr. 5, 1803, Sarah Tar- 
bell [b. 1782]. He was also a farmer, and the fourth of the 
brothers at Whitingham, Vt. Children : 

78. i. Elliot, b. Aug. 15, 1804; d. 1902; m. June 7, 1826, Polly Kings- 

bury. He was a physician. Seven children. 

79. ii. Alois, b. Dec. 1, 1805; m. (1) Mary Goodenough ; (2) Phila 

F. Tenney. 

80. iii. Amos, b. July 9, 1807; d. Apr. 2, 1810. 

81. iv. Sally, b. Aug. 13, 1809; d. Dec. 4, 1849; m. T. G. Davis. 

82. V. Clarissa, b. Oct. 11, 1811; d. July 24, 1855; m. Dr. Allen 

Carkins. 

83. vi. Hannah, b. Jan. 5, 1816; d. June 13, 1817. 

84. vii. Amos A., b. Oct. 18, 1817; d. Jan. 2, 1869; m. Nov. 28, 1839, 

Mary R. Temple. 

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21. Abner« (Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^, Thomas^), b. 
July 27, 1776; d. Apr. 4, 1824; m. (1) Dec. 10, 1805, Polly 
Jaquith; (2) May 16, 1815, Polly Ayer, dau. of Ebenezer and 

(Hevey) Ayer. He succeeded to his father's farm, and 

like his father, held the office of captain. Children : 

85. i. Mary, b. June 23, 1807; d. Nov. 6, 1835. 

86. ii. Almira, b. Apr. 30, 1809; d. Jan. 23, 1857; m. June 9, 1833, 

John G. Wilson (26). Two children. 

87. iii. Lebanon, b. Jan. 23, 181 1.+ 

88. iv. LuRENA, b. Dec. 19, 1812 ; d. July 6, 1833. 

89. V. Abner Hartwell, b. July 6, 1816.-t- 

90. vi. Marshall H., b. Mar. 1, 1817; d. Apr. 16, 1835. 

91. vii. Fidelia O., b. Dec. 13, 1820; m. 1840, David M. Dodge. Two 

children. 

92. viii. SopHRONiA P., b. Nov. 4, 1822 ; d. Oct. 18, 1826. 

24. Nathan^ (Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ P.oaz^, Thomas^), 
b. July 25, 1782; d. Jan. 21, 1862; m. June 3, 1806, Betsey Gold- 
smith. He remained in New Ipswich for four or five years 
after attaining his majority, and then joined his four brothers 
at Whitingham, Vt., where he was a successful farmer. Chil- 
dren : 

93. i. Nathan, b. June 22, 1807.-f- 

94. ii. Sophia Burnham, b. Oct. 27, 1809; m. May 23, 1833, Jonathan 

Ballard [b. 1798; d. 1862]. Five children. 

95. iii. William G., b. Mar. 3, 1812.+ 

96. iv. JosiAH W., b. June 15, 1815 ; d. July 5, 1816. 

97. V. Mary E., b. Sept. 9, 1818; d. Sept. 9, 1872, unm. 

25. Heywood^ (Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^, Thomas^), 
b. July 2, 1784; d. Mar. 2, 1867; m. Feb. 5, 1809, Sally Wolcott 
[b. 1788; d. 1876]. His eldest child was born at Lewis, N. J., 
the second at Concord, Mass., but the greater part of his life 
was passed at Acton, Mass. Children : 

98. i. James Madison, b. Feb. 8, 1810; m. (1) Aug. 17, 1839, Laura 

Keyes [b. 1802; d. 1848]; (2) Dec. 26. 1848, Amanda 
Pingrey [b. 1826]. He lived at Littleton, Mass. Ten chil- 
dren. 

99. ii. JosiAH WoLCOTT, b. May 18, 1812; m. Oct. 23, 1842, Harriet 

Newell Parker [b. 1821]. He was a minister, and lived 
successively at Concord, Mass., Derry, N. H., and Manches- 
ter, Vt. Ten children. 

100. iii. Louise Sacharissa, b. Apr. 3, 1815; m. June 1, 1835, John 

Wetherbee [b. 1807; d. 1867]. Two children. 

101. iv. Jane Ann, b. Apr. 9, 1817; m. June 1, 1835, George Baker 

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102. V. Samuel Heywood, b. Aug. 3, 1819; d. Dec. 14, 1880; m. Apr. 

30, 1850, Elethina Burnham [b. 1822; d. 1863]. He lived 
in Acton and in Littleton, Mass. Three children. 

103. vi. Sarah Wright, b. Jan. 8, 1822 ; m. Nov. 29, 1849, S. Augustus 

Child [b. 1822]. Four children. 

104. vii. Augustus Winslow^, b. Aug. 29, 1824; m. Apr. 4, 1848, Lovey 

Blodgett [b. 1827]. Ten children. 

105. viii. Mary Baker, b. Mar. 4, 1827; m. Nov. 28, 1848, Moses F. 

Greenwood [b. 1827]. Six children. 

106. ix. Harvey Darkman, b. Aug. 14, 1831 ; m. July 4, 1855, Jerusha 

C Little [b. 1834]. Five children. 

30. Cyrus^ (John'', John^ John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas\), 
b. May 20, 1785; d. Oct. 30, 1846; m. Dec, 1810, Milla, dau. 
of Benjamin and Rebecca Lawrence [d. 1849]. He passed his 
early manhood in Sharon, but at about the age of thirty-three 
he removed to Pembroke, N. Y. Children : 

107. i. Joshua L., b. Aug. 12, 1812; d. June 20, 1860; m. (1) Nov., 

1835, Eliza A. Colby [d. 1836]; (2) Dec. 1, 1842, Diana 
Osborne. Three children. 

108. ii. Abigail W., b. Dec. 8, 1815; d. Jan. 4, 1836; m. Feb., 1835, 

Daniel W. Noble. 

109. iii. John W., b. May 7, 1817; m. Jan. 1, 1838, Lorette R. Noble 

[b. 1818]. Eleven children. 

110. iv. Harriet M., b. Aug. 2, 1819; d. Aug. 4, 1880; m. Dec, 1841, 

Joseph M. Gowing. 

111. v. Martha W., b. Apr. 3, 1822; m. (1) Oct., 1843, Robert Den- 

ham; (2) Jan. 3, 1865, Mark Kidder [d. 1884]. 

112. vi. Cyrus, b. Dec. 12, 1824; d. Jan. 19, 1849, unm. 

113. vii. Sarah Theresa, b. Sept. 23, 1827; d. Jan. 4, 1863; m. Nov. 

20, 1850, Nathaniel W. Stowell. Three children. 

114. viii. Edward Dana, b. Oct., 1829; d. July 12, 1850, unm. 

115. ix. Levant R., b. Mar. 3, 1832; m. (1) Mar. 28, 1854, Laura A. 

Warner [d. 1877]; (2) June 2, 1882, Emma L. Sweeney. 
Four children. 

31. John'^ (John^, John'^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz-, Thomas^), 
b. Mar. 5, 1787; d. Dec. 22, 1852; m. Oct. 12, 1817, Mary Skel- 
don [d. 1884]. During most of his life he was in Buffalo, 
N. Y., or Darien in the same state. Children : 

116. i. John J., b. Toronto, Ont, Jan. 29, 1819; m. (1) Feb. 23, 1845, 

Rebecca A. Hadley [b. 1820; d. 1868]; (2) July 12, 1871, 
Harriet J. Gallup. He was a doctor, naturalist, and teacher. 
Five children of the first marriage. 

117. ii. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 10, 1820; m. May, 1856, David Flint 

[d. 1872]. One daughter. 

118. iii. George, b. Apr. 3, 1822; d. Mar. 22, 1833. 

119. iv. Thomas, b. Aug. 11, 1825; d. Aug. 17, 1834. 

120. v. Sarah J., b. Mar. 24, 1827; m. Dec, 1854, James Coalsworth. 

Three children. 

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121. vi. Edward, b. Aug. 10, 1830; d. June 7, 1864; m. Sept. 5, 1853, 

Sarah Winans. Three children. 

122. vii. Cyrus, b. July 8, 1832; d. Aug. 13, 1863; m. July 7, 1855, 

Sabrina Hutchinson. He was a civil engineer. He served 
in the Civil War as a lieutenant in the 100th New York 
Regiment, and was fatally wounded at the storming of 
Fort Wagner. 

123. viii. George, b. Apr. 10, 1834; m. Apr. 5, 1860, Carrie Garlock. 

Two children. 

124. ix. Abigail, b. Feb. 8, 1836; m. Apr. 5, 1860, Charles Davis. Two 

children. 

125. X. Millie, b. May 24, 1839; m. Apr. 3, 1861, Hon. Henry M. 

Rich. Two children. 

126. xi. Daniel C, b. Apr. 15, 1841 ; m. Sept. 18, 1876, Louisa Brown. 

Three children. 

74. Addison'^ (Aaron®, Josiah^, John*. Thomas^, Boaz^, 
Thomas^), b. Mar. 11, 1799; d. May 11. 1872; m. Dec. 13, 1832, 
Ann Elizabeth, dan. of Abijah and Elizabeth Wetherbee. He 
graduated from Harvard College in 1826. studied at the Har- 
vard Theological School, and was pastor of the Unitarian 
church in Brattleboro. Vt., for many years. He was after- 
ward a teacher in Brattleboro and editor of the Vermont 
Phoenix. Children : 

127. i. Frances Allen, b. June 15, 1834; d. Aug. 27, 1870, unm. 

128. ii. Ann Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1836; d. Feb. 9, 1862; m. May 3, 

1853, Christian Schuster. Two children. 

129. iii. Addison, b. June 6, 1838; d. Mar. 3, 1865; m. Feb. 7, 1863, 

Florida S. Starr. 

130. iv. Charles Wetherbee, b. Nov. 7, 1840; m. Aug. 20, 1867, Eliza- 

beth, dau. of Nehemiah and Lucretia Starr [b. 1846]. 

131. V. Mary Hannah, b. July 5, 1842; m. (1) July 31, 1863, Capt. 

Dennis W. Farr [d. 1864] ; (2) Feb. 7, 1867, Col. Augustus 
T. Dunton. 

75. Hermon'^ (Aaron®, Josiah^, John*. Thomas^, Boaz^, 
Thomas^), b. Dec. 28, 1800; d. Aug." 23, 1876; m. Sophronia, 
dau. of Samuel Potter and Elizabeth (Brown) Prescott. He 
occupied the family farm upon the mountain, and succeeded 
his father and grandfather as deacon in the Baptist church. 
Children : 

132. i. Addison Prescott, b. Aug. 2, 1827; m. Dec. 26, 1850, Frances 

Louisa Chase [b. 1829]. He lived in Bellows Falls and 
Brattleboro, Vt., and in Worcester, Mass. Three children. 

133. ii. Hannah Elizabeth, b. May 21, 1829; d. Sept. 14, 1831. 

134. iii. Joseph Aaron, b. May 8, 1831 ; m. Feb. 8, 1854, Lucy A., dau. 

of Benjamin F. and Mary E. Davis. 

135. iv. John Humphrey, b. Mar. 22, 1834; d. Feb. 23, 1845. 

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136. V. Mary Elizabeth, b. Mar. 16, 1836; m. May 21, 1857, Charles 

H. Burrough [b. 1832]. She lived in Boxboro, Mass. Six 
children. 

137. vi. Alfred Hermon, b. July 14, 1838; m. Jan. 20, 1872, Margaret 

E. Gale [b. 1851]. Three children. Res. Canterbury. 

138. vii. George Stillman, b. Nov. 12, 1840; d. Dec. 11, 1840. 

139. viii. SoPHRONiA Eliza, b. Aug. 20, 1842; d. Sept. 16, 1842. 

140. ix. Hannah Eliza, b. Nov. 19, 1843; d. Sept. 13, 1845. 

77 . John S/ (Aaron^, Josiah^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz", 
Thomas^), b. Apr. 26, 1806; d. 1902; m. Aug. 16, 1836, Mary, 
dau. of David and Orra (Bliss) Ripley of Greenfield, Mass. 
He graduated from Union College in 1834, taught eight years, 
and then after a couple of years with the Brook Farm com- 
munity he became a Unitarian minister, first at Fitzvvilliam, 
N. H., whence he removed to Ashby, Mass., and then in 1857 
to Lawrence, Kan., where his ministerial duties were supple- 
mented by various editorial, official, and agricultural occu- 
pations. Children : 

141. i. Sarah Alvord, b. Jan. 23, 1838. She was an Indian teacher 

at Lawrence. 

142. ii. William Ripley, b. July 16, 1840; m. Oct. 28, 1868, Lizzie E. 

Balcom [b. 1845; d. 1884]. He graduated from Union 
College in 1862. Res. in Earned, Kan. He has held the 
offices of district judge, representative in Congress, and 
register of the U. S. Land Office at Leavenworth, Kan. 
Three children. 

143. iii. Charles Edward, b. Sept. 15, 1842; d. June IS, 1880; m. Aug. 

16, 1871, Harriet, dau. of William and Sarah Bell. He was 
a farmer at Lawrence, Kan. Three children. 

144. iv. Mary Whiton, b. Jan. 15, 1845; m. Apr. 4, 1867, Alfred, son 

of Edward B. and Nancy Whitman [b. 1842]. Seven chil- 
dren. 

87. Lebanon'^ (Abner*^, Josiah^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz-, 
Thomas^), b. Jan. 23, 1811 ; d. July 21, 1846; m. Dec. 24, 1835, 
Marinda Blanchard (19) [b. Mar. 8, 1812]. He removed to 
Keene about 1838, and there remained until his death. 
Children : 

145. i. Marshall Lebanon, b. Apr. 18, 1837; m. Nov. 10, 1869, Mrs. 

Helen (Adams) Child. He was a physician at Winchendon, 
Mass. One daughter. 

146. ii. Milan Howard, b. Nov. 11, 1839; d. July 16, 1840. 

147. iii. Mary Miranda, b. Keene, N. H., May 21, 1841; m. Feb. 9, 

1865, William D. Parlin. 

148. iv. George Abner, b. Keene, N. H., June 8, 1845; m. June 22, 

1867, Ida Lavine, dau. of Reuben and Mrs. Caroline E. 
(Cowles) Steward. Six children. 

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89. Abner Hartwell^ (Abner^, Josiah^, John*, Thomas^ 
Boaz^ Thomas^), b. July 6, 1816; d. Apr. 21, 1851 ; m. Apr. 13, 
1847, Susan Augusta Shurtleff. He was a doctor. Children — 
born at Hanover, N. H. : 

149. i. Abner Hartwell, b. Dec, 1848; d. Sept. 20, 1849. 

150. ii. Susan Anna, b. Aug. 19, 1850; d. May 16, 1885. 

93. Nathan^ (Nathan^ Josiah^ John*, Thomas^, Boaz-, 
Thomas^), b. June 22, 1807; d. Jan. 1, 1886; m. (1) May 6, 
1830, Eliza Whitney Ballard [d. 1871]; (2) July 24, 1872, 
Charlotte A. (Worth), widow of William Marlett. His pa- 
rents removed from New Ipswich to Whitingham, Vt., in his 
early infancy, and his boyhood was passed in that town. He 
entered Williams College at the age of sixteen, and graduated 
as valedictorian in 1827. The following five years were passed 
in teaching, editorial work, and preparation for the Baptist 
ministry, to which he was ordained in 1832; he sailed as a 
missionary to Burmah in the same year. In 1835 he was ap- 
pointed to a new mission in Assam, where he gave twenty 
years of eminently successful and honored labor. He re- 
turned to America in 1855, and for fifteen years was editor of 
the American Baptist, but in 1872 he responded to the call 
of Japan and gave the last thirteen years of his life to mis- 
sionary service there, bearing the same stamp of earnest ac- 
tivity and consecrated scholarship. Children : 

151. i. Dorothy Sophia, b. Charlemont, Mass., May 6, 1832; d. Sept. 

29, 1838. 

152. ii. William Ballard, b. Maulmain, Burmah, June 7, 1835; d. 

Aug. 10, 1835. 

153. iii. Nathan Ballard, b. Sadiya, Assam, Sept. 8, 1836; d. Feb. 

11, 1841. 

154. iv. Eliza Whitney, b. Sadiya, Assam, Sept. 30, 1838. 

155. V. William Pearce, b. Sibsagor, Assam, Dec. 12, 1842. 

156. vi. Nathan Worth, b. Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 22, 1877. 

95. William C.^ (Nathan«, Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^, 
Thomas^), b. Mar. 3, 1812; m. Oct. 10, 1839, Eunice Fisher. 
He entered Williams College in 1833, but his health did not 
permit him to complete his course. He was a teacher for 
several years, and then was engaged in editorial work for 
about twenty years, having charge successively of the Ver- 
mont Telegraph and the Voice of Freedom, both being anti- 
slavery papers published at Brandon, Vt., and later he had 
charge of the Chicopee (Mass.) Journal. Children : 

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157. i. Ann Judson, b. Aug. 8, 1840; m. (1) Dec. 11, 1869, Capt. 

Frank Preston [d. 1880] ; (2) Oct., 1881, James A. Durfee. 
Two children of first marriage. 

158. ii. Addison W., b. Nov. 25, 1841; m. Nov., 1864, Jula M. Barr. 

One daughter. 

159. iii. Francis Fisher, b. Dec. 1, 1843; m. June 26, 1867, Susie Sea- 

man Brooks. Ten children. 

160. iv. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1849; m. Oct. 9, 1875, Moses W. 

Lyman. 

161. V. Frederick C, b. Sept. 21, 1854; m. Mar., 1878, Ada L. Slyter. 

BUCKNAM. 

William^ Bucknam, b. Ipswich, County Suffolk, England, 1602; d. 
Maiden, Mass., 1679; m. (1) Prudence, dau. of John and Prudence Wil- 
kinson; (2) Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Mary Knower. He came to 
America in the Abigail, one of the Winthrop fleet, both of the women 
whom he afterward married coming in the same fleet with their parents, 
although John Wilkinson is believed to have died during the voyage. 
William Bucknam settled in that part of Charlestown called "Mystic Side," 
which is now Everett, where he was a carpenter, but later he became 
a farmer with a goodly farm in the region now constituting Maiden. The 
only child of his first marriage died unmarried, but through ten children 
of his second marriage he founded the American family of his name. 

JosES^' (William^), b. July 3, 1641; d. Aug. 24, 1694; m. (1) 1664, his 
cousin, Hannah, dau. of George and Elizabeth Knower [d. 1673] ; (2) 
Judith, dau. of Lionel and Susanna (Whipple) North of Salisbury, Mass. 
[b. 1647], who survived her husband, and m. Capt. John Lynde of Maiden. 
Joses Bucknam was prominent in town affairs, was a lieutenant in the 
militia, and served in King Philip's war. 

JosEs" (Joses-, William'), b. July 1, 1666; d. Apr. 5, 1741; m. Feb. 
24, 1691/2, Hannah, dau. of Capt. John and Hannah (Andrews) Peabody 
of Boxford, Mass. [b. May 6, 1668]. He lived in the part of Maiden 
which is now Everett, where he was a farmer and also a weaver, having 
erected a mill for making cloth, the first manufacturing enterprise under- 
taken in Maiden, and which was continued on the same spot by three 
generations of the family. 

Edward^ (Joses', William'), b. of second marriage; d. 1773; m. 1716, 
Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Green) Sprague. Res. in that part 
of Charlestown which is now Stoneham, and was one of the original 
members of the First Church of Stoneham, formed in 1729. 

Joses' (Joses', Joses^ William'), b. Apr. 17, 1692; d. Aug. 25, 1757; 
m. Aug. 27, 1713, Phebe, dau. of Edward and Abigail Tuttle [b. Boston, 
Aug. 12, 1690; d. May 6, 1767]. He lived upon an estate descended from 
his great-grandfather Knower. He was a respected and influential citizen, 
especially in the church, of which he was a deacon. Like his father, he 
was both "yeoman" and "weaver." 

Edward' (Edward', Joses', William'), d. 1801; m. Jan. 5, 1742/3, 
Sarah, dau. of Dr. Isaac and Sarah (Wright) Hill. Res. in Stoneham, 
Mass., and was a deacon in the First church for 35 years. 

Joses" (Joses*, Joses', Joses^ William'), b. 1714; d. soon after his 
father, not having completed the administration of the estate; m. Mary, 

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dau. of Bunker and Martha Sprague of Maiden [b. Jan. 12, 1725/6]. 
He lived in Maiden. 

James= (Joses^ Joses^ Joses^ William'), b. Jan. 23, 1724/5; d. 1799; 
m. Sept. 17, 1747, Mary, dau. of John Goddard of Roxbury [d. 1790]. He 
lived in Maiden and in Medford. 

Aaron" (Joses^ Joses', Joses% William^), b. Feb. 23, 1728/9; d. 1778; 
m. (1) Nov. 5, 1760, Alice, dau. of Richard and Martha (Barrett) Skinner 
of Lynn and Marblehead [b. 1730; d. Aug. 24, 1767]; (2) May 1, 1768, 
Joanna Floyd of Chelsea. With the exception of a few years at Chelsea, 
his life was passed in his native town, where like his father and grand- 
father he was both a "yeoman" and a "weaver," but he sold the shop 
and waterpower, thus ending a family industry. He served in the Revo- 
lution in 1776 and 1777. 

Ebenezer" (Edward*, Edward^ Joses^, William*), m. Rachel, dau. of 
Dr. Thomas and Miriam (Gray) Hartshorn (Rachel Hartshorn by adop- 
tion) [b. 1762]. Res. in Stoneham, Mass. 

JosEs" (Joses°, Joses^ Joses', Joses^ William'), was the oldest son of 
Joses° but the date of his birth is not known ; m. Stoneham, Mass., Sept. 
19, 1786, Nabby, dau. of William and Phebe (Brown) Hay. He lived at 
Medford at the time of his marriage, but removed to Mason, N. H., 
where he died. He was a selectman for thirteen years, and twice repre- 
sented the town in the Legislature. He had served in the Revolution, 
and received a grant of land at Glenburne, Me., to which his widow 
and a part of his large family removed. 

Joanna" (Aaron^ Joses', Joses', Joses', William'), b. Sept. 11, 1769; 
d. July 26, 1843; m. Feb. 6, 1788, Phineas Pratt (1). 

1. Ebenezer® (James^, Joses^ Joses^ Joses^, William^), b. 
Nov. 9, 1762; m. May 29, 1785, Hannah Varder of Medford. 
He lived successively at Maiden, Medford, and Charlestown, 
and for a few years, beginning in 1821, he was a resident in 
New Ipswich, living on or near the road from the turnpike 
across Sawmill Brook. He was a Revolutionary soldier, 
and was known as Lieut. Bucknam. 

2. Benoni® (Aaron^, Joses*, Joses^, Joses^, William^), b. 
Aug. 24, 1767; d. Sept. 8, 1833; m. Jan., 1793, Elizabeth, dau. 
of Richard and Mary Floyd [b. 1773; d. Apr. 19, 1855]. He 
came to New Ipswich at about the time of his marriage, and 
settled exactly at the geographical centre of the town, (XII : 
2, S. R.,) where he passed his life as a farmer. Children : 

5. i. Benoni, b. Sept. 15, 1793.-}- 

6. ii. Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1795; d. Nov. 8, 1828; m. Jan. 16, 1814, 

John Russell. 

7. iii. John, b. May 30, 1797; d. Aug. 25, 1798. 

8. iv. John, b. Oct. 2, 1799.-{- 

9. V. Sally, b. Nov. 14, 1801 ; d. July 8, 1863 ; m. Joseph Knowlton 

(25). 
10. vi. Susan, b. Feb. 7, 1804; d. Feb. 24, 1883, unm. 

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11. vii. William, b. Nov. 8, 1806.+ 

12. viii. Aaron Skinner, b. Aug. 30, 1809.+ 

13. ix. James, b. Oct. 12, 181 1.+ 

14. X. Alice Marinda, b. Mar. 9, 1813; d. Apr. 21, 1856, unm. 

3. Edward^ (Ebenezer^, Edward*, Edward^, Joses^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Stoneham, Mass., Aug. 4, 1789; d. New Ipswich, 
Nov. 25, 1880; m. 1814, Sarah, dau. of Nathan and Priscilla 
(Hadley) Willey [b. Medford, Mass., Nov. 3, 1789; d. Sept., 
1881]. He lived in his native town nearly ninety years, at- 
tending to his professional duties as a civil engineer until the 
last two years. The closing years of himself and his wife 
were passed in New Ipswich, at the home of Daniel B. Gil- 
son, (58, N. D.,) Mrs. Gilson being a daughter of his son 
Dexter Bucknam. 

4. Caleb'' (Joses^ Joses^ Joses*, Joses^ Joses^, William^), 
b. Nov. 16, 1795; d. Aug. 3, 1874; m. (1) Dec. 12, 1818, Debo- 
rah Barrett [b. 1800; d. Jan. 5, 1820] ; (2) Dec. 26, 1820, Louisa 
Brooks Snow of Mason [b. Nov. 30, 1801; d. July 29, 1878]. 
The home of his youth was in Mason, although he is said 
to have been born on board a ship on a voyage from Ports- 
mouth, N. H., to Norfolk, Va. Until he was thirty-three 
years of age he lived in or near Mason, but was for a little 
time at West Townsend, and is recorded in New Ipswich 
for a few years following his second marriage, apparently liv- 
ing near the intersection of the old "country road" and the 
Turnpike. In 1828 he removed to "the West," stopping for 
ten years at Pontiac, Mich., and being county sheriff during 
most of the time ; thence he removed to Dubuque county, 
Iowa, where he purchased land and founded upon it the town 
of Cascade, which he saw increase from a mere Indian trading- 
post to a thriving town, near which in an honorable position 
stands his monument. Children : 

15. i. Deborah, b. Dec. 31, 1819; d. about 1870; m. Sept. 27, 1836, 

Artemas Russell. Six children. 

16. ii. Eliza A., b. Oct. 18, 1821; m. Mar. 14, 1838, George Grimes 

Baughart, a successful business man in Pontiac and Cas- 
cade. Six children. 

17. iii. Magnus Johnson, b. Aug. 10, 1822; d. 1894; m. Harriet 

Winchell. He lived in Cascade, and removed thence to 
California. Three children. 

18. iv. Mary Snow, m. W. S. Hall. Four children. 

19. V. William D., b. Oct. 16, 1825; d. 1879; m. (1) Chadwell; 

(2) Mary Tolman. He lived in Cascade. Eight children. 

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20. vi. Elvira G., b. Jan. 8, 1833; m. Sept. 6, 1848, James Cooley. 

Twelve children. 

21. vii. Harriet Augusta, b. Mar. 3, 1835 ; m. Charles Winchell. 

Lived at Exira, Iowa. Two children. 

22. viii. Conelia Maria, b. Mar. 3, 1837; d. June, 1838. 

23. ix. Charles Eliott, b. June 6, 1838; d. 1840. 

5. Benoni^ (Benoni^ Aaron^, Joses^ Joses^, Joses^ Wil- 
liam^), b. Sept. 15, 1793; d. Feb. 10, 1889; m. Anne Coy. 
Soon after marriage he removed to Butternuts, Chenango 
county, N. Y., where he was a farmer, as he was later at 
Gilbertsville, Otsego county, in the same state; increasing 
years caused him to follow his son James Orren to Tripoli, 
Bremer county, Iowa, where his wife died within a year, while 
he survived his son, but remained in his former home with a 
granddaughter till he attained the age of ninety-six years. 
Children : 

24. i. Horatio, b. probably at Butternuts, where he married and 

passed his life, dying of consumption and leaving one son, 
Charles, who died from the same disease. 

25. ii. James Orren, b. Gilbertsville; d. from accidental discharge of 

a gun two days before completing his fifty-sixth year. At 
the age of thirty-four he removed with a colony of settlers 
from New York to Iowa, and passed his remaining years 
at Tripoli. He was an earnest Baptist worker and temper- 
ance advocate. He married and had at least one daughter, 
who married Nape, and succeeded to her father's home. 

26. iii. William Otis, b. July 28, 1818; m. May 4, 1841, Persis Ann 

Clark. Children : i. Ellen Maria, ii. Williain. iii. Thomas. 
iv. Fanny H. 

27. iv. MiRANDAE, d. young. 

28. v. Sarah, b. Unadilla, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1824; d. Feb. 1, 1890; m. 

(1) Rev. Russel; (2) July 8, 1882, Rev. Samuel Poin- 

dexter, with whom she lived at Shapleigh, Me. She was 
a successful music teacher. 

29. vi. Harriet Newell, b. June 16, 1828; m. June 16, 1858, Lewis 

P. Norton. She lived in Westfield, Mass. Child : i. Lewis 
F. Norton; he graduated from Harvard College in 1886, 
and is a lawyer in Boston. 

30. vii. Dwight Livingston, b. Nov. 11, 1833; d. Sept. 1, 1843. 

8. John'^ (Benoni'', Aaron^ Joses*, Joses% Joses^ Wil- 
liam^), b. Oct. 2, 1799; d. Apr. 28, 1877; m. Dunbarton, N. H., 
Apr. 13, 1826, Sarah, dau. of John and Mary (Robertson) 
Washer of Amherst, N. H. [b. Feb. 4, 1804; d. June 22, 1889]. 
He learned the business of butcher of Jeremiah Prichard at 
Concord, N. H., and followed it at New Ipswich for many 
years, living opposite the southeast corner of the old burying- 

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ground upon the hill, where, after age made him less vigorous, 
he worked diligently repairing shoes. Children : 

31. i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Mar. 25, 1827; d. Sherbrooke, Quebec, 

Dec. 11, 1896; m. Hiram C. Wilson [b. Bradford, Vt., Jan. 
10, 1827; d. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Nov., 1900]. He had a 
large music store at Sherbrooke. Four children. 

32. ii. Helen Miranda, b. May 27, 1833; m. Sept. 1, 1853, Charles, 

son of Samuel and Harriet (Conant) Jenkins of Townsend. 
She lived in Mason and Greenville many years, her church 
membership in the Greenville Congregational church ex- 
tending through more than half a century. Four children. 

33. iii. Martha Jane, b. Apr. 6, 1836; m. July 31, 1862, Braman I. 

Wilson of Alstead, N. H. [b. Oct. 29, 1836]. He enlisted 
in the 9th N. H. Regt. eight days after his marriage and 
was appointed sergeant; but he served only a few weeks, 
as he died at Pleasant Valley, Md., Oct. 23, 1862. One 
child, Carrie B. Wilson, b. May 1, 1863; lives with her 
mother at Leominster, Mass. 

34. iv. John Benoni, b. June 20, 1842.-|- 

35. v. Harriet Louise, b. June 20, 1842 ; m. Aug. 19, 1862, Harrison 

D. Evans, son of Horace and Lavina (Washburn) Evans 
of Peterboro [b. May 2, 1836]. He had entered Dartmouth 
College, but in his sophomore year he left his studies and 
on the day before his marriage enlisted in the 11th N. H. 
Regt., in which he served almost three years, his wife at 
the same time being a teacher in the South. After the 
war they lived in New Ipswich, Sharon, and Milford, but 
since 1880 their home has been at Ayer, Mass. He was at 
first a farmer, but later became engaged in the nursery 
business. Children: i. Minnie H. Evans, b. Dec. 11, 1866; 
she is a milliner, ii. Jennie May Evans, b. Sept. 9, 1869; m. 
William McLean, who has since died. iii. Harrison E. 
Evans, b. Aug. 8, 1881. 

11. William^ (Benoni'', Aaron^, Joses*, Joses^, Joses^ Wil- 
liam^), b. Nov. 8, 1806; d. Aug. 11, 1871; m. Sept. 15, 1841, 
Ruth Taylor (39). He was a farmer living a quarter-mile 
south from the Congregational church. Children — born in 
New Ipswich : 

36. i. William Taylor, b. Dec. 12, 1842.4- 

37. ii. Harriet Asenath, b. Dec. 12, 1843; d. Mar. 15, 1856. 

38. iii. Samuel Lee, b. July 7, 1844.+ 

12. Aaron Skinner^ (Benoni®, Aaron^, Joses*, Joses^, 
Joses^, William^), b. Aug. 30, 1809; d. Mar. 13, 1889; m. (1) 
Jan. 23, 1839, IVlary Ann Pierce (13) ; (2) June 27, 1866, Mrs. 
Rebecca (Wheeler) (115) Weston. He was a farmer on the 
paternal farm. Children : 

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39. i. Harrison Aaron, b. July 14, 1841; d. Sept. 24, 1894; m. Ellen 

M. Walton of Boylston, Mass. He lived in Leominster, 
and afterward in Fitchburg, where he died. 

40. ii. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 19, 1844; d. Apr. 9, 1898, unm. 

41. iii. James Pierce, b. May 16, 1849; d. Jan. 19, 1859. 

42. iv. Eleanor Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1854; m. Frank O., son of 

Quincy and Amanda Kendall of Ashby. They live in 
Ashby. 

13. Jambs'^ (Benoni*^, Aaron^, Joses*, Joses^, Joses^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Oct. 12, 1811; d. Jan. 10, 1890; m. (1) July 17, 1838, 
Mehitable, dau. of Phineas and Joanna (Waite) Pratt (11); 
(2) Nov. 28, 1844, Almira Dunklee [b. Apr. 8, 1818]. He 
was a tanner and currier in Rutland, Vt., for ten years, but 
in 1849 he removed to Pittsford, Vt., where he remained until 
his death. Children : 

43. i. Annette F., b. Dec. 22, 1839. 

44. ii. Alice Miranda, b. June 23, 1844; m. Nov. 25, 1874, Frank A. 

Newton [b. July 8, 1850; d. Mar. 14, 1896]. She lived in 
Northfield, Mass. One child, Carrie D. Newton, b. Feb. 3, 
1876; d. Feb. 25, 1876. 

45. iii. James. 

46. iv. Marion A., b. Apr. 15, 1852. 

34. John Benoni^ (John^, Benoni*', Aaron^, Joses*, Joses^, 
Joses^ William^), b. June 20, 1842; m. Jan. 1, 1866, Mary E., 
dau. of Horace and Lavinia (Washburn) Evans of Peterboro 
[b. Nov. 23, 1845]. He was for several years a travelling 
salesman, and afterward a painter. They have lived in Mel- 
rose, Lynn, and Swampscott. Children : 

51. i. Frank A., b. Nov. 9, 1866; m. Elizabeth French. He has 

lived in Melrose and in Swampscott. Three children : i. 
Frank W., b. Dec. 21, 1893. ii. Mary C, b. Apr. 27, 1895. iii. 
Sarah, b. July 16, 1896. 

52. ii. Arthur B., b. Sept. 5, 1868. Lives in Chicago. 

53. iii. Carrie, b. Nov. 28, 1870 ; d. Oct. 24, 1876. 

54. iv. John F., b. Sept. 22, 1872; d. Oct. 19, 1872. 

36. William Taylor^ (William^ Benoni^, Aaron^ Joses*, 
Joses^, Joses^, William^), b. Dec. 12, 1842; m. Dec. 30, 1867, 
Josephine Maria, dau. of James and Hannah (Wood) Simonds 
(5). He succeeded to his father's farm. He was a selectman 
several years. Children : 

55. i. Katherine Maria, b. Jan. 27, 1871; m. Aug. 16, 1905, Rev. 

Henry A. Barber. She lives in Rye. Children : i. Alfred 
William Barber, b. July 24, 1906. ii. Katherine Louise 
Barber, b. Sept. 27, 1907. 

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56. ii. Mary Abbie, b. Oct. 19, 1876; d. Feb. 18, 1911; m. Mar. 29, 

1899, George W. Sargent [m. (2) Jan. 1, 1912, Helen 
Churchill]. Res. in New Ipswich. Children: i. Eleanor 
Maria Sargent, b. July 23, 1903. ii. Marjorie Josephine 
Sargent, b. July 20, 1908; d. Oct. 6, 1909. iii. Robert Wil- 
liam Sargent, b. Feb. 10, 1911. 

38. Samuel Lee^ (William'^, Benoni^, Aaron^, Joses*, Joses^ 
Joses2, William^), b. July 7, 1844; m. July 26, 1881, Mary J. 
Wilcox. He lives in Leominster. Children : 

57. i. Glen Taylor, b. May 14, 1882. 

BULLARD. 

No less than seven of the early settlers at Watertown, Mass., some 
of whom certainly were brothers, bore this family name, but the tradi- 
tions concerning their relationship are not reliable. Descendants from 
two of these pioneers settled in New Ipswich, as shown below under their 
ancestral names. 

BULLARD (George). 

George^ Bullard of Watertown took the freeman's oath in 1641 ; d. 

Jan. 14, 1688/9; m. Beatrice . He lived in the western part of the 

town, which is now Weston. 

Jonathan' (George'), b. July 12, 1647; m. (1) Dec. 22, 1669, Dester, 
dau. of Joseph Morse of Watertown; (2) Mar. 23, 1721/2, widow Eliza- 
beth Barns of Marlborough. 

Jonathan' (Jonathan^, George'), b. Dec. 25, 1672; d. Sept. 14, 1719; 
m. Anna [m. (2) Edward Harrington]. He lived in Weston. 

1. Ebenezer* (Jonathan^, Jonathan-, George^), b. Weston, 

Oct. 14, 1719; d. New Ipswich, May 11, 1768; m. Mary . 

He was one of the earliest settlers in New Ipswich, probably 
preceded by only three or four. He settled in the extreme 
eastern part of the town, (I: 2, S. R.) Children: 

2. i. Asa, b. Dec. 7, 1743 ; d. Sept. 12, 1765. 

3. ii. Simeon, b. Aug. 19, 1745.+ 

4. iii. Keziah, b. Apr. 22, 1747; d. June, 1843; m. (1) William Start 

(3) ; (2) Mar. 20, 1788, Ezra Towne (1) ; (3) Feb. 13, 1800, 
Jonathan Hartshorn [d. 1812]. She then removed to Cam- 
den, Me., where she lived for more than thirty years. 

5. iv. John, b. June 10, 1749. 

6. V. Ephraim, b. Apr. 13, 1751; d. Dec. 1, 1752. 

7. vi. Mary, b. Sept. 12, 1753. 

8. vii. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 1, 1756. 

9. viii. Sarah, b. May 28, 1758. 

10. ix. Susannah, b. Feb. 13, 1761; d. Mar. 18, 1765. 

11. X. Asa, b. Apr. 18, 1765. It is stated in the former history that 

he graduated at Dartmouth College, was principal of the 
Franklin school in Boston, afterward studied medicine and 
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was a successful practitioner, and that he died at Mt. 
Vernon about 1826. But the Dartmouth General Catalogue 
gives the name as that of a graduate of 1793, who received 
a medical degree at Harvard, and died in 1836, aged 61, 
which makes it doubtful whether he was Asa, the son of 
Ebenezer. 

3. Simeon^ (Ebenezer*, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, George^), b. 
Aug. 19, 1745 ; m. about 1771, Ruth Adams (H. 16). Children : 

12. i. Ruth, b. Aug. 7, 1772. 

13. ii. AzuBAH, b. July 20, 1774. 

14. iii. Caleb, b. Sept. 7, 1776; d. Jan. 1, 1777. 

15. iv. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 7, 1780; d. Jan. IS, 1811. 

16. V. Mary, b. May 20, 1782. 

17. vi. Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1784; m. Luther Bowers. 

18. vii. AsAHEL, b. Mar. 15, 1786. 

BULLARD (John). 

JoHN^ Bullard, of Watertown, was one of the first settlers at Ded- 
ham, signing the "Dedham Covenant" in 1636. He was also one of the 
original proprietors of Medfield, to which he removed about 1650, and 

where he died July 4, 1668. He m. (1) Magdalen [d. Mar. 20, 1661] ; 

(2) Ellen, widow of Thomas Dickerman of Dorchester. 

Joseph- (John^), b. Apr. 26, 1643; m. Sarah . He succeeded to 

his father's farm at Medfield. 

Ebenezer" (Joseph", John^), of Medfield, d. 1765; m. Susanna [d. 

1763]. 

1. Joseph* (Ebenezer^, Joseph^, John^), b. Medfield, Jan. 
16, 1719; d. Mason, N. H., Mar. 3, 1792; m. Mar. 22, 1754, 
Sarah Proctor of Westford, Mass. [b. Feb. 25, 1729; d. Nov. 
5, 1820]. He settled in New Ipswich at about the same time 
as Ebenezer of the preceding family, who was probably his 
kinsman, although, as is shown above, their connection 
through the family name must have been very distant. The 
two lived together, however, for ten or twelve years, but 
upon his marriage Joseph settled on the next lot to the west, 
(II : 2, S. R.,) and soon after he removed to Mason, where 
he passed his life upon a farm which has been occupied by 
successive generations of his descendants. Children : 

2. i. Silas, b. Apr. 2, 1755.+ 

3. ii. Isaac, b. June 29, 1757; d. 1760. 

4. iii. Peter, b. Apr. 23, 1760. He lived successively at Wyoming, 

Pa., and Marietta, O. 

5. iv. Eleazer, lived at Cincinnati, O. 

2. SiLAS^ (Joseph*, Ebenezer^ Joseph^, John^), b. Apr. 2, 
1755 ; d. May 15, 1835 ; m. July 1, 1782, Avis Keyes of Ashford, 

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Ct. [b. Dec. 30, 1763; d. Mar. 23, 1836]. He lived at Mason, 
where were born fifteen children : 

6. i. Joseph, b. Apr. 2, 1783.+ 

7. ii. Sampson, b. Oct. 24, 1784.+ 

8. iii. Silas, b. Sept. 5, 1786.+ 

9. iv. Amasa, b. July 22, 1788; d. Aug. 25, 1808, at Copenhagen, 

Denmark. 

10. V. Isaac, b. Nov. 1, 1790.+ 

11. vi. Sally, b. Feb. 21, 1793; m. Feb. 27, 1812, John Felt of Tem- 

ple [b. Apr. 20, 1789]. She lived at Wilton, N. H., and had 
seven children. 

12. vii. Eleazer, b. Nov. 9, 1794; d. July, 1825. 

13. viii. Jesse, b. Nov. 3, 1796; d. July 21, 1797. 

14. ix. John, b. May 20, 1798; d. May 20, 1798. 

15. X. Caleb Emerson, b. Aug. 29, 1799.-|- 

16. xi. Charles Keyes, b. Feb. 22, 1801 ; d. May 7, 1860, unm. After 

a successful business life he came to Nevi^ Ipswich and 
bought for his residence the house built by Charles Shedd 
just north from the town hall, and here passed his later 
years with his sister Clarissa and her husband. 

17. xii. Clarissa Page, b. May 26, 1802.+ 

18. xiii. Abigail Brooks, b. Dec. 20, 1804; m. Elias Taylor of Jaffrey 

[b. Dec. 7, 1797]. She lived at Jaffrey, and had seven 
children. 

19. xiv. George, b. Oct. 26, 1806; d. May 5, 1807. 

20. XV. Harriet Keyes, b. Dec. 22, 1808; m. Nov. 2, 1828, John M. 

Maynard [b. Jaffrey, May 12, 1801]. She had five children. 

6. Joseph'' (Silas^, Joseph*, Ebenezer^, Joseph-, John^), b. 
Apr. 2, 1783; d. June 9, 1843; m. Oct. 23, 1809, Lucy (Felt) 
Cragin of Temple [b. Nov. 26, 1780]. He lived in Rindge. 
Children : 

21. i. Lucy, b. July 20, 1810. 

22. ii. Amasa, b. May 2, 1812. 

23. iii. Elvira, b. Sept. 19, 1815. 

24. iv. Silas, b. Aug. 29, 1817. 

25. V. Stephen Felt, b. June 8, 1823. 

7. Sampson^ (Silas^, Joseph*, Ebenezer^, Joseph^, John^), 
b. Oct. 24, 1784; m. Nov. 8, 1818, Ivah Patterson [b. June 5, 
1798; d. July 16, 1854]. He lived successively at Boston, Con- 
cord, N. H., and Littleton, N. H. Children: 

26. i. Enoch P., b. Sept. 16, 1819. 

27. ii. Caroline I., b. Apr. 9, 1821. 

28. iii. George H., b. Sept. 6, 1823; d. May 17, 1840. 

8. Silas'' (Silas^, Joseph*, Ebenezer^, Joseph^, John^), b. 
at Mason, N. H., Sept. 5, 1786; d. Feb. 5, 1835; m. May 2, 
1820, Mary Ann Barrett (14). He lived in Boston. 
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29. i. Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1821; m. John S. Dwight of Boston, a 

musical critic and publisher. They were at Brook Farm 
before their marriage. 

30. ii. Charles Barrett, b. Nov. 22, 1823 ; m. Isabel Gould. Two 

sons. He went to California in 1849. He had a farm at 
Shirley, Mass., and passed his last years in New Ipswich. 

31. iii. Martha Ann, b. Dec. 26, 1825; m. Charles Reed. Res. at 

Boston. 

32. iv. Sarah Jane Wollstonecraft, b. Sept. 11, 1828; d. Oct. 13, 

1904, unm. She made her home in the old Barrett man- 
sion during the last twenty-five years of her life. 

10. IsAAc*^ (Silas^, Joseph*, Ebenezer^, Joseph^, John^), b. 
Nov. 1, 1790; m. Sept. 10, 1816, Nancy Fay [d. Feb. 24, 1827]. 
He lived at Mason. Children : 

33. i. Charles A., b. Jan. 9, 1819; d. Nov. 4, 1850. 

34. ii. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 26, 1820. 

35. iii. George C, b. Sept. 25, 1822; d. Dec. 24, 1826. 

36. iv. George F., b. Jan. 7, 1827. 

15. Caleb Emerson^ (Silas^, Joseph*, Ebenezer^, Joseph^, 
John^), b. Aug. 29, 1799; m. June 2, 1821, Sophronia Kmiball 
of Nelson, N. H. [b. Aug. 10, 1801.] Children: 

37. i. Benjamin K., b. Jan. 22, 1826; d. Aug. 18, 1829. 

38. ii. Abigail A., b. Oct. 19, 1828. 

39. iii. Franklin K., b. Jan. 20, 1834. 

40. iv. Louisa S., b. June 27, 1837. 

41. V. Mary C, b. Jan. 3, 1841. 

17. Clarissa Page^ (Silas^ Joseph*, Ebenezer^, Joseph^, 
JohnO, b. May 26, 1802; d. Aug. 8, 1879; m. Feb. 5, 1819, 
Charles Granger [b. Suffield, Ct., June 8, 1799; d. New Ips- 
wich, Nov. 21, 1865]. She lived at Mason and at New Ips- 
wich. Children : 

i. Catherine A. Granger, b. May 13, 1821 ; m. John H. Coy. 

ii. Charles H. Granger, b. Mar. 31, 1823. 

iii. James W. Granger, b. Sept. 30, 1825; d. Jan. 24, 1864. 

iv. Mary Ann Granger, b. Dec. 10, 1829; m. Aug. 9, 1849, 

Frederick H. Moore. 
V. George E. Granger, b. Mar., 1832; d. Aug. 5, 1832. 
vi. Martha M. Granger, b. Oct. 3, 1833; d. Dec. 14, 1902; m. 

Apr. 6, 1859, William A. Preston (70). 
vii. Caroline E. Granger, b. Sept. 7, 1840; d. 1905; m. Apr. 2, 

1874, James White Moore. 

BURROWS. 

1. William^ Burrows, b. about 1728; d. 1825. He is said 
to have come to New Ipswich from Hartford, Conn. His 

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name first appears upon the town records in 1785. He first 
settled near the south line of the town, a little east of the 
point where the river enters from Ashby, on lot 74, A. D., 
but apparently remained there only a few years, removing to 
the Francis Fletcher farm, (XIII : 1, S. R.) The place of his 
home there, upon a road now almost impassable, extending 
from Davis Village to the house of George S. Wheeler, can 
still be recognized, but the house was suddenly destroyed by 
its owner about sixty years since to prevent its appropriation 
by the town authorities for the use of sufferers from smallpox. 
Children : 

2. i. William, b. about \766.-{- 

3. ii. Hannah. 

4. iii. Joseph, m. July 12, 1790, Lydia Preston (9), and removed 

to Whitingham, Vt. It is not certain that he was a son 
of William, but as his name appears upon the town records 
but a little later than that of his assumed father, and 
earlier than that of William, Jr., the assumption seems 
reasonable. There are known to have been other children, 
probably never residents in the town. 

2. William^ (William^), b. about 1786; d. Mar. 10, 1807; 
m. 1789, Sarah Fletcher (30) [m. (2) Richard Wheeler (13)]. 
He was a farmer on the same farm with his father. Children : 

Sarah, b. June 7, 1790; m. Sept. 13, 1818, Oliver Harris (1). 
Lydia, b. Oct. 17, 1792; d. July 10, 1818; m. Nov. 27, 1815, 

Rev. John Parkhurst. 
Ruth, b. Oct. 14, 1795; m. Jan. 4, 1816, Jonas Button. 
Celia, b. May 20, 1798; m. Feb. 22, 1820, Rev. John Parkhurst. 
Laura, b. Apr. 8, 1801; d. Mar. 6, 1820. 
William Fletcher, b. Apr. 24, 1804. 
11. vii. Elvira, b. June 28, 1807; d. Feb. 28, 1850; m. 1832, Leonard 

Hastings (2). 

BURTON. 

Boniface' Burton was one of the earliest settlers of Lynn, Mass., 
where he died June 13, 1669, at which time he was said to be 113 years 
old, but a historian of that time adds the remark "I am afraid that much 
exaggeration was formerly used with respect to the ages of old people." 

John^ (Boniface'), d. Oct. 14, 1681. Res. Salem, where he was free- 
man in 1638. He was a Quaker and suffered punishment for his belief. 

Isaac^ (John^ Boniface'), d. 1706. Res. in Topsfield and in Salem. 

John'* (Isaac', John^ Boniface'), d. 1750. 

JoHN° (John', Isaac', John', Boniface'), b. about 1711; d. Feb. 11, 
1791; m. May 14, 1734, Abigail Paine of Salem [b. about 1713; d. Aug. 
28, 1796]. He resided for a time in Middleton, Mass., and removed thence 
to Wilton. 

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John* (John', John', Isaac', John^ Boniface^), b. about 1738; d. Nov. 
18, 1816; m. at Topsfield, Mass., Oct. 7, 1756, Rebecca Gage [b. about 
1739; d. Aug. 17, 1831]. He was a farmer and miller in Wilton, where 
he held the office of selectman and town clerk. He was called deacon. 

John' (John°, John^ John', Isaac', John', Boniface'), b. March 25, 
1767; m. (1) Jan. 27, 1791, Eunice, dau. of Dea. Peter and Rebecca 
(Russell) Heald of Temple [b. Apr., 1771]; (2) April 20, 1836, Susannah 
Carter of Wilton. He removed to Andover, Vt., where he was captain 
of militia, but returned to Wilton in 1808. 

Dexter^ (John', John", John', John', Isaac', John', Boniface'), b. at 
Andover, Vt., Oct. 16, 1802; d. June 3, 1855; m. April 20, 1824, Clarissa 
O., dau. of Jesse and Sarah (Tidder) Spofiford of Temple [b. June 12, 
1803]. Res. in Lyndeboro, where he was selectman for several years. 

1. Dexter Lionel^ (Dexter^, John^, John^, John^, John*, 
Isaae, John^, Boniface^), b. Apr. 10, 1825; d. May 3, 1896; 
m. Dec. 16, 1853, Emily Frances, dau. of Jonathan and Mary 
G. (Newcomb) Ward of Hampton Falls, N. H. [b. Dec. 21, 
1828; d. Feb. 25, 1908]. Children: 

2. i. George Dexter, b. Oct. 26, 1855 ; m. Jan. 16, 1893, Frances R. 

Jones (61). Promoter of the Burton Stock Car and many 
electrical devices and machines. 

3. ii. May Eva, b. Jan. 9, 1858; m. (1) Mar., 1876, Jeremiah 

Kittredge Chandler (R. 97) ; (2) June 17, 1908, Stephen 
W. Wheeler. 

4. iii. Ida. 

5. iv. Nellie. 

6. V. John. 

CAMPBELL. 

1. Robert^ Campbell, a native of Scotland, was in New 
Ipswich as early as 1760. His name appears upon the tax- 
lists of the town from its incorporation until 1791, soon after 
which he probably died. He lived upon the "J^sse Stearns 
farm," (7, N. L. O.) No record of his family has been found 
except that of the census of 1790, according to which it then 
consisted of three males above sixteen years of age, one male 
below that age, and five females, but the name of only one 
child is known. 

2. Caleb^ (Robert^), b. about 1741; d. 1800; m. (1) Nov. 
26, 1789, Nabby, dau. of John and Elizabeth Wilkins [b. Aug. 
8, 1769] ; (2) Apr. 22, 1794, Lydia Stratton (S. 4). He suc- 
ceeded to his father's farm. Only two children are recorded, 
but a third is probably known. Children : 

3. Caleb, b. about 1791. -|- 

4. Mary, m. Dec. 22, 1817, Samuel Cragin (13). 

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5. Lydia, m. May 7, 1812, John Kinsman of Fitchburg. She is 

not recorded, but probably was daughter of Caleb. 

3. Caleb^ (Caleb^, Robert^), b. about 1791 ; d. Feb. 5, 1863; 
m. Nov. 25, 1813, Lucy Taylor (29). He passed the greater 
part of his life as a farmer on the road to Smith Village, his 
farm being on the site of the third home of Abijah Foster, 
(IX:2, S. R.) Children: 

6. i. Harriet Atwood, b. Mar. 26, 1815; d. July 1, 1879; m. June 

2, 1841, Newton Brooks (11). 

7. ii. Mary Ann, b. Apr. 27, 1816; d. Sept. 19, 1886; m. Apr. 10, 

1834, Samuel Gushing (1). 

8. iii. Maria, b. Dec. 18, 1820; m. Cheseldon Perry, a hotel pro- 

prietor at Brattleboro, Vt. Eleven children. 

9. iv. George Galeb, b. Jan. 1, 1823; d. Mar. 12, 1885; m. July 14, 

1844, Abby Jane Newton. He succeeded to the paternal 
farm, but made the home of his later years at the Genter 
Village, in the house long occupied by Moody Adams nearly 
opposite the Barrett mansion. He was largely interested in 
the lumber business and was one of the selectmen. 

10. V. Eveline, b. Nov. 14, 1824; m. John Perry. Res. at Brattle- 

boro, Vt., and removed thence to Wisconsin. Three chil- 
dren. 

11. vi. Myra, b. Apr. 25, 1826; d. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar., 1900. 

12. vii. Lucy, b. Aug. 1, 1830; m. Benjamin H. Ghase, a jeweler at 

Brattleboro, Vt., and at Ghicago. 

13. viii. Emily Frances, b. Dec. 17, 1832; d. June, 1884. She gave 

the service of many years to the Faith Home for Incura- 
bles at Brooklyn, N. Y., and died in that institution. 

14. ix. Helen, b. Feb. 17, 1835; m. William Mills, at that time a 

worker in the Y. M. G. A. at Providence, R. I., and later 
an Episcopal clergyman. 

15. X. Abby Henrietta, b. June 1, 1837. She is superintendent of 

the Faith Home for Incurables at Brooklyn, N. Y., which 
she with her sister Emily Frances established in 1875, and 
which has done a most beneficent work for many years. 

CARR. 

Thomas^ Garr of Sudbury, Mass., m. Nov. 2, 1741, Grace Sherman 
of Marlboro, Mass. He was a farmer, and his farm, originally of 300 
acres, remained in the family for four generations. 

Thomas^ (Thomas^, b. Sudbury, Dec. 20, 1742; m. Abigail Lovering. 
He had a part in the Revolutionary uprising of April, 1775, and served in 
the field during later years. 

John' (Thomas', Thomas'), b. Feb. 21, 1773; d. Mar. 23, 1855; m. 
Dec. 24, 1797, Dorcas Haynes [b. about 1771; d. Oct. 29, 1840]. He served 
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1. Emery* (John^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Sudbury, Apr. 
3, 1799; d. Nov. 24, 1880; m. Mar. 30, 1825. Abigail Rice of 
Stow, Mass. [b. Sept. 13, 1800; d. Nov. 24, 1888]. He lived 
in Fitchburg, Mass., during his early manhood, but in 1834 
he came to New Ipswich and built a sawmill a little south of 
the "white school-house" on the Turnpike, on 146, A. D. At 
a later date he moved southerly a mile and a half and made 
his home near the Rindge line, (131, A. D.) Children: 

3. i. Rebecca Smith, b. Sudbury, Feb. 4, 1826; d. Apr. 3, 1844. 

4. ii. James Emery, b. Dec. 30, 1827.-f- 

5. iii. Abby Ann, b. Jan. 28, 1830; d. Nov. 3, 1831. 

6. iv. Ruth Rice, b. Dec. 11, 1832; d. Aug. 26, 1849. 

7. V. Joseph Fletcher, b. Apr. 28, 1835. 

8. vi. John W., b. July 25, 1837; d. Mar. 2, 1842. 

9. vii. Edward J., b. Aug. 12, 1841 ; d. Mar. 18, 1842. 

10. viii. John Edward, b. July 23, 1843; d. Aug. 9, 1906. He served 

during the Civil War, in the 13th New Hampshire Regi- 
ment, and later in a Pennsylvania battery. Afterward 
res. in Carlisle, Mass. 

2. Ezra* (John^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Sudbury, Feb. 21, 
1807; d. 1875; m. (1) Oct. 6, 1842, Belinda Walker (J. 14); 
(2) June 3, 1875, Mary, widow of Ezra Scollay, and previ- 
ously of Paul Moore. He succeeded to the Jesse Walker 
farm on the west side of the mountain, upon the old Rindge 
road, now abandoned, (152, A. D.) 

4. James Emery^ (Emery*, John^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. 
Fitchburg, Mass., Dec. 30, 1827; d. Apr. 9, 1911; m. Jan. 12, 
1858, Irene Amanda, dau. of Benjamin and Lydia (Cass) Dan- 
forth of Rindge [b. Oct. 23, 1840; d. Apr. 5, 1904]. He for 
many years had a mill very near the Rindge line, largely oc- 
cupied by the manufacture of shingles, for which purpose he 
introduced improved machinery before unused in the state. 
He was a selectman 1879-81. He removed to West Rindge 
in 1885, where for ten years he had charge of the mills and 
farms of the Butterick Publishing Company. Children : 

11. i. A daughter, b. and d. June, 1859. 
Ida Amanda, b. Apr. 24, 1860; d. June 26, 1880. 
Leslie James, b. Nov. 17, 1862; m. Hattie Hayward. A 

farmer in Hancock. Two children. 
A daughter, b. and d. 1864. 
Emma Lillian, b. Apr. 17, 1869; m. Frank A. Wing, a civil 

engineer. Three children. 
16. vi. Theodore Parker, b. Aug. 14, 1870; d. Mar. 18, 1912; m. 

Bessie Hazelbarger. He was a farmer in Ashby, Mass. 

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17. vii. Ernest Edward, b. Sept. 17, 1871; m. Nettie Barker. At 

the age of fifteen he was adopted by Waldo Wilson, and 
his name was changed to Wilson. He is a farmer in Car- 
lisle, Mass. Two children. 

18. viii. Roy Davis, b. Nov. 2, 1873; m. Fanny Carey. He is an 

engineer in Winchendon, Mass. One child. 

19. ix. Amy Henrietta, b. May 21, 1876; m. Arthur Bennett, a 

machinist in Providence, R. I. 

20. X. John Earl, b. May 13, 1882. He is an engineer in Provi- 

dence, R. I. 

21. xi. Edna Dean, b. June 23, 1883; unm. Res. East Templeton, 

Mass. 

22. xii. Harlan, b. Dec. 13, 1884; d. July 17, 1886. 

CHAMPNEY. 

Richard* Champney, descended from Sir Henry Champney who 
fought under William the Conqueror at the battle of Hastings, came 
with his wife Jane from Lincolnshire, England, to Cambridge, Mass., in 
1634/5, and settled in the part which is now Brighton, where he was 
made freeman in 1636, and was a ruling elder in the church. He died 
Nov. 26, 1669. 

Daniel= (Richard'), b. Mar., 1644; d. 1699; m. (1) Jan. 3, 1665, 
Dorcas, dau. of Thomas and Dorcas Bridge [b. about 1648; d. Feb. 7, 
1683/4] ; (2) June 9, 1684, Hepzibah, dau. of Elijah Corlet and widow 
of James Minot. Res. in Cambridge. 

Daniel' (DanieP, Richard'), b. Dec. 14, 1669; m. Bethiah Danforth. 

Solomon' (Daniel', DanieF, Richard'), b. Mar. 17, 1701/2; d. 1760; 
m. (1) 1723, Elizabeth Cunningham; (2) Abigail Crackbone [b. about 
1710; d. Jan. 18, 1785]. He began life as a mechanic, but entered the 
English army and was serving in Castle William, Boston Harbor, at the 
time of his death. 

1. Ebenezer'' (Solomon*, Daniel^, Daniel^, Richard^), a 
son of his father's second marriag-e, b. Apr. 3, 1744; d. Sept. 
10, 1810; m. (1)"* Abigail, dau. of Rev. Caleb Trowbridge of 
Groton [b. about 1740; d. 1775]; (2) 1778. Abigail Parker 
(S. 2); (3) Mar., 1796, Susan Wyman [d. Sept., 1796]. He 
was born in Cambridge and graduated from Harvard College 
in 1762. He then studied divinity and preached about two 
years, after which he left that profession, studied law, was 
admitted to the bar at Portsmouth in 1768, and settled in New 
Ipswich, where he passed his professional life except during 
six years when he was located at Groton, which town he rep- 
resented in the Legislature. After 1795, he was Judge of 
Probate for Hillsborough County. For some years he was 
the only lawyer between Keene and Groton, and necessarily 
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he obtained the farm situated west of Bank Village, since 
owned by his grandson, Hon. John Preston, and he built upon 
it the farmhouse which was destroyed by fire. He lived in 
this house for some years, but later he removed to the house 
upon the hillside across the street from the present Baptist 
church, which was for so long a time the home of Esquire 
Preston. This home was conveniently near Judge Champ- 
ney's office, situated, like his home, upon the old "country 
road," just east of the Joseph Kidder Brook, and facing upon 
the Village Green. Children : 

2. i. Benjamin, b. Aug. 20, 1764.+ 

3. ii. Francis, b. Jan. 27, l766.-\- 

4. iii. Abigail, b. May 4, 1767; d. 1805; m. Dec. 10, 1789, Thomas 

Gardner of Groton. Seven children. 

5. iv. Hannah, b. Sept. 23, 1768; m. Feb. 2, 1792, James, son of 

James Prescott of Groton. Ten children. 

6. V. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 1770 ; d. Aug. 27, 1775. 

7. vi. Sarah, b. Dec. 25, 1771 ; d. Aug. 20, 1775. 

8. vii. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 5, 1774; d. Aug. 29, 1775. 

9. viii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1779; d. June 19, 1869; m. Jan. 21, 

1798, Dr. John Preston (14). 

10. ix. Ebenezer, b. July 19, 1780.+ 

11. X. Jonas Cutler, b. Apr. 17, 1783.+ 

2. Benjamin^ (Ebenezer^, Solomon*, DanieP, DanieP, 
Richard^), b. Aug. 20, 1764; d. May 12, 1827; m. (1) 1791, 
Mercy Parker [b. July 3, 1765; d. Apr. 4, 1795]; (2) Oct., 
1809, Rebecca Brooks [b. about 1782; d. Aug. 15, 1849]. He 
studied law in his father's office and commenced practice in 
Groton during his father's residence in that town. He re- 
turned to New Ipswich in 1792, and until his decease he 
was an influential citizen. He was postmaster for twenty 
years, a selectman for eight years, and was one of the pro- 
prietors of the first cotton mill in the town, this being also 
the first in the state. He succeeded to the home of his father 
in the Center Village. Children : 

12. i. Sarah, b. July 22, 1792; d. July 15, 1864. 

Maria, b. July 23, 1793 ; d. Nov. 1, 1796. 

Benjamin, b. Mar. 12, 1795; d. Nov. 13, 1813. He had en- 
tered Dartmouth College the year preceding his death, but 
a stone thrown by a fellow student struck his head and 
ultimately caused his death. 

Edward Walter, b. Aug. 18, 1810.-|- 
George Mather, b. Mar. 6, 1812.-[- 

Maria Louisa, b. Nov. 14, 1813; d. July 9, 1881; m. Dec, 
1837, Francis K. Cragin (23). Res. Woburn, Mass. 

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18. vii. Ellen Eliza, b. Oct. 17, 1815; d. June 5, 1888; m. Dec. 31, 

1840, John Clough [b. Jan. 26, 1809; d. Nov. 27, 1879]. 
He was a physician and practiced for a few years, 1837-40, 
in New Ipswich, after which he devoted himself to den- 
tistry in Woburn, Mass. Child : Sarah Maria Clough, h. 
Apr. 11, 1842; m. Robert J. W. Phinney. 

19. viii. Benjamin Crackbone, b. Nov. 19, 1817.-J- 

20. ix. Mary Jane, b. 1819; d. Mar. 2, 1837. 

21. X. Henry Trowbridge, b. Sept. 19, 1825; d. Nov. 17, 1913; m. (1) 

Nov., 1849, Lydia Parshley [d. Feb. 21, 1896]; (2) Apr. 
30, 1896, Amelia K., dau. of Vernon and Helen (Smith) 
Hanson of St. John, N. B. He was a successful merchant 
in New York city until failing health necessitated his re- 
tirement. Res. West Medford, Mass. 

3. Francis® (Ebenezer^, Solomon'*, DanieP, DanieP, Rich- 
ard^), b. Jan. 27, 1766; d. 1837; m. 1786, Abigail Trowbridge. 
He lived for a time on the "Woolson farm," (S. R., IV: 2,) 
said to have been the first farm cultivated in the town, but 
he removed to Groton in middle life and resided there until 
his death. Children : 

22. i. Francis, b. 1788; d. 1791. 

23. ii. Samuel, b. 1789; d. 1793. 

24. iii. Abigail, b. 1793 ; d. 1793. 

25. iv. Fanny, b. 1793. 

26. V. Francis, b. 1794. 

27. vi. Abigail, b. 1796. 

28. vii. Samuel, b. 1798. 

29. viii. Ferdinand, b. 1800. 

10. Ebenezer'' (Ebenezer^, Solomon*, DanieP, DanieF, 
Richard^, b. July 19, 1780; d. Nov. 16, 1829; m. 1803, Mehi- 
table, dau. of John and Maria (Nichols) Goodridge of Fitch- 
burg, Mass. [b. Aug. 29, 1782; d. June 24, 1840; m. (2) Isaac 
Bigelow of Leominster, Mass.]. He was a farmer upon the 
eastern part of the farm of his father, afterward owned suc- 
cessively by William Prichard and his son Francis W. Eight 
of his grandchildren, bearing the family name, served in the 
Civil War. Children : 

30. i. Ebenezer Nichols, b. May 8, 1804; d. July 21, 1807. 

31. ii. Jonas Cutler, b. Jan. 29, 1806.-f- 

32. iii. Ebenezer, b. Mar. 8, 1808.+ 

33. iv. Fred William, b. Oct. 18, 1809; d. Apr. 16, 1810. 

34. V. Julius Beresford, b. Feb. 12, 1811.-|- 

35. vi. Samuel Parker, b. Oct. 24, 1814. -f 

36. vii. Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1816; d. Mar. 10, 1816. 

37. viii. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 9, 1817; m. Dec. 15, 1843, Daniel Coburn 

of Lowell, Mass. [b. Dracut, Mass., Sept. 14, 1819]. She 
lived in Lowell. Five children. 
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38. ix. Lewis Clark, b. May 19, 1819.+ 

11. Jonas Cutler^ (Ebenezer^, Solomon*, DanieP, DanieP, 
Richard^), b. Apr. 17, 1783; d. Feb. 7, 1824; m. Phebe Parker 
(S. 14). He was a farmer upon the "Woolson farm," previ- 
ously owned by his brother Francis. Children : 

39. i. Horatio Nelson, b. 1809; d. May 10, 1849, unm. 

40. ii. Abby Parker, b. Aug. 29, 1813; d. Oct. 14, 1894; m. Charles 

C. Bellows (4). 

15. Edward Walter^ (Benjamin*', Ebenezer^ Solomon*, 
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Aug. 18, 1810; d. May 1, 1886; 
m. (1) Oct. 8, 1845, Caroline L. Floyd [b. 1820; d. Oct. 6, 
1865] ; (2) Apr. 8, 1868, Esther Agnes Frost [b. Feb. 7, 1837]. 
He was a successful wholesale dealer in dry goods, associated 
with his brother George M. in Boston for many years. Res. 
at Woburn. Children : 

41. i. Walter Frost, b. Jan. 29, 1869. 

42. ii. George Kuhn, b. Oct. 17, 1872; d. July 8, 1877. 

16. George Mather^ (Benjamin®, Ebenezer^ Solomon*, 
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Mar. 6, 1812; d. Jan. 4, 1882; 
m. Jan. 13, 1836, Lucy Ann, dau. of Eleazer Brown (20) [b. 
Jan. 8, 1813; d. Oct. 22, 1909]. For many years he was a 
partner of his brother Edward W., in the wholesale dry goods 
trade of Boston; and in later years devoted his attention to 
literary pursuits, being also librarian of Winn Library at 
Woburn, where he made his home. Children : 

43. i. Georgiana, b. Sept. 29, 1837; d. Aug., 1838. 

44. ii. George Edward, b. Feb. 12, 1839; d. Apr. 20, 1842. 

45. iii. Edwin Graves, b. Aug. 24, 1842.-f- 

46. iv. Ellen Frances, b. Mar. 2, 1844; m. Feb. 24, 1883, Edward 

D. Hayden [d. Nov. 15, 1908]. 

47. V. Anna Louisa, b. Mar. 8, 1846; m. Dec. 22, 1870, Henry T. 

Remick. One daughter. Bertha Remick, b. Dec. 15, 1872. 

19. Benjamin Crackbone^ (Benjamin^ Ebenezer^ Solo- 
mon*, DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Nov. 19, 1817; d. Dec. 
11, 1907; m. (1) July, 1853, Mary CaroHne Brooks [b. July 17, 
1829 ; d. Oct. 24, 1876] ; (2) June 26, 1879, Margaret Steven- 
son [b. Feb. 26, 1841; d. Nov. 17, 1895]. lie was an artist 
of recognized ability. Res. in Boston. Children: 

48. i. Benjamin Kensett, b. Dec. 15, 1854. 

49. ii. Grace, b. July, 1856; d. Dec, 1863. 

50. iii. Edith, b. Dec, 1859 ; d. Dec, 1863. 

51. iv. Alice Cone, b. Dec. 14, 1869; m. Feb. 5, 1896, Arthur C. 

Wyer [b. July 9, 1871]. One daughter, Alice Brooks IVyer, 
b. July 27, 1898. 

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31. Jonas Cutler'' (Ebenezer®, Ebenezer^, Solomon*, Dan- 
iel, DanieP, Richard^), b. Jan. 9, 1806; m. 1828, Evelina B. 
Allen of Boston. Soon after the death of his father he went 
to Dover, N. H., and there learned the machinist's trade, 
which he followed through his life with excellent success, 
meeting the demands of the passing years with new imple- 
ments and methods of manufacture. He lived for many years 
in South Adams, Mass. Children : 

52. i. Evelina B., b. Feb. 8, 1829; m. June 25, 1848, B. T. Sanders 

of Pittsfield, Mass. Eight children. 
Jonas A., b. Nov. 24, 1831.+ 
Jane E., b. Nov. 24, 1831; m. May 18, 1854, David Leach of 

Manchester, England. One son. 
Fred W., b. Aug. 25, 1833.+ 
Eliza M., b. June 1, 1835; m. Nov. 24, 1858, Chad. Field of 

Chester, Mass. Three daughters. 

57. vi. Orcelia H., b. Aug. 9, 1837; m. Feb. 25, 1863, Leroy Perkins 

of Burlington, Vt. 

58. vii. Lewis C, b. Dec. 2, 1839.+ 

59. viii. Sarah A., b. Feb. 22, 1843; m. July 9, 1864, George W. 

Dodge of Pittsfield, Mass. One daughter. 

60. ix. Augustus, b. about 1847; d. about Aug. 5, 1864. He served 

in the Civil War, vv^as wounded at Spottsylvania, and had 
not recovered when in a succeeding engagement he was 
wounded and taken prisoner. He died in a hospital at 
Petersburg, Va. 

61. X. Augusta, b. about 1847; d. young. 

62. xi. Armenia. 

32. Ebenezer'' (Ebenezer*', Ebenezer^, Solomon*, DanieP, 
DanieP, Richard^), b. Mar. 4, 1808; m. June 17, 1829, Sarah 
Nickles [b. Billerica, Mass., Mar. 10, 1811]. He was a ma- 
chinist, and for about twenty years was engaged in that 
industry at Lowell, Mass. In 1840 he became a farmer at 
Carlisle, Mass., which town he served as selectman and in 
other official positions. Children : 

63. i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 21, 1831; m. Apr. 23, 1853, Tim- 

othy Adams of Carlisle. Four children. 

64. ii. Mary M. G., b. Apr. 19, 1833; m. Dec. 9, 1853, A. G. Munroe 

of Marlow, N. Y. Three children. 
Ebenezer Nichols, b. May 3, 1834; d. May 23, 1835. 
John Holland, b. Nov. 8, 1836.-}- 
Clarissa E., b. Feb. 18, 1838; m. Feb. 7, 1859, Marshall M. 

Mason of Concord, Mass. One son. 
George Henry, b. July 5, 1841 ; d. May 16, 1842. 
Charles Frederick, b. June 2, 1844; d. Mar. 16, 1848. 

70. viii. Frances Ellen, b. June 11, 1846; d. Sept. 14, 1846. 

71. ix. Lewis Edwin, b. Oct. 15, 1849. 

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34. Julius Beresford^ (Ebenezer^, Ebenezer^, Solomon*, 
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Feb. 12, 1811; m. (1) Sept. 
10, 1833, Sarah P. Bradford [b. Duxbury, Mass., June 13, 
1813; d. Jan. 16, 1850]; (2) Content Almy. He also was a 
machinist, commencing to learn the trade as an apprentice 
with his brother Jonas, and spent most of his life in railroad 
service, as master mechanic on the Fall River & Boston rail- 
road until 1855, and afterward on the Chicago & Rock Island 
railroad. During the first of these engagements he lived at 
Fall River, where he was elected alderman. Children : 

72. i. Julius Jackson, b. June 30, 1836; d. July 11, 1836. 

7Z. ii. Oscar Bradford, b. May 30, 1837. + 

74. iii. Helen Marion, b. Dec. 30, 1838; d. July 15, 1839. 

75. iv. Edgar Lewis, b. Dec. 30, 1838; d. Nov. 19, 1864. 

76. V. Ruth Anna, b. Sept. 23, 1852; d. Mar. 30, 1864. 

77. vi. Julius Beresford, b. Feb. 2, 1855 ; d. Nov. 4, 1861. 

78. vii. Abby Parker, b. Feb. 7, 1857; d. Feb. 16, 1864. 

79. viii. Mary A. Livermore, b. Apr. 3, 1859. 

80. ix. Lizzie Preston, b. Oct. 26, 1862; d. Aug. 31, 1863. 

81. X. Frank Preston, b. Dec. 29, 1864. 

35. Samuel Parker^ (Ebenezer*^, Ebenezer^, Solomon*, 
DanieP, Daniel-, Richard^, b. Oct. 24, 1813; d. Sept. 22, 1866; 
m. Oct. 10, 1837, Susan, dau. of Oliver Adams of Worcester, 
Mass. [b. July 28, 1814]. He learned the watch and jewelry 
business when a young man and conducted it at Grafton, 
Worcester, and Somerville, Mass., in succession. Children : 

82. i. Preston Adams, b. Feb. 23, 1841; d. Aug. 11, 1864. He 

served in. the Civil War, after a short term in the Rifle 
Battalion re-enlisting in the 25th Mass. Regiment, in which 
he was a sergeant. He was taken prisoner and confined 
at Belle Isle, Americus, and Andersonville, in which last 
prison he perished of starvation. 

83. ii. Samuel Goodrich, b. Jan. 8, 1843; d. Oct. 19, 1864. He also 

was a soldier in the 25th Mass. Regiment, served his full 
time, but contracted yellow fever and died in quarantine 
before reaching his home. 

84. iii. Susan Mehitable, b. Dec. 16, 1846; m. M. Goodrich of 

Fitchburg, Mass. 

85. iv. Eben Fremont, b. Sept. 7, 1850. 

38. Lewis Clark^ (Ebenezer^, Ebenezer^, Solomon*, Dan- 
ieP, DanieP, Richard^, b. May 19, 1819; m. Apr. 18, 1846, 
Mary E. Ball [b. Holden, Mass., Apr. 15, 1824]. He learned 
the watchmaker and jewelry trade of his brother Samuel, and 
followed that occupation at Troy, N. Y., during most of his 
life, although he was at Boston for a few years about 1860, 

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and entered upon the manufacture of daguerreotypes for a 
brief period in the earliest days of that industry. Children : 

86. i. Mary Adella, b. Mar. 9, 1847. 

87. ii. Elizabeth Ella, b. July 4, 1849. 

88. iii. Julius W., b. Jan. 4, 1851; d. Jan. 5, 1855. 

89. iv. Emma, b. Feb. 27, 1853. 

90. V. Frances J., b. Jan. 8, 1856. 

91. vi. Richard L., b. June 19, 1859; d. June 19, 1859. 

92. vii. Harvey Young, b. Apr. 20, 1860; d. June 22, 1860. 

45. Edwin Graves^ (George M.^, Benjamin", Ebenezer^, 
Solomon*, DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Aug. 24, 1842; m.. 
July 21, 1880, Martha Ann (Wilson) Capron. Children: 

93. i. Margaret, b. Aug., 1882. 

94. ii. George, b. Oct., 1884. 

53. Jonas A.^ (Jonas^, Ebenezer^ Ebenezer^, Solomon*, 
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Leominster, Mass., Nov. 24, 
1831; m. Jan., 1851, Koralia E. Haskel of Montague, Mass. 
He served in the Civil War, being a captain in the 21st Mass. 
Regiment, with which he served through its entire campaign, 
and returned with the rank of major. He was in nearly every 
battle between Richmond and Petersburg, and was once 
wounded. Soon after his return home he was elected to rep- 
resent the town of Adams, Mass., in the Legislature. Chil- 
dren: 

95. i. Jane E., b. Lee, Mass., Nov. 22, 1860. 

96. ii. Jonas A., b. South Adams, Mass., Oct. 8, 1862. 

55. Fred W.^ (Jonas C^, Ebenezer", Ebenezer", Solomon*, 
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Hancock, Mass., Aug. 25, 1833; 
m. Nov. 3, 1859, Almira J. Hayle of Tolborton, Ga. He was 
in Georgia in 1860, and voted the Bell and Everett ticket. At 
the beginning of the war he was forced to leave the state and 
narrowly escaped with his life. He engaged in gunboat ser- 
vice as a chief engineer, and had a part in the capture of New 
Orleans by Gen. Butler. Later he served as a lieutenant. 
Children : 

97. i. Harriet B., b. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 17, 1860. 

98. ii. Mary L. A., b. South Adams, Mass., Aug. 30, 1865. 

58. Lewis C.^ (Jonas CJ, Ebenezer", Ebenezer^, Solomon*, 
DanieP, Daniel^ Richard^), b. Hancock, Mass., Dec. 2, 1839; 
d. City Point, Va., June 20, 1864; m. Oct. 2, 1862, Kate A. 
Lyons of Constable, N. Y. He served in the Civil War as a 
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through eight battles and numerous skirmishes was fatally 
wounded at Petersburg, Va. Child : 

99. i. Lewis H., b. South Adams, Mass., July 20, 1863; d. Sept. 30, 
1863. 

66. John Holland^ (Ebenezer'^, Ebenezer*^, Ebenezer^, 
Solomon*, DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Lowell, Mass., Nov. 
8, 1836; m. 1857, Elizabeth R. Heald of Carlisle, Mass. He 
enlisted in the Andrew Sharpshooters and served for two 
years in the Civil War, having part in the battles at South 
Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. He 
was honorably discharged on account of disease. Children : 

100. i. Adriana Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1858. 

101. ii. Anna Belle, b. Sept. 17, 1860. 

7Z. Oscar Bradford^ (Julius B.'^, Ebenezer^ Ebenezer^, 
Solomon*, DanieP, DanieF, Richard\) b. Black Rock, N. Y., 
May 30, 1837; m. Aug. 23, 1863, Julia Cushman of Duxbury, 
Mass. He volunteered at the time of the first call for soldiers 
in the Civil War and served for two years in the 20th Illinois 
Regiment, his service being terminated by a severe wound re- 
ceived at Pittsburg Landing, necessitating his discharge. 
Child : 

102. i. Sarah Cushman, b. Mar. 4, 1865. 

CHANDLER. 

This name has been represented in New Ipswich by descendants 
from at least two emigrant ancestors, not known to be fellow-kinsmen, 
William of Roxbury, Mass., and Roger of Concord, Mass., whose families 
will be presented separately. 

CHANDLER (Roger). 

Roger^ Chandler, b. about 1637; d. Concord, Mass., Jan. 11, 1716/7; 
m. Apr. 25, 1671, Mary Simonds, probably dau. of William and Judith 
(Phippen) Simonds [b. Woburn, Mass., Dec. 9, 1647; d. Concord, Aug. 
29, 1728]. It is believed that he was the son of Roger Chandler of Dux- 
bury, Mass., who m. at Leyden, Holland, July 27, 1615, Isabella, dau. of 
James Chilton of the Mayflower, but this is not absolutely proven. He 
came from Plymouth Colony to Concord in 1658, and resided there until 
his death. He was a builder and general mechanic, and a house built by 
him for Dolor Davis, ancestor of the Concord Davis family, was de- 
stroyed by fire only a few years ago. 

Samuel^ (Roger'), b. Mar. 5, 1673/4; d. Apr. 27, 1743; m. Dec. 11, 
1695, Dorcas, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Jones) Buss of Concord 
[b. Jan. 26, 1672; d. Jan. 13, 1757]. He succeeded to his father's farm, 
and was a prominent citizen of Concord, being town treasurer, selectman 

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and representative, each for several years, and was largely interested in 
the founding of Lunenburg, Grafton, and Templeton. 

James' (Samuel', Roger'), b. Aug. 28, 1714; d. Dec. 8, 1792; m. (1) 
1737, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Wright of Concord [b. Apr. 
9, 1720; d. May 4, 1746]; (2) July 2, 1747, Mary, dau. of Joseph and 
Mary (Tompkins) Flagg of Concord [b. Jan. 21, 1716/17; d. May 22, 
1753] ; (3) Apr. 14, 1756, Mary, probably dau. of David and Mercy 
(Hunt) Whittaker of Concord [b. May 16, 1716; d. Dec. 2, 1791]. He 
succeeded to the ancestral farm. He was selectman for several years, 
and despite his advanced years served in the Revolutionary force. He 
was also a member of the Committee of Correspondence. 

1. James* (James^, SamueP, Roger^), b. Dec. 24, 1740; d. 
May 10, 1824; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1765, Mary Melvin (4) ; (2) about 
1808, Deliverance (Blanchard), widow of Col. Thomas Heald. 
He came to New Ipswich at about the age of twenty-one, 
and settled upon Page Hill, (XIII: 2, N. L. O.,) where he 
lived more than forty years, removing after his second mar- 
riage to the home of his wife. He was a useful and respected 
citizen, being deacon, selectman, and a member of the Com- 
mittee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety. Children : 

2. i. Samuel, b. Mar. 23, 1767; d. 1799, at Norwich, Conn., whither 

he had removed soon after reaching his majority. Unm. 

3. ii. James, b. Jan. 7, 1769.-|- 

4. iii. Roger, b. Aug. 7, 1770.+ 

5. iv. Mary, b. May 19, 1772; d. 1811; m. Thomas Kenworthy. 

Res. in Mason. Child : i. Thomas Chandler Kenworthy, 
b. Dec. 21, 1810; d. Wheatland, Mich., 1861. He graduated 
from Illinois College in 1840, and became a preacher and 
colporteur. 

6. v. John, b. May 14, 1774.+ 

7. vi. Sally, b. Sept. 7, 1776; d. Sept. 15, 1844; m. May 14, 1795, 

Ephraim Fairbank (1). 

8. vii. Rebecca, b. July 3, 1779; d. July 2, 1870; m. May 2, 1804, 

Stilman Gibson (1). 

9. viii. Lydia, b. Nov. 15, 1781; d. Feb. 5, 1844; m. Benjamin Saflford 

(7). 

10. ix. Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1784.-|- 

11. X. Hannah, b. Mar. 24, 1789; d. Apr. 16, 1807. She was a 

devoted Christian, an unusual fact in those days for one 
so young. 

3. James^ (James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^), b. Jan. 7, 
1769; d. Gibson, Pa., Mar. 30, 1839; m. Lebanon, Conn., Jan. 
1, 1799, Huldah Payne [b. Oct. 17, 1774; d. Jan. 30, 1830]. He 
removed to Connecticut in early manhood, and was a clothier 
in the towns of Lebanon and Columbia for several years. He 
then removed to that part of Susquehanna County, Pa., 

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known as Kentuckyville, near the present town of Gibson, 
where he took up wild land and passed the last thirty years 
of his life as a farmer. Children : 

12. i. Charles, b. Sept. 24, 1799.+ 

13. ii. Harriet, b. Mar. 3, 1801 ; d. July 14, 1865 ; m. Mar. 10, 1846, 

Zachariah S. Neely, a farmer at Dallas, Pa., where she died. 

14. iii. Mary Melvin, b. Nov. 10, 1802; d. Oct. 31, 1886; m. (1) Jan. 

1, 1823, Charles Edwards [b. Nov. 19, 1797; d. May 8, 

1852]; (2) 1854, John Wesley Carpenter [d. 1869]. Nine 

children of first marriage. 
Stephen Payne, b. June 12, 1804.-t- 
HuLDAH, b. Apr. 23, 1806; m. Oct. 25, 1841, Amasa Lewis 

Hyde. 
James, b. Apr. 28, 1808; d. Jan. 25, 1810. 
James, b. May 9, 1810.+ 
Martha, b. Mar., 1812; d. Mar., 1812. 
Joshua Tracy, b. Sept. 9, 1813; d. Feb. 7, 1814. 

21. X. Sarah Adelia, b. July 30, 1815 ; d. Berwick, Pa., about 1891 ; 

m. Oct. 14, 1833, Dr. Clark Dickerman [d. Harford, Pa., 
about 1853]. 

4. Roger'^ (James*, James^, Samuel-, Rog-er^), b. Aug. 7, 
1770; d. New Ipswich, Dec. 24, 1845; m. Lydia, dau. of 
Thomas and Lydia (Hunt) Marshall of Chelmsford, Mass. [b. 
Dec. 19, 1774; d. Shirley, Mass., July 10, 1868]. He passed 
most of his life in his native town, although in early man- 
hood he was a contractor in the construction of the Middle- 
sex Canal from the present site of Lowell through Billerica 
and onwards. Afterward he bought a part of his father's 
farm and built the house long occupied by his descendants, 
and now owned by Herbert W. Chandler (122). He did not, 
however, devote a large part of his time to the farm, but was 
interested in the first cotton factory of the town, and later in 
similar undertaking at Ashburnham, Mass. He was asso- 
ciated with Charles Barrett in the store at the foot of Meeting- 
house Hill, and for a few years carried on a store under the 
same ownership at Keene. Children : 

22. i. James, b. May 16, 1796.-}- 
Thomas Marshall, b. Aug. 15, 1798.+ 
JoHN, b. Nov. 25, 1800; d. May 9, 1853. He was a machinist 

at Waltham and Lowell, Mass., until about 1839, when he 
had a paralytic shock, and afterward lived with his mother 
and brother Daniel Lyman in Shirley, Mass., where he died. 

Lydia Maria, b. Dec. 2, 1806; d. Sept. 16, 1826, unm. 

Seth, b. Dec. 2, 1806; d. Oct. 4, 1889; m. Aug. 19, 1831, 
Arvilla Tenney (13). He was a machinist at Waltham 
and Lowell in early life, but entered the Universalist 
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ministry in 1831, and after a short pastorate at Oxford, 
Mass., became pastor of the Unitarian church at Shirley, 
Mass., which was his home until his death fifty-five years 
later, aUhough his active pastorate closed ten years earlier. 
He was for twenty-five years a member of the school board, 
and was also town treasurer and historian of his adopted 
home. 

27. vi. George, b. May 14, 1810; d. Apr. 6, 1891; m. (1) Dec. 9, 

1835, Clarissa Elizabeth Wright [b. about 1812; d. Nov. 
27, 1851]; (2) Apr. 20, 1852, Susan (Treadwell) Barrett 
[b. about 1812; d. Aug. 11, 1886]. He left New Ipswich 
at the age of sixteen, and learned at Lowell, Mass., the 
mason's trade, which industry he followed some years. 
In 1840 he became a farmer in Shirley, Mass., where he 
lived during twenty years. The later part of his life was 
passed in East Acton, Mass. 

28. vii. Charles, b. May 14, 1810.-}- 

29. viii. Daniel Lyman, b. June 13, 1814; d. May 5, 1892, unm. The 

early years of his manhood were spent on the family farm 
in New Ipswich ; after this he became a successful farmer 
and fruit-raiser in Shirley, Mass., which town he repre- 
sented in the Legislature and where he was selectman. In 
1854 he removed to Chicago, 111., and thence two years later 
to Kansas, then in the most disturbed years of its history 
and its strife with the "border ruffians." On the outbreak 
of the Civil War he at once entered service, despite his 
age, and passed four years as hospital steward, at first 
of the 10th Kansas Regiment, and later of the 3d Cherokee 
Regiment, in which on account of the lack of surgeons he 
necessarily assumed their duties, and on his return to 
Kansas he continued his medical practice thus acquired 
until the closing years of his life. He was mayor of 
Ogden, Kan., for a long time, and was also a member of 
the Kansas Legislature. 

30. ix. Abigail Ann, b. Aug. 15, 1817; d. Oct. 9, 1825. 

31. X. Henry Pulaski, b. June 18, 1821.-)- 

6. JoHN^ (James*, James^, SamueF, Roger^), b. May 13, 
1774; d. Nov. 9, 1858; m. (1) Oct. 16, 1802. Betsey, dan. of 
Oliver and Elizabeth (Shed) Richardson of Billerica, IVIass. 
[b. Feb. 3, 1780; d. Nov. 17, 1805] ; (2) Apr. 10, 1814, Anna, 
dau. of Jeremiah and Anna (Chapman) Kittredge of Tewks- 
bury [b. Apr. 22, 1794; d. Nov. 14, 1874]. In early manhood 
he removed to Tewksbury, Mass., and there passed his life as 
a farmer. Children : 

32. i. John, b. Sept. 1, 1803; d. Mar. 17, 1836. 

33. ii. Betsey Richardson, b. May 17, 1815; d. Feb. 5, 1888; m. 

June 10, 1840, Moses C. Lang [b. Aug. 15, 1816; d. Mar. 
3, 1877]. He lived in New Ipswich from 1855 to 1860, be- 
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lumber mills at Gibson Village. Later during the Civil War 
he was a dealer in naval stores at South Boston, Mass. 
His widow left some very considerable bequests to various 
missionary and benevolent purposes. One son d. young. 

34. iii. Pamelia Kittredge, b. Nov. 11, 1816; d. May 11, 1890; m. 

Oct. 3, 1837, John C. Jacques. He was also a dealer in 
naval stores of the same firm as his brother-in-law. Six 
children. 

35. iv. James Melvin, b. Nov. 14, 1818.-}- 

36. v. Hannah Jane, b. Nov. 7, 1820; d. Feb. 4, 1903; m. Nov. 13, 

1845, Darkin Trull [b. Apr. 30, 1819; d. Feb. 14, 1903]. He 
was a "gentleman farmer" of Tewksbury. One daughter. 
2>1 . vi. Jeremiah, b. Oct. 2, 1822.-|- 

38. vii. Joseph, b. Oct. 29, 1824; d. Nov. 5, 1824. 

39. viii. Maria Frances, b. Mar. 5, 1826; d. Apr. 3, 1905; m. Sept. 

22, 1847, Hiram A. Stevens [b. Oct. 18, 1823; d. Jan. 10, 
1888]. He was also a member of the same firm with his 
brothers-in-law, dealers in naval stores. He was an alder- 
man of Boston, and also served in the Legislature, both 
as representative and as senator. Seven children. 

40. ix. Susan Rogers, b. Apr. 24, 1828; m. Mar. 4, 1852, John T. 

Foster [b. Mar. 20, 1827; d. Oct. 14, 1881]. He was a 
farmer in Tewksbury. Five children. 

41. X. Martha Ann, b. May 26, 1830; m. Oct. 18, 1849, Daniel A. 

Gregory [b. May 22, 1826; d. July 28, 1901]. He was a 
successful merchant in Boston. Two children. 

42. xi. Jefferson, b. Aug., 1832; d. Oct. 3, 1832. 

43. xii. John, b. May, 1836; d. July 14, 1837. 

10. Daniel^ (James^ James^, Samuel^, Roger^), b. Jan. 2, 
1784; d. Nov. 2, 1846; m. Jan. 11, 1811, Asenath Wheeler {7Z). 
Immediately after his marriage he removed to Waldoboro, 
Me., where he had a paper mill, and where lie served as cap- 
tain in the War of 1812. He removed to eastern Pennsylvania 
about 1814, and thence in a few years to New York. During 
most of his remaining life he resided in different parts of that 
state, although he passed three years in Ohio, and died near 
Fort Wayne, Ind., whither he had gone and entered upon 
wild land. His industries were varied, including paper mak- 
ing, lumbering, and farming, and at the time of his death he 
was engaged in teaching. His changes of residence were 
frequent, as is shown by the birthplaces of his children. Chil- 
dren : 

44. i. Isaac Monroe, b. Waldoboro, Me., Oct. 12, 1811; d. Hinsdale, 

N. Y., Jan. 11, 1831. 

45. ii. Asenath Maria, b. New Ipswich, Mar. 26, 1813; d. Elling- 

ton, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1908; m. Apr. 19, 1835, Adnah B. 
Kinsman [b. May 9, 1805; d. Feb. 13, 1892]. He was a 
farmer at Ellington, N. Y. Eight children. 
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46. iii. Emily Monroe, b. Harford, Pa., May 7, 1815 ; d. Tyrone, 

N. Y., Sept. 17, 1840; m. Thomas P. Paulding. One son 
d. young. 

47. iv. Seth Wheeler, b. Tunkhannock, Pa., June 1, 1817.+ 

48. V. Harriet Huldah, b. Wayne, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1819; d. Olean, 

N. Y., Nov. 23, 1820. 

49. vi. Eliza Butman, b. Olean, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1821; d. Great 

Valley, N. Y., July 1, 1824. 

50. vii. James Moses, b. Great Valley, N. Y., May 30, 1824.+ 

51. viii. David Silas, b. Olean, N. Y., June 1, 1826; d. Howard 

Springs, Tenn., 1896; m. Ellington, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1861, 
Julia M. Slater [b. Nov. 18, 1829; d. Feb. 9, 1872]. He 
was a public school teacher in New York, Canada, and 
Tennessee, commencing at the age of fourteen, and striv- 
ing to keep pace with changing methods by taking a course 
of normal study in Antioch College when sixty years of 
age. He was also a printer in Buffalo, N. Y., for several 
years, and a fruit-raiser in Pomona, Tenn., for some time. 
During the last years of his life he was blind. 

52. ix. Daniel Henry, b. Hinsdale, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1829.+ 

53. X. Mary Elizabeth, b. Hinsdale, N. Y., May 14, 1830; d. Hins- 

dale, Oct. 5, 1830. 

12. Charles® (James^, James*, James^, SamueF, Roger^), 
b. Columbia, Ct., Sept. 24, 1799; d. Apr. 23, 1840; m. Nov. 8, 
1832, Eveline Trowbridge of Great Bend, Pa. He was a 
farmer and prominent citizen of Lenox, Pa. He was sheriff 
of the county, and at the time of his death was at Harrisburg 
as a rtiember of the Legislature. Children : 

54. i. Mary Asenath, b. Mar. 9, 1834; m. 1856, John Carlisle. 

55. ii. James Augustus, b. Jan. 27, 1837.-J- 

15. Stephen Payne® (James^, James*, James^, SamueP, 
Roger^), b. Columbia, Ct., June 12, 1804; d. Oct., 1885; m. (1) 
Nov. 30, 1834, Sarah Caroline Packer [d. about 1867] ; (2) 
about 1870, Mrs. Mary Stevens. He was a farmer in the 
town of Gibson, Pa., and postmaster at Kentuckyville post- 
office in that town, where he was a leading citizen, holding 
various local offices. For a time he lived in the neighboring 
town of Nicholson. Children : 

56. i. Eveline H., b. 1835; m. Horace E. Bennett, a bookseller in 

West Pittson, Pa. Four children. 
James Adelbert, b. 1837. -|- 
Jane, b. about 1839; d. about 1849. 
Ellen, b. about 1841 ; m. George Conrad, a farmer at Lenox- 

ville, Pa. Four children. 
Frances, b. about 1843. Res. Scranton, Pa. 
Henrietta, b. about 1847; m. George Harding, a farmer at 

Lenoxville, Pa. 

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18. James^ (James^, James^, James^, SamueP, Roger^), b. 
Lebanon, Ct., May 9, 1810; d. Oct. 3, 1872; m. Nov. 23, 1834, 
Lucy Lane Carpenter [b. Attleboro, Mass., May 14, 1811]. 
He was a preacher in his early years of maturity, but after- 
ward succeeded to his father's farm and was a leading citizen 
of the town. Children : 

62. i. Lucy Adelia, b. July 13, 1836; d. Nov. 6, 1856, unm. 

63. ii. HuLDAH Caroline, b. Nov. 1, 1837; m. June 22, 1869, Wil- 

liam Henry Davoll, who is a farmer on the farm of her 
father and grandfather. Four children. 

64. iii. Mary Eveline, b. Aug. 19, 1841; m. Oct., 1865, Charles O. 

Davoll, a farmer at Preston, Pa. Four children. 

65. iv. Harriet Abbie, b. Nov. 17, 1843; m. May 23, 1867, John S. 

Davoll, a farmer at Preston, Pa. Nine children. 
The husbands of the three sisters are brothers. 

22. James*' (Roger^ James*, James^ Samuel-, Roger^), b. 
May 16, 1796; d. Jan. 30, 1879; m. (1) Nancy, dau. of David 
and Nancy (Drake) White [b. Easton, AIa.ss., May 1, 1796; d. 
Mar. 27, 1853] ; (2) June 27, 1854, Abigail Rhoads (5), widow 
of James Newhall (19); (3) Nov. 2, 1872, Lucy Rhoads (4), 
widow of Luther W. Nichols. He learned the machinist's 
trade in New Ipswich, and on attaining his majority went to 
Waltham, Mass., and entered the service of a company with 
which he remained for more than twenty years, after 1823 at 
the new town started in that year by his employers which 
became the city of Lowell, by which town he was thrice 
elected representative. He returned to New Ipswich about 
1838 and conducted the farm previously owned by his father 
and grandfather for some years, but in 1850 he removed to 
Smithville, where the first house from the school-house on 
the north was his home until his death. He was selectman 
several years and representative three times. He was also 
president of the bank, and was largely occupied in the set- 
tlement of estates. These varied duties left no large amount 
of time free for mechanical labor, but he had a shop in which 
he attended to the repairing of guns and other articles need- 
ing the machinist's hand. His strict honesty and business 
reliability were proverbial. Children : 

66. i. Nancy, b. July 18, 1821; d. Nov. 27, 1911. She was a teacher 

for some time, but finally devoted her life to caring for 
the sick or otherwise needy kinsfolk, as conditions re- 
quired. 

67. ii. James Lyman, b. Feb. 8, 1823. -|- 

68. iii. George Willard, b. July 29, 182S.+ 

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69. iv. Lewis Edward, b. Mar. 28, 1830; d. Oct. 2, 1838. 

70. V. Marshall Warren, b. Dec. 15, 1831. + 

71. vi. Charles Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1840.+ 

23. Thomas Marshall^ (Roger^, James*, James^, Samuel^ 
Roger^), b. Aug. 15, 1798; d. Dec. 1, 1851; m. 1822, Anne 
Cooper [b. England about 1804; d. Aug. 16, 1851]. He was a 
machinist, working successively at Lowell, Mass., New Ips- 
wich, Somersworth, N. H., Watertown, Mass., and finally for 
many years in the U. S. Navy Yard at Charlestown, Mass. 
Children : 

72. i. Mary Jane, b. New Ipswich, June 4, 1826; d. Nov. 2, 1890; 

m. Nov. 13, 1854, George N. Fisher, a milk dealer at 
Charlestown. She was a public school teacher in Charles- 
town and Boston from early womanhood until her mar- 
riage. 
72. ii. Sarah Maria, b. Watertown, Mass., Dec. 1, 1829. Begin- 
ning at the age of sixteen she was a teacher for forty-five 
years in the public schools of Charlestown and Boston, ex- 
cept during two years of service at an academy in Missis- 
sippi. After retiring she resided at Ayer and Worcester, 
Mass. 

74. iii. Lyman Marshall, b. Charlestown, Dec, 1846; d. Aug. 7, 

1851. 

28. Charles^ (Roger^, James*, James^, Samuel^ Roger^), 
b. May 14, 1810; d. Apr. 12, 1889; m. Nov. 16, 1834, Esther B. 
Plympton [b. June 25, 1814; d. Sept. 10, 1857]. He left New 
Ipswich with his brother George at the age of sixteen, and 
learned the trade of machinist at Lowell of his brother James, 
with whom he worked several years. About 1844 he removed 
to Shirley, Mass., and conducted a private express line be- 
tween that town and Boston, and after retiring from business 
he resided there until his death. Children : 

75. i. Francis Henry, b. Mar. 22, 1836; d. Feb. 20, 1910; m. Mar. 

9, 1860, Kate Carter of Shirley. He followed many lines 
of mercantile business, but for many years was a dealer in 
flour, grain, produce, and fruit in Nashua, where he died. 

76. ii. Elizabeth A., b. Jan. 20, 1838; d. Dec. 29, 1842. 

77. iii. Elizabeth A., b. June 4, 1844; m. Nov. 1, 1865, Herman S., 

son of Joseph and Ann (Longley) Hazen [b. Shirley, Aug. 
25, 1845]. He is a farmer in Shirley, and has held all the 
more important town offices, and has also served as rep- 
resentative. Child : Ethel Hazen, b. May 29, 1871 ; d. Apr. 
15, 1882. 

78. iv. Charles Plympton, b. Feb. 16, 1847; d. Sept. 25, 1865. At 

the age of seventeen he enlisted in the 26th Massachusetts 
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with the regiment, only to die in a short time from dis- 
ease caused by the hardships of the service. 

31. Henry Pulaski^ (Roger^ Tames^ James^, Samuel-, 
Roger^), b. June 18, 1821; d. July fl, 1891; m. Feb. 13, 1842, 
Charlotte Silver [b. Feb. 14, 1822; d. Feb. 9, 1906]. He 
learned the machinist's trade of his brother James at Lowell 
and worked there until about 1847, when he removed to the 
works just begun where is now the city of Lawrence and con- 
tinued there, except a brief residence at Shirley, Mass., about 
1857, until he retired from business with a comfortable com- 
petence due in no small part to his valuable inventions in the 
machinery used in cotton mills. He retired to East Acton, 
Alass., in 1882, and there passed his later years. Children : 

79. i. John Henry, b. Sept. 28, 1843.+ 

80. ii. Lydia Maria, b. June 20, 1845; m. Feb. 3, 1874, Stillman P., 

son of Jonas and Eliza (Atherton) Holden of Shirley, 
Mass. [b. Nov. 10, 1840]. He w^as a farmer and carpenter. 
Res. at Shirley and Waltham, Mass. Children : i. Leon 
Chandler Holden, b. Nov. 23, 1874. ii. Cora Leslie Holden, 
b. Oct. 22, 1879; m. Oct. 17, 1907, E. Thomas Charles. 

81. iii. Joseph Shirley, b. Dec. 28, 1846; d. Mar. 20, 1847. 

82. iv. Charlotte Abby, b. Jan. 30, 1848; d. Nov. 30, 1859. 

83. v. Susan Ogden, b. Apr. 21, 1859. A successful teacher. 

84. vi. Jesse L., b. Oct. 14, 1863.-f- 

35. James Melvin® (John^, James*, James^, SamueP, 
Rogeri), b. Tewksbury, Mass., Nov. 14, 1818; d. Dec. 4, 1888; 
m. Oct. 1, 1843, Susan J., dau. of Elijah and Susan (Simonds) 
Harris of South Boston, Mass. [b. May 3, 1829; d. Sept. 29, 
1903]. He was a member of the firm^ of dealers in naval stores 
in which his brothers-in-law were engaged, and after his with- 
drawal from it about 1855, he returned to his native town, 
and for the rest of his life held an honored place there. 
Children : 

85. i. John Henry, b. Aug. 26, 1845.-|- 

86. ii. Susan Anna, b. Aug. 25, 1847; d. Dec. 8, 1906; m. Nov. 19, 

1869, Samuel L. Babcock, a fish dealer in Keene until 1888, 
and afterward in railroad employ at Tewksbury. One son. 

87. iii. Josephine Maria, b. Aug. 27, 1849; m. Nov. 29, 1876, Albert 

S. Briggs, a general mechanic in Lowell. Res. in Tewks- 
bury. Six children. 

88. iv. Mary Frances, b. Nov. 28, 1851; d. June 15, 1902; m. (1) 

Aug. 3, 1871, Elverton A. Davis, a carpenter; (2) Apr. 15, 
1885, Charles H. Tucker, a farmer. Three children of first 
marriage. 

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89. V. Hannah Jane, b. Mar. 2, 1854. Res. on home farm with her 

brother. 

90. vi. James Melvin, b. Feb. 3, 1856; m. (1) July 30, 1884, Isabella, 

dau. of Alexander Dewar of Nova Scotia [d. Jan. 3, 1887] : 
(2) June 6, 1888, Ida C, dau. of John and Princess Ann 
(Rawlings) Lane of Lowell, Mass. 

91. vii. Hiram Stevens, b. June 12, 1857.+ 

92. viii. Pamelia Kittredge, b. Aug. 12, 1859; d. Aug. 31, 1859. 

93. ix. Isabella Lang, b. Sept. 28, 1860; d. July 22, 1887; m. Nov. 

25, 1880, George E. Marshall, a farmer in Tewksbury. 
Three children. 

94. X. Jeremiah Kittredge, b. Sept. 30, 1863. + 

95. xi. William Abbott, b. May 9, 1868. He is a farmer on the 

home farm with his sister Hannah Jane. 

37. Jeremiah® (John^, James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^), 
b. Oct. 2, 1822; d. June 27, 1876; m. Jan. 1, 1849, Anne Cor- 
nelia Gibson (10). He was a farmer, and succeeded to his 
father's farm in Tewksbury, but in his later years he became 
insane. His widow m. (2) July 20, 1882, her brother-in-law, 
Washington Shepley of Canton, 111. Children : 

96. i. John Stillman, b. Jan. 8, 1851; unm. He was a farmer at 

Canton, 111., for some years, and afterward returned to 
Tewksbury. 

97. ii. Jeremiah Kittredge, b. Aug. 7, 1854.-|- 

98. iii. George Washington, b. Mar. 29, 1860; m. Nov. 9, 1888, Kate 

F., dau. of John and Sarah (Dunlap) Allen [b. May 21, 
1857]. He fitted for college at New Ipswich Appleton 
Academy and graduated from Tufts College with degree 
C. E. in 1880. He has been employed upon several railroads 
in the United States and Mexico, upon national river im- 
provements, and in later years has been city engineer of 
Canton, 111. 

99. iv. Charles Henry, b. June 26, 1863; m. Nov. 3, 1897, Alice A., 

dau. of Charles W. and Emma (Young) Dodge [b. Brook- 
field, Mo., July 20, 1870]. 

47. Seth Wheeler*' (Daniel^, James*, James^, SamueP, 
Roger^), b. June 1, 1817; d. Mar. 20, 1871; m. Mar. 11, 1838, 
Mary Maria Bush [b. Benton, N. Y., July 11, 1820; d. Oct. 4, 
1871 ] . He passed his life after arriving at maturity in Ellington, 
N. Y., and the neighboring town of Kennedy, to which he 
removed in middle life after the birth of his children. In each 
of these towns he was the owner of a gristmill. He was a 
justice. Children: 

100. i. Josephine, b. Jan. 8, 1841; d. Kennedy, N. Y., Mar. 24, 1869; 
m. Nov. 1, 1865, John M. Mills [b. about 1838; d. Vineland, 
N. J., Nov. 15, 1866]. 

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101. ii. Emily, b. May 19, 1843; d. Jan. 25, 1868. 

102. iii. George, b. May 3, 1845 ; d. May 16, 1845. 

103. iv. Mary A., b. Aug. 2, 1847 ; d. Dec. 18, 1867. 

104. V. Myra E., b. Feb. 18, 1850; m. Nov. 28, 1881, Nathan A. Reed, 

a merchant's clerk at Austin, Minn. 

50. James Hoses'^ (DanieP, James*, James^, SamueP, 
Roger^), b. May 30, 1824; d. Jan. 7, 1861; m. Perrydale, Ore., 
May 20, 1863, Nancy Ann (Wilson) Sargeant [b. Piqua, O., 
July 8, 1827; d. July 5, 1890]. He studied at Otterbein Col- 
lege, but did not complete a full course. In 1854 he joined a 
colony formed to settle in Oregon, whither they journeyed 
with ox-teams, being nearly six months on the way. He took 
up a half-section of land and became a farmer, but taught 
during the winters until nearly the end of his life. He married 
a widow with several children and a farm which with his 
own amounted to nearly 1000 acres and seemed a comfortable 
barony for their children. Children : 

105. i. Charles Henry, b. Apr. 8, 1864.-|- 

106. ii. Albert Bennett, b. Nov. 27, 1865; m. Dec. 25, 1889, Cora 

Bell Graves. He is a farmer, having land in Perrydale and 
the adjoining town of Ballston. He has several children. 

107. iii. Emma Maria, b. Nov. 14, 1868; m. Sept. 6, 1885, William B. 

Davis [b. Cute, Tenn., 1865]. A farmer and livery stabler 
in Perrydale, Ore., and afterward a hardware merchant in 
Dallas, Ore. 

52. Daniel Henry® (DanieP, James*, James^, Samuel^ 
Roger^), b. Mar. 25, 1829; d. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 25, 1908; 
m. (1) July 3, 1849, Ruth A., dau. of John and Naomi 
(Thompson) Felt [b. Ellington, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1829; d. 
Xenia, O., June 5, 1886] ; (2) Dec. 29, 1887, Polly Calista, dau. 
of David and Polly (Hall) Gates [b. Oct. 2, 1822; d. Nov. 9, 
1891] ; (3) Nov. 24, 1892, Mrs. Sarah A. (Shaw) Hatch [b. 
July 17, 1829; d. May 13, 1896]. He was a blacksmith in New 
York and Indiana until the Civil War, when he enlisted as 
artificer in the 5th Indiana Battery, and served more than 
three years, but was brevetted lieutenant at the battle of 
Chickamauga and afterward received his commission. He 
was afterward a wagon maker in Indiana, a farmer in Penn- 
sylvania for several years, and later a travelling salesman in 
Tennessee. After a brief experience as market gardener in 
Xenia, O., he returned to his early home in Ellington, N. Y., 
and to miscellaneous mechanical activities. While a citizen 
of Indiana he was a justice. Children : 

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108. i. Martha Jeannette, b. Ellington, N. Y., June 7, 1850; m. 

Feb. 20, 1884, Herman Compton, a farmer at McLane and 
McKean, Pa. Four children. 

109. ii. AsENATH Maria, b. Ellington, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1851; d. Etna, 

Ind., Aug. 1, 1865. 

110. iii. Charles Wheeler, b. Rutledge, N. Y., Apr. 28, 1853; d. 

Xenia, O., May 28, 1903; m. June 5, 1895, Susan, dau. of 
Rev. Hiram and Mary Jane (Oliphant) Bulkeley [b. May 
13, 1853]. He taught for several years in Pennsylvania, 
Tennessee and Ohio, was a travelling salesman for a time, 
a dealer in coal and building supplies at Xenia, O., 1887-99, 
and was engaged in life insurance afterward until his death. 

111. iv. Mary Wheeler, b. Rutledge, N. Y., May 19, 1855; d. Jan. 10, 

1857. 

112. v. George Prentiss, b. Albion, Ind., Mar. 26, 1857.+ 

113. vi. Laura Emily, b. Etna, Ind., Mar. 13, 1861; d. McLane, Pa., 

Nov. 27, 1880. She was a teacher. 

114. vii. Anna Simonson, b. Etna, Ind., Sept. 16, 1866. Res. with her 

brother Seth Virgil in Knoxville, Tenn. 

115. viii. William Henry, b. Etna, Ind., Feb. 9, 1870; d. Nov. 16, 1880. 

116. ix. Seth Virgil, b. Franklin, Pa., Apr. 28, 1872. He is a mem- 

ber of the Knoxville Supply Co., Knoxville, Tenn. 

55. James Augustus'^ (Charles^ James^, James*, James^, 
Samuel^, Roger^), b. Jan. 27, 1837; d. Hillsdale, Mich., about 
1867. He was probably a farmer. Children : 

117. i. Charles, a druggist. 

118. ii. Clarence, a druggist. 

57. James Adelbert^ (Stephen P.°, James^, James*, James^, 
SamueP, Roger^), b. 1837; m. about 1868, Rachel Jones. 
Child: 

119. i. Clara, b. about 1869. 

67. James Lyman^ (James^, Roger^, James*, James^, 
SamueF, Roger^), b. Feb. 8, 1823; d. Mar. 21, 1904; m. (1) 
Mar. 28, 1848, Clarissa Merriam, dau. of Oliver and Sally 
(Whitney) Kendall [b. Ashby, Mass., Mar., 1827; d. Oct. 26, 
1854]; (2) July 5, 1855, Ann Elizabeth Wheeler (147). His 
home after the age of nine years was in New Ipswich, where 
he was first a farmer upon the paternal farm, and later upon 
the next farm westward, (XII : 4, S. R.,) where he built the 
house now standing there, which was his home for more than 
thirty years, after which he succeeded to the home of his 
father's later years in Smith Village. For many years he 
owned the sawmill on XIV: 4, S. R., and was also largely 
occupied as a carpenter and general mechanic. Children : 

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120. i. Myron Kendall, b. Jan. 24, 1851; d. Dec. 23, 1910; m. July 

30, 1882, Ella E., dau. of James and Eliza (Beaman) Gar- 
land [b. New Orleans, La., July 30, 1849; d. Mar., 1913]. 
He was a carpenter at Gardner, Mass. 

121. ii. Amanda, b. June 14, 1853; d. Feb. 9, 1901; m. Oct. 5, 1884, 

Austin C. Drury. One son, b. Aug. 26, 1885; d. Sept. 26, 
1885. 

122. iii. Herbert Warken, b. Apr. 2, 1856.+ 

123. iv. Lyman Marshall, b. Nov. 16, 1858; d. May 6, 1895, unm. 

He was postmaster at Smithville, where he had a country 
store. 

124. V. William Henry, b. Nov. 22, 1863.+ 

125. vi. Alice Eva, b. July 30, 1866. She is the present owner of the 

family home in Smithville in which she resided. 

126. vii. Levi L., b. and d. May, 1870. 

68. George Willard'^ (James^ Roger^ James*, James^ 
SamueP, Roger^), b. July 29, 1825; d. Manhattan, Kan.; m. 
(1) June 15, 1847, Martha, dau. of John^ (Cornelius^), and 
Polly (Stratton) Towne [b. Jaffrey, Nov. 29, 1821; d. May 
21, 1848] ; (2) Aug. 12, 1849, Hannah Chaplin Towne (42) [b. 
Dublin, Oct. 23, 1831; d. Dec. 25, 1900]. He learned the ma- 
chinist's trade in Lowell, Mass., and has followed that indus- 
try in that city and in New Ipswich, Dublin, and Greenville, 
and Winchendon and Ayer, Mass. He was a very skilful 
mechanic, and made a number of useful inventions, among 
which is the earliest practicable twine-binding reaper ; but 
most of the advantages of his inventions have been secured 
by others. He lived for a few years after 1854 on the home 
farm, and during a period of fifteen years near Kidder Moun- 
tain, on 46, N, D., on which latter farm he had a well-furnished 
shop in which he and his sons were largely occupied. Since 
1890 he has been a general mechanic in Manhattan, Kan. 
Children : 

127. i. George Willard Alonzo, b. New Ipswich, Apr. 28, 1848; d. 

Feb. 16, 1849. 

128. ii. Maria Hannah, b. Dublin, Apr. 27, 1851; d. Maiden, Mass., 

Mar. 1, 1907; m. July 23, 1879, William, son of William and 
Eliza (Clark) Gray [b. Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 13, 1838]. 
He was a clerk and accountant of Winchendon, Mass., and 
later in Boston. Children : i. Mabel Hannah Gray, b. Sept. 
10, 1880. ii. Gertrude Hortense Gray. h. Mar. 6, 1882. iii. 
Ethel Marguerite Gray, h. Mar. 30, 1884. iv. Florence 
Church Gray, b. Feb. 4, 1887. 

129. iii. Laura Jane, b. Dublin, Jan. 6, 1853; m. July 3, 1875, Charles 

Hanson, son of Charles Hanson and Rhoda H. (Buxton) 
Parker of Milford. Res. Milford and Ayer, Mass. 

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130. iv. Lewis Edward, b. New Ipswich, Feb. 17, 1855; d. Feb. 10, 

1858. 

131. V. Abbie Ann, b. New Ipswich, May 7, 1857; m. Sept. 9, 1881, 

Fred Emery, son of Sumner and Cordelia G. (Brooks) 
Fletcher and grandson of Reuben Fletcher (50). He is a 
machinist. Res. Winchendon and Gardner, Mass. Child : 
i. Carl Winthrop Fletcher, b. Nov. 13, 1882 ; d. Apr. 23, 1904. 

132. vi. Nancy Ella, b. New Ipswich, June 4, 1859; m. Mar. 30, 1883, 

Edward J., son of Seth R. and Esther A. (Jenkins) Holden 
[b. Shirley, Mass., May 3, 1856]. Res. Shirley and Ayer, 
Mass. Child: i. Seth Chandler Holden, b. Apr. 24, 1884; 
d. May 18, 1897. 

133. vii. James Cornelius, b. Greenville, June 12, 1861. -[- 

134. viii. George Henry, b. Winchendon, Mass., Dec. 15, 1863.+ 

135. ix. Daniel Lyman, b. Winchendon, Mass., Aug. 6, 1866; m. Sept. 

28, 1898, Gertrude Virginia Estey. He is a very skilful 
machinist and inventor, and is superintendent of the 
Chandler Planer Co. of Ayer, Mass. He has also several 
other very useful inventions of earlier date than the planer. 

136. X. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Fitchburg, Mass., June 14, 1868; m. 

Mar. 4, 1897, Alvah B. Mosher. Res. Ayer, Mass. Chil- 
dren : i. Minta Julia Mosher, b. May 2, 1898. ii. Elva 
Harriet Mosher, b. July 22, 1899. iii. Edna Florence 
Mosher, b. Jan. 31, 1903. iv. Ruth Lola Mosher, b. Mar. 31, 
1905 ; d. July 14, 1906. v. Chandler Benjamin Mosher, b. 
Oct. 13, 1907. 

137. xi. Gertrude Esther, b. Greenville, Aug. 16, 1870. Res. Ayer, 

Mass. 

138. xii. Charles Willard, b. New Ipswich, Mar. 21, 1872; d. June 24, 

1890. 

139. xiii. Lucy Eliza,, b. New Ipswich, July 19, 1874; m. Aug. 8, 1897, 

Waldo Whitman, son of John H. and Lydia (Doloff) 
Sprague [b. Manchester, Aug. 27, 1877]. He has a position 
in the express business at Ayer, Mass. Child : i. Lyman 
Chandler Sprague, b. July 18, 1902. 

70. IVTarshall Warren^ (James'', Roger^, James*, James^, 
Samuel-, Roger^, b. Dec. 15, 1831; d. Jan. 19, 1912; m. Sept. 
7, 1854, Elizabeth Sterne, dau. of Clark B. and Harriet (Mead) 
Campbell [b. Putney, Vt., Oct. 10, 1834; d. Aug. 24, 1910]. 
He was a machinist at Winchendon, Mass., until failing sight 
compelled the cessation of such labor. He was selectman, 
also a trustee of the Savings Bank in that town for nearly 
thirty years, and a deacon for a longer period. Children : 

140. i. Harriet Campbell, b. July 13, 1855; d. Nov. 1, 1888; m. 

Charles A. Adams [b. Oct., 1856]. He was a druggist at 
Winchendon and afterward at Gardner, Mass., where she 
died. Child: i. Bcrnice Chandler Adams, b. Mar. 16, 1878; 
m. June 21, 1899, Charles Allen Loring of New Rochelle, 
N. Y. Two sons. 

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71. Charles Henry'^ (James^, Roger^, James*, James', 
SamueP, Roger^), b. Oct. 25, 1840; d. Mar. 29, 1912; m. Aug. 
17, 1868, Eliza F., dau. of Hiram and Charlotte Adelia (Wil- 
lard) Dwinnell [b. Ashburnham, Mass., Jan. 15, 1844; d. 
Ripon, Wis., Oct. 28, 1894]. He fitted for college at New 
Ipswich Appleton Academy, graduated from Dartmouth Col- 
lege in 1868, and devoted his life to teaching. Before entering 
college he taught for some years in the academy, and later in 
three other New England academies. But after 1870 his at- 
tention was given to mathematical and allied scientific work, 
he having for ten years been a professor in Antioch College 
of Yellow Springs, O., and since 1881 in Ripon (Wis.) Col- 
lege, where he became Professor Emeritus in 1906. He then 
came to New England to care for his invalid sister, and while 
residing in New Ipswich was a member of the school board 
for four years and worked for five years on this History of 
the Town of New Ipswich. Children : 

141. i. Elwyn Francis, b. Aug. 29, 1872; m. Sept. 7, 1900, Anna 

Levina, dau. of John and Jane (Brown) McCumber [b. 
Chinguacoushy, Ont.]. He graduated from Ripon College 
in 1894, and studied for two years at the State University 
of Wisconsin. In 1899 he became an instructor in the 
State University of North Dakota, where he is now pro- 
fessor in charge of the Civil Engineering course. He also 
has been State Engineer of North Dakota, and holds a 
U. S. engineering commission in supervision of some 
branches of survey work carried forward in Dakota. 

142. ii. Edith Beatrice, b. Feb. 26, 1881. She graduated from Ripon 

College in 1904, and has since been occupied by study in 
the University of Chicago and in Europe, and by teaching 
the modern languages. 

79. John Henry^ (Henry P.^ Roger^ James*, James^ 
SamueP, Roger^), b. Lowell, Mass., Sept. 28, 1843; m. (1) Jan. 
17, 1867, Augusta Porter of Shirley, Mass.; (2) June, 1879, 
Abbie Smith [d. Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 10, 1888] ; (3) July 20, 
1893, Clarinda Smith. He learned the machinist's trade and 
has followed it during most of his life at Ballardvale, Mass., 
and Indian Orchard, Mass. He was engaged for a few years 
in fruit culture at San Jose, Cal. Children : 

143. i. Henry Porter, b. Indian Orchard, Mar. 3, 1880; m. Joliet, 

111., Helen Firman Mack. He studied for two years at 
Stanford University, and then transferring to Harvard 
University graduated there in 1901. He was next an in- 
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tary, being also a law student, and later he was admitted 
to the bar in that city. 

144. ii. Ethel, b. Indian Orchard, Aug. 28, 1881. She graduated 

from Mt. Holyoke College in 1905. 

145. iii. Grant, b. Ballardvale, Aug. 15, 1885. He graduated from 

Harvard College. 

84. Jesse L.'^ (Henry P.^ Roger^, James*, James^, SamueP, 
Roger^), b. Oct. 14, 1863; m. July 3, 1883, Hattie G. Shaw. 
He is a machinist at Lawrence, Mass. Child : 

146. i. Charles, d. in infancy. 

85. John Henry^ (James M.^ John^, James*, James^, Sam- 
ueP, Roger!), ^ South Boston, Mass., Aug. 26, 1845; m. Nov. 

19, 1869, Annette Aullen. He has passed his life since early 
boyhood in his ancestral town, Tewksbury, Mass., where he 
has been town clerk. Child : 

147. i. Bertha J., b. June 20, 1876. 

91. Hiram Stevens'^ (James M.", John^, James*, James^, 
SamueP, Roger^), b. Tewksbury, Mass., June 12, 1857; m. Oct. 

20, 1881, Theresa Schmidt [b. Tewksbury, Oct. 12, 1861]. 
He is a farmer in his native town. Children : 

148. i. Hiram Thaddeus, b. Oct. 2, 1883. 

149. ii. George William, b. Oct. 10, 1885. 

150. iii. Andrew James, b. Sept. 22, 1890. 

94. Jeremiah Kittredge'^ (James®, John^, James*, James^, 
SamueP, Roger^), b. Tewksbury, Mass., Sept. 30, 1863; m. 
Nov. 26, 1884, Catherine, dau. of Thaddeus and Catherine L. 
(Sotting) Schmidt [b. Tewksbury, June, 1863]. He is a 
farmer of Tewksbury, living near the ancestral farm. Chil- 
dren: 

151. i. Alice Gertrude, b. Feb. 27, 1886; m. Dec. 20, 1906, Irving. 

152. ii. Larkin Trull Thorndike, b. Oct. 3, 1888. 

153. iii. William Albert, b. Nov., 1890. 

97. Jeremiah Kittredge^ (Jeremiah®, John^, James*, 
James^, Samuel^, Roger^), b. Tewksbury, Mass., Aug. 7, 1854; 
d. Jan. 3, 1881 ; m. Mar., 1876, Mary Eva Burton (3). He was 
a farmer of his native town, where he died. Children : 

154. i. Annie Frances, b. Oct. 21, 1876; m. Oct. 2, 1892, Walter S. 

Thayer (21). 

155. ii. Nellie, b. Nov. 21, 1878; d. Aug. 20, 1879. 

156. iii. Harry Hersey, b. May 28, 1880.+ 

105. Charles Henry^ (James M.^ DanieP, James*, James^ 
SamueP, Roger^), b. Ballston, Ore., Apr. 8, 1864; m. June 24, 

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1885, Althea Genia Cox. He is a farmer and stock raiser, 
and has res. successively at Langlois, Grand Ronde, and 
Bandon, Ore. Child : 
157. i. Vernon Vance, b. Langlois, Ore., Jan. 14, 1890. 

112. George Prentiss^ (DanieP, DanieP, James*, James^, 
SamueP, Roger^), b. Albion, Ind., Mar. 26, 1857; m. Dayton, 
O., Mar. 10, 1892, Ella W^right. He was a teacher in Pennsyl- 
vania, and a traveling salesman for school supplies ; in 1885 
he entered business with his brother Charles W. as dealers 
in coal and building supplies at Xenia, O., where he continued 
until 1891, since which time he has been a member of the 
Knoxville Supply Co., Knoxville, Tenn. He also is proprietor 
of a coal mine at Briceville, Tenn. Children : 

159. i. Jamison Wright, b. Oct. 18, 1895 ; d. Oct. 19, 1895. 

160. ii. William Lindsley Wright, b. Apr. 8, 1898. 

122. Herbert Warren^ (James L.\ James'', Roger^, 
James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^), b. Apr. 2, 1856; m. Apr. 16, 
1884, Carrie Mary Hannah Blanchard (50). He is a merchant 
and mechanic at Smithville, where he is also postmaster. 
Children : 

161. i. James Oilman, b. Dec. 23, 1887; d. Feb. 6, 1888. 

162. ii. George Blanchard, b. Dec. 9, 1888; d. Dec. 9, 1888. 

163. iii. Robert Levi, b. June 5, 1894. 

164. iv. Lyman Marshall, b. Apr. 22, 1899. 

124. William Henry^ (Tames L.'^, James®, Roger^ James*, 
James^ SamueP, Roger^), b. Nov. 22, 1863; m. Oct. 30, 1887, 
Henrietta Florence, dau. of Henry and Rachel A. (Giddings) 
Stiles [b. Temple, Mar. 10, 1866]. He has been successively 
a farmer in New Ipswich, a merchant in Ashby, Mass., and a 
farmer in Ashburnham, Mass. Child : 

165. i. Ernest Henry, b. July 20, 1892. 

133. James Cornelius^ (George W.^ James^ Roger^ 
James*, James^ SamueP, Roger^), b. June 12, 1861; ni. Oct. 
29, 1885, Ellen Maria, dau. of Albert Freeman and Lydia 
Maria (Burgess) Wright. He is a blacksmith, and has res. 
successively at Ayer, Mass., Nashua, and New Ipswich. He 
has been a selectman in New Ipswich. Children : 

166. i. George Freeman, b. May 16, 1889. 

167. ii. Cora Lydia, b. June 6, 1892; m. Carl L. Chandler. One 

daughter, Madeleine Harriet, b. July 27, 1911. 

168. iii. James Ralph, b. Dec. 12, 1898. 

169. iv. Gladys Ellen, b. Oct. 26, 1901. 

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134. George Henry^ (George WJ, James^, Roger^, James*, 
James^ SamueP, Roger^), b. Dec. 15, 1863; m. Dec. 24, 1891, 
Annie V. Webber [b. Buxton, Me., Dec. 23, 1873]. He is a 
machinist at Ayer, Mass. Children : 

170. i. Lucy Elizabeth, b. Jan. 2, 1894. 

171. ii. Lyman Everett, b. Feb. 25, 1895; d. Aug. 26, 1895. 

172. iii. Eva Henrietta, b. Nov. 10, 1896. 

173. iv. Avis Burns, b. Mar. 17, 1899. 

174. v. Dorothy Chaplin, b. July 16, 1901. 

175. vi. Charles Henry, b. May 13, 1905. 

156. Harry Hersey^ (Jeremiah K.^ Jeremiah'^, John^ 
James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^), b. Tewksbury, Mass., May 
28, 1880; m.. Dec. 3, 1903, Georgie Hurd Colwell of St. John, 
N. B. He is a member of the Chandler Non-Skidding Chain 
Co., New York city. Children : 

176. i. Paul Douglas, b. July 5, 1905. 

177. ii. Ruth Josephine, b. Dec, 1906. 

178. iii. Olive Easter, b. Apr. 24, 1908. 

Samuel Chandler, formerly a sailor, occupied the "Breed 
farm," 82, A. D., for several years about 1850-1860, but ap- 
parently he was not a member of either of the families con- 
sidered here. 

CHANDLER (William). 

William' Chandler, d. 1641; m. Annis [d. Mar. 17, 1683]. 

With wife and four children he settled in Roxbuv in 1637. His widow 
m. (1) John Dane; (2) John Parmenter of Sudbury. The church records 
say "1683 m. 1; d. 17; died old Mother Parmenter a blessed saint." 

Thomas' (William'), b. about 1630; d. 1703; m. Hannah Brewer 
of Andover [b. about 1630; d. Oct. 25, 1717]. He was one of the early 
settlers in Andover, Mass., and represented that town in the General 
Court. From him Hon. William Eaton" Chandler, U. S. Senator from 
New Hampshire, is a descendant (John^ John*, John", John", John', 
Nathan*, Nathan S."). His lineage does not appear in the published 
history of the family, but was discovered later and preserved by the 
author of that work. 

William' (William'), b. about 1634; d. 1698; m. (1) 1658, Mary, 
dau. of Dr. John and Eleanor (Clark) Dane [b. Ipswich, Mass., 1638; 
d. Andover, Mass., May 10, 1679]; (2) Oct., 1679, Bridget, dau. of Maj. 
Thomas Henchman of Concord and Chelmsford [b. as early as 1631 ; d. 
Mar. 6, 1731]. He was a brickmaker at Andover, and afterward an 
innkeeper on the "Ipswich road to Billerica." 

William' (Thomas', William'), b. May 28, 1659; m. Apr., 1687, 
Eleanor Phelps, who was admitted to the church in Westford, Mass., in 
1728, being then a widow. 

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William' (William^ William'), b. Jan. 31, 1661; d. Oct. 27, 1727; m. 
Sarah Buckminster of Andover, Mass. [b. about 1661; d. Oct. 19, 1735]. 
He was a farmer in Andover. From him Hon. Zachariah' Chandler, 
U. S. Senator from Michigan, was descended (Zachariah*, Thomas', 
Zachariah^ Samuef). 

Joseph' (William^ William'), b. 1679; d. Apr. 23, 1734; m. Mehitable 
Russell. Res. at Andover, Mass. 

William^ (William', Thomas', William'), b. July 20, 1689; d. July 
27, 1756; m. Susanna Burge of Westford, Mass. He seems to have been 
a resident at Billerica and also at Chelmsford, Mass., for a considerable 
time, but he died at Westford, Mass. 

JosiAH^ (William', WilHam', William'), b. Dec. 28, 1683; d. Aug. 12, 
1752; m. Sarah Ingals. He was a farmer in Andover, Mass. 

1. Mehitable* (Joseph^, William-, William^), b. Andover, 
Mass.; m. (1) Feb. 7, 1732, Robert Crosby of Townsend, 
Mass.; (2) Nov. 26, 1745, Andrew Spaulding (1). 

Moses' (WilIiam^ William'. Thomas', William'), b. Aug. 19, 1720; 
d. Wihon, Me., Mar. 16, 1800; m. (1) June 28, 1742, Dorothy Marble 
[b. Sept. 23, 1719; d. Apr. 11, 1760]; (2) Mar. 19, 1762, Elizabeth Kendal 
of Litchfield [b. May, 1725; d. Sept. 7, 1806]. He was a blacksmith. He 
served in the French War. Removed to Winthrop, Me., where he was 
a member of the Committee of Inspection and Safety. 

2. JoHN^ (William*, William^, Thomas^ William^), b. 
Chelmsford, Mass., Sept. 27, 1725; d. Jan. 10, 1812; m. Feb. 
14, 1754, Lydia Taylor of Townsend, Mass. He was one of 
the very early settlers in New Ipswich, and he agreed to build 
mills there, the sawmill to be in operation as early as the last 
of October, 1750, and the cornmill within the following year. 
In consideration of this agreement he received a full town 
right including the falls near the present High Bridge, he 
giving bonds for £400 new tenor, amounting in value to about 
$140, for satisfactory performance of the contract. The mills 
were built and kept in running order for ten years, and despite 
occasional complaints concerning the service, it may be be- 
lieved that they proved as efficient as could reasonably have 
been expected under the conditions of the time and place. In 
1768 he sold the business to Capt. Eleazer Cummings and re- 
moved to Winthrop, Me., where he made a similar contract. 
He was chairman of the first board of selectmen in his new- 
location, as also in later years town treasurer for a long time, 
and he seems to have been a leading citizen. He was father 
of a numerous family, three children being added to the nine 
borne upon the New Ipswich records. Children : 

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7. i. John, b. Nov. 27, 1754; m. June 10, 1783, Hannah Streeter 

[b. Mar. 15, 1765; d. Jan. 11, 1854]. He succeeded to his 
father's mills in Winthrop, Me. Fifteen children. 

8. ii. Noah, b. Apr. 25, 1756. He is said to have served in the 

Revolution, to have been taken prisoner, and held despite 
an ofifer from his father to give a negro in exchange, an 
ofifered ransom the value of which may perhaps be esti- 
mated by his later sale for a gun and a watch. 

9. iii. Joel, b. Sept. 10, 1757; d. Apr. 11, 1794; m. Deborah Jennings 

[b. Sandwich, Mass., Dec. 7, 1760; d. Feb., 1848]. He was 
a farmer at Winthrop, Me. Six children. 

10. iv. Lydia, b. July 4, 1759; m. Seth Delano. 

11. v. Keziah, b. Apr. 17, 1761. 

12. vi. Molly, b. Mar. 9, 1763; d. Jan. 5, 1788; m. Sept., 1780, Dr. 

Moses Wing of South Wayne, Me., and also of Winthrop. 
Four children. 

13. vii. Lucy, b. Mar. 7, 1765 ; m. Ebenezer Wing of South Wayne, 

Me. Five children. 

14. viii. Susanna, b. July 22, 1766; d. Jan. 7, 1771. 

15. ix. Hannah, b. Jan. 12, 1768; m. Sept. 20, 1786, Daniel Marrow, 

Jr. Res. in Winthrop. Nine children. 

16. X. Rhoda, b. Aug. 21, 1769; m. Ichabod Wing, a farmer of Read- 

field, Me. 

17. xi. Susanna, b. Sept. 3, 1772. 

18. xii. David, b. Jan. 28, 1775.+ 

3. Rachel^ (William*, William^ Thomas^, William^), b. 
Apr. 2, 1732; m. Thomas Spanlding (5). Removed to New 
Ipswich. 

4. Lydia^ (William*, William^ Thomas^, William^), b. 
Dec. 10, 1735 ; m. Dec. 22, 1757, Jonah Crosby of New Ipswich. 

5. Sarah^ (William*, William^ Thomas^ William.^), b. 
IVIar. 18, 1739; m. Benjamin^ Spaulding (James*, Andrew^). 

David"* (Josiah', William', William^ William'), b. Dec. 15, 1724; d. 
Feb. 11, 1776; m. Aug. 30, 1750, Mary, dau. of Timothy and Hannah' 
(John', John^ Thomas", William') (Chandler) Bullard of Andover. He 
was lieutenant in command of a Provincial company at Cambridge, when 
he contracted smallpox, which caused his death. 

6. Dorothy^ (IVloses^ William*, William^ Thomas^ Wil- 
liam^), b. July 4, 1752; m. Bunker Clark of New Ipswich. 

Daniel- (David", Josiah\ William^ William^ William'), b. July 9, 
1754; m. Joanna Stevens. He served in the Revolutionary War, and was 
afterward a farmer in Milford, whence he removed to Putney, Vt. 

Daniel' (Daniel', David", Josiah', William', William", William'), b. 
Mar. 4, 1777; d. Mar. 25, 1845; m. Sally, dau. of Dea. Solomon Danforth 
of Merrimac [b. Mar. 20, 1784; d. Mar. 26, I860]. He lived in Merrimac, 
where he kept a tavern for a time. 

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19. Sewell Osgood^ (DanieF, DanieP, David^, Josiah*, 
William^, William^, William^, b. Sept. 11, 1805; d. Aug. 24, 
1877; m. (1) Aug. 2, 1832, Rebecca Chickering (7); (2) Apr. 
29, 1861, Mary P. Jefts (4), widow of Jacob Blodgett. He 
came to New Ipswich soon after the death of his father-in-law, 
Abner Chickering, and settled upon his farm, remaining there 
fifteen years or more, and then two or three years later re- 
moving to Iowa. He was selectman for several years. Child : 

20. i. James Osgood, b. Nov. 4, 1836; m. Aug. 24, 1864, Inez M., 
dau. of Morrill and Mary E. (Wright) Young of Man- 
chester. He is a printer. He served in the Civil War, 
first in the 2d New Hampshire Regiment, from which he 
was discharged in 1863 on account of disability, and second 
in 1864 as captain of a company of the 1st Heavy Artillery 
which he had recruited. Child : i. Grace, b. 1865. 

CHAPMAN. 

Edward* Chapman, d. Apr. 18, 1678; m. (1) at Rowley, Mass., Mar., 
1642, Mary, dau. of Mark and Joanna Symonds of Ipswich, Mass. [d. 
June 10, 1658] ; (2) Dorothy, dau. of Richard Swan, and widow of 
Thomas Abbot [m. (2) Archelaus Woodman of Newbury]. He came 
from Yorkshire, England, to Boston about 1639; res. for a time in Rowley, 
and then made his home in Ipswich, Mass., of which he was one of the 
grantees. 

SiMON^ (Edward*), b. Rowley, 1643; d. Ipswich, Aug. 25, 1735; m. 
Mar. 21, 1666, Mary, dau. of John and Mary Brewer of Ipswich. Res. 
in Ipswich, where he was a carpenter. 

Edward' (Simon", Edward*), b. May 11, 1669; m. Mary [d. 1740 

or later]. 

Daniel^ (Edward', Simon^ Edward*), d. 1745 or later; m. 1733, Mary 
(or Mercy) Jewett. He was a weaver at Boxford, Mass. 

Daniel^ (Daniel'', Edward', Simon^ Edward*), b. Boxford, Mass., 
1740; m. about 1760, Hephzibah Howe of Ipswich, Mass. [d. July 6, 1799]. 

Dudley' (Daniel", Daniel*, Edward', Simon^ Edward*), b. May 19, 
1765; d. Oct. 17, 1832; m. Nov. 15, 1790, Elizabeth Wheaton [b. about 
1760; d. Nov. 29, 1826]. Res. in Londonderry, whence he removed in 
1788 to Peterboro. 

Daniel' (Dudley", Daniel", Daniel', Edward', Simon', Edward*), b. 
May 8, 1794; d. Nov. 11, 1832; m. Mar. 11, 1824, Peggy, dau. of William 
Cowing [b. 1797; d. May 22, 1867]. 

1. Gates'^ (Dudley®, DanieP, Daniel*, Edward^, Simon^, 
Edward^, b. Feb. 8, 1798; d. Mar. 23, 1873; m. at Meredith, 
Apr. 24, 1824, Mary, dau. of Benjamin "and Mary (Mash) 
Burnham [b. June 16, 1807; d. Jan. 14, 1889]. He came to 
New Ipswich in early manhood, and passed his life as a ma- 
chinist in Bank Village, where he died. Children : 

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3. i. Gates, b. at Meredith, Apr. 27, 1825.+ 

4. ii. Mary Elizabeth, b. New Ipswich, Oct. 11, 1827; m. Jan. 21, 

1851, Augustus Charles, son of Joshua and Harriet C. 
Kenrick [b. Haverhill, Mass.. Feb. 16, 1826; d. Mar. 29, 
1890]. He was a painter. Child: i. Charles Adelbert 
Kenrick, b. Dec. 27, 1852; d. Oct. 11, 1858. 

5. iii. Harriet A., b. June 5, 1829; d. May 19, 1837. 

6. iv. Hannah Maria, b. Apr. 11, 1831; m. July 15, 1851, Charles 

B. Preston (56). 

7. V. George Augustus, b. Aug. 18, 1834.+ 

8. vi. Charles H., b. Jan. 1, 1837.+ 

9. vii. James Wheaton, b. June 17, 1839.+ 

10. viii. Edward W., b. May 3, 1845.+ 

11. ix. Edwin W., b. May 3, 1845.+ 

12. X. Albert H., b. Sept. 27, 1849; m. Dec. 25, 1872, Janette H. 

Houghton. A machinist at West Upton, Mass. 

2. William Wallace^ (DanieP, Dudley^, Daniel^, Daniel*, 
Edward^, Simon^, Edward^), b. Apr., 1827; d. June, 1881; m. 
Sept. 21, 1856, Lydia A. Hannaford. For several years before 
and after their marriage they were in the employ of Samuel 
Holden on the eastern side of Whittemore Hill, but in 1863 
they removed to Ashburnham, Mass. Children : 

13. i. Charles H. 

14. ii. Fred W.+ 

15. iii. Kate M. 

16. iv. Nellie M. 

17. V. Jessie D. 

18. vi. Hattie F. 

3. Gates^ (Gates^ Dudley'', Daniel^, Daniel*, Edward^, 
Simon^ Edward^), b. Apr. 27, 1825; m. (1) May 13, 1846, 
Elvira Jefts (11); (2) Sept. 9, 1847, Ann Sophia, dau. of 
Thomas and Mary Adams [b. Wilton, Aug. 21, 1829; d. Sept. 
7, 1871] ; (3) Sarah Helen, dau. of Levi and Abby S. Talbot 
[b. Gardiner, Me., Jan. 25, 1838]. Children: 

19. i. Augusta Elvira, b. Apr. 9, 1847 ; d. June 17, 1858. 

20. ii. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1848; m. Sept. 26, 1866, Edward 

Wallace, son of Edward and Fanny Merrick [b. Hubbards- 
ton, Mass., May 22, 1843]. Res. Holden, Mass., where he 
is a bookkeeper, also deputy sheriff. Child : i. Lula Frances 
Merrick, b. July 24, 1867 ; m. Apr. 2, 1890, John Goldthwaite. 

21. iii. Harriet Arabella, b. Shirley, Mass., Apr. 25, 1851 ; d. July 

1, 1852. 

22. iv. Thomas Gates, b. Millbury, Mass., Dec. 16, 1856; d. Nov. 

5, 1884; m. June 21, 1874, Eliza J., dau. of Charles and Mary 
A. Howard [b. Sept. 15, 1857]. Child: i. Ernest Gates, b. 
Mar. 4, 1876; d. Mar. 7, 1876. 

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23. V. Charles Sumner, b. Millbury, Mass., Sept. 23, 1860; m. July 

16, 1882, Bertha B., dau. of H. P. and Margaret B. Whitte- 
more [b. West Boylston, Mass., Feb. 27, 1863]. Res. Wor- 
cester, Mass., where he is a machinist. 

24. vi. Ida May, b. Holden, Mass., Feb. 9, 1862; d. Dec. 31, 1865. 

25. vii. Alfred Ellis, b. Holden, Mass., May 16, 1864; d. Sept. 16, 

1864. 

26. viii. LiLLA Sophia, b. Holden, Mass., Sept. 12, 1867; d. Sept. 12, 

1867. 

27. ix. William H. Harrison, b. Holden, Mass., Oct. 29, 1873; d. 

Nov. 2, 1884. 

28. X. Benjamin Franklin, b. Holden, Mass., Aug. 27, 1875. 

7. George Augustus® (Gates^, Dudley^ DanieP, Daniel*, 
Edward^ Simon^, Edward^), b. Aug. 18, 1834; m. (1) Apr. 23, 
1856, Lticrita A. S. Pheteplace [b. Sutton, Mass., Aug. 30, 
1835 ; d. Feb. 9, 1882] ; (2) Apr. 14, 1883, Nettie M. Pheteplace 
[b. Bellows Falls, Vt., Nov. 16, 1840]. Children : 

29. i. Nellie L. F., b. Millbury, Mass.. Oct. 10. 1857; d. Winchen- 

don, Mass., Sept. 22, 1868. 

30. ii. Sylvia Florence, b. Winchendon, Mass., Aug. 24, 1859; m. 

Sept. 16, 1879, Arthur D. Davis [b. Pawtucket, R. I., Jan. 
23, 1858]. Children: i. Harry Garfield Davis, b. May 12, 
1881. ii. Arthur Frederick Davis, b. Dec. 3, 1883. iii. 
Clarence Eugene Davis, b. Sept. 23, 1885. 

31. iii. Edward Harry, b. Millbury, Mass., Mar. 9, 1869; m. Dec. 31, 

1889, Delia St. Armand [b. St. Rosalie, P. Q., Dec. 11, 1870]. 
Child : i. Harry Edison, b. Dec. 27, 1892. 

8. Charles H.® (Gates^ Dudley^ DanieF, Daniel*, Ed- 
ward^ Simon^, Edward^), b. Jan. 1, 1837; m. July 24, 1858, 
Mary, dau. of John and Mary B. Crowe [b. Bellia, Ireland, 
Dec. 3, 1835]. A mechanic in East Jaflfrey. He served in the 
10th New Hampshire Regiment during the Civil War. Chil- 
dren : 

32. i. Edward H., b. Nov. 6, 1859; m. Margaret, dau. of James and 

Bridget Mitchell [b. Winchendon, Mass., July 10, 1861]. 
A coachman at East Jaffrey. Children: i. Frederick H.. 
b. Aug. 27, 1882. ii. Sidney E.. b. Nov. 28, 1883. 

33. ii. Mary Loretta, b. Dec. 7, 1865; m. Dec. 26, 1885, Peter E., 

son of William and Bridget S. Hogan of East Cambridge, 
Mass. He is a butcher. 

9. James Wheaton® (Gates'', Dudley®, DanieP, Daniel*, 
Edward^ Simon^, Edward^), b. June 17, 1839; m. (1) Aug. 28, 
1860, Harriet M., dau. of Peter and Susan (Russell) Tufts 
[b. June 20, 1839; d. Dec. 13, 1869] ; (2) Hornellsville, N. Y., 
Nov. 17, 1875, Carrie E., dau. of Harvey and Caroline D. 

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Cooper [b. Feb. 24, 1850]. A salesman and railroad engineer. 
Children : 

34. i. Ada Florence, b. Dunkirk, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1864; m. Oct. 8, 

1893, Burt J. Blackmer. Res. Buffalo, N. Y. 

35. ii. Percy W., b. Aug. 11, 1866; d. Sept. 27, 1869. 

10. Edward W.^ (Gates^ Dudley^, DanieP, Daniel*, Ed- 
ward^ Simon^, Edward^), b. May 3, 1845; m. Aug. 27, 1870, 
Sarah G., dau. of George W. and Lovina S. Jones [b. Rindge, 
Apr. 7, 1851]. Res. West Townsend, Mass. Child: 

36. i. Perley Gates, b. Apr. 28, 1872; d. Oct. 8, 1872. 

11. Edwin W.« (Gates^ Dudley^, DanieP, Daniel*, Ed- 
ward^ Simon^, Edward^), b. May 3, 1845; m. Dec. 1, 1866, 
Melvina, dau. of Ansel and Octavia (Burrell) Baxter [b. Nov. 
14, 1842]. A farmer at South Ashburnham, Mass. Children: 

2,7. i. Lillian I., b. Nov. 2, 1876. 

38. ii. Mary I., b. Mar. 30, 1879. 

14. Fred W." (William Wallace^, DanieP, Dudley^ Dan- 
ieP, Daniel*, Edward^, Simon^, Edward^), m. Bertha Wheeler 
(193). Children: 

39. i. Zettie Ginevra, b. Jan. 31, 1881; m. 1900, Orrin W. Eaton. 

Children : i. Howard Eaton, b. Feb. 24, 1901 ; d. Feb. 27, 
1901. ii. Zettie Katherine Eaton, b. May 20, 1908. 

40. ii. George Wallace, b. Mar. 16, 1884; m. Anna Woodward. A 

farmer and woodturner. Res. below Walker's several years, 
since 1892 at Hodgkins corner. Children : i. Child b. and 
d. May 15, 1907. ii. Fred Augustus, b. Nov. 8, 1908. iii. 
Mary Elisabeth, b. Feb. 19, 1910; d. Apr. 8, 1910. 

41. iii. Leda Hannaford, b. Oct. 27, 1890; m. July 21, 1906, Clarence 

Blake. Child : i. Elizabeth Eliza Blake, b. Feb. 16, 1908. 

CHICKERING. 

Nathaniel* Chickering, b. Oct. 8, 1647, prob. at Wrentham, Eng- 
land; d. Dedham, Mass., Oct. 21, 1694; m. (1) Dec. 30, 1668, Mary, dau. 
of Samuel and Mary Judson [b. 1647] ; (2) Dec. 23, 1674, Lydia, dau. of 
Capt. Daniel and Abigail (Marriott) Fisher of Dedham, Mass. [b. July 
14, 1652; d. July 17, 1737]. She had previously lived in Hadley, Mass., 
and there had a part in the care of the concealed regicides, Goffe and 
Whalley. His name appears on the Dedham tax-list as early as 1669. 
In 1694 he settled in that part of Dedham which is now Dover, where he 
owned 1000 acres of land. The site of his home on that land has re- 
mained in the possession of his descendants to the present time. 

Nathaniel^ (Nathaniel'), b. Mar. 28, 1677; d. Jan. 16, 1746/7; m. 
(1) Aug. 24, 1700, Mary, dau. of James and Hannah Sharp [b. Jan. 23, 
1677; d. Sept. 1, 1715]; (2) July 26, 1716, Deborah, dau. of Joseph and 

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Deborah (Colburn) Wight [b. July 25, 1684]. He was one of the se- 
lectmen of Dedham and also a deacon. 

John' (Nathaniel', Nathaniel"), b. Aug. 23, 1715; m. (1) Mary Dew- 
ing; (2) Jan. 9, 1766, Mrs. Elizabeth Gay of Dedham. He responded to 
the Lexington alarm. 

1. Abner* (John^ NathanieP, Nathaniel^, b. Holden, 
Mass., Oct. 5, 1766; d. July 25, 1841; m. (1) Apr. 19, 1792, 
Eunice, dau. of Dea. Amos and Thankful (Minot) Dakin of 
Mason [b. about 1777; d. May 7, 1804]; (2) May 9, 1805, 
Lydia Stratton (S. 4), widow of Caleb Campbell (2). He set- 
tled in Mason soon after reaching his majority and was a 
blacksmith in that town until about 1805, when he removed 
to New Ipswich, and passed his remaining years on the 
"Knowlton place," (22, N. D..) where he was a farmer, al- 
though not entirely forsaking his former trade. His home 
was in the house now standing upon the east side of the brook. 
Children : 

2. i. Mary, m. Sept. 26, 1816, Josiah G. Heald. 

3. ii. Samuel, b. Feb. 18, 1796.-|- 

4. iii. Jonas, b. 1798. -f- 

5. iv. Melinda, m. Vent. 

6. V. Eliza, m. Dec. 19, 1822, Ariel Godding (2). 

7. vi. Rebecca, b. Sept. 3, 1803; d. Sept. 28, 1850; m. Aug. 2, 1832, 

Sewell O. Chandler (W. 19). 

8. vii. Charles, b. about 1807.+ 

3. Samuel^ (Abner*, John^, NathanieP, Nathaniel), b. 
Feb. 18, 1796; d. May 18, 1836; m. Dec. 31, 1821, Julia Boutelle 
of Lancaster, Mass. [d. Aug. 9, 1866], He was a farmer and 
stonemason living upon the same lot as his father, in the house 
upon the west side of the brook. Children : 

9. i. Eliza Ann, b. 1823; d. 1862; m. Feb. 4, 1853, Abraham Cram 

of Pittsfield. 

10. ii. Charles, b. Nov. 5, 1825.+ 

11. iii. Josiah Boutelle, b. Aug. 10, 1827.-}- 

12. iv. George, b. July 4, 1829.+ 

13. V. Julia Maria, b. Aug. 10, 1831 ; m. May 17, 1855, Archelaus 

C. Dakin, a machinist at Clinton, Mass. One daughter, 
d. in infancy. 

14. vi. Abbie Boutelle, b. Dec. 10, 1833; d. Apr. 26, 1854, unm. 

15. vii. Harriet Atwood, b. July 28, 1835 ; m. Sept. 1, 1860, George M. 

Sawyer, a jeweler at Clinton, Mass. Two sons, both dead. 

16. viii. Ellen Frances, b. June 23, 1836; d. Apr. 25, 1856, unm. 

4. JoNAS^ (Abner^ John^, NathanieP, Nathaniel^), b. 1798; 
d. Dec. 8, 1853; m. Eliza Harrington. He learned the trade 
of a cabinet-maker in his early years, and in early manhood 

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entered the employ of a piano manufacturer of Boston. At 
a very early age he had shown a natural musical ability, and 
in a small way had applied his mechanical skill to musical 
instruments. This natural inclination was farther developed 
by his city occupation, and at the age of twenty-eight he was 
conducting his own business as a manufacturer and had en- 
tered upon the process of development and improvement 
which gave the "Chickering Piano" its eminent position. The 
union in his character of the mechanic, the artist, and the 
merchant is indicated by his having been president of the 
Handel and Haydn Musical Society and the Massachusetts 
Mechanic Association. He was a member of the Massachu- 
setts Legislature. His three sons were associated with him 
as "Chickering & Sons." Children : 

17. i. Thomas E., b. 1824; d. 1871. 

18. ii. C. Frank, b. 1827; d. 1891. 

19. iii. George H., b. 1830; d. 1898. 

20. iv. Anna, b. 1830; d. 1898; m. Wilcox. 

8. Charles^ (Abner^ John^, NathanieP, Nathaniel^), b. 
about 1807; d. Aug., 1863; m. Mar., 1831. Julia Ann Obear (6). 
Soon after his marriage he removed to Pittsfield, where he 
V\ras a merchant, and also served as deputy sheriff. His chil- 
dren were born in that town. Later he returned to New 
Ipswich, where he remained for nearly twenty years, at first 
upon the family farm and later in the Center Village. He 
was postmaster for several years. During a few of his last 
years he kept a hotel at Groton Junction, (now Ayer,) Mass., 
where he died. Children : 

21. i. Abby Jane, b. 1832; d. 1907; m. Oct. 10, 1855, Henry Eddy, 

an overseer in the carpet works at Clinton, Mass. Two 
children. 

22. ii. Julia Ann, b. Dec. 8, 1834; m. Nov. 3, 1853, George N. Lowe 

(1). 

23. iii. Charles Abner, b. and d. 1836. 

24. iv. Charles Abner, b. 1838 ; d. 1895 ; m. Jeannette Gordon. Res. 

Lancaster, Mass. Children : i. Edith. ii. Louise, iii. 
Arthur, iv. Benson, v. Horace. 

10. Charles^ (SamueP, Abner*, John^, NathanieP, Nathan- 
ieP), b. Nov. 5, 1825; d. Sept. 18, 1903; m. Denmark, Iowa, 
Nov. 24, 1859, Hattie Kenny. In 1857 he removed to Iowa, 
which was his home for the rest of his life. He lived at 
Denmark, near Red Oak, and at Elliott. His principal busi- 
ness was that of a farmer. He served in the Civil War, being 
a member of the First Iowa Cavalry. One child. 

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11. JosiAH BouTELLE^ (SamueP, Abner*, John^, Nathaniel, 
NathanieP), b. Aug. 10, 1827; d. Dec. 5, 1881; m. Sarah 
Brown. He removed to Cincinnati, O., where he established 
and maintained for many years "Chickering Academy," after- 
ward "Chickering Institute," a highly successful boys' school. 
Children : 

25. i. Addie Linwood, b. 1858; m. Nelville Hoflf, dean of the Dental 

College of the University of Michigan. 

26. ii. Clifford Cummings, b. Aug. 17, 1862. A member of the 

firm of Chickering Bros., dealers in pianos, Chicago, 111. 

27. iii. Fred Wiloby, b. Mar. 1, 1864. A member of the firm of 

Chickering Bros., as above. 

28. iv. Howard Everett, b. July 11, 1871. A business man of Cleve- 

land, O. 

29. V. Wallace W., b. Jan. 20, 1874. Also of Chickering Bros., as 

above. 

12. George^ (SamueP, Abner*, John^, NathanieP, Nathan- 
iel^), b. July 4, 1829; d. Feb. 20, 1905; m. Oct. 10, 1852, Mary 
Abigail, dau. of Jacob and Mary P. (4) (Jefts) Blodgett. He 
was a farmer at Denmark, Iowa. Children : 

30. i. Frank Howard, b. Jan. 20, 1854. A music dealer at Omaha, 

Neb. 

31. ii. Henrietta, b. 1858; m. Edward Burton. Res. Coflfeeville, 

Kans. 

32. iii. Mary Ellen, b. about 1862; m. Edward Murphy, a farmer 

at Burlington, Iowa. 

33. iv. Ernest Dakin, b. Apr., 1871 ; unm. A farmer at Elliott, Iowa. 

CLARK (Ebenezer). 

Ebenezer^ Clark, m. Allen. Res. in Braintree, Mass. 

1. Ebenezer^ (Ebenezer^), b. Braintree, Mass., 1754; d. 
Nov. 24, 1835 ; m. 1778, Ruth, dau. of William. Wilde [b. about 
1759; d. Feb. 4, 1840]. His home was in his native town until 
1804, when he removed to Bedford, Mass., and thence, eight 
years later, to Townsend, Mass., where he resided during most 
of his remaining life. His last two or three years were passed 
in New Ipswich, whither his second son, Benjamin A., had 
come several years earlier. He rendered worthy service in 
the Revolutionary War, at first as a private in the company 
of Capt. Jacob Gould and regiment of Col. John Greaton, and 
later as a sergeant in Washington's Life Guard. He was at 
Bunker Hill, served during the siege of Boston, and had a part 
at Princeton and Trenton and the famous crossing of the Dela- 
ware. Children : 

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2. i. Ebenezer. b. 1781 ; m. Mary Sampson. He had eleven chil- 

dren, from whom the branch of the family in Townsend, 
Mass., has descended. 

3. ii. Ruth, b. 1783; d. Aug. 13, 1849; m. (1) Elias Poole of Brain- 

tree, Mass. Children: i. Ruth Poole, ii. Alary Ann Poole; 
m. (2) Castalio Hosmer (24). 

4. iii. Mary, b. 1786; d. Jan. 10, 1883; m. Stephen Corbin [b. about 

1782; d. Greenville, Jan. 22, 1855]. Res. in New Ipswich 
several years. Children: i. Stephen Corbin, b. about 1806; 
d. Apr. 22, 1862. ii. Salome Corbin, b. Jan. 26, 1808; d. 

Oct. 5, 1897; m. (1) John Tolman; (2) Wood. iii. 

Sarah Corbin. iv. Ruth Corbin, m. June 30, 1832, Reuben 
Bacon, Jr. v. William IV. Corbin, b. about 1820; d. May 2, 
1847. 

5. iv. Abigail, b. 1788; m. Jonathan Bacon of Bedford, Mass. 

Seven children. 

6. v. Sarah, b. 1790; m. Reuben Bacon of Bedford, Mass. Six 

children. 

7. vi. Benjamin Acer, b. 1792.-\- 

8. vii. James, b. 1794; d. Stoneham, Mass.; m. Hannah Hodgman. 

Four children. 

7. Benjamin Ager^ (Ebenezer^, Ebenezer^), b. 1792; d. 
Nov. 12, 1870; m. 1812, Martha Hosmer (25). He came from 
Townsend, Mass., to New Ipswich about 1825, and lived for 
a few years on the Benjamin Hoar farm, (V: 2, S. R.,) being 
occupied as a teamster to and from Boston, but later he bought 
the Benjamin Adams Farm, (25, N. D.,) and resided there 
until his death. Children : 

9. i. Elvira, b. about 1812; d. Sterling, 1840; m. Jan., 1832, Samuel 

Porter. Children : i. Fred Porter, ii. Henry Porter. 

10. ii. John, b. 1814; m. Jan. 1, 1843, Sally Bond, dau. of Christo- 

pher P. (22) and Nancy (Thompson) Hosmer. Res. in 
Amherst. 

11. iii. Leander, b. 1816.+ 

12. iv. Reuben B., b. 1818. -f 

13. v. Mary, b. 1820; m. Castalio Hosmer, Jr. (43). 

14. vi. Benjamin Franklin, b. July 4, 1822.-|- 

15. vii. George, b. July, 1824; d. Oct. 25, 1825. 

16. viii. Maria A., b. Mar. 26, 1827; d. Sept., 1910; m. Aug., 1849, 

Charles H. King (5). 

17. ix. A son, b. Mar. 11, 1829; d. Mar. 27, 1829. 

11. Leander* (Benjamin A.^, Ebenezer-, Ebenezer^), b. 
1816; d. Washington, D. C. ; m. Laura Hosmer (42). He was 
a man of literary tastes, and a small volume of his poems was 
published. Children : 

18. i. Alice, d. Washington, D. C ; m. Dr. Wm. Green. One son. 

19. ii. Frances, m. Brown. 

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20. iii. Mary. 

21. iv. Child, whose name is not known. 

22. V. Child, whose name is not known. 

12. Reuben B.* (Benjamin A.^, Ebenezer^, Ebenezer^), b. 
1818; d. Sept. 8, 1894; m. (1) Dec. 26, 1848, Margaret E. 
Thomas ; (2) Oct. 2, 1879, Louisa Densmore. He resided in 
Washington, D. C, where he is said to have accumulated a 
large property. Children : 

23. i. Ida, (of first marriage,) m. Wm. C. Wood. Two sons. 

24. ii. Reuben B., (of second marriage). 

14. Benjamin Franklin* (Benjamin A.^, Ebenezer^, Eben- 
ezer^), b. July 4, 1822; d. Minneapolis, Minn., 1893; m. Irene 
Webber. He removed to Washington, D. C, in early man- 
hood and there resided nearly forty years. The closing years 
of his life were passed in Minneapolis, Minn. Children: 

25. i. Ernest Franklin, m. Belle Doe. He has been a dentist in 

Minneapolis since 1880. Children: i. Harry Oscar, m. 
Gertrude Williams. One son. ii. Ernestine, m. Maurice 
Bardwell. iii. Marion, m. Charles P. Taylor. One son. 

26. ii. Harry Webber, d. Oct. 11, 1911; m. Lilla Phillbrook. He 

was also a dentist in Minneapolis. Children : i. Phillbrook 
Wilson, ii. Eleanor Bacon. 

CLARK (Hugh). 

Hugh' Clark, b. about 1613; d. July 30, 1693; m. Elizabeth [d. 

Dec. 11, 1692]. He was at Watertown in 1641, and removed to Roxbury 
in 1660. 

Uriah^ (Hugh'), b. June 5, 1644; d. July 26, 1721; m. (1) Oct., 1674, 
Joanna, dau. of Thomas Holbrook of Braintree [b. about 1657; d. Feb. 

28, 1682]; (2) 1682, Mary ; (3) Martha. He lived at Roxbury until 

he was nearly fifty years old, when he removed to that part of Water- 
town which is now Belmont. He was a selectman of Watertown. 

Peter' (Uriah^ Hugh'), b. Mar. 12, 1693; d. June 10, 1768; m. Nov. 
6, 1719, Deborah, dau. of Dea. Peter Hobart of Braintree [b. about 1702; 
d. Feb. 28, 1765]. He graduated from Harvard College in 1712 and in 
1717 became pastor of the church in Danvers, (then Salem Village,) 
where in a pastorate of fifty-one years he was noted as a theologian. 

Peter* (Peter', Uriah^ Hugh'), b. Oct. 1, 1720; d. Nov. 13, 1747; 
m. Oct. 22, 1741, Anna Porter of Danvers. He graduated from Harvard 
College in 1739, but declined his father's profession and settled upon the 
farm of his grandfather Hobart in Braintree. His widow m. Sept. 14, 
1752, Thomas Faxon of Braintree. 

Peter' (Peter\ Peter=, Uriah^ Hugh'), b. Feb. 4 1743; d. Oct. 14, 
1826; m. Oct. 20, 1763, Hannah, dau. of Daniel and Hannah (Prescott) 
Eppes of Braintree [b. about 1744; d. Dec. 21, 1814]. He removed from 
Braintree to Lyndeboro, N. H., in 1775, and in 1777 received a captain's 

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commission in the Provincial service. He held most of the important 
town offices in after life, vi^as a justice of the peace and a deacon for 
many years. 

1. JoHN« (PeterS Peter*, Peter^, Uriah^ Hugh^), b. Jan. 4, 
1785; d. Mar. 19, 1855; m. (1) Nov. 18, 1806, Margaret Rand 
of Lyndeboro [d. Aug. 31, 1846]; (2) Dec. 9, 1847, Nancy 
Patterson of Greenfield. He came to New Ipswich in 1814, 
and was an overseer in the Davis mills at the waterpower 
afterward utilized by the Walker industries. Later he was 
for several years upon the "Gould farm," (43, N. D.) He was 
also for a time superintendent in the factory of Eleazer Brown. 
The later years of his life were variously occupied in the 
Center Village, his home being the house upon the north side 
of the street midway between the Baptist church and the 
street crossing at the foot of Meeting-house Hill, afterward 
the residence of his son, Peter H., who replaced it with a new 
building, since the residence of his daughter, granddaughter 
and great-granddaughter. He was town clerk ten years, a 
deacon thirty-five years, and also for a long time leader of the 
Congregational choir. He was exceptionally fond of music 
and was an early teacher of singing schools. Children : 

2. i. Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1807; d. Sept. 24, 1841; m. Mar. 8, 1832, 

Martin Ames. 

3. ii. Hannah, b. June 16, 1809; d. Mar. 18, 1843; m. May 24, 1832, 

William W. Johnson. 

4. iii. Deborah, b. Oct. 12, 1811; d. June 18, 1865; m. Jan. 1, 1835, 

Henry Adams (W. 81). 

5. iv. John Prescott, b. Apr. 11, 1814.+ 

6. V. Peter Hobart, b. Dec. 11, 1816.+ 

7. vi. James Rand, b. Nov. 27, 1823.-f- 

5. John Prescott^ (John^ Peter^ Peter*, Peter^ Uriah^ 
Hugh^), b. Apr. 11, 1814; d. Mar. 3, 1889; m. 1839, Mary Em- 
erson, dau. of Lubim and Lydia (Burton) Rockwood of Wil- 
ton [b. 1821; d. 1904]. He passed his life in New Ipswich, 
being engaged in various mercantile pursuits. He lived in 
Bank Village until 1854, where for about ten years, as a 
partner of William W. Johnson, he was engaged in the man- 
agement of a general store. Later he was the first conductor 
on the Peterboro & Shirley railroad, as the line from Groton 
Junction to Mason Village, (now Ayer to Greenville,) was 
then termed. In 1854 he removed to the Center Village and 
for a brief time was associated with Stephen Thayer in the 
ownership of a store at the western corner of the turnpike and 

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the old Mason Village road. He inherited very fully his 
father's musical ability, which further descended to his chil- 
dren, as was clearly evidenced by the entertainments of the 
"Clark Troupe," composed of him and his brother Peter H., 
with members of their families. Children : 

8. i. John Rockwood, b. May 25, 1840; d. May 28, 1840. 

9. ii. John Emerson, b. June 29, 1842; d. Feb. 7, 1889; he was a 

tin worker in Fitchburg, Worcester and Lancaster in Massa- 
chusetts. 

10. iii. Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 14, 1844; d. Aug. 14, 1878, unm. She 

was a professional musician in Boston. 

11. iv. William Willis, b. Mar. 3, 1846. He is a musical instructor 

in Boston and vicinity. 

12. V. Abbie Rockwood, b. Nov. 13, 1848; d. Aug. 31, 1903; m. (1) 

Charles R. Ford [b. Dec. 22, 1848; d. Sept. 23, 1886]; (2) 
Charles E. Berthoff. She was a professional musician of 
Boston, both as a teacher and as a member of leading 
concert companies. 

13. vi. Frank Burton, b. Sept. 24, 1850. He was a fruit raiser in 

Emmett, Colo. 

14. vii. Charles Herbert, b. Feb. 14, 1852; m. Jan. 10, 1884, Jeanie 

M. Herrick. He is a music teacher in New York City. 

15. viii. Henrietta, b. Feb. 9, 1854; d. Aug. 14, 1868. 

16. ix. Lizzie R., b. May 2, 1856; m. Albert F. Crowell, a bookkeeper 

in Boston. Children : i. Clarence Albert Crowell, h. Mar. 
2, 1876; d. Nov. 14, 1908. ii. Marian Follett Crowell, b. 
Jan. 27, 1880; d. Oct. 10, 1898. iii. Herbert Clark Crowell, 
b. Nov. 6, 1882; m. Oct. 4, 1904, Mabelle Aer of Boston. 
He is a salesman in Boston. Two children. 

6. Peter Hobart^ (John^ Peter^ Peter*, Peter^ Uriah^, 
Hugh^), b. Dec. 11, 1816; d. Aug. 26, 1891; m. June 1, 1843, 
Sarah Barnes, dau. of Jesse and Lydia (Barnes) Patten of 
Temple [b. Jan. 18, 1826; d. Dec. 29, 1892]. He passed his 
life in New Ipswich, living for many years in the house pre- 
viously his father's. He was, first of all, a musician, and 
around him, as bandmaster and both vocal and instrumental 
instructor, the music of the town centered. His wife also was 
for a long time a teacher in connection with the Academy, 
and each member of his family had place in the "Clark 
Troupe" mentioned above. He held an appointment as deputy 
sheriff, and was also for ten or more years proprietor of 
Clark's Hotel at the old stand on the turnpike next east from 
the corner store, which under his care was a popular summer 
resort. Children : 

17. i. Margaret Barnes, b. Mar. 12, 1847; d. May 26, 1867. 

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18. ii. Harkiet Patten, b. Nov. 27, 1850; m. (1) Mar., 1870, George 

L. Gates of Ashby, Mass. ; (2) Jan. 31, 1878, William George 
McKown of Boston [d. June 28, 1884]. Children: i. Ethel 
McKown, b. Feb. 19, 1879 ; m. Oct. 28, 1896, Ralph E. Parker 
of Boston (N. 14). ii. Annie McKown. b. Aug. 23, 1880; 
d. June 16, 1881. 

19. iii. Annie, b. Sept. 3, 1853; d. Mar. 16, 1860. 

7. James Rand^ (John«, Peter^ Peter*, Peter^, Uriah^, 
Hugh^), b. Nov. 27, 1823; d. Nov. 13, 1888; m. 1854, Elizabeth 
Perkins. He was a dealer in sewing machines at Biddeford, 
Me., of which city he was mayor for a time. Later he was 
proprietor of a livery stable in Boston. Children : 

20. i. Edmund Robert, b. Dec. 18, 1854; d. Nov., 1905; m. Mrs. Cora 

Betts. A salesman in Boston. 

21. ii. Walter Henry, b. Jan. 14, 1861 ; d. young. 

22. iii. Eugene Lester, b. Jan. 14, 1861; d. June 11, 1907; m. Elenora 

Gleason of Boston. He succeeded to his father's stable 
business. Child: i. Elizabeth J., b. Aug. 13, 1899. 

COLLINS. 

1. Joseph^ Collins, b. about 1749; d. Jan. 10, 1836; m. 

Lydia [b. about 1744; d. Dec. 14, 1835]. He had a small 

farm upon the road from Smith Village to the Breed farms, 
and built his house on the west side of that road just north 
of the brook crossing it, (60, N. L. O.) The cellar is still 
plainly visible. 

2. Nathan^ (Joseph^), b. Aug. 4, 1785; d. Sept. 4, 1867; 
m. Lucy D. Preast [b. Oct. 28, 1786; d. Dec. 28, 1863]. He 
passed most of his life upon the same lot, his house, still oc- 
cupied, being upon the east side of the road a quarter-mile 
farther north than that of his father. Children : 

3. i. John Augustus, b. Jan. 8, 1814; d. Apr. 16, 1814. 

4. ii. Nancy Woodbury, b. Jan. 3, 1816; m. John Pike. 

CONANT. 

Roger* Conant, son of Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Conant, b. East 
Budleigh, County Devon, England, bapt. Apr. 9, 1592; d. Nov. 19, 1679; 
m. Nov. U, 1618, Sarah Horton. He came to Plymouth in 1623. He did 
not settle permanently there, but removed to Nantasket (Hull) in 1624, 
was at the Cape Ann settlement on what is now the west shore of 
Gloucester Harbor in 1625, and in 1626 was apparently the head of the 
colony at Naumkeag (Salem). He lived in the section which became 
Beverly, and was a leader in the formation of that town. 

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Lot' (Roger^, b. about 1624; d. Sept. 29, 1674; m. Elizabeth, dau. of 
Rev. William Walton, who survived him, and married Andrew Mansfield 
of Lynn. He lived for a time in Salem, but removed to Beverly. 

JoHN^" (Lot', Roger'), b. Mar. 10, 1652; d. Sept. 30, 1724; m. May 7, 
1678, Bithiah, dau. of Andrew and Bithiah Mansfield of Lynn. He was 
a farmer and a weaver in Beverly, and did service in King Philip's war. 

Roger' (Lot^ Roger'), b. Mar. 10, 1668/9; d. 1745; m. Apr. 25, 1698, 
Mary, dau. of Capt. Thomas and Mary Raymond. About 1720 he re- 
moved from Beverly to that part of Concord which is now Acton. He 
was a weaver. 

Lot' (John^ Lot=, Roger'), bapt. June 1, 1679; d. Sept. 20, 1767; 
m. (1) May 15, 1698, Martha Cleaves [b. about 1681; d. Feb. 15, 1725]; 

(2) Susannah Clark; (3) Mary . He removed from Beverly to 

Concord about 1716. 

Josiah' (Roger^ Lot', Roger'), b. Dec. 12, 1711; m. Feb. 9, 1745/6, 
Catherine, dau. of Peter Emerson of Reading [b. Dec. 20, 1718; d. Aug. 

2, 1809; m. (2) Dec. 18, 1777, Moses Thurston]. He settled while a 
young man in West Dunstable (now HoUis), where he was a selectman. 

Andrew' (Lot^ John^ Lot% Roger'), bapt. Beverly, Jan. 25, 1702/3; 
m. (1) Charlestown, May 2, 1723, Elizabeth Taylor [b. about 1704; d. 
Sept. 10, 1758] ; (2) Concord, June 6, 1759, Mrs. Mary Hubbard [b. about 
1703; d. Nov. 30, 1763]; (3) Danvers, Mass., July 19, 1764, Anna, widow 
of Daniel Gardner. He was a farmer in Concord, his farm adjoining 
that of his father. 

Abel= (Josiah', Roger^ Lot', Roger'), b. Oct. 3, 1755; d. May 2, 
1844; m. (1) Nov. 20, 1681, Margaret, dau. of James and Margaret Jewett 
of Hollis [b. Oct. 18, 1758; d. July 25, 1788]; (2) Lydia Thurston. He 
resided in Hollis until 1813 and then removed to Hardwick, Vt. He 
served several times in the Revolution and was at Bunker Hill. He was 
a deacon in Hollis. 

Andrew" (Andrew^ Lot', John^ Lot', Roger'), b. Aug. 22, 1725; d. 
Sept. 17, 1805; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1748, Ruth Brooks [b. about 1729; d. 

Feb. 3, 1770]; (2) Mary [b. about 1734; d. June 20, 1818]. He 

passed his life in Concord. He was a captain. 

Silas" (Andrew^ Lot', John', Lot', Roger'), b. Aug. 15, 1740; d. Apr. 

3, 1803; m. Dec. 30, 1762, Lois, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Potter 
[b. May 2, 1744; d. Nov. 12, 1815]. He was a farmer in Concord, Mass. 

1. Abel« (Abel^ Josiah*, Roger^ Lot^ Roger^), b. June 1, 
1784; d. Apr. 12, 1875; m. May, 1822, Harriet Hubbard (4). 
He studied law in Townsend and New Ipswich, in the latter 
place with Benjamin Champney. He was admitted to the 
bar in 1813. He practiced at Townsend and afterward from 
1819 to 1826 in New Ipswich. In 1834 he removed to Lowell, 
Mass., where he studied chemistry and mechanics and made 
some useful inventions. He is said to have made a parlor 
organ, a hollow auger nearly as now used, the mortise door 
lock, and certain improved means for causing bread to rise. 

Children : 

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4. i. John, b. Apr. 3, 1823; d. Dec. 29, 1876; m. 1851, Frances, 

dau. of Peter and Hannah Crowell, a well-known spiritual- 
ist medium. Res. in Boston. 

5. ii. Harriet Maria, b. May 20, 1825. 

6. iii. Horace J., b. Sept. 17, 1827. 

7. iv. Sarah Isabella, b. Jan. 14, 1829. 

8. V. James Edwin, b. Feb. 3, 1831; d. Oct. 1, 1886; m. (1) Feb. 

9, 1854, Susan Amelia Rutherford; (2) Sallie Lee. He 
served in the U. S. Interior Dept. and in the War Dept., 
and for many years engaged in the business of railroad 
construction in the South and West. 

2. Zebulon'^ (Andrew®, Andrew^, Lot*, John^, Lot^, 
Roger^), b. Oct. 29, 1749; m. Mary Wright [b. Feb., 1752]. 
He lived in Winchendon, Mass., at the time of the Revolu- 
tion, and went to Cambridge in Capt. Wilder's company at 
the time of the Lexington alarm. He removed to New Ips- 
wich in 1783 or earlier, and was a farmer upon 85, A. D., or 
perhaps the next lot to the west of it. His name disappears 
from the town records before 1820. Children : 

9. i. Ruth, b. May 2, 1772; m. Nov. 3, 1795, James Adams (12). 

10. ii. Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1774; m. May 1, 1794, Jacob S. Clary of 

Leominster, Mass. 

11. iii. Zebulon, b. May 11, 1776; d. July 8, 1803; m. Mary Wright. 

He was drowned. 

12. iv. Hannah, b. May 4, 1779; d. 1802; m. Oct. 8, 1801, Jonas 

Amsden. 

13. V. Joseph, b. Mar. 31, 1781.-|- 

14. vi. Rebecca, b. July 31, 1783; m. Nov. 3, 1809, John W. Spaulding 

of Franklin, Vt. 

15. vii. Betsy, b. Sept. 13, 1785; m. Mar. 25, 1813, Lovander F. 

Fuller of Grafton, Vt. 

16. viii. Nathan, b. Feb. 9, 1788; d. Oct. 3, 1843. 

17. ix. Keziah, b. June 19, 1789; m. Sanders. 

18. X. Nancy, b. Aug. 10, 1793 ; m. Jan. 23, 1810, Joseph" Wetherbee. 

19. xi. Andrew, b. Feb. 12, 1796.-f 

3. James^ (Silas®, Andrew^ LotS John^, Lot^, Roger^), b. 
May 26, 1788; d. Oct. 26, 1836; m. 1810, Seba, dau. of Jesse 
Davis [b. Acton, Mass., June 23, 1789; d. July 5, 1875]. He 
was a carpenter in Acton, Mass., from which town he gave 
service in the War of 1812. He came to New Ipswich about 
1825 and remained eight years, living on the Tenney farm on 
the Greenville road, (19, N. D.) Children: 

20. i. LusEBA Wright, b. Apr. 14, 1811; d. Feb. 2, 1859; m. Dec, 

9, 1836, Josiah Webber (1). 

21. ii. Louisa J., b. Sept. 26, 1812; d. Oct. 16, 1892; m. (1) May 9, 

1839, Jonathan L., son of William and Rebecca (Lovejoy) 
Cogswell of Rindge; (2) Emerson Howe (J. 1). 
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22. iii. James Franklin, b. Nov. 23, 1814.+ 

23. iv. Jesse Davis, b. Oct. 22, 1818; m. Rachel Golopen. He re- 

moved to the West. 

24. V. Mary R, b. July 20, 1820; m. (1) Apr. 5, 1845, Walter Davis; 

(2) James Comee of Fitchburg, Mass. 

25. vi. Andrew, b. Nov. 13, 1822.+ 

26. vii. Sarah Ann, b. New Ipswich, Feb. 1, 1825 ; m. Nov. 15, 1848, 

George Henry Ramsdell (10). 

27. viii. George Washington, b. New Ipswich, Apr. 11. 1827; m. 

May 28, 1850, Diana P., dau. of Paul and Hannah R. 
(Hannaford) Boyce (3). Res. Peterboro. 

28. ix. Sylvia Maria, b. Nov. 17, 1829; m. Oct. 3, 1848, David 

Thomas of Woodstock, Vt. Some years later he was pro- 
prietor of a restaurant beneath Union Hall. 

29. X. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Mason, Apr. 5, 1834; m. July 2, 1857, 

Horace Eugene Evans. Res. in Townsend, Mass. 

13. Joseph^ (Zebulon^, Andrew^, Andrew^, Lot*, John^, 
Loe, Roger^), b. Concord. Mar. 31, 1781; m. (1) Sept. 18, 
1806, Patience Sawyer of Bolton, Mass. [b. May 10, 1782; d. 
May 20, 1845] ; (2) Dec. 25, 1845, Nancy (Simonds) Puffer. 
He went to Bolton, btit soon removed to Leominster, Mass., 
where he was a shoe manufacturer. He had eight children. 

19. Andrew^ (Zebulon^ Andrew^ Andrew^ Lot*, John^, 
Lot-, Roger^), b. Feb. 12, 1796; m. Emily Farnsworth [b. July, 
1799]. He succeeded to his father's farm, remaining upon it 
until about 1840, when he removed to Lunenburg, Mass. He 
was selectman the last two years before his removal. Chil- 
dren : 

30. i. LovANDER Wright, b. 1820; d. about 1901; m. Adeline Hey- 

wood of Lunenburg, Mass., where he kept a country store. 
Two children. 

31. ii. Charles Farnsworth, b. 1821. -f- 

32. iii. Andrew Philander, b. May 8, 1823. + 

33. iv. Samuel Stillman, b. Mar., 1825; d. about 1902. 

34. V. Susan E., b. 1827; m. Edward Grossman of Fitchburg, Mass. 

35. vi. Lucy Hale, b. 1829; m. George P. Kingsbury of Leominster, 

Mass. 

36. vii. Adoniram Judson, b. Apr. 30, 1831. -f 

Zl. viii. Emily Hazelton, b. 1833; m. George Searles of Leominster, 
Mass. 

38. ix. James Quincy, b. Apr. 13, 1835.-f 

39. X. Mary Ann, b. 1837; m. J. A. Marshall of Leominster, Mass. 

40. xi. George Washington, b. 1839. Lived in North Leominster, 

Mass. Two children. 

41. xii. Ellen Elizabeth, b. 1843; d. young. 

22. James Franklin^ (James^ Silas^ Andrew^ Lot*. John^ 
Lot^ Roger!), y^ ^ov. 23, 1814; d. July 16, 1880; m. Nelson, 

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Nov. 5, 1839, Lucy, dau. of Isaac and Susanna (Cobb) Follett 
[b. Nov. 26, 1804; d. July 15, 1872]. He came to New Ipswich 
with his parents, and on reaching the age of manhood he 
settled in Stoneham, Mass. He was a shoemaker. Children : 

42. i. Calvin Harrison, b. Aug. 29, 1841. 

43. ii. Lucy Ann Seba, b. Nov. 27, 1845 ; m. Jaquith. Res. in 

Reading, Mass. 

25. Andrew* (James^^, Silas'', Andrew^, Lot*, John^, Lot^, 
Rogeri), b. Nov. 13, 1822; m. Brattleboro, Vt., July 3, 1846, 
Margaret Annie, dau. of Edward and Martha Chadwell [b. 
Mar. 12, 1831]. He came to New Ipswich with his parents 
and in early manhood settled in Nashua. He was a cigar 
maker. Children : 

44. i. Edward Andrew, b. New Ipswich, July 31, 1851. 

45. ii. Nellie Frances, b. Nashua, Aug. 30, 1861 ; d. June 22, 1863. 

31. Charles F.^ (Andrew*, Zebulon'^, Andrew^, x\ndrew^. 
Lot*, John^, Lot^, Roger^), b. 1821; m. Ora Burt, dau. of 
Lyman Bruce. He was in the employ of a large company 
for the manufacture of carriages in Leominster, Mass. Chil- 
dren : 

46. i. Charles Edward, b. Mar. 27, 1849. 

47. ii. Henry Lyman, b. Aug. 10, 1852. 

32. Andrew P.^ (Andrew*, Zebulon'^, Andrew^, Andrew^, 
Lot*, John^ Lot^, Roger^), b. May 8, 1823; m. (1) name un- 
known ; (2) Aug. 14, 1854, Elizabeth Adelina, dau. of John 
and Mary Littlefield of Norridgewock, Me. He owned a 
sawmill at Leominster, Mass., for a time, and then removed 
to Terre Haute, Ind., where he had a flour mill and was also 
proprietor of a mineral spring. Children : 

48. i. Austin. 

49. ii. Ella. 

50. iii. Martha Ella Cobleigh. 

51. iv. Ollie Adelina, b. May 29, 1857. 

52. V. Ossian Aconda Cromwell, b. Dec. 14, 1862. 

53. vi. Ariel Hugo, b. Dec. 29, 1864; d. young. 

36. Adoniram^ (Andrew*, Zebulon'^, Andrew". Andrew^, 
Lot*, John^, Lot^, Roger^), b. Apr. 30, 1831; m. Feb. 11, 1864, 
Roxanna, dau. of John Cromwell of Norridgewock, Me. He 
removed with his parents to Leominster, Mass., and thence 
to Kuttawa, Ky., where he was a miller. He there married 
a second and third time. Child : 

54. i. Ada, b. June 2, 1869. 

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38. James Quincy^ (Andrew^, Zebulon^, Andrew*', An- 
drew^ Lot*, John^ Lot^, Roger^), b. Apr. 13, 1835; m. Apr. 
30, 1861, Clara Ann, dau. of Oliver and Clarissa D. (Stone) 
Hall [b. Worcester, Mass., Mar. 31, 1841]. He was a grocer 
and later a railroad station agent at Mason Village (now 
Greenville), and is now a merchant at Leominster, Mass. 
Children : 

55. i. Minnie Barbara, b. Nov. 14, 1862; d. Dec. 25, 1873. 

56. ii. Alice Cornelia, b. Oct. 31, 1864; m. Howard E. Mead, a 

piano maker at Leominster, Mass. Two children. 

57. iii. Gertrude Clara, b. Feb. 22, 1871 ; d. Jan. 12, 1874. 

58. iv. Lillian Adeline, b. Sept. 12, 1873. 

COOKE. 

Aaron' Cooke, b. about 1610; d. Sept. 5, 1690; m. (1) a dau. of 
Thomas Ford; (2) Joan, dau. of Nicholas Denslow [d. 1676]; (3) Eliza, 
dau. of John Nash of New Haven, Ct. ; (4) Rebecca, dau. of Nathaniel 
Foot and widow of Philip Smith of Hadley, Mass. He came from Eng- 
land about 1630 and settled in Dorchester, Mass., removing to Windsor, 
Ct., about seven years later, and thence in 1660 to Northampton, Mass., 
where he passed his remaining years except about ten years in Westfield, 
Mass. He was a farmer in Westfield and also an inn-keeper, and in all 
places an influential man. He rose from private to major, was select- 
man and representative, and an associate justice. 

Aaron= (Aaron'), bapt. Feb. 21, 1640; d. Sept. 16, 1716; m. May 30, 
1661, Sarah, dau. of William Westwood [b. 1644; d. Mar. 24, 1730]. He 
res. in Hadley, Mass., which town he represented in the Legislature. He 
was selectman many years and also held the office of captain. 

Westwood' (Aaron=, Aaron'), b. Mar. 29, 1670/1; d. June 3, 1744; m. 
1692, Sarah Colman [d. after Feb., 1756]. He was selectman and also 
lieutenant. 

Noah* (Westwood^ Aaron^ Aaron'), b. Apr. 5, 1694; d. June 17, 
1760; m. (1) 1716, Sarah Marsh [d. Sept., 1746]; (2) 1747, Esther Chapin. 

Noah' (Noah^ Westwood', Aaron', Aaron'), b. Feb. 12, 1730; d. 
Apr. 8, 1796; m. Oct. 23, 1748, Kezia Parsons of Northampton, Mass. 
He was a lieutenant. Res. at Hadley. 

1. Noah'' (Noah^ Noah*, Westwood^ Aaron^, Aaron^), b. 
Oct. 8. 1749; d. Oct. 15, 1829; m. Jan. 11, 1784, Mary Rock- 
wood [b. about 1746; d. Oct. 21, 1801]. He graduated from 
Harvard College in 1769. afterward studied divinity and was 
licensed to preach in 1771. He was a chaplain in the Revo- 
lutionary army for five years, retiring from that position in 
1780 and soon commencing the study of law. He was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1784 and practiced in this town until 1791, 
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life. He built for his New Ipswich home the house on the 
north side of the old country road, and near the meeting- 
house on the hill, which was long occupied by Stephen F. 
Preston and his son Edward F. Children : 

2. i. Noah, b. Sept. 16, 1785 ; d. Oct. 2, 1791. 

3. ii. JosiAH Parsons, b. Feb. 15, 1787.+ 

4. iii. Polly, b. Aug. 13, 1788. 

5. iv. Noah Rockwood, b. June 17, 1792; d. July 21, 1872; m. Mar. 

12, 1850, Maria Louisa L. Mead of Walpole. 

3. JosiAH Parsons^ (Noah^, Noah^, Noah*, Westwood^, 
Aaron^, Aaron^), b. Feb. 15, 1787; m. Dec. 7, 1826, Mary, dau. 
of John Pratt of Boston. He graduated from Dartmouth Col- 
lege in 1807, studied law in his father's office, was admitted 
to the bar at Boston in 1810, and passed his life in that city 
as a successful member of the legal profession. 

6. JosiAH Parsons^ (Josiah Parsons'^, Noah^, Noah^, Noah*, 
Westwood^ Aaron2, Aaron^), b. Oct. 12, 1827; d. Sept. 3, 
1894. He graduated from Harvard College in 1848, was a 
tutor there in 1849, and was appointed professor of Chemistry 
and Mineralogy the following year. In 1851 he established 
what is believed to have been the first chemical laboratory for 
undergraduate work instituted in any American college, in 
which Charles W. Eliot, afterward president of Harvard, was 
one of his earliest students. He lived to see the number of 
desks provided for that work, which seven years later num- 
bered only forty-six, increased to four hundred and sixty, and 
he is credited with giving to chemistry its true place as an 
exact and disciplinary study. He was popular as a lecturer, 
and his scientific publications were recognized as authori- 
tative. 

CRAGIN. 

John' Cragin, b. about 1634; d. Jan. 27, 1708; m. Nov. 4, 1661, Sarah 
Dawes [b. England, Dec. 23, 1625]. He was born in southern Scotland, 
and was sent to America as a prisoner of war by Cromwell in 1652. He 
had smallpox on the passage and would have been thrown overboard but 
for the intercession of the young English woman whom he afterward 
married. Res. in Woburn, Mass. 

JoHN^ (John'), b. Sept. 19, 1677; d. Jan. 26, 1703/4; m. Apr. 13, 1700, 
Deborah Skelton. Res. in Woburn. 

John' (John=, John'), b. Mar. 25, 1701; d. Jan. 28, 1794; m. about 
1727, Judith, dau. of William and Dorothy Barker of Concord, Mass. [b. 
Jan. 7, 1701; d. Dec. 26, 1762]. Res. in that part of Concord which is 
now Acton, but after the death of his wife he removed to Temple, 
probably about 1769. 

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John" (John', John^ John'), b. Jan. 8, 1728/9; d. May 1, 1797; m. 

(1) Sept. 27, 1755, Sarah Barrett of Chelmsford, Mass. [d. May 30, 1771] ; 

(2) about 1780, Sarah Spaulding [b. Townsend, Mass., about 1739; d. 
Aug. 26, 1833]. At an early date, probably before his father, he removed 
to Temple, and there passed his life. He was a deacon. 

Benjamin" (John', John', John'), b. July 8, 1740; m. May 2, 1766, 
Mercy Robinson [d. Apr. 20, 1816]. Res. in Temple and in that part of 
Mason which is now Greenville. 

1. Francis* (John^, John^, John^), b. Acton, Mass., Mar. 
2, 1742; d. Aug. 16, 1826; m. 1766, Elizabeth Law [b. about 
1743; d. about 1767] ; (2) 1773, Sibyl Piper [b. Acton, Feb. 20, 
1750; d. May 16, 1809]; (3) about 1810, Rebecca, widow of 
Charles Barrett (1). His oldest child was born in Acton, 
Mass., but all the others in Temple, to which town he removed 
at the same time as his father, and there passed over one- 
third of a century, representing the town in the Legislature 
several years, and holding other principal town offices. He 
enlisted several times for service during the Revolution. He 
came to New Ipswich about 1804, and lived on the Ephraim 
Adams farm, (21, N. D.,) until his third marriage, after which 
his home was in the older Barrett house situated next north of 
the later mansion. Children : 

3. i. Paul, b. Dec. 6, 1766; d. Mar. 17, 1853; m. Oct., 1793, Polly 

Whittemore. Res. Greenfield. 

4. ii. Francis, b. Oct. 24, 1773; d. Jan. 18, 1852; m. June 27, 1795, 

Sarah" Cummings (Archelaus°, David", John', Isaac^ Isaac') 
[b. about 1774; d. Mar., 1867]. Res. in Temple. 

5. iii. Silas, b. Apr. 16, 1775. + 

6. iv. Stephen, b. Mar. 16, 1777.+ 

7. v. Sibyl, b. Dec. 12, 1778; d. Feb. 18, 1781. 

8. vi. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781; d. Mar. 16, 1846; m. Jan. 27, 1798, 

Artemas Wheeler [b. Temple, Mar. 7, 1774 ; d. Nov. 2, 
1848]. Res. Temple, Keene, and Groton. Nine children. 

9. vii. Joseph, b. Aug. 4, 1783.+ 

10. viii. Leonard, b. Aug. 29, 1785.+ 

11. ix. Anna, b. Mar. 24, 1789; d. Sept. 16, 1791. 

12. X. Isaiah, b. June 7, 1791. + 

13. xi. Samuel, b. Jan. 24, 1794; m. (1) Dec. 22, 1817, Mary Camp- 

bell (4) ; (2) Dec. 26, 1848, widow S. H. Cooper. Res. 

Paper Mill Village. 

John' (John", John', John^ John'), b. Mar. 18, 1769; d. June 21, 

1853; m. Dec. 1, 1788, Ruth, dau. of Ephraim" and Sarah (Conant) 

Heald (John', John^ John') [b. July 23, 1772; d. Jan. 17, 1833]. Res. 

Temple, where he was a captain in the militia. 

2. Aaron^ (Benjamin*, John^ John^, John^), b. Apr. 16, 

1772; d. Feb. 13, 1849; m. Feb. 16, 1797, Sarah Wilkins of 

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Carlisle, Mass. He removed to Rindge in 1812, came thence 
to New Ipswich about 1821, and seems to have lived in the 
Factory Village, as it was then termed, for a few years, after 
which he removed to New York state. Three children. 

5. SiLAS^ (Francis*, John^ John^, John^), b. Apr. 16, 1775; 
d. May 28, 1849; m. Nov. 20, 1797, Anna Prichard (12). He 
was a saddler and seems to have lived, for a few years after 
his marriage, in the "Stratton house," formerly standing just 
below the southeast corner of the old burying-ground on the 
hill, his shop being a short distance southward in a building 
now removed, but then the second southerly from the street 
crossing. After few years he removed to Billerica, Mass., 
and thence to Harvard, Mass., returning to New Ipswich about 
1836, after which he had his home in the brick house built 
by Abel Shattuck, a few rods southwesterly from the Con- 
gregational church. Children : 

15. i. Lorenzo Silas, b. Sept. 30, l799.-\- 

16. ii. Ann, b. Oct. 20, 1801; d. Aug. 14, 1843; m. Nov. 17, 1825. 

Stedman Houghton (3). 

17. iii. SoPHRONiA, b. July 18, 1805 ; d. Apr. 5, 1894, unm. She was 

a milliner at Shelburne Falls, Mass. 

18. iv. Elvira, b. Jan. 9, 1809; d. May 28, 1892, unm. She was also 

a milliner at Shelburne Falls, Mass. 

19. V. Elizabeth P., b. July 8, 1811; d. Mar. 26, 1850, unm. 

20. vi. Rebecca Barrett, b. Feb. 28, 1814; d. July 24, 1881; m. Jan. 

25, 1843, George W. Myrick [b. Dec. 14, 1805; d. Feb. 26, 
1896]. Res. at Shelburne Falls, Mass. Child: i. Stanley 
Cragin Myrick, b. Oct. 23, 1844; d. Nov. 23, 1855. 

6. Stephen^ (Francis*, John^, John^, John^), b. Mar. 16, 
1777; d. Oct. 29, 1821; m. May 30, 1799, Martha Kimball [b. 
Temple, Feb. 26, 1775; d. Jan. 4, 1831]. Res. Temple and 
Hancock. Children : 

Eveline, b. May 28, 1800; d. inf. 

Caroline, b. Apr. 9, 1803; d. Jan. 30, 1851; m. Samuel Fisher. 

Two children. 
Francis Kimball, b. Apr. 5, 180S.+ 
Franklin H., b. Feb. 14, 1807; d. May 26, 1810. 
Stephen Dexter, b. Apr. 2, 1812; m. June 18, 1838, Sarah B. 

Wall. Two children. 

9. Joseph^ (Francis*, John^, John^, John^), b. Aug. 4, 1783; 
d. Apr. 27, 1863; m. (1) Aug. 25, 1803, Hannah Patten [b. 
June 16, 1785; d. May 1, 1833] ; (2) May 8, 1835, widow Sarah 
Robinson [b. about 1787; d. Feb. 26, 1863]. He was a farmer 

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in New Ipswich, first on the Ephraim Adams farm, (21, N. 
D.,) and later on the more easterly of the two Breed farms 
near the south line of the town, (80, A. D.) At about the 
time of his second marriage he removed to the former par- 
sonage just westward from the first Baptist church on the 
road to Smith Village, and here he passed his later years. 
Children : 

26. i. Hannah, b. Apr. 16, 1805; m. Feb. 15, 1831, Darius Welling- 

ton of Ashby, Mass. Res. at Memphis, Mo. Child : i. 
Henry D. Wellington. Res. Memphis, Mo. 

27. ii. Oilman, b. Aug. 5, 1807; d. Feb. 12, 1808. 

28. iii. RoxANNA, b. Feb. 9, 1809; d. Nov. 7, 1812. 

29. iv. Dorcas Barrett, b. July 26, 1811; d. Apr. 19, 1910; m. (1) 

Jan. 3, 1837, Edward H. Holden (9) ; (2) Sept. 24, 1845, 
James Hayward of Ashby, Mass. Children: i. Augusta 
H. Holden, b. Sept. 13, 1838; m. Francis W. Wright of 
Ashby ; one daughter, ii. H. Cornelia Hayzvard, b. Aug. 
31, 1846; d. Feb. 1, 1859. iii. Charles E. Hayward, h. May 
16, 1848; d. Nov. 3, 1884; m. Anna Hurd ; one son. iv. 
George E. Hayward, b. July 21, 1850; d. Aug. 15, 1873. 

30. V. Mary, b. Sept. 10, 1813; d. June 17, 1814. 

31. vi. James P., b. Apr. 17, 1815; d. Oct. 2, 1886; m. Charlotte 

Wetherbee. 

32. vii. Hepzibah C, b. Apr. 26, 1817; d. Sept. 5, 1872. 
2,2>. viii. John F., b. Oct. 10, 1829; d. Dec. 31, 1829. 

10. Leonard^ (Francis*, John^, John^, Tohn^), b. Aug. 29, 
1785; m. 1805, Margaret Ritchie [b. Temple, Mar. 27, 1784; 
d. Westminster, Vt., Dec. 16, 1858] . He lived for several 
years after attaining his majority in or near the High Bridge 
Village, and later in the central southern portion of the town. 
His name disappears from the town records in 1819, but he 
is dismissed to the church at Westmoreland in 1833. His 
children are said to have been born in New Ipswich. Chil- 
dren : 

34. i. Philenia, b. Dec. 2, 1807 ; m. May 10, 1832, Thomas C. Elliot. 

Seven children. Res. Rumford, Me. 

35. ii. Sibyl, b. Apr. 20, 1809; m. Jan. 22, 1833, Luther Verrill. Res. 

for a time at Auburn, Me., but his seven children were 
born at Minot, Me. 

36. iii. William, b. Dec. 11, 1810; d. July, 1812. 

37. iv. Leonard, b. Dec. 29, 1812. Res. New Orleans. 

38. V. Seth B., b. Apr. 28, 1815; d. Nov. 3, 1858; m. (1) Oct. 10, 

1839, Sarah S. Chase; (2) Apr. 23, 1851, Susan M. Dig- 
gens. Res. Geneseo, 111. Two children. 

39. vi. Edward, b. July 14, 1817; m. July 25, 1850, Cynthia V. New- 

man. Res. Geneseo, 111. 
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40. vii. Sarah Ritchie, b. Nov. 19, 1822; m. Dec. 3, 1851, Daniel C 

Wright. Res. Westminster, Vt. One son. 

41. viii. Harriet, b. Apr. 21, 1825; d. Aug. 10, 1855; m. June 12, 1851, 

Stephen K. Cobb. Res. Westminster, Vt. One daughter. 

12. Isaiah^ (Francis% John^, John^, John^), b. June 7, 1791 ; 
d. Aug., 1874; m. (1) Oct. 18, 1812, Hannah Hildreth [b. West- 
ford, Mass., June 1, 1791 ; d. Jan. 3, 1823] ; (2) Apr. 30, 1825, 
Sivona Davis (92). He was a shoemaker, living during some 
years of his early manhood at Alstead, but coming to New 
Ipswich about 1820. He lived for a time in the house next 
below the home of his brother Silas at the foot of Meeting- 
house Hill, but after the death of his first wife removed 
easterly past the street crossing to the large white house built 
by Jeremiah Prichard and long the home of the John P. Clark 
family. He also appears to have lived for a time on or near 
Page Hill, but about 1836 he removed to Groton, Mass., where 
he was a deacon. Children : 

42. i. Mary Louisa, b. Aug., 1813; d. Oct., 1814. 

43. ii. Mary Reed, b. Nov., 1814; d. Aug., 1818. 

44. iii. Charles Hartwell, b. Sept. 7, 1817; m. (1) Oct. 2, 1845. 

Mary McKenney; (2) Apr. 16, 1857, Henrietta F. McKen- 
ney. Res. Georgetown, D. C. Six children. 

45. iv. Isaiah Luther, b. Aug. 2, 1819; m. June 2, 1842, Sarah A. 

Loring. Res. Groton, Mass. 

46. V. Esther Maria, b. Nov. 8, 1826; m. Nov. 5, 1848, Roswell B. 

Hodge. Res. Groton, Mass. Three children. 

47. vi. Asenath Taylor, b. June 11, 1828; m. (1) Sept. 29, 1852. 

Samuel C. Wheeler; (2) Apr. 21, 1859, Isaac Grout. Res. 
Putney, Vt. 

48. vii. Rodney Dennis, b. Aug. 16, 1831. Res. Groton, Mass. 

49. viii. Amelia, b. Apr. 12, 1833; d. Dec. 8, 1859; m. Sept. 25, 1858, 

George Billings. Res. Groton, Mass. 

50. ix. Joseph Davis, b. Jan. 1, 1838. Res. Groton, Mass. 

51. X. George Kendall, b. Aug. 16, 1840. Res. Groton, Mass. 

52. xi. Francis Wheeler, b. Apr. 25, 1844. Res. Groton, Mass. 

14. JoHN« (John^ John*, John^ John^, John^), b. Jan. 16, 
1797; d. Apr. 2, 1858; m. (1) Frances Louisa Reed [b. about 
1806; d. July 29, 1837] ; (2) 1838, Caroline Elizabeth Reed [b. 
Mar. 27, 1808; d. Oct. 26, 1886]. He lived upon the family 
homestead in Temple, never removing to New Ipswich, but 
his family came to the town soon after his death. Children : 

53. i. John Wisner, b. Jan. 1, 1831; d. Mar. 18, 1860. He was a 

graduate of St. Charles (Mo.) College and afterward a 
professor in the same. 

54. ii. Samuel Stuart, b. July 10, 1832; d. Mar. 27, 1842. 

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55. iii. Sarah Frances, b. Feb. 15, 1834; d. Mar. 30, 1908; m. Peter 

Brown of Watervalley, Minn. [d. Dec. 7, 1872]. Child: 
i. Charles Peter Brown. 

56. iv. Charlotte Maria, b. Aug. 22, 1836; d. Apr. 4, 1842. 

57. V. Caroline Louisa, b. July 10, 1837; d. Aug. 9, 1853. 

58. vi. Abner Payson, b. June 13, 1839; d. Aug. 3, 1863. He served 

in the Civil War in the 13th New Hampshire Regiment, and 
died of disease contracted while in service. 

59. vii. Charlotte Stuart, b. Feb. 6, 1843; d. Oct. 20, 1877; m. Burt 

Johnson of Providence, R. I. [d. Dec. 8, 1878]. Children: 
i. Arthur E. Johnson, b. July 20, 1870; d. May 16, 1890. ii. 
William Burt Johnson. Res. Chicago, 111. 

60. viii. Samuel Arthur, b. Oct. 18, 1845 ; d. Nov. 27, 1870. 

61. ix. Edward Stuart, b. Apr. 20, 1848.-|- 

15. Lorenzo Silas^ (Silas^, Francis*, John^, John-, John^), 
b. Sept. 30, 1799; d. Nov. 25, 1876; m. Nov. 21, 1824, Susan 
Tyler. He was engaged in mercantile business in Boston. 
Children : 

62. i. Lorenzo, b. about 1826; d. St. John, N. B., Aug. 27, 1875; 

m. Louisa Simmons of Roxbury, Mass. He was a lawyer. 
Three children. 

63. ii. Henry, m. Abby Blanchard of Roxbury, Mass. Two or more 

children. 

23. Francis Kimball® (Stephen^ Francis*, John^, John^ 
John^), b. Apr. 5, 1805; d. Jan. 1, 1887; m. (1) Mar. 26, 1829, 
Lucy Preston (40) ; (2) Oct. 24, 1837, Maria Louisa Champ- 
ney (17). He lived in Hancock until 1861, when he removed 
to Woburn, Mass. Children : 

64. i. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 14, 1830; unm. She was a teacher in 

Wheaton Female Seminary. 

65. ii. Lucy Maria, b. Oct. 13, 1836; m. Charles Cole of Woburn, 

Mass. 

61. Edward Stuart^ (John®, John^, John*, John^, John^ 
John^), b. Apr. 20, 1848; m. Oct. 21, 1886, Caroline Elizabeth, 
dau. of Caleb G. and Henrietta (Shattuck) (109) Weaver of 
Lowell, Mass. [b. Apr. 4, 1850]. He is engaged in the publi- 
cation of music in New York city, being a director of the 
Ditson Company, and also treasurer of the Music Publishers' 
Association. Child : 

66. i. Horace Stuart, b. June 28, 1889. He graduated from Am- 

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CUMMINGS. 

IsAAc^ CuMMiNGS, b. 1601; d. May, 1677. He is believed to have 
come from England in 1627, and to have settled in Salem, Mass., where, 
however, he did not permanently reside. He was a proprietor of Water- 
town, where he had a grant of land in 1636. He had a house lot in 
Ipswich Village, where he was a "commoner" in 1641. In 1652 he was in 
Topsfield, where his later years were passed. He was moderator there 
in 1676, and a deacon for many years. His wife is not known. 

JoHN^ (Isaac^), b. 1630; d. Dec. 1, 1700; m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas 
and Alice (French) Howlett of Ipswich [d. Dec. 7, 1700]. He succeeded 
to his father's land, but he had removed to Boxford about 1657, and 
about 1680 to Dunstable, where he was one of the tirst settlers and a 
selectman. 

John' (John', Isaac'), b. Boxford, 1657; m. Sept. 13, 1680, Elizabeth, 
dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Brackett) Kinsley [b. Braintree, Nov. 22, 
1657; d. July 3, 1706]. He lived in that part of Dunstable which is now 
Nashua, N. H., where his wife was killed by the Indians, and he was 
wounded at the same time. 

John' (John^ John^ Isaac'), b. July 7, 1682; d. Apr. 27, 1759; m. 
Oct. 2, 1705, Elizabeth, dau. of Peletiah" (Thomas', Henry') and Ruth 
Adams of Chelmsford [b. Apr. 26, 1680; d. Apr. 30, 1759]. He resided in 
that part of Chelmsford which is now Westford and his farm, in part still 
occupied by a descendant, included the land around the present railroad 
station. He was a selectman and town clerk and was the tirst deacon 
chosen by the church. 

William' (John^ John'', Isaac'), b. Apr. 24, 1702; d. Aug. 29, 1757; 
m. Sarah, dau. of William and Esther Harwood [b. Dunstable, June 26, 
1706; d. 1769]. He settled on the east bank of the Merrimac river in 
that part of Dunstable which is now Hudson, N. H. He was a member 
of both of the expeditions of Capt. Lovewell against the Indians in 1725, 
but a severe lameness compelled him to return before the disastrous 
issue of the second one. 

John' (John', John', John^ Isaac'), b. June 1, 1710; d. Sept. 20, 1789; 
m. Jan. 28, 1736, Sarah, dau. of Eleazer and Mary Lawrence of Littleton, 
Mass. [b. about 1716; d. Oct. 3, 1799]. He settled in Grotofi, Mass., and 
there passed most of his active life, but in his later years removed to 
Hancock, N. H., where he died. He served in the French and Indian 
and the Revolutionary wars, and bore the title of lieutenant. 

1. Samuel^ (John*, Johll^ John^, Isaac^), b. Sept. 18, 1718; 
d. June 9, 1796; m. Dec. 1, 1741, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Andrew' 
and Abigail Spaulding [b. June 9, 1723; d. Nov. 23, 1801]. 
He was a farmer in Westford, where most if not all of his 
children were born, and he perhaps lived for a time in Dunsta- 
ble, but his name appears on the New Ipswich records in 
1772 and remains for thirteen years. He removed to Cornish, 
N. H., and there passed the later years of his life. Soon after 
his arrival in New Ipswich he bought the Zachariah Adams 

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(H. 2) sixty acres of land, and he rebuilt the mills at the 
Smith Village previously owned by Mr. Adams, but burned 
two or three years before. Children : 

Samuel, b. Nov. 18, 1742.+ 

Abigail, b. Jan. 23, 1745. 

Sarah, b. May 18, 1747. 

Benjamin, b. Dec. 28, 1749; d. Oct. 2, probably 1750. 

Betsey, b. June 28, 1752; d. Nov., 1810; m. William Farris 
(1). 

Benjamin, b. Mar. 29, 1755. + 

Mary, b. Dec. 16, 1757; d. Feb. 26, 1812; m. Feb. 5, 1781, 
Ebenezer Fletcher (14). 

Andrew, b. Feb. 16, 1761; d. Oct. 1, 1775. 

Warren, b. Oct. 16, 1768.+ 
Ebenezer' (William^ John', Joh^^ Isaac'), b. Jan. 29, 1730; m. (1) 
Sarah, dau. of Stephen and Sarah (Hale) Chase [b. about 1726; d. Nov., 
1772] ; (2) Apr. 12, 1774, Sarah Stevens. He spent his life upon the 
homestead of his father in Hudson, N. H. He was an influential citizen, 
and a deacon for a long time. He represented the town in the Constitu- 
tional Convention in 1788. 

2. Eleazer^ (John^ John*, John^ John^, Isaac^), b. Groton, 
Mass., Nov. 15, 1739; d. Aug. 3, 1815; m. (1) Feb. 15, 1764, 
Sarah Reed of Littleton, Mass. [b. 1736; d. Apr. 4, 1802]; 
(2) June 6, 1803, widow Mary (Read) Russell of Westford. 
He came to New Ipswich in 1765 and settled on the "John 
Knowlton farm" (76, A. D.) In 1768 he bought the land and 
mills of John Chandler, and afterward other adjoining land 
sufficient to make his possessions amount to four hundred 
acres. He erected new buildings, adding a malt-house, a lin- 
seed oil mill, and an oatmeal factory, supplying as distant 
points as Boston. He served in the Revolution, responding 
to the Concord alarm as a private, but is recorded as a captain 
in the following December. Children : 

12. i. Molly, b. Dec. 2, 1764; d. Feb. 23, 1845; m. James Barr (1). 
Aaron, b. Dec. 22, 1765; d. June 17, 1766. 
Matilda, b. June 11, 1768; d. Aug. 27, 1833; m. Feb. 9, 1790, 

Timothy Wheelock (5). 
Charles, b. Dec. 7, 1770. -j- 
Deidamia, b. Sept. 30, 1772; d. Dec. 24, 1840; m. Feb. 16, 1792, 

William Prichard (6). 
Lavina, b. Nov. 4, 1774; d. 1846; m. Feb. 11, 1796, Samuel 

Joslin. 
Barnard, b. Jan. 14, 1777; d. Feb. 2, 1777. 

3. Samuel® (SamueP, John*, John^, John^, Isaac^), b. Nov. 
18, 1742; d. Jan. 16, 1826; m. (1) 1765, Sarah Butterfield of 

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Dunstable [b. July 4, 1745 ; d. Aug. 31, 1804] ; (2) Mrs. Lydia 
Pollard; (3) Mrs. Lucy Willard. He settled in Packersfield, 
now Nelson, N. H., where he lived twenty-five years or longer, 
and then removed to Cornish, N. H. Children : 

19. i. Sally, b. July 7, 1766; d. Dec. 17, 1842; m. Feb. 19, 1786, 

Jonathan Morse. 

20. ii. Leonard, b. Dec. 5, 1769.-|- 

21. iii. Betty, b. Feb. 23, 1772; d. Aug. 9, 1825; m. Feb. 23, 1794, 

Rufus, son of Peltiah and Mary (Knapp) Day, a farmer at 
Cornish, N. H. Eight children. 

22. iv. Andrew, b. Oct. 9, 1776.+ 

23. V. Eben, b. June 24, 1779.+ 

24. vi. Charlotte, b. Dec. 15, 1782; d. Sept. 16, 1820; m. Feb. 4, 

1807, Caleb Burk. 

25. vii. Rebecca, b. June 18, 1786; d. Aug. 26, 1834; m. Nov. 23, 1809, 

Isaac French. Four children. 

26. viii. Sophia, b. Apr. 10, 1789; d. Sept. 5, 1853; m. Feb. 24, 1814, 

Amos Richardson of Cornish, N. H. Eight children : 

8. Benjamin^ (SamueP, John*, John^, John^ Isaac^), b. 
Mar. 29, 1755; d. Apr. 14, 1813; m. Sept. 5, 1776, Mary, dau. 
of John and Mary (Sherman) Cooper [b. July 20, 1753 ; d. 
Dec. 13, 1843]. Res. Cornish, N. H. Children: 

27. i. Peninnah, b. June 20, 1777; d. Mar. 11, 1810; m. Dec. 14, 

1800, Chester Weld. Four children. 

28. ii. Samuel, b. Nov. 3, 1778.+ 

29. iii. Polly, b. Feb. 17, 1781, d. Aug. 30, 1847; m. Mar. 1, 1801, 

Luther Bingham. Res. Morristown, Vt. Six children. 

30. iv. Sherman, b. Jan. 9, 1783.+ 

31. V. Andrew, b. May 6, 1785.+ 

32. vi. Fenno, b. Mar. 21, 1787.+ 

33. vii. Benjamin, b. Apr. 15, 1789.-|- 

34. viii. Betsey, b. Apr. 3, 1791; d. Aug. 17, 1869; m. Feb. 26, 1818, 

Moody Smith. 

35. ix. Susan, b. Apr. 4, 1793; d. Dec, 1863; m. June 25, 1829, 

James Sperry. Res. Claremont, N. H. 

36. X. A son, b. Oct. 13, 1795; d. Oct. 13, 1795. 

37. xi. A son, b. Oct. 13, 1795 ; d. Oct. 14, 1795. 

38. xii. Julia D. Robigne, b. Apr. 12, 1799; d. May 2, 1858; m. Dec. 

27, 1815, Jacob Newell of Lyme, N. H. Seven children. 

11. Warren^ (SamueP, John*, John^ John^ Isaac^), b. 
Oct. 16, 1768; d. Dec. 12, 1853; m. May 28, 1789, Mary, dau. 
of Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth (Sumner) Taylor of Cornish, 
N. H. [b. Sept. 18, 1768; d. Nov. 6, 1849]. He was a mechanic 
and farmer at Cornish. Children : 

39. i. Sally, b. July 10, 1791 ; d. Nov. 19, 1872 ; m. William Daily of 

Bridgewater, Vt. 

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40. ii. William Sumner, b. Apr. 8, 1793; d. Mar. 2, 1875; m. Nov. 

19, 1821, Susan Gates. 

41. iii. Betsey, b. Apr. 6, 1795; d. Mar. 10, 1863; m. Nov. 19, 1821, 

David Smith. Res. Nevi^ton, Mass., and Sparta, N. J. 
Seven children. 

42. iv. Warren Spaulding, b. June 14, 1797; d. Dec. 1, 1818, unm. 

43. V. Taylor Oilman, b. May 15, 1799; d. Aug. 18, 1803. 

44. vi. Joseph Sidney, b. Apr. 26, 1801; d. Oct. 21, 1884; m. Jan. 22, 

1834, Lydia D., dau. of Andrew and Lydia (Jackson) 
Cummings. 

45. vii. Hermon Hunt, b. Apr. 9, 1803; d. Weathersfield, Vt., June 

30, 1870. He was colonel of the 15th N. H. Regt. 

46. viii. Oilman Taylor, b. July 30, 1805; d. Dec. 16, 1876; m. (1) 

May 26, 1832, Amy A. Lockwood; (2) Sept. 1, 1834, Rhoda 
J. Worthington. Res. Metuchen, N. J. 

47. ix. Maria, b. Mar. 8, 1808; d. Mar. 25, 1876; m. Nov. 30, 1831, 

Joshua W. Bryant, a farmer of Bridgewater, Vt. Four 
children. 

48. X. Daniel Morris, b. May 16, 1810. 

49. xi. Albert Oallatin, b. Mar. 19, 1812. 

Samuel' (Ebenezer^ William*, John', John', Isaac'), b. Apr. 6, 1781; 
d. Mar. 4, 1864; m. 1804, Johanna, dau. of William and Phebe (Oage) 
Wyman [b. Pelham, N. H., Mar. 8, 1780; d. Feb. 15, 1845]. He lived 
successively in Hudson, Antrim, and Hollis. 

15. Charles'' (Eleazer^, John^ John*, John^, John^, Isaac^), 
b. Dec. 7, 1770; d. Oct. 17, 1809; m. Sarah Willard of Nashua 
[b. about 1764; d. Mar. 21, 1867]. He seems to have passed 
his life in his native town, living near his father's mill and 
engaged in the industries conducted there. Children : 

51. i. Sarah, b. Oct. 31, 1792; d. July 10, 1861; m. Henry Campbell. 

52. ii. Hepsibeth, b. July 16, 1795; d. Sept. 17, 1874; m. Dec. 12, 

1820, Andrew, son of Dea. John and Polly (Bradford) 
Wallace, a lawyer and for many years clerk of court. Res. 
Amherst. Six children. 

53. iii. Mary, b. Nov. 12, 1797; d. July 4, 1859; m. David W. Russell. 

54. iv. Eliza, b. Feb. 2, 1800; d. Aug. 9, 1885; m. Oeorge Eliot. 

55. V. Catherine, b. June 29, 1802; d. Dec. 31, 1883; m. Dec. 29, 

1827, Salmon Rice. Five children. 

56. vi. Charles, b. July 15, 1804.+ 

57. vii. John Willard, b. Oct. 29, 1806.+ 

20. Leonard'^ (Samuel^ SamueP, John*, John^, John^, 
Isaac^), b. Dec. 5, 1769; d. Oct. 25, 1832; m. Sept. 20, 1791, 
Nelly Winch [b. Dec. 15, 1768; d. Dec. 30, I860]. He was a 
farmer and mechanic at Cornish. Children : 

58. i. Uriel, b. Feb. 28, 1793; d. Mar. 14, 1878; m. Feb. 28, 1814, 

Sarah Robinson. Eight children. 

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59. ii. Cynthia, b. Mar. 18, 1795; d. Sept. 6, 1884; m. Feb. 10, 1814, 

Capt. Obed, son of Col. Samuel and Chloe (Cooper) Pow- 
ers. Five children. 

22. Andrew^ (Samuel^, SamueP, John*, John^, John^, 
Isaac^, b. Oct. 9, 1776; d. July 11, 1853; m. (1) May 29, 1800, 
Lydia, dau. of Benjamin and Lydia (Peck) Jackson [b. May 
27, 1773; d. May 13, 1849]; (2) Mrs. Betsey Atwood. He 
was a carpenter and a builder at Cornish. Children : 

60. i. Farris, b. Feb. 20, 1801; d. Dec. 14, 1803. 

61. ii. Ursula, b. May 2, 1802; d. Sept. 5, 1803. 

62. iii. William Farris, b. Nov. 13, 1803; d. May 29, 1859; m. (1) 

Sept. 17, 1831, Abigail Bryant; (2) Mercy Jenne. Eight 
children. 

63. iv. SuLA BoLONA, b. Mar. 12, 1805 ; d. Apr. 30, 1867 ; m. Nov. 25, 

1830, Joseph Bryant, a farmer at Bridgewater, Vt. Six 
children. 

64. V. Lydia Delilah, b. Jan. 19, 1807; d. Sept. 19, 1872; m. Jan. 

22, 1834, Joseph F. Cummings. Res. Bridgewater, Vt. Six 
children. 

65. vi. Sophia Maria, b. Sept. 10, 1808; d. July 22, 1818. 

66. vii. Nellie Peninnah, b. Aug. 10, 1810; d. Aug. 2, 1838; m. 

Oct. 11, 1837, John G. Cross. One child. 

67. viii. Marcia Louisa, b. Oct. 13, 1812 ; d. Aug. 15, 1903 ; m. Jan. 25, 

1841, Bela J. Fletcher. Res. Claremont. She was a poetess 
of ability and local fame. One son. 

68. ix. Lucia Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1815; m. Mar. 5, 1846, Chauncey P. 

Jenny. Removed to Toledo, O. One son. 

23. Eben^ (Samuel®, Samuel^, John*, John^, John^ Isaac^), 
b. June 24, 1779; d. Oct. 20, 1850; m. Nov. 2, 1806, Ursula, dau. 
of Stephen and Mercy (Chase) Child [b. June 2, 1785 ; d. June 
29, 1831]. He was a carpenter and farmer at Cornish, whence 
he removed to Hanover in 1850. He served as captain in the 
war of 1812. Children : 

69. i. Sarah, b. July 28, 1808; d. July 14, 1858, Palmyra, Mo., unm. 

70. ii. Maria, b. Dec. 3, 1809; d. Dec. 5, 1809. 

71. iii. Adaline, b. Feb. 6, 1812; d. Girard, Kan., Feb. 5, 1883; m. 

Aug. 5, 1861, William Metcalf. 

72. iv. Alice Chase, b. Sept. 16, 1813; d. Oct. 11, 1870; m. Sept. 25, 

1850, Dr. John B. Hayes of Palmyra, Mo. Two children. 
IZ. v. Dudley Chase, b. Mar. 19, 1815; d. Ottawa, Kan., Sept. 16, 
1891, unm. 

74. vi. George Philander, b. Aug. 27, 1820; m. June 23, 1861, Abigail 

Cornelius Walker. Four children. 

75. vii. Samuel Edward, b. Oct. 13, 1823; d. Apr. 2, 1894; m. Apr. 

26, 1852, Martha Cortz. Three children. 

28. Samuel'' (Benjamin'^, SamueP, John*, John^ John^, 
Isaac^), b. Nov. 3, 1778; d. Oct. 10, 1866; m. (1) Jan. 25, 1803, 

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Lydia Marsh [b. Mar. 10, 1778; d. Aug. 24, 1813]; (2) Mar. 
20, 1814, Martha Aiken; (3) Oct. 19, 1825, Auretta Hopkins 
[d. Apr. 8, 1829]. He settled in Berkshire, Vt., in 1803, but 
passed his later years with his youngest son in Waldo, Wis. 
Children : 

76. i. Julia Robigne, b. Nov. 17, 1803; d. Sept. 16, 1884; m. Elijah 
Chaffee, a miller of Berkshire, Vt. Six children. 

n. ii. Polly, b. Jan. 26, 1805 ; d. Aug. 24, 1813. 

78. iii. RoxALANiA, b. Mar. 11, 1808; m. Oct. 24, 1837, David Babcock 

of Georgia, Vt. Five children. 

79. iv. Rosalinda, b. Dec. 30, 1811; d. Mar. 20, 1879; m. 1829, 

Bandana Smith, a clothier of Enosburg, Vt. Two children. 

80. v. Henry, b. Aug. 2, 1813; d. May 23, 1881; m. Jan. 7, 1840, 

Sarah Maria Moore. Six children. 

81. vi. Mary, b. May 24, 1816; m. Apr. 6, 1842, Chester Olmstead, 

a farmer at Franklin, Vt. Removed to Battle Creek, Mich. 
Five children. 

82. vii. Sherman, b. Dec. 17, 1818; m. Dec. 30, 1840, Elimina Eliza 

Stone. Three children. 

83. viii. Caroline R., b. Jan. 12, 1821; m. Apr. 6, 1840, H. Nelson 

Austin of Berkshire, Vt. Four children. 

84. ix. Sarah Fay, b. Aug. 30, 1826; d. Mar. 15, 1850; m. 1845, 

Daniel Willey of Waterville, Vt. Two children. 

85. X. Harvey, b. Dec. 6, 1827; m. (1) Sept. 12, 1852, Helen Marr 

Stone [d. Oct. 14, 1892]; (2) 1896, Martha A. Wagstaff. 
Res. Waldo, Wis. A mechanic and farmer. 

30. Sherman^ (Benjamin^, SamueP, John^ John^, John^, 
IsaacO, b. Jan. 9, 1783; d. Apr. 22, 1845; m. 1803, Betsey, 
dau. of Caleb and Catherine (Black) Smart [b. Croydon, Sept. 
13, 1782; d. Dec. 16, 1834]. He was a tanner and currier in 
Cornish and in Plainfield, Vt. Later he removed to Galesburg, 
111. Children: 

86. i. Orilla, b. May 13, 1804; d. Dec. 11, 1806. 

87. ii. Harriet, b. Mar. 13, 1804; d. Oct. 30, 1887; m. Oct. 11, 1824, 

George Townsend [d. May 10, 1852]; (2) Oct. 17, 1853, 
Linus Ellison. Seven children. 

88. iii. Sherman Smart, b. Apr. 15, 1807; d. Sept. 17, 1813. 

89. iv. Catherine Black, b. Feb. 27, 1809; m. Apr. 8, 1827, Reuben 

Storrs. Five children. 

90. v. Harris Newton, b. Jan. 28, 1811; d. Oct. 6, 1813. 

91. vi. Betsey Orilla, b. Apr. 10, 1813; d. Dec. 11, 1852; m. Joseph 

Wiseman. One son. 

92. vii. Nancy Powers, b. Jan. 1, 1815; d. Feb. 13, 1888; m. (1) Dr. 

John Fox; (2) L. J. Fox. 

93. viii. James Ripley, b. Sept. 20, 1817; m. (1) Jan. 25, 1841, Lucy 

Jane Kingsley; (2) Mar. 11, 1876, Emma Root Mills. Four 
children. 

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94. ix. Jerusha Martha, b. Aug. 20, 1819; d. Sept. 27, 1874; m. 

Loren Fox. 

95. X. A daughter, b. July 19, 1821 ; d. Oct. 8, 1821. 

96. xi. EvALiNE AsENATH, b. Jan. 7, 1824; m. Blackburn Browning 

Michols. Res. Muskegon, Mich., and Galesburg, Mich. One 
son. 

31. Andrew^ (Benjamin^ SamueP, John*, John^, John^, 
Isaae), b. May 6, 1785; d. Mar. 5, 1854; m. Sept. 10, 1809, 
Betsey (Jewett), widow of John Parker [b. Feb. 28, 1784; d. 
Apr. 6, 1864]. He was a farmer in Berkshire, Vt. He served 
as a sergeant in the war of 1812. Children : 

97. i. Benjamin, b. Dec. 2, 1810; d. Oct. 26, 1872; m. Jan. 7, 1835, 

Mary Huntington. Ten children. 

98. ii. Elam Jewett, b. Apr. 22, 1812; d. Nov. 23, 1894; m. Feb. 1, 

1839, Fanny Woodbury Fletcher (185). Four children. 

99. iii. Jane C, b. Mar. 2, 1814; d. Apr. 12, 1864; m. James Follett, 

a farmer in Central Ohio. Six children. 

100. iv. Andrew Clinton, b. Dec. 27, 1818; m. Feb. 25, 1840, Amanda 

Janes. Seven children. 

101. V. William, b. Dec. 22, 1820; d. Apr. 6, 1823. 

102. vi. Horace, b. Mar. 10, 1823; d. Aug. 14, 1823. 

103. vii. William Alexander, b. May 8, 1826; m. Mary C. Fletcher 

(189). Two children. 

32. Fenno^ (Benjamin^ SamueP, John*, John^, John^, 
Isaac^), b. Mar. 21, 1787; d. Jan. 24, 1830; m. 1809, Rebecca, 
dau. of Caleb and Catherine (Black) Smart [b. July 25, 1788; 
d. Oct., 1865; m. (2) Rev. Jonathan Kinney of Plainfield, Vt.J. 
He was a tanner and currier in company with his brother 
Sherman in Cornish and in Plainfield, and after 1815 without 
a partner in Berlin, Vt. He was a deacon. Children : 

104. i. A son, b. Mar. 14, 1810; d. Apr. 4, 1810. 

105. ii. Peninnah, b. Dec. 1, 1811; d. Apr. 16, 1816. 

106. iii. A son, b. Jan., 1813; d. Feb. 1, 1813. 

107. iv. William Freeman, b. Jan. 18, 1814; m. (1) May 7, 1835, 

Adaline Tenney; (2) 1852, Emeretta Humphrey. Two 
children. 

108. V. Mary Louisa, b. Jan. 19, 1816; m. Sept. 25, 1836, Harry 

Hovey, son of Israel and Nancy (Hovey) Dewey, a farmer 
in Berlin and Lunenburg, Vt., and after 1863 in Iowa and 
Illinois. Five children. 

109. vi. A daughter, b. and d. Oct. 18, 1817. 

110. vii. A daughter, b. and d. Oct. 18, 1817. 

HI. viii. Ursula Frances, b. Nov. 16, 1818; d. Dec. 25, 1866; m. Mar. 

9, 1837, Oliver, son of William and Abigail (Flagg) Dewey, 

a farmer in Berlin, Vt. Four children. 
112. ix. Orrel Farris, b. Sept. 12, 1820; m. May 1, 1845, Bela M. 

Howard, a farmer at Sheffield, 111. Six children. 
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113. X. Ednah, b. Aug. 19, 1822; m. May 1, 1845, William M. 

Whipple, a farmer of Croydon, and member of the legis- 
lature. 

114. xi. Fenno Lafayette, b. Aug. 23, 1824; m. Nov. 30, 1848, Annie 

Carpenter. Two children. 

115. xii. Erasmus Darwin, b. June 17, 1826; d. July 10, 1902; m. 

Jan. 20, 1848, Caroline Susan Smart. Four children. 

116. xiii. A son, b. Mar. 13, 1826; d. Apr. 4, 1828. 

117. xiv. Hiram Smart, b. July 2, 1829; m. (1) Aug. 26, 1851, Lucy 

Maria Wells; (2) June 13, 1868, Hattie S. Hartshorn. Six 
children. 

33. Benjamin^ (Benjamin®, SamueP, John*, John^, John^ 
Isaac^), b. Apr. 15, 1789; d. Nov. 22, 1868; m. Nov. 30, 1815, 
Althea, dau. of James A. and Althea (Ripley) Wellman fb. 
Nov. 14, 1790]. He was a farmer of Cornish. Children: 

118. i. Benjamin Newton, b. Nov. 2, 1816; d. Nov. 17, 1899; m. (1) 

July 22, 1847, Betsey M. Righter; (2) Jan. 11, 1877, Mrs. 
Helen M. Lewis. Three children. 

119. ii. Mary Althea, b. Sept. 22, 1818; d. Mar. 17, 1861. 

120. iii. Charles Wellman, b. Apr. 23, 1822; m. Mar. 25, 1858, Laura 

F. Dewey [b. Feb. 20, 1840], dau. of Ursula F. Cummings 
(111) Dewey. One child. 

48. Daniel Morris^ (Warren'', SamueP, John*, John^, 
John2, Isaae), b. May 16, 1810; d. Mar. 1, 1885; m. Nov. 30, 
1836, Emily Maria Hamilton [b. Sharon, Vt., June 17, 1814; 
d. Feb. 11, 1895]. He was a general mechanic, machinist, and 
inventor. After several removals he settled in 1852 at Enfield. 
Children : 

121. i. Owen Taft, b. Dec. 5, 1837; m. Dec. 5, 1866, Mary Elizabeth 

Gate. Two children. 

122. ii. Emma Maria, b. Dec. 7, 1840; unm. Res. in Enfield. 

123. iii. Albert Gallatin, b. Nov. 8, 1842; m. Oct. 10, 1871, Nellie 

T. Currier. Four children. 

124. iv. Perley Martin, b. July 19, 1844; m. (1) Feb. 12, 1874, Eliza- 

beth Wanzer; (2) Nov., 1888, Mrs. Virginia Ellis. Three 
children. 

125. V. Homer Hamilton, b. Feb. 3, 1846; m. June 17, 1873, Sarah 

Cowden. Seven children. 

126. vi. Mary Anna, b. Apr. 18, 1848; d. Mar. 12, 1893, unm. 

127. vii. DiLLis Morris, b. Jan. 17, 1850 ; d. Aug. 23, 1853. 

128. viii. Cordelia Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1852; d. Aug. 18, 1853. 

129. ix. Delia Minerva, b. Feb. 16, 1854; unm. Res. in Enfield. 

130. X. Walter Dillis, b. Nov. 12, 1856; d. Nov. 21, 1863. 

49. Albert Gallatin^ (Warren®, SamueP, John*, John^, 
John^ IsaacO, b. Mar. 19, 1812; d. June 17, 1886; m. June 10, 
1838, Cynthia Jewett Robbins [b. July 28, 1820; d. July 8, 

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1900]. He was a clergyman in several places in New Hamp- 
shire and Massachusetts. Children : 

131. i. James, b. Mason, Nov. 2, 1839; d. Dec. 3, 1839. 

132. ii. Joseph Taylor, b. Salem, Mass. ; d. June 13, 1867 ; m. Apr. 

21, 1864, Sarah Elizabeth Dow. His death resulted from 
wounds received in the Civil War. 

133. iii. Mary Lydia, b. Boston, Jan. 25, 1844; d. June 22, 1873. 

134. iv. Albert Luther, b. Boston, May 21, 1846; m. Aug. 14, 1873, 

Emma J. Dow. Six children. 

135. V. Millie J., b. Mason, Dec. 3, 1848; d. May 3, 1891; m. Nov. 

11, 1874, Daniel E. Plummer. Two children. 

136. vi. Willis Johnson, b. Mason, Nov. 5, 1852; m. Oct. 4, 1888, 

Marianne B. Chase. 

137. vii. Carrie Wheaton, b. Freetown, Mass., Jan. 16, 1858; m. Nov. 

2, 1876, Charles K. Weeden. Two children. 

138. viii. Frederick Plummer, b. Freetown, Mass., Apr. 11, 1858; unm. 

Res. at Tacoma, Wash. 

139. ix. Earnest Smith, b. Lee, Oct. 1, 1860; d. Sept. 28, 1886. He 

graduated from Dartmouth College in 1884, and was em- 
ployed in the U. S. signal service. 

50. Seneca'^ (Samuel^ Ebenezer^ William*, John^, John^, 
Isaac^), b. Antrim, May 16, 1817; d. New Ipswich, Aug. 12, 
1856; m. Oct. 28, 1847, Abigail Mary Stearns (20). He gradu- 
ated from Dartmouth College in 1844 and from Union Theo- 
logical Seminary in 1847. He sailed for China as a missionary 
of the American Board in October of that year, and remained 
as stationed at Foo Chow for seven years, when his health 
required a vacation and in 1855 he returned to America, and 
his expected return the following year was prevented by death. 
Children : 

140. i. Abby Lucinda, b. Oct. 3, 1850; d. Nov. 21, 1850. 

141. ii. George Seneca, b. Aug. 11, 1852; d. Sept. 28, 1857. 

142. iii. John Wyman, b. Sept. 16, 1854.+ 

56. Charles^ (Charles^, Eleazer*', John^, John*, John', 
John^, Isaac^), b. July 15, 1804; d. Belleville, 111., Feb. 10, 1845; 
m. Nov. 28, 1828, Mary, dau. of John and Mary (Morse) Bill- 
ings [b. Groton, Mass., Mar. 15, 1809]. He lived at Hancock 
during the early years of his manhood, but returned to New 
Ipswich about 1831 and was employed in the factory. Chil- 
dren : 

143. i. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 9, 1829; m. Nov. 19, 1852, George L. 

Campbell. 

144. ii. Charles, b. Jan. 20, 1831; d. Mar. 8, 1857. 

57. John Willard^ (Charles'', Eleazer^, John^, John*, 
John', John^, Isaac^), b. Oct. 29, 1806; d. Oct. 16, 1854; m. 

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Maria, dau. of Thatcher and Mercy (Foster) Bradford [d. Jan. 
5, 1882]. He was a mason in Hancock, where he died. Chil- 
dren : 

145. i. Orville, d. young. 

146. ii. Maria, b. June 15, 1835; m. Aug. 11, 1859, J. Frank Washburn. 

147. iii. Frank M., b. Feb. 15, 1838; d. Gardner, Mass., Feb. 14, 1869; 

m. Jan. 1, 1866, Lydia F. Wells. Child: i. Elmer Lincoln, 
h. Jan. 5, 1868. He graduated from Harvard College. 

148. iv. Nettie Viola, b. June 27, 1842; m. (1) Nov. 16, 1854, Gran- 

ville Matthews; (2) Jan. 1, 1877, Otis Holden. Res. Acton, 
Mass. 

149. v. Belle S., b. Feb. 9, 1844; m. Jan. 4, 1866, Henry D. Estabrook 

of Lexington, Mass. One child. 

150. vi. James M., b. May 1, 1849; m. Oct. 12, 1876, Nellie Farrar. 

Res. Peterboro. 

151. vii. John O., b. Mar. 31, 1851; d. Jan. 22, 1875; m. Oct. 28, 1872, 

Annie Butler. Res. at Rockford, 111. 

142. John W.* (Seneca", Samuel^, Ebenezer^, William*, 
John^, John^, Isaac^), b. Foo Chow, China, Sept. 16, 1854; m. 
Harriet Angie, dau. of Silas Boyce (11). He has been con- 
nected with the National Temperance Society for a long- time 
and is now its treasurer. Res. Brooklyn, N. Y. Children : 

152. i. John Seneca, b. Dec. 22, 1875. 

153. ii. George Bain, b. Feb. 11, 1890. 

CUSHING. 

Matthew* Gushing, bapt. Hardingham, Norfolk, England, Mar. 2, 
1589; d. Sept. 30, 1660; m. Aug. 5, 1613, Nazareth, dau. of Henry Pitcher, 
bapt. Oct. 30, 1586; d. Sept. 30, 1660. He came to America with his wife 
and five children in 1638 and settled at Hingham, Mass., where he was 
deacon. His house lot of five acres remained in the hands of his family 
until 1887. Hon. Caleb Gushing, U. S. minister to China, general in the 
Mexican War, and U. S. Attorney General was his descendant by the 
line John^ Caleb', Caleb^ Benjamin^ John N.«, Caleb'. 

Daniel' (Matthew'), bapt. Hingham, England, Apr. 20, 1619; d. 
Hingham, Mass., Dec. 3, 1700; m. (1) Lydia. dau. of Edward and Mary 
(Clark) Gilman [b. England; d. Hingham, Mass., Mar. 12, 1689]; (2) 
Mar. 23, 1691, Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas and Mary Jacob and widow of 
Capt. John Thaxter [b. England; d. Hingham, Mass., Nov. 14, 1725]. He 
was a magistrate and for many years a selectman of Hingham, also town 
clerk and representative to the General Court. 

Matthew' (DanieP, Matthew'), b. July 5, 1660; d. June 23, 1715; m. 
Dec. 31, 1684, Jael, dau. of Capt. John and Mary (Russell) Jacob [b. 
Hingham, Sept. 7, 1662; d. Dec. 23, 1708]. He lived in the ancestral 
home at Hingham, where he was selectman, and also a captain. 

Samuel' (Matthew', Daniel', Matthew'), b. Feb. 4. 1699; m. (1) pub. 
Nov. 7, 1722, Hannah Tileston of Dorchester, Mass. [d. July 17, 1748] ; 

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(2) Aug. 10, 1749, Mrs. Hannah Sparhawk of Scituate, Mass. He lived 
in that part of Hingham which is now Cohasset, where he was selectman 
and a justice. 

Timothy' (Samuel', Matthew', DanieP, Matthew'), b. Feb. 2, 1738; 
m. June 4, 1765, Desire Jenkins of Scituate, Mass. He was a farmer and 
a carpenter. 

David" (Timothy^ Samuel', Matthew', Daniel', Matthew'), b. Mar. 2, 
1771; m. May 29, 1800, Mary Pook of Boston. Res. in Ashby, Mass., 
where he was a farmer. 

1. Samuel'' (David^ Timothy^, Samuel*, Matthew^, Dan- 
iel^, Matthew^), b. Oct. 15, 1810; d. Nov. 25, 1861; m. Apr. 
10, 1834, Mary Ann Campbell (7). He came to New Ipswich 
in early manhood and passed his life as a farmer, for several 
years on the "Conant farm," (87, A. D.,) and after 1850 at the 
end of the road leading northward from the "Gibson school- 
house," (IV: 4, S. R.) Children: 

2. i. George W., b. Jan., 1836.+ 

3. ii. Ann Maria, b. Mar. 12, 1838; d. Nov. 8, 1861, unm. 

4. iii. S.\RAH Jane, b. Nov. 25, 1840; d. July 5, 1908; m. Jan. 1, 

1862, George H. Wheeler (121). 

5. iv. Charles G., b. Feb. 7, 1844.+ 

6. V. Henry, b. Apr. 1, 1846.-f 

7. vi. Emma M., b. Mar. 1, 1848; m. Mar. 2, 1866, George M., son 

of William and Lucretia Blanchard [d. June 29, 1886]. Res. 
Lynn, Mass. Children : i. Frank W. Blanchard, b. Sept. 
19, 1867; m. Mabel Libbey of Lynn; he is a traveling sales- 
man; res. Lynn. ii. George Ernest Blanchard, b. Feb. 28, 
1872; d. July 30, 1882. iii. Edith A. Blanchard, b. Aug. 7, 
1874; m. June 13, 1889, Percy DeCoster, a traveling sales- 
man; res. Lynn. iv. Elmer Blanchard, b. Feb. 26, 1877; d. 
June 9, 1877. 

8. vii. Frederic J., b. Mar. 4, 1850. -f- 

9. viii. Ardella, b. Sept. 15, 1854; d. June 29, 1869. 

10. ix. Fannie, b. Oct. 7, 1858; m. May, 1884, John Woodman. He 

is in mercantile business in Lynn. Child : i. Florence 
Woodman, b. May, 1885. 

11. X. Samuel Ellsworth, b. Apr. 17, 1862; m. Aug. 10, 1892, Susie 

Sauble of Delaware, O. Res. at Lynn, where he was con- 
nected with the Lynn News. Later he removed to Straf- 
ford, where he is a farmer. 

2. George W.« (SamueF, David^ Timothy^ Samuel*, Mat- 
thew^ DanieP, Matthew^), b. Jan., 1836; d. Apr. 12, 1870; m. 
Nov. 23, 1862, Julia Whitney (26). He was a farmer, and 
succeeded to his father's farm. Children : 

12. i. Arthur Waldo, b. Feb. 20, 1864.-|- 

13. ii. Frederic Augustus, b. Nov. 23, 1868; m. (1) Oct. 19, 1897, 

Ella M., dau. of Elias M. and Lucy J. (Waters) Hudson; 
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(2) Sept. 17, 1909, Bessie M., dau. of Charles and Mary 
Helen (Flagg) Tarbell and widow of Walter N. Thomp- 
son. He is a farmer and for many years was in the employ 
of George S. Wheeler, but later purchased for his home 
the "Safford farm," near the Congregational church, (VH : 
2, S. R.) He has been a selectman for three years. 

14. iii. Frances Ann, b. Nov. 23, 1868; m. Mar., 1906, Harry Emer- 

son Farnum of Peterboro. Res. at Cleveland, O. 

5. Charles G.^ (Samuel, David®, Timothy^, Samuel*, Mat- 
thew^ DanieP, Matthew^), b. Feb. 7, 1844; d. Feb. 3. 1900; m. 
Cora S. Eastman of Townsend, Mass. [d. 1896]. Res. in Lynn, 
Mass. Children : 

15. i. Carl. 

16. ii. Adelaide. 

17. iii. Bertha. 

18. iv. Josephine. 

6. Henry^ (Samuel^, David®, Timothy^. Samuel*, Mat- 
thew^ DanieP, MatthewM, b. Apr. 1, 1846; d. Mar. 2, 1822; 
m. Mary, dau. of Asa Sawin of Ashburnham, Mass. Child : 

19. i. Walter. Res. in Leominster, Mass. 

8. Frederic J.® (SamueP, David®, Timothy^, Samuel*. Mat- 
thew^ DanieP, Matthew^), b. Mar. 4, 1850; m. (1) Clara A. 

Davis of Sandwich ; (2) . He is a real estate dealer in 

Tampa, Fla. Children : 

20. i. Bradbury, b. Apr. 27, 1872. He is manager of Poland Spring 

Hotel, Poland, Me. 

12. Arthur Waldo^ (George W.^ SamueP, David®, Tim- 
othy^ Samuel*, Matthew^ DanieP, MatthewM, b. Feb. 20, 
1864; m. Dec. 15, 1887, Mabel Stanford. Res. Fitchburg, 
Mass. He is a plumber. Children : 

21. i. Mildred Louisa, b. Feb. 17, 1895; d. June 1, 1005. 

22. ii. Frederic Stanford, b. May 9, 1906. 

CUTTER. 

Elizabeth^ Cutter, widow of Samuel Cutter of Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, England ; came to America with two sons and a daughter in 1640. 
Perhaps the eldest of the sons had come earlier, but in either case he 
returned to England before 1654. She lived with her daughter, who 
had married Elijah Corlet the school-master at Cambridge, until her 
death June 10, 1663/4. 

Richard^ (Elizabeth^), the younger son, b. about 1621; d. June 16, 

1693; m. (1) Elizabeth [d. Mar. 5, 1661/2]; (2) Feb. 14, 1662/3, 

Frances (Perriman), widow of Isaac Amsden of Cambridge. He lived 
in Menotomy (now Arlington), where he had fourteen children by his 
first marriage. 

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Ephraim' (Richard=, Elizabeth'), b. 1651; m. Feb. 11, 1678/9, Bethia 
Wood, probably dau. of Nicholas and Mary (Williams) Wood of Med- 
tield [b. July 28, 1660; d. Sept. 18, 1731]. He was a glazier, living suc- 
cessively in Cambridge, Charlestown, and Watertown Farms (now 
Weston). He was an officer in King Philip's War. 

John' (Ephraim', Richard', Elizabeth'), b. Watertown, July 23, 1700; 
d. Nov. 20, 1747 ; m. Rachel Powers, who survived him and married 
Barnabas Davis of Littleton, Mass. John followed his father's trade of 
a glazier, and lived at Lexington and at Woburn. Four of his nine 
children settled in New Ipswich. 

1. JOHN^ (John^ Ephraim^ Richard^, Elizabeth^), b. Wot 
burn, Jan. 9, 1726/7; d. New Ipswich, Sept. 27, 1771 ; m. Nov. 
16, 1749, Susanna, dau. of Joseph and Lydia (Brown) Hastings 
of Waltham [b. May 26, 1731]. She survived him and married 
Simeon Gould (2), and died at Jaffrey, Aug. 5, 1827. He fol- 
lowed the famil}^ occupation, plying the glazier's trade at 
Waltham, Lexington, and Shrewsbury. About 1767 he came 
to New Ipswich, settled near the Temple line, (32, N. D.,) 
and became a farmer, although frequently absent working as 
a glazier in the neighboring towns. His mother and step- 
father made their home with him for several years. Children : 

5. i. John, b. Lexington, Aug. 25, 1750.+ 
JosEPH, b. Lexington, May 13, 1752.-J- 
MosES, b. Shrewsbury, May 28, 1754; d. Oct. 6, 1756. 
Benjamin, b. Shrewsbury, June 8, 1756.-)- 
SusANNA, b. Shrewsbury, Jan. 5, 1759; d. Aug. 17, 1815; m. 

May 15, 1777, Supply Wilson (J. 1). 
Moses, b. Shrewsbury, Mar. 26, 1760.-|- 
David, b. Shrewsbury, Oct. 28, 1762.+ 

12. viii. Rachel, b. Shrewsbury, Jan. 20, 1764; d. Jan. 12, 1768. 

13. ix. Sarah, b. New Ipswich, Jan. 30, 1767; d. Jaffrey, Apr. 28, 

1852; m. (1) Isaac Kimball of Temple [b. June 17, 1763; 

d. June 13, 1804]; eight children; (2) William Marshall 
of Jaffrey [d. 1828] ; two children. 

14. x. Rachel, b. New Ipswich, Mar. 2, 1769; d. Mason, Sept. 12, 

1863; m. Feb. 5, 1794, Dr. William Barber of Worcester, 
Mass. Seven children. 

15. xi. Benoni, b. New Ipswich, Oct. 19, 1771. -|- 

2. Nathan^ (John*, Ephraim^, Richard", Elizabeth^), b. 

Woburn, IVlar. 13, 1733/4; d. Mar. 6, 1778; m. Hannah . 

He was a "housewright." He served as a soldier in Nova 
Scotia in 1775. He seems to have come to New Ipswich 
earlier than his brother John, as his name is on the first tax- 
list after incorporation, that of 1763. He settled one lot far- 
ther east than his brother, but he afterward removed to 
"Cutter's Lane," which probably was nearly the same as the 

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road leading to the "Bucknam farm," (XII : 2, S. R.,) first 
occupied by Amos Taylor. He served in the Revolution 
under Capts. Josiah Brown in 1777 and Robert Fletcher in 
1778. Children, probably born in New Ipswich, except per- 
haps the first : 

16. i. Nathan, time and place of birth unknown. -|- 

17. ii. Hannah, b. Oct. 24, 1761. 

18. iii. Rachel, b. Aug. 7, 1763. 

19. iv. Barnabas, b. Mar. 17, 1766. 

20. V. Isaac, b. Sept. 26, 1768. 

21. vi. Rhoda, b. Aug. 27, 1770. 

3. Elizabeth^ (John*, Ephraim^, Richard^, Elizabeth^), b. 
Lexington, May 24, 1741 ; d. New Ipswich, 1787; m. (1) Elijah 
Button [d. Dec. 24, 1764]; two children; (2) Mar. 8, 1769, 
Ezra Towne (1), [d. Dec. 29. 1795] ; six children. 

4. Benjamin^ (John*, Ephraim^, Richard'-, Elizabeth^), b. 
Lexington, Jan. 27, 1744/5 ; d. Temple, Mar. 16, 1821 ; m. about 
1768, Hannah Andrews [d. Oct. 13, 1837]. He came to New 
Ipswich and settled with his brothers, but afterward removed 
over the town line into Temple, where his farm is still occupied 
by his descendants. He did good service in the Revolution, 
under Capts. Ezra Towne in 1775, Abijah Smith in 1776, and 
Samuel Twitchell in 1778. He was a selectman in Temple, 
and ready in all town activities. Children, all born in Temple: 

22. i. Benjamin, b. Oct. 19, 1768.+ 

23. ii. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 10, 1771 ; d. 1773. 

24. iii. Hannah, b. Apr. 17, 1773 ; d. 1815 ; m. Nov. 26, 1797, Jonathan 

Foster of Temple. They removed to Weston, Vt., where 
she died. 

25. iv. Lucy, b. July 11, 1775; d. Feb. 5, 1807; m. Feb. 4, 1794, James 

Bartlett. 

26. v. Rachel, b. Oct. 16, 1777; d. July, 1857; m. 1798, and removed 

to Dublin. 

27. vi. Jonathan, b. June 16, 1780.+ 

28. vii. Solomon, b. Jan. 10, 1783.+ 

29. viii. Rhoda, b. Mar. 26, 1785; d. Sept. 27, 1850; m. Sept. 18, 1804, 

Levi Pierce. 

30. ix. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 22, 1787; d. Feb., 1853; m. Feb. 3, 1806, 

David Amsden of Mason, where she died. 

31. X. Polly, b. May 4, 1790; m. May 14, 1811, Joshua P. Searle of 

Temple. 

32. xi. Louis, b. June 25, 1792; d. Jan. 27, 1814. 

5. John'' (John^ John*, Ephraim^ Richard^ Elizabeth^), b. 
Lexington, Aug. 25, 1750; d. New Ipswich, May 1, 1812; m. 
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of New Ipswich. He lived for a time upon his father's farm, 
and afterward built a house in Davis Village, (49, N. D.) He 
is credited with eleven days' service at the time of the Con- 
cord alarm, with service in Capt. Smith's company in 1776, 
under Capt. Brown in 1777, and he was one of the sixty-five 
volunteers to meet the raid from Canada in 1780. Children, 
all born at New Ipswich : 

33. i. Rebecca, b. Sept. IS, 1774; d. Jaffrey, Sept. 22, 1867; m. Col. 
Josiah Mower of Jaffrey [b. Topsfield, Mass., Nov. 17, 
1768; d. Jaffrey, May 5, 1852]. Six children. 

34 ii. Moody, b. Sept. 1, 1782; d. Stoddard, N. H., July 29, 1827; 
m. Apr. 10, 1805, Henrietta, dau. of Isaac and Abigail 
(Ayer) Fletcher of Wrentham, Mass. He studied law 
with Judge Champney, and in Stoddard he combined the 
duties of lawyer, farmer, and teacher. Six children. 

35. iii. Nathan, b. about 1786; d. Nov., 1808. 

There were several other children who died before maturity 
whose names are not found on record. 

6. Joseph^ (John^, John*, Ephraim^, Richard^, Elizabeth^), 
b. Lexington, May 13, 1752; d. Jafifrey, June 25, 1840; m. 1776, 
Rachel, dau. of Nehemiah and Rachel (Shattuck) Hobart of 
Pepperell, Mass. [b. Apr. 12, 1750; d. Jan. 20, 1835]. He was 
a farmer, but in early manhood he removed to Jaffrey, where 
he passed the rest of his life, and therefore, although he served 
for a time in the Revolution, at least thirteen days on the 
Concord alarm, his name does not appear on the roll as from 
New Ipswich. Children, all born in JaflFrey : 

36. i. Joseph, b. Aug. 23, 1777; d. Jaffrey, Nov. 20, 1860; m. June 

17, 1804, Phebe, dau. of Capt. James and Sarah (Clawson) 
Gage of Jaffrey [b. Dec. 15, 1779]. Eight children. 

37. ii. Rachel, b. Jan. 9, 1779; d. Jaffrey, Sept. 21, 1825; m. June 

28, 1803, John, son of Jerome and Lucy (Wheat) Under- 
wood [b. Feb. 16, 1777]. Six children. 

38. iii. John, b. Oct. 24, 1780; d. Jaffrey, Jan. 15, 1857; m. Mary, 

dau. of Daniel and Betsey Batchelder of Wilton [d. June 
3, 1859]. He was a farmer and wool-grower. He had ten 
children, among whom was Calvin, b. May 1, 1807, who 
attended New Ipswich academy, studied medicine, and re- 
ceived the degree of M. D. from Dartmouth in 1832. He 
is well known throughout the land as the author of the 
textbooks for which it is hardly too much to say that they 
made the study of physiology practicable in the public 
schools, not only of this country, but also in many others 
into the languages of which they have been translated. 

39. iv. Susan, b. June 3, 1782; d. Amherst, July 28, 1826; m. Dec. 

29, 1812, Edmund, son of Judge Abel Parker of Jaffrey. 
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40. V. Daniel, b. Feb. 2, 1784; d. Sept. 23, 1868; m. Nov. 18, 1806, 

Sally, dau. of Col. Timothy and Rebecca (Bateman) Jones of 
Bedford [b. Aug. 9, 1786; d. July 7, 1864]. He had a 
rocky farm upon the side of Monadnock, but by patient 
and well-directed labor he supported his family and gave 
all his nine children an academic education, three of them 
graduating from Dartmouth. 

41. vi. Sabra, b. Oct. 11, 1785; d. Jaffrey, Feb. 4, 1843, unm. 

42. vii. Nehemiah, b. Mar. 21, 1787; d. Pepperell, Mass., Mar. 15, 

1859; m. (1) Lucy Stevens of Middlebury, Vt.; (2) Mary, 
dau. of Lemuel and Hannah (Gilson) Parker; (3) Eliza 
Jones of Boston. He graduated from Middlebury College 
in 1814, from Yale Medical School in 1817, and practiced 
at Pepperell. He did pioneer w^ork in founding asylums 
for the insane. 

43. viii. Oldist, b. May 14, 1790; d. Mason, Mar. 30, 1838; m. Feb. 

20, 1811, Oliver Barrett of Mason. Four children. 

44. ix. Abel, b. Apr. 18, 1793; m. Oct. 10, 1815, Mary, dau. of 

Reuben and Polly (Pratt) Spaulding of Jaffrey. He was 
a farmer in Jaffrey, but in later life he lived in Boston 
and in Cambridge. Ten children. 

45. X. Joel, b. Apr. 18, 1793; m. Feb. 27, 1816, Mary S., dau. of 

Col. Timothy and Rebecca (Bateman) Jones [b. June 17, 
1793; d. Oct. 13, 1853]. He was a farmer in Jaffrey. Ten 
children. 

8. Benjamin'' (John^, John*, Ephraim^, Richard^, Eliza- 
beth^), b. Shrewsbury, June 8, 1756; d. Lachute, Quebec, Feb. 
7, 1820; m. Catherine Farnsworth [b. about 1760; d. Nov. 12, 
1833]. His occupations and places of residence were widely- 
varied, but he passed most of his life in Northern New Eng- 
land and Canada. Children : 

46. i. Moses, b. Jaffrey, June 22, 1781; d. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 23, 

1858; m. Hannah, dau. of Col. Christopher Webber [b. 
Walpole, 1775; d. St. Louis, Mo., 1854]. He was a mer- 
chant in Royalton, Vt., Cleveland, O., and St. Louis, Mo., 
successively. Four children. 

Catherine, b. Alstead, 1783; m. John S. Hutchins, and re- 
moved to Lachute, Quebec. Many children. 

Betsey, b. Alstead, May 12, 1785; m. William Powers and 
removed to Lachute, Quebec. Many children. 

Benjamin, b. Alstead, June 25, 1787; d. Feb. 23, 1867; m. 
Roxey Comstock. He was a farmer in Williamstown, Vt., 
but in 1835 he removed to Bloomfield, O. Three children. 

Tryphosa, b. Alstead, Apr. 2, 1789; d. Winona, Minn., 1864. 

Nawa, b. Alstead, Mar. 27, 1794; m. at Lachute, Quebec, 

Davis. They removed to Royalton, N. Y. Two children. 

52. vii. Orlando, b. Jaffrey, June 5, 1797; m. (1) Feb. 10, 1820, 

Phyana M., dau. of Seth and Sarah (Pierce) Phelps of 

Painesville, O.; (2) Nov. 8, 1832, Sarah A., dau. of David 

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and Lydia (Hudson) Hieland of Cleveland, O. He was 
a merchant's clerk in Royalston, Mass., and in Boston, 
and a merchant in Cleveland. Twelve children. 

53. viii. Sarah, b. Alstead, Mar., 1800; m. John D. Howe. 

54. ix. Abilene L., b. Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 3, 1802; d. Cleveland, O., 

Sept. 11, 1852; m. Wooster, O., Oct. 31, 1831, Mary S. 
Humperly [b. Beaver, Penn., Sept. 12, 1816]. He was suc- 
cessively a clerk for his brother Orlando, and a merchant 
in Wooster, O., and in Cleveland, O. Ten children. 

10. MosES*^ (John^ John*, Ephraim^ Richard^, Elizabeth^), 
b. Shrewsbury, Mar. 26, 1760; d. Jaffrey, Apr. 10, 1816; m. 
Rachel, dau. of Lieut. William Turner of Jaffrey [b. Sept. 30, 
1769; d. Aug. 21, 1839]. He was a farmer at the base of 
Monadnock about a mile from his brother Joseph. He served 
in the Revolution, being for a time in Washington's Life 
Guard. Children : 

55. i. Jane, b. Aug. 4, 1787; d. Oct. 14, 1838; m. June 21, 1810, 

Samuel Bates of Jaffrey [b. Apr., 1786; d. June. 1854]. 
Three children. 

56. ii. Susan, b. May 19, 1789; d. Bradford, July 7, 1818, unm. 

57. iii. Rachel, b. Oct. 31, 1792; d. Oct. 14, 1848; m. Jan. 1, 1815, 

Abel Nutting [b. Groton, Mass., Feb. 13, 1788; d. Marlboro. 
June 10, 1863]. Five children. 

58. iv. Mary, b. Mar. 22, 1794; d. Albany, N. Y., 1832; m. Richard 

Hoyt of Bradford. 

59. v. Moses, b. Nov. 11, 1795; d. Princeton, Mass., Feb. 21, 1854; 

m. Dec. 28, 1826, Abigail, dau. of William and 

(Wright) Davison of Peterboro [b. Jan. 27, 1802]. He 
was a farmer. Five children. 

60. vi. William T., b. Mar. 5, 1798; d. Jaffrey, June 4, 1866; m. 

Mar. 7, 1832, Lydia, dau. of Micah and Lucy (Vose) Jen- 
nings of Waltham, Mass. [b. June 18, 1808]. He was a 
farmer. Five children. 

61. vii. Sarah, b. Nov. 13, 1801; m. Artemas Law of Jaffrey [d. Nov. 

12, 1836]. Two children. 

62. viii. Pamelia, b. Aug. 8, 1803; d. Jaffrey, Oct. 10, 1867; m. (1) 

Dec. 25, 1829, Charles G., son of Roger Oilman of Jaffrey 
[d. May 12, 1838] ; (2) Sept., 1852, Dea. John Sanderson. 
Three children of first marriage. 

63. ix. WiLLARD, b. July 14, 1806; d. Meadville, Pa.. Feb. 8, 1860; m. 

July 30, 1830, Eliza, dau. of William and Rebecca (Moore) 
Shaley of Waltham, Mass. [b. Sudbury. Mass., Oct. 27, 
1806]. He was a carpenter, living in Meadville, Pa., after 
1835. 

64. X. Caroline, b. Oct. 26, 1809; d. Dec. 26, 1861; m. Sept. 15, 1830, 

Luther, son of John (38) and Mary (Batchelder) Cutter 
[b. Jaffrey, May 1, 1807]. 

65. xi. John, b. July 11. 1812; d. Jaffrey, Mar. 12, 1842. 

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11. David^ (John^, John*, Ephraim^, Richard^, Elizabeth^), 
b. Shrewsbury, Oct. 28, 1762; cl. Jaffrey, June 12, 1826; m. 
Sept. 30, 1789, Polly, dau. of Dea. Eleazer and Mary (Flint) 
Spofford of Jafifrey [d. Nov. 26, 1857]. He was a farmer living 
near "Jeffrey Mineral Spring." Children : 

66. i. Isaac, b. July 24, 1793. The time and place of his death are 

not known. He served as drummer in the war of 1812, 
and later enlisted in the regular army. 

67. ii. David, b. June 9, 1795; m. (1) Jan. 5, 1824, Eliza, dau. of 

William and Mary (Brown) Tolman of VVinchendon, 
Mass. [b. 1804; d. Oct. 14, 1825]; (2) Dolly, dau. of Rev. 
Levi and Sarah (Packard) Pillsbury of Winchendon. He 
served in the armj' through the Mexican War. He was 
last heard from in Kansas. One child by first marriage 
and two by second. 

68. iii. Polly, b. Aug., 1797; d. Aug. 14, 1800. 

69. iv. John, b. Apr. 29, 1800; m. Mar. 17, 1825, Eliza, dau. of Rev. 

Levi and Sarah (Packard) Pillsbury of Winchendon, Mass. 
He was a farmer at Winchendon Center, was selectman, 
and generally trusted in town and church matters. Four 
children. 

70. V. Luke, b. Apr., 1802; d. Sept. 12, 1802. 

71. vi. Mary, b. Mar. 2, 1803; m. May 20, 1824, Levi Bigelow of 

Fitzwilliam. He removed to Iowa. Five children. 

72. vii. Luke H., b. Apr. 28, 1805; d. New Ipswich, Mar. 8, 1845; 

the name of his wife is not known. He was a farmer in 
Peterboro for a time, but he spent a few of his later years 
on the "Stratton farm," (9, N. D.,) returning to which on 
a cold evening he was frozen. Five children. 
1Z. viii. Nathan, b. Dec. 22, 1807; d. Dec. 22, 1807. 

74. ix. Adonijah, b. Aug. 29, 1808; d. July 19, 1860; m. Nov. 27, 

1840, Maria, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail (Perry) Wilson 
of Fitzwilliam. He was a minister in Strafford, Vt., Hano- 
ver, and Nelson. 

75. X. Susan, b. Dec. 22, 1810; d. Dec. 23, 1810. 

15. Benoni*^ (John^, John*, Ephraim^, Richard^ Eliza- 
beth^), b. New Ipswich, Oct. 19, 1771 ; d. Hollis, Jan. 19, 1816; 
m. May 19, 1799, Phebe, dau. of Capt. William and Phebe 
(Jewett) Tenney of Hollis [b. Oct. 12, 1777; d. Feb. 12, 1835]. 
He was a physician in Hollis. He was also a deacon. Chil- 
dren: 

76. i. Phebe C, b. Aug. 3, 1801 ; d. Nov. 17, 1802. 

n. ii. Benoni G., b. Jan. 17, 1803; d. Louisville, Ky., July 15, 1849; 
m. (1) 1823, Lucy, dau. of Hon. Benjamin and Sarah 
(Fletcher) Poole of Hollis; (2) Eliza, dau. of Col. Joseph 
and Fanny (Haven) Valentine. He was a merchant at 
Hollis until 1852, when he removed to Louisville, where he 
carried on an extensive business. Five children. 
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78. iii. William T., b. Apr. 17, 1805; m. July 1, 1828, Frances M., 

dau. of James and Margaret (Lombard) Bird of Boston. 
He was a dry goods merchant in Boston, and afterward 
in New York. Fourteen children. 

79. iv. John H., b. Aug. 16, 1807; d. HoUis, July 7, 1860; m. Susan 

F., dau. of Hon. Benjamin and Sarah (Fletcher) Poole of 
Hollis. He was a manufacturer of Bourbon whiskey in 
Louisville, Ky., and having thus become wealthy, he spent 
his later years in his native town. Nine children. 

80. v. Jeremiah F., b. Jan. 27, 1810; d. Cincinnati, O., 1848. He was 

for a time in the dry goods business at Detroit, Mich. 

81. vi. Phebe, b. Sept. 12, 1812; m. Gardner Searle of Rowley, Mass. 

Three children. 

82. vii. Charles N., b. Aug. 3, 1815; m. May 31, 1836, Mary E., dau. 

of Henry E. and Julia R. (Richards) Hoyt of New York. 
He was a dry goods dealer in New York and in Kewanee, 
111. Eleven children. 

16. Nathan*' (Nathan^, John*, Ephraim^, Richard^, Eliza- 
beth^), b. before 1761; d. about 1818: m. Polly, dau. of Capt. 
William Pips of Jaffrey. He was a farmer in Jaft'rey, and 
afterward at Shoreham, Vt. Children : 

83. i. Polly, b. about 1781 ; d. Jaffrey, Dec. 29, 1798. 

84. ii. William P., b. Jaffrey, June 13, 1785 ; d. Shoreham, Vt., July 

8, 1815; m. Mar. 24, 1808, Prudence Evans. He graduated 
from Dartmouth in 1805. He was a physician, first at 
Peterboro and afterward at Shoreham. Three children. 

85. iii. Rhoana, b. Jaffrey; m. Dr. Nicanor Needham of Shoreham. 

86. iv. Orinda, m. Darius Cooder, a farmer. 

87. v. Ardilla. 

88. vi. Rosira, m. Leander Case, a saddler. Two children. 

89. vii. Nathan. 

22. Benjamin*' (Benjamin^, John*, Ephraim^, Richard^, 
Elizabeth^), b. Temple, Oct. 19, 1768; d. Dec. 25, 1806; m. 
Polly, dau. of Gen. Francis and Elizabeth (Spaulding) Blood 
[b. about 1771 ; d. Nov. 23, 1806]. He was a farmer in Tem- 
ple, a major in the militia. Children : 

90. i. An infant, d. Apr. 29, 1792. 

91. ii. Jeremiah, b. Mar. 13, 1791; d. Sebec, Me., July 2, 1861; m. 

Feb. 1, 1816, Mary, dau. of Ensign Jonas and Hannah 
(Heald) Brown of Temple. He went in 1814 as a pioneer 
into the Maine wilderness of that day, and made himself 
a valuable farm. Nine children. 

92. iii. Hephzibah, b. Dec. 23, 1793; m. July 7, 1817, Jonas Davis. 

She lived in Temple. Nine children. 

93. iv. Benjamin F., b. Aug. 3, 1796; d. Nov. 5, 1815. 

94. v. Seth, b. Jan. 26, 1799; m. (1) Apr. 15, 1823, Abigail, dau. of 

Ezra and Rebecca (Knox) Gould of Sebec, Me. [d. Apr. 

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2, 1857]; (2) Apr. 16, 1861, Mrs. Rebecca (Sutherland) 
Haywood of Sebec. He went to Sebec soon after his 
brother Jeremiah and there passed his life. He was an 
officer in the Methodist church. Seven children. 

95. vi. Polly, b. Feb. 14, 1804; d. Apr. 29, 1805. 

96. vii. Thomas, b. June 17, 1806; d. Nov. 1, 1823. 

27. Jonathan*^ (Benjamin^, John*, Ephraim^, Richard^, 
Elizabeth^), b. June 6, 1780; d. Temple, Feb. 24, 1807; m. 
Polly, dau. of Lieut. Archelaus and Rachel (Rowell) Cum- 
mings of Temple [b. May 6, 1782]. He was a lieutenant in 
the Temple militia. Children : 

97. i. Nathan, d. young. 

98. ii. Rachel. 

99. iii. Polly, m. Haynes. 

28. Solomon'' (Benjamin^, John*, Ephraim^, Richard^ 
Elizabeth^), b. Jan. 10, 1783; d. Dec. 26, 1831; m. 1803, Dolly 
Rowell of Temple. He was a farmer in Temple. He lost his 
life by freezing in a deep snow. Children : 

100. i. Dolly, b. Oct. 19, 1803; d. July 23, 1841, unm. 

101. ii. Benjamin, b. Oct. 25, 1805; m. Sept., 1837, Catherine Foster. 

He lived in Boston and later for a time in New Ipswich. 
Four children. 

102. iii. Calista, b. Jan. 2, 1808; m. May, 1834, John Q. Adams of 

Bellingham, Mass. She lived in Walpole. Three children. 

103. iv. James, b. Feb. 1, 1810; d. Spartanburg, S. C, Aug. 27, 1840, 

unm. 

104. v. Elbridge G., b. July 21, 1812; m. Mar. 10, 1842, Harriet J., 

dau. of Daniel and Mary (Crafts) Bird of Watertown, 
Mass. He lived upon the farm of his grandfather and was 
a prominent citizen of Temple. Five children. 

105. vi. Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1814; m. Oct. 29, 1844, John B. Farrington 

of Dedham, Mass. Four children. 

106. vii. Jonathan M., b. Feb. 25, 1817; d. June 8, 1832. 

107. viii. Lucy, b. Sept. 28, 1819; d. Nov. 15, 1856; m. Abiel Lovejoy 

of Temple. 

108. ix. Syrene, b. Nov. 1, 1824; d. June 8, 1832. 

DAVIS (Dolor). 

Dolor' Davis, b. about 1600; d. June, 1673; m. (1) about 1624, 
Margery, sister of Simon Willard [bapt. Nov. 7, 1602; d. between 1658 
and 1667] ; (2) about 1671, Joanna, dau. of Rev. Joseph Hull and widow 
of Capt. John Bursley of Barnstable, Mass. [b. about 1620; d. after 
1683]. He came from England, probably from County Kent, and first 
appears upon the records of Cambridge, Mass., in 1634. He seems to 
have removed to Concord, Mass., with his brother-in-law Simon Willard 
in 1636, but if so he did not remain there, as he was in Duxbury and 

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Barnstable, Mass., from 1640 to 1655, when he returned to Concord, 
where he remained until the death of his first wife. His later years were 
passed in Barnstable. 

Simon' (Dolor'), b. about 1636; d. June 14, 1715; m. Dec. 12, 1660, 
Mary, dau. of James Blood of Concord, Mass. [b. July 12, 1640]. He 
resided in Concord, where he was elected delegate to the General Court 
several times and held other responsible positions. He was a lieutenant 
and was in command at Brookfield in 1675, after Capt. Wheeler was 
wounded and thereby disabled. 

Samuel^ (Dolor'), b. 1639/40; d. 1720; m. (1) Jan. 11, 1665/6, Mary 
Meddows [d. Oct. 30, 1710]; (2) Oct. 18, 1711, Ruth Taylor [d. Aug. 6, 
1720]. He was a yeoman at Bedford, Mass. 

James' (Simon^ Dolor'), b. Jan. 19, 1668; d. Sept. 17, 1727; m. Mar. 
4, 1700/1, Anne, dau. of John and Sarah Smedley [b. Dec. 12, 1676; d. 
May 21, 1761]. Res. in Concord. 

Stephen^ (Samuel', Dolor'), b. Mar. 30, 1686; d. July 11, 1738; 
m. Mar. 26, 1713, Elizabeth Fletcher of Concord. He resided in Concord 
and Bedford, Mass. 

Thomas' (James', Simon', Dolor'), b. Nov. 25, 1705; d. Nov. 18, 

1786; m. Sarah [b. about 1708; d. Apr. 27, 1783]. He resided in 

Concord, where he was a captain. 

Joseph' (James', Simon', Dolor'), b. Jan. 1, 1707/8; m. Jan. 10, 1743, 
Hannah Brown, probably dau. of Thomas and Hannah Brown [b. Dec. 
6, 1716]. He resided in Concord, but nearly all his sons came to New 
Ipswich. Children : 

i. Joseph, b. Aug. 16, 1744.+ 
ii. Elijah, b. Mar. 26, 1746.+ 
iii. Silas, b. Apr. 16, 1748.+ 
iv. Simeon, b. Feb., 1749/50.+ 
V. Abraham, b. Nov. 16, 1752.+ 
vi. Isaac, b. Nov. 17, 1752. 
vii. Hannah, b. Apr. 25, 1756. 
viii. Mary, b. May 30, 1758. 
Stephen' (Stephen', Samuel', Dolor'), b. Mar. 6, 1715; d. July 22, 
1787; m. Sept. 2, 1736, Elizabeth Brown [b. Sept. 15, 1718; d. Dec. 5, 
1789]. He resided in Bedford, Mass., and held the office of deacon. He 
owned land in New Ipswich for a long time, but he does not appear to 
have been a resident in the town. 

1. Jonathan^ (Thomas*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. Con- 
cord, Mass., Mar. 20, 1742; d. Dec. 7, 1819; m. Nov. 27, 1766, 
Sarah Melvin (3). He came to New Ipswich in 1764 and 
settled upon the old "country road," (II : 3, S. R.,) where he 
passed most of his life, although he seems to have lived for a 
time, about 1770, not very far from the place where that road 
entered Temple. He gave Revolutionary service at the time 
of the Concord alarm, and later in the companies of Capts. 
Josiah Brown and Robert Fletcher. He was an ensign in the 
New Ipswich militia. Children: 

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9. i. Sarah, b. Dec. 7, 1767; d. Mar. 29, 1800; m. Jan. 8, 1787, Benja- 
min Knight of Hancock. Four children. 

10. ii. Mary, b. June 3, 1769. 

11. iii. Lucy, b. Oct. 4, 1770; d. Jan. 18, 1772. 

12. iv. Jonathan, b. Nov. 15, 1771. + 

13. V. Jonah, b. June 10, 1773; d. Apr. 24, 1774. 

14. vi. Ruth, b. Dec. 1, 1774; d. Mar. 27, 1812; m. Oct. 15, 1795, 

Stephen, son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Barker) Poor 
[b. Andover, Mass., Feb. 3, 1771]. He was a tanner at 
Hancock. Seven children. 

15. vii. Solomon, b. July 31, 1776.+ 

16. viii. Thomas, b. Oct. 19, 1781; d. Henniker, July 3, 1834. Eight 

children. 

17. ix. Rebecca, b. Aug. 30, 1784; m. June 5, 1807, Asa Lewis. 

2. JosiAH^ (Thomas*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. May 29, 
1750; d. Feb. 17, 1815; m. 1772, Abigail, dau. of Thomas and 
Abigail (Brown) Hubbard [b. Aug. 26, 1754; d. Oct. 19, 1844]. 
He came to New Ipswich at about the time of his majority 
and settled near the southeast corner of the town on 2, N. 
L. O. He was interested in the cotton factory maintained 
for several years in the early part of the nineteenth century 
and using the waterpower now utilized by Walker's wood- 
turning industry. He responded to the Concord alarm, and 
later served under Capt. Silas Wright. Children : 

JosiAH, b. May 23, 1773. 

Abigail, b. Dec. 1, 1775; d. Apr. 17, 1833; m. July 18, 1797, 

Thomas Danforth. 
Jonathan, b. Nov. 5, 1776; d. Mar. 29, 1814. 
Rebecca, b. Dec. 7, 1778. 

Lucy, b. Apr. 19, 1781 ; d. Apr. 30, 1845 ; m. Jonathan Barrett. 
Thomas, b. Mar. 26, 1783; d. Mar. 15, 1809. 

24. vii. Joel, b. May 12, 1785.+ 

25. viii. Moses, b. Dec. 10, 1787.+ 

26. ix. Lucinda, b. Feb. 18, 1791; d. Oct. 9, 1868; m. June 6. 1811, 

Jesse Stearns (L 5). 

27. X. Clarissa, b. July 18, 1793; d. Sept. 19, 1815. 

28. xi. George, b. Dec. 1, 1795; d. May 10, 1812. 

29. xii. Charles, b. Sept. 21, 1797. - \%'^ 

30. xiii. Cyrus, b. Feb. 15, 1800. 

31. xiv. Cyrene, b. Feb. 15, 1800. ;^^^ 

3. Joseph^ (Joseph*, James^, Simon^ Dolor^), b. Aug. 16, 

1744; d. Dec. 12, 1838; m. (1) ; (2) Oct. 17, 1793. Grace 

Allen of Concord, Mass. He came to New Ipswich about 
1776, and apparently lived in or near that part of the town 
afterward known as Davis Village. No record of his children 
has appeared. 

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4. Elijah^ (Joseph*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. Mar. 26, 

1746; d. Apr. 21, 1812; m. (1) Hepzibah [d. about 1790] ; 

(2) Hannah Ball [b. about 1724] ; (3) Feb. 26, 1793, Polly 
Russell. In early manhood he came to the immediate neigh- 
borhood of New Ipswich and settled in the southeastern cor- 
ner of the town or the adjoining portion of Mason which is 
now the southwestern corner of Greenville, where the family 
continued many years. His name is on the New Ipswich tax- 
list from 1768 to 1782 and the births of his four oldest children 
are recorded in the town records. He was one of those who 
marched to Concord in the early morning of Apr. 20, 1775. 
He rendered later service under Capts. Archelaus Town and 
Josiah Brown, and went to Vermont to repel the sally from 
the north in 1780. Children: 

32. i. Hannah, b. Apr. 5, 1773; d. Feb. 19, 1837; m. Dec. 14, 1791, 

David, son of Oliver and Lydia (Wood) Davis of Harvard, 
Mass. 

33. iii. Mary, b. May 3, 1775; d. young. 

34. iii. Hepzibah, b. May 1, 1777; m. 1804, David Pierce of Dublin. 

35. iv. Elijah, b. June 17, 1779.+ 

36. V. Abigail, b. July 30, 1782. 

37. vi. Polly, b. Sept. 3, 1789; d. Feb. 18, 1804. 

38. vii. Lucy, b. Sept. 30, 1795. 

39. viii. Benjamin Franklin, b. Mar. 4, 1801 ; d. Mar. 10, 1804. 

5. SiLAS^ (Joseph*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. Apr. 16, 
1748; d. 1836; m. (1) Nov. 19, 1772, Mary, dau. of Benjamin 
and Rebekah (Flagg) Clark [b. Aug. 23, 1753; d. Oct. 26, 
1784] ; (2) Sept., 1786, Lydia Brooks of Lincoln, Mass. [d. 
Mar. 22, 1787] ; (3) Sept. 8, 1787, Mary Preston (5). He came 
to New Ipswich in 1768 and settled in the unbroken wilder- 
ness on the western slope of Flat Mountain, (71, N. L. O.,) 
where he devoted much time to hunting, and was noted for 
his eminent success in the destruction of wolves in the early 
years, as well as other game remaining after the region be- 
came less wild. He retained his home on that spot, still 
marked by the cellar, for more than fifty years, then removed 
for a brief period of residence on the "Gould farm," (43, 
N. D.,) and finally passed his later years in Davis Village, at 
the southern end of 45, N. D., long after retained in his family. 
He served in the Revolutionary movement to Royalton, Vt., 
in 1780. Children : 

40. i. Silas, b. Nov. 15, 1773. 

41. ii. Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1775; d. Feb. 28, 1775. 

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42. iii. Rebecca, b. Mar. 29, 1776; d. Jan. 10, 1861; m. Nov. 15, 1805, 

James Hildreth (5). 

43. iv. Joseph, b. Jan. 2, 1778.+ 

44. V. Betsey, b. Aug. 30, 1779; d. Mar. 27, 1861; m. Feb. 21, 1805, 

William Taylor (17). 

45. vi. Benjamin, b. July 20, 1782; d. June 5, 1881; m. Mar. 17, 

1806, Abigail Davis. He passed his life in his native town 
and for many years drove a baker's wagon, selling goods 
from the bakery of his brother Joseph, and afterward from 
the bakeries. He was familiarly known to all as "Baker 
Ben." 

46. vii. Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1784; d. Oct. 29, 1785. 

47. viii. Lydia, b. July 27, 1788. 

48. ix. Hannah, b. Feb. 15, 1791. She married and removed to 

Ohio. Seventeen children. 

49. X. James, b. Apr. 6, 1793.+ 

50. xi. Thomas, b. May 3, 1795.-|- 

6. Simeon^ (Joseph*, James^, Simon-, Dolor^), b. Feb., 
1749/50. Reliable tradition declares that this younger bro- 
ther of Silas Davis came to New Ipswich with him or perhaps 
a little earlier, and the fact that he was still a minor may ex- 
plain the absence of his name from the town record. There 
are no indications of a long residence in town, and he may 
have returned to Concord, where the church record gives the 
death of a bearer of that name Oct. 24, 1824, although the age 
there is given as 76 years. 

7. Abraham^ (Joseph*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. Nov. 

16. 1752; d. Hancock, Jan. 7, 1846; m. (1) ; (2) Sept. 5, 

1788, Rebecca, dau. of William Williams [b. July 26, 1766] ; 
(3) June 8, 1802, Susanna Williams, sister of his second wife 
[b. Aug. 16, 1749]. He must have come to New Ipswich be- 
fore attaining his majority, as his name is borne upon the 
tax lists of 1769 and the two succeeding years, but his day 
must have been brief. He became a citizen of Hancock a few 
years later and there passed his life. Children : 

51. i. Jacob. 

52. ii. Abraham, b. Jan. 17, 1790; d. Jan. 2, 1875: m. June 2, 1818, 

May, dau. of Nathan Waitt [d. Sept. 16, 1852]. Six 
children. 

53. iii. John, b. July, 1791. He removed to Vermont. 

54. iv. Polly, m. James Blodgett. Resided in Hancock. 

55. V. Joseph. He resided in Massachusetts. 

8. Stephen^ (Stephen*, Stephen^ Samuel^ Dolor^), b. Nov. 
27, 1741 ; m. Nov. 6, 1766, Lydia Bateman, probably dau. of 
John* and Anna Bateman [b. Mar. 7, 1746]. He lived for a 

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time in Bedford, Mass., but came to New Ipswich about 1770, 
and settled on the Thomas Brown farm, (58, N. D.,) upon 
the old Sharon road, where a new road from the turnpike now 
ends, this land probably being the property of his father but 
bequeathed to him fifteen years later. He seems to have lived 
there twenty-five years or more, but the time of his death or 
removal is uncertain. His two oldest children are recorded in 
Bedford, the others in New Ipswich. Children : 

56. i. Molly, b. Sept. 18, 1767. 

57. ii. John, b. June 7, 1769. 

58. iii. Stephen, b. Mar. 24, 1771.+ 

59. iv. Amos, b. Mar. 1, 1774. 

60. V. Aaron, b. Feb. 8, 1776. 

61. vi. Moses, b. May 23, 1778. 

62. vii. Timothy, b. Aug. 28, 1781. 

12. Jonathan'' (Jonathan^, Thomas*, James^, Simon^, 
Dolor^), b. Nov. 15, 1771 ; d. Mar. 14, 1823; m. (1) Jan. 26, 1799, 
Relief, dau. of James and Mary Davis of Holden, Mass. [b. 
Mar. 25, 1781 ; d. Oct. 16, 1809] ; (2) 1810, his cousin Eunice, 
dau. of Edmund and Eunice Davis [b. Feb. 23, 1783; d. May 
21, 1814] ; (3) Feb. 23, 1815, Nancy Allen of New Ipswich 
[d. Apr. 19, 1859]. He resided in Hancock. Children: 

63. i. James, b. Jan. 5, 1800.+ 

64. ii. Mary Wheeler, b. Feb. 5, 1802; d. Apr. 13, 1853. 

65. iii. JosiAH Melville, b. Feb. 23, 1804.+ 

66. iv. Oilman, b. Apr. 1, 1806; d. Aug. 3, 1844; m. Mary McAlpine. 

He was engaged with his brother George in the manufac- 
ture of pianos in Boston. 

67. V. Jonathan, b. May 22, 1808; d. May 22, 1867. He res. in 

Maiden, Mass., but passed his later years in Hancock. 

68. vi. George Hubbard, b. Mar. 29, 181 1.+ 

69. vii. Relief, b. Sept. 9, 1812; d. Oct. 4, 1831. 

70. viii. Nathan Allen, b. Jan. 27, 1816; d. Oct. 4, 1831. 

71. ix. Horace H., b. May 20, 1817.+ 

72. X. Nancy Allen, b. May 25, 1819; d. Mar. 25, 1854, unm. She 

lived with her mother in New Ipswich after her father's 
death. 

73. xi. Charles S., b. May 28, 1821.+ 

15. Solomon* (Jonathan^, Thomas*, James^, Simon^, 

Dolori), b. July 31, 1776; d. Nov. 11, 1850; m. (1) Mary 

[b. about 1777; d. June 14, 1809] ; (2) June 20, 1810, Esther 
Allen, sister of Nancy, wife of Jonathan (12) [b. about 1773; 
d. Nov. 11, 1840] ; (3) Sept. 28, 1843, Candace, dau. of James 
and Johanna (Davenport) Tarbell [b. Mt. Holly, Vt., Jan. 23, 
1809; d. Springfield, Vt., Dec. 18, 1869; m. (2) Nov., 1855, 

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James Perry]. He passed the greater part of his life as a 
farmer on the paternal farm. He was a captain in the militia. 
Children : 

Mary Brown, b. Jan. 14, 1805; d. Jan. 15, 1805. 

Benjamin Lewis, b. Oct. 2, 1808; d. May 2, 1814. 

Lewis, b. about 1845. He removed to the South in early 

manhood. 
Mary, b. about 1847; m. Osman Richardson. 
George, b. about 1849. Res. in Providence, R. I. Two 

daughters. 

' 24. Joel" (Josiah^, Thomas*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. 
May 12, 1785; m. (1) May 28, 1807, Rebecca, dau. of John and 
Joanna (Munroe) Adams of Ashburnham, Mass. [b. Feb. 22, 
1781] ; (2) 1827, Orpah Stearns (8). He was a citizen of New 
Ipswich for several years of his early manhood, having an 
interest in the cotton factory then in operation upon the water- 
power afterward used by the Walker woodenware industries. 
Later he was proprietor of the "Children in the Wood" tavern 
in the northern part of Ashburnham, Mass., and removed 
thence to Lowell, Mass., about 1828. Children : 

79. i. Thomas H., b. Dec, 1811; d. Feb. 21, 1814. 

80. ii. Clarissa H., b. Jan. 25, 1814; d. Feb. 14, 1815. 

81. iii. An infant, d. Mar. 11, 1824. 

82. iv. Rebecca. 

25. MosES*^ (Josiah^, Thomas*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. 
Dec. 10, 1787; d. Feb. 25, 1847; m. June 2, 1814, Louisa Wil- 
kins, probably Lois, dau. of David and Sarah (Taynter) Wil- 
kins [b. Mar. 29, 1793; d. 1841]. For a brief time after his 
marriage he lived in the home of his boyhood, (2, N. L. O.,) 
but soon after his father's death he removed to the large 
house at the four corners, long the home of Dr. Stillman Gib- 
son, (V : 5, S. R.,) which had previously been the home of 
his assumed father-in-law, David Wilkins. He removed from 
town about 1822, and soon after was a merchant in Lowell, 
Mass. His gravestone in the New Ipswich central burying- 
yard gives him the title of deacon. Child : 

83. i. Louisa, m. John S. Currier. Her only child was Louisa D. 

Currier, b. about July, 1844; d. May 30, 1849. Moses Davis 
had one or more other daughters and perhaps sons. 

35. Elijah'' (Elijah^, Joseph*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. 
June 17, 1779; m. Apr. 2, 1804, Eunice Russell. He was a 
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84. i. Alfred, m. Scripture. He was a farmer in Mason. One 

daughter. 

85. ii. Calvin, m. Aug. 13, 1834, Susan Jones. He was a farmer in 

Mason. 

86. iii. Solomon, m. Jane Spaulding. He was a farmer in Mason. 

87. iv. Elijah F., b. Nov. 29, 1812.+ 

88. V. Elisha p., b. Nov. 29, 1812.+ 

89. vi. Samuel, b. Apr. 7, 1818.+ 

90. vii. Eunice, m. Eber Baker. Res. in Westminster. Mass. Three 

children. 

43. Joseph^ (Silas•^ Joseph*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. 
Jan. 2, 1778; d. Mar. 10, 1876; m" (1) Mav 30, 1802. Hannah 
Taylor (18) ; (2) Nov. 30, 1837, Mary (Parker) widow of 
Winslow Ames [b. Mar. 15, 1798; d. Oct. 23, 1881]. He was 
a farmer upon 45, N. D., and also conducted successfully dur- 
ing many years a bakery in Davis Village, supplying- the coun- 
try for twenty miles around with the limited variety of baker's 
goods expected in those days. He was a constant attendant 
on the services of the Congregational church, and is said to 
have been absent only one half day during a period of fifty 
years. Children : 

91. i. Kendall, b. Dec. 5, 1803.+ 

92. ii. Sivona, b. Dec. 9, 1805; m. Apr. 30, 1835, Isaiah Cragin (12). 

93. iii. Horace, b. Nov. 11, 1807; d. Nov. 12, 1807. 

94. iv. George, b. Nov. 5, 1815; d. Feb. 24, 1816. 

95. V. George, b. Oct. 16, 1817.-}- 

96. vi. Emily, b. Oct. 18, 1820; d. Mar. 9, 1908; m. (1) Nov. 7, 1849, 

John Smith [d. about 1867], a farmer at Sterling, Mass., 
until about 1853, when he came to New Ipswich and con- 
ducted the farm of his father-in-law; (2) Robv Fletcher 
(74). 

97. vii. Mary Ann, b. Apr. 9, 1823; d. Jan. 22, 1910; m. Charles H. 

Sweetser [d. about 1898]. He was a shoe-dealer in Read- 
ing, Mass., and later in LjTin. In middle life they removed 
to Iowa, thence to Colorado, and finally to Los Angeles, 
Cal., where they died. 

98. viii. Horace, b. June 6, 1825.-f 

49. James® (Silas^, Joseph*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. 
Apr. 6, 1793 ; d. May 29, 1865 ; m."(l) Nov. 27, 1823, his cousin 
Patty, dau. of P)enjamin and Patty (Preston) Bacon of Bed- 
ford, Mass. [b. about 1798; d. Apr. 5, 1827] ; (2) Cyrene Put- 
nam of Milford [b. Oct. 22, 1803 ; d. Sept. 2, 1834] ; (3) Sept. 
7, 1842, Anna, dau. of Daniel Giles (8) [b. Sept. 29, 1807; d. 
Jan. 10, 1874]. He lived for many years on the "Thomas 
Brown farm," (58, N. D.,) where the road now terminates, 

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but the home of his later years was in 45, N. D., a short 

distance from Davis Villag-e. He was a deacon in the Con- 
gregational church for thirty-three years. Children : 
99. i. An infant, mentioned only on its mother's gravestone. 

100. ii. An infant, b. and d. Dec. 20, 1825. 

101. iii. An infant, b. about Mar. 23, 1827; d. Apr. 15, 1827. 

102. iv. James Putnam, b. Dec. 27, 1829.+ 

103. V. Perley Bacon, b. Apr. 26, 1832.+ 

104. vi. George Henry, b. Nov. 30, 1844; d. Apr. 25, 1866. 

50. Thomas^ (S^las^ Joseph*, Tames^ Simon^ Dolor^), b. 
May 3, 1795; d. July 15, 1869; m.' Mar. 26, 1818. Nancy, dau. 
of Ebenezer and Sarah (Cummings) Fletcher (71). He re- 
moved to Enosburg, Vt., in early manhood, and was a farmer 
in that place for about twenty-five years. But when a little 
past his fiftieth year, he returned to his native town, and after 
a brief residence in Smith Village and a few years on the 
"Conant farm," (85, A. D.,) he passed his later years on the 
"Campbell farm" by the river, (7, N. L. O.) Children: 

105. i. Mary, b. Apr. 20, 1819; d. Apr. 30, 1819. 

106. ii. Ebenezer, b. June 13, 1820; d. May 29, 1821. 

107. iii. Richard Hall, b. Aug. 24, 1823.+ 

108. iv. Mary Sivona, b. Apr. 29, 1827; d. Apr. 7, 1911; m. July 13, 

1847, George D. Jaquith (1). 

109. V. James Benjamin, b. Dec. 23, 1832.+ 

58. Stephen" (Stephen^ Stephen*, Stephen^ Samuel-, 
Dolor^), b. Mar. 24, 1771; m. Nov. 17, 1796. Hepsibah, dau. of 
John and Elizabeth (Bateman) Brown (T. 12). He succeeded 
to his father's farm^ and there remained for a few of the first 
years of the nineteenth century. He held the office of lieu- 
tenant. Children : 

110. i. Anna, b. Oct. 30. 1797. 

111. ii. Almira, b. Dec. 25, 1799. 

63. James'' (Jonathan^ Jonathan-^, Thomas*, James^ Si- 
mon^, Dolor^), b. Jan. 5, 1800; d. Mar. 23, 1874; m. Dec. 14, 
1826, Rebecca, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Hannah (Dodge) 
Symonds of Hancock [d. Mar. 30, 1874]. He lived on the 
family homestead in Hancock for nearly twenty years, and 
after 1845 was a merchant in that town. Children : 

112. i. Maria, b. Jan. 3, 1828; m. Sept. 7, 1854, J. Franklin Dyer, a 

physician at Annisquam, Mass. 

113. ii. Antoinette, b. Sept. 8, 1829. She was a teacher in her native 

town. 

114. iii. Helen E., b. Aug. 10, 1832; d. Dec. 30, 1833. 

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115. iv. Helen E, b. Nov. 9, 1834; m. Feb. 24, 1853, David R. Patten, 

a hotel proprietor at San Francisco, later in business at 
Salt Lake City. 

116. V. Joanna, b. Aug. 27, 1837; d. Sept. 11, 1868; m. Nov. 8, 1860, 

Myron M. Wood, a farmer in Hancock. 

117. vi. Heber, b. Nov. 4, 1842. He served during the Civil War in 

the 7th N. H. Regiment, and later was in railroad business 
at San Francisco. 

118. vii. Herbert J., b. June 14, 1844. He was a carpet dealer in New 

York and later in San Francisco. 

65. JosiAH Melville^ (Jonathan^, Jonathan^, Thomas*, 
James^ Simon^, Dolofi), b. Feb. 23, 1804; d. July 8, 1846; m. 
Henrietta Ordway of Francestown. He was a hatter in 
Francestown. Child : 

119. i. Elizabeth, m. Clarendon M. Sanders. 

68. George Hubbard'^ (Jonathan®, Jonathan^, Thomas*, 
James^ Simon^, Dolor^), b. Mar. 29, 1811; d. Dec. 1, 1879; m. 
(1) Aug. 14, 1834, Charlotte Low [d. May 9, 1841] ; (2) Oct. 
31, 1844, Sarah Cleverly French [b. Boston, July 27, 1825 ; d. 
Sept. 1, 1873]. He learned the cabinet-maker's trade in Ashby, 
Mass., and in Boston, and later was a member of the firm of 
Hallet, Davis & Co., piano manufacturers, becoming eventu- 
ally the sole proprietor of the business. Children : 

120. i. George H., b. Sept. 30, 1836; m. (1) June 11, 1861, Maria 

Louise Brown [d. July 9, 1876]; (2) Oct. 9, 1879, Ella 
Parsons. He was a hardwood lumber dealer in Boston. 

121. ii. Albert Low, b. June 8, 1838; d. Dec. 7, 1847. 

122. iii. Elizabeth French, b. Nov. 18, 1848; m. Feb. 8, 1877, A. D. 

W. French of Boston. 

123. iv. Edward Windsor, b. June 10, 1856; m. Jan. 26, 1881, Carrie 

L. Esbach of Boston. 

71. Horace H.^ (Jonathan®, Jonathan^, Thomas*, James^, 
Simon^, Dolor^), b. May 20, 1817; m. June 3, 1857, Sarah S., dau. 
of Asa and Rhoda Maynard of Marlboro. Res. at Salem, Mass. 
He was a travelling salesman and also engaged in other busi- 
ness. Child : 

124. i. Fannie M., b. Sept. 18, 1872. 

73. Charles S.'^ (Jonathan®, Jonathan^, Thomas*, James', 
Simon^, Dolor^), b. May 28, 1821 ; m. (1) Aug. 28, 1845, Betsey 
R., dau. of Lubin and Lydia (Burton) Rockwood of Wilton 
[b. about 1826; d. Boston, Apr. 13, 1857] ; (2) June 14, 1860, 
Frances O., dau. of Richard and Mary W. Sykes of Newton, 
Mass. He was employed in the store of Johnson & Clark at 

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Bank Village for a time, and later was similarly engaged in 
East Jaffrey. He was then successively a partner of his 
brother James in Hancock, a member of the firm of Davis & 
Heywood in New Ipswich, for more than twenty years asso- 
ciated with his brother George in Boston, and finally a mem- 
ber of the firm of Billings, Clapp & Co., manufacturers of 
chemicals in Boston. He resided in Newton, Mass. Children : 

125. i. Henrietta R., b. Aug. 28, 1846; d. Sept. 10, 1846. 

126. ii. Charles Allen, b. Apr. 7, 1848; m. Agnes Nichols of Wash- 

ington, D. C. He is a physician in Washington. 

127. iii. Walter Rockwood, b. Nov. 9, 1849; d. Apr., 1908; m. (1) 

Nellie Loring of Newton, Mass. ; (2) Susan Loring of 
Newton, a cousin of his first wife. Children : i. Alice, 
(by first marriage,) m. William T. Coppins of Newton, ii. 
Robert, (by second marriage). 

128. iv. An infant son, d. Mar. 26, 1857. 

129. V. Ida, m. William Z. Ripley. He is a professor in Harvard 

University. Four children. 

87. Elijah F.'^ (Elijah®, Elijah^, Joseph*, Tames^, Simon^, 
Dolor^), b. Nov. 29, 1813; d. Mar. 16, 1886; m. Hannah Ball, 
dau. of Sampson and Ruth (Ball) Spaulding [d. July 18, 1889]. 
He was a resident in the family region in Mason during the 
greater part of his life, but for a few years seems to have been 
a citizen of New Ipswich and resident in its southeastern part. 
Child: 

130. i. Abby Jane, b. July 7, 1841; m. (1) Apr. 10, 1862, Charles 

Robbins [b. Nov. 26, 1837; d. Aug. 24, 1901]; (2) Charles 
B. Samson [d. Mar. 8, 1907]. Child: i. Addie A. Robbins, 
b. Dec. 12, 1867. 

88. Elisha F.^ (Elijah®, Elijah^, Joseph*, James^, Simon^, 
Dolor^), b. Nov. 29, 1812; m. May 16, 1839, Roxanna, dau. of 
Daniel Jefts (6). He was for several years a farmer upon 186, 
A. D. His house, since destroyed by fire, stood forty or fifty 
rods south from the turnpike, upon the road extending, not 
far from the town line, from the "Wheeler tavern" to the 
"Pierce farm." The work of his hands is perpetuated by the 
sturdy willows set by him, while a young man in the employ 
of Dr. Stillman Gibson, beside the road from the Gibson cor- 
ners to Bank Village, near the point of crossing the North 
Branch of the Souhegan River. He removed to Luzerne, 
N. Y., about 1850. Children : 

131. i. Franklin, b. Apr. 10, 1840; d. July 20, 1840. 

132. ii. Horace Eugene, b. July, 1841; unm. Res. at Westminster, 

Mass. 

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133. iii. George Henry, b. Nov. 18, 1842; m. Sarah Sherman of Cor- 

inth, N. Y. Child : i. Bertha E. 

134. iv. Harriet Augusta, b. June, 1844; d. Sept., 1907; m. James 

Burritt. Res. at Corinth, N. Y. One child. 

135. V. Elvira Willard, b. Sept., 1853; m. Loren Merritt of Corinth, 

N. Y. Six children. 

89. Samuel^ (Elijah*', Elijah", Joseph*, Janies^, Simon-, 
Dolofi), b. Apr. 7, 1818; d. Mar. 22, 1907; m. Oct. 31, 1847, 
Mary Jane Haskell of Brattleboro, Vt. [b. Aug. 5, 1822]. He 
was a farmer in Mason until about 1864, when he came to 
New Ipswich and held the Josiah Davis farm, (2, N. L. O.,) 
afterwards known as the Lewis Robbins farm, until his death. 
Several of his children settled in the immediate neighborhood, 
and to the present time hold a wide expanse of land showing 
exceptionally faithful culture in that part of the town. Chil- 
dren : 

136. i. Elbridge Fordice, b. Nov. 10, 1848; unm. Res. in Greenville. 

137. ii. Viola M., b. Apr. 21, 1850; m. Sept. 26, 1898, Henry W. 

Wilson. 

138. iii. Marcia, b. July 14, 1852 ; m. Orren French. 

139. iv. Gardner Gay, b. June 14, 1854. -f 

140. V. Samuel Henry, b. May 20, 1857.+ 

141. vi. Leander Joseph, b. Aug. 4, 1859.-1- 

142. vii. Edward Hildreth, b. Aug. 8, 1862.-}- 

143. viii. Ida Belle, b. Jan. 19, 1866; m. Dec. 1, 1894, Lewis, son of 

Eben and Lucinda (Cutting) Damon of Ashby, Mass., 
where he is a carpenter. Child : i. Etta May Damon, h. 
and d. Feb., 1907. 

144. ix. Eliza J., b. Dec. 3, 1868; m. Charles Lysander Russell. 

91. Kendall'^ (Joseph*', Silas^, Joseph*, James^, Simon-, 
Dolor^), b. Dec. 5, 1803; m. Apr. 14, 1831, Jane Ann, dau. of 
Isaac and Lydia (Keyes) Patten [b. Westford, Mass., May 22, 
1807; d. Athol, Mass., Apr. 4, 1898]. He was a physician in 
Reading, Mass., and Athol, Mass. Children : 

145. i. Milton Kendall, b. 1834; d. 1840. 

146. ii. Cornelia, b. 1836; d. 1840. 

147. iii. Alice Jane, b. Aug. 31, 1838; m. Nov., 1867, Dr. Albert S. 

Tobin. Child: i. Arthur Patten Davis Tobin, b. Aug. 23, 
1869. 

148. iv. Lois Ann, b. Feb. 28, 1840; d. Jan., 1898; m. Nov., 1866, 

Stephen E. Bugbee. Children : i. Alice Bugbee, b. Oct., 
1867. ii. Mary Bugbee, b. July, 1869. 

149. V. Lucy Kendall, b. Mar. 26, 1842; m. Nov., 1867, Alvin N. 

Bugbee. Children : i. Alvin Bugbee, b. 1875 ; m. Jean Wat- 
son ; three children, ii. Newton Kendall Bugbee, b. 1877 ; 
m. Florence Toms ; two children, iii. Lucy Bugbee, b. Oct., 
1887. iv. Benjamin Harrison Bugbee, b. 1889. 

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95. George'^ (Joseph^, Silas^, Joseph*, James^, Simon^, 
Dolor^), b. Oct. 16, 1817; m. Mary Ann Parker of Reading, 
Mass. He was a cabinet maker. He died at Longmont, Colo., 
as did also his wife. Children : 

150. i. Samuel. He was an organist and music-teacher in Long- 

mont, Colo., where he died. 

151. ii. Leila, d. in Colorado. 

152. iii. Mary, m. in Colorado. 

153. iv. Charles. Res. in Colorado. 

98. Horace^ (Joseph^ Silas^ Joseph*, James^ Simon^, 
Dolor^), b. June 6, 1825; d. Nov. 12, 1887; m. (1) Apr. 4, 1850, 

Maria Blanchard (43) ; (2) . He was a contractor 

and builder in Boston and vicinity. Child : 

154. i. Charles Horace, b. Feb. 7, 1859; m. Aug. 18, 1886, Bertha 

May Mott, dau. of Alvin Melrose and Abigail May (Smith) 
Bridgman of Provincetown, Mass. [b. June 25, 1865]. His 
mother dying upon the day of his birth, he was taken into 
the family of William D. Locke and reared as a son with- 
out change of name. He studied dentistry in the University 
of Pennsylvania and received the degree of D. D. S. in 1886. 
He is a successful dentist in Worcester, Mass., also an 
inventor of dental instruments. Child : i. Stanley Bridg- 
man, b. Mar. 20, 1888. 

102. James Putnam^ (James^, Silas^, Joseph*, James^, 
Simon^, Dolor^), b. Dec. 27, 1829; m. (1) Oct. 25, 1855, Ann 
Elizabeth Prichard Houghton (7) ; (2) Sept., 1859, Jane 
Elizabeth, dau. of Herman Lake [b. July 21, 1826; d. Dec. 7, 
1908]. He was a carpenter. Children: 

155. i. Anna, b. Oct., 1857; d. Mar. 4, 1858. 

156. ii. William Eliot, b. Oct. 27, 1864; m. Mar. 17, 1886, Florence 

Josephine Bliss [b. Elmira, N. Y., May 21, 1862]. He was 
a theatrical manager and actor, but since 1904 has been a 
farmer in Davis Village. 

157. iii. Mary Wingate. 

103. Perley Bacon^ (James^, Silas^, Joseph*, James^, 
Simon^, Dolor^), b. Apr. 26, 1832; m. Feb. 12, 1862, Mary 
Frances Vining of Holbrook, Mass. He was educated at New 
Ipswich Appleton Academy, in which he was an assistant 
teacher for four years, during two of which, the first two after 
the attainment of his majority, he was elected superintendent 
of the public schools. He graduated from Andover Theo- 
logical Seminary in 1861 and has passed his life as a pastor 
in Massachusetts churches, five years at Sharon, twenty-five 
at Hyde Park, and seven at Dorchester. He resides in West 
Roxbury, Mass. Children: 

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158. i. Albert Putnam, b. Jan. 5, 1866. He graduated from Am- 

herst College in 1887 and from Yale Divinity School in 
1894, having been a professor in Lincoln University before 
entering upon his professional study. He was for ten 
years pastor at Wakefield, Mass., and later at Pomona, Cal. 

159. ii. Arthur Vining, b. May 30, 1867. He graduated from Am- 

herst College in 1888. He resides in Pittsburg, Penn., where 
he is president of the Aluminum Company of America. 

160. iii. Perley Edwards, b. Aug. 2, 1869; d. July 21, 1870. 

161. iv. Florence Wadleigh, b. July 10, 1871. She graduated from 

Wellesley College in 1894. 

162. V. Edward Kirk, b. Feb. 19, 1880. He graduated from Harvard 

College in 1903. He is connected with the Aluminum 
Company of America at Pittsburg, Penn. 

107. Richard Hall^ (Thomas^ Silas^, Joseph*, James^, 
Simon^, Dolor^), b. Aug. 24, 1823; d. May 2, 1907; m. June 5, 
1844, Asenath Blanchard (36). He came from his native 
town, Enosburg, Vt., to New Ipswich in early manhood, and 
passed practically his entire later life as a wheelwright in 
Smith Village, his shop being the nearest building to the 
bridge upon the southeastern side. Children : 

163. i. Laura Ann, b. Mar. 26, 1845; m. Jan., 1872, Clifford Prutz- 

man of Three Rivers, Mich. Child : i. Ernest Richard 
Prutzman, b. Mar. 9, 1873. 

164. ii. Mary Jeannette, b. Feb. 22, 1855; m. Dec. 25, 1893, Frank H., 

son of Charles O. and Frances (Holden) Whittemore. Res. 
in Smith Village. 

165. iii. Alice M., b. Aug., 1859; m. Mar. 4, 1886, Elwin L., son of 

James E. and Emily E. Edson. Res. in Leominster, Mass. 
Children : i. Florence Edson, b. Jan. 24, 1891. ii. Dwight 
Edson, b. Oct., 1895. 

109. James Benjamin^ (Thomas®, Silas^, Joseph*, James^, 
Simon^ Dolor^), b. Dec. 23, 1832; m. June 3, 1859, Helen M. 
Bailey [d. Aug. 14, 1912]. He was a farmer with his father 
upon the "Campbell farm," (7, N. L. O.,) but after the father's 
death he built a house opposite the northern corner of the 
central burying-ground which was his home until 1913, when 
he removed to San Diego, Cal. Children: 

166. i. Minnie Belle, b. Oct. 7, 1863; d. Nov. 7, 1863. 

167. ii. Florence G., b. June 5, 1865 ; m. Henry L. Kingsbury, a furni- 

ture dealer in Fitchburg, Mass., who removed to San Diego, 
Cal., in 1913. Children : i. Esther Almira Kingsbury, h. 
Aug. 17, 1890. ii. Alberta Gertrude Kingsbury, b. July, 1900. 

139. Gardner G.^ (SamueF, Elijah®, Elijah", Joseph*, 
James^ Simon^, Dolor^), b. June 14, 1854; m. (1) Sept. 25, 

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1877, Ann E., dau. of George H. and Sarah Ramsdell [b. 
1858; d. Apr. 15, 1893]; (2) 1900, Mrs. Emma F. (Ward) 
Chute, dau. of John and Sarah J. Ward of Portland, Me. [b. 
Sept. 27, 1862]. He is a farmer on the Benjamin Wilson 
farm, (69, A. D.) Children: 

168. i. Eva Marion, b. Aug. 16, 1878; m. June 10, 1902, William E. 

Preston (103). 

169. ii. Etta, b. Aug. 16, 1882; d. Mar. 2, 1883. 

170. iii. Effie May, b. Oct. 1, 1884. 

171. iv. Sarah Belle, b. Sept. 7, 1887. 

172. V. Hattie Ann, b. July 14, 1889; m. Sept. 17, 1910, Kenneth 

Allen. Res. in Somerville, Mass. 

173. vi. Marion Frances, b. July 4, 1901. 

140. Samuel Henry^ (Samuel'', Elijah^ Elijah^ Joseph*, 
James^ Simon^, Dolor^), b. May 20, 1857; m. Sept. 30, 1886, 
Sarah E., dau. of Isaac B. and Mary H. (Smith) Heywood of 
Temple [b. Dec. 14, 1867]. He is a farmer upon the Russell 
farm, (44, N. L. O.) Children : 

174. i. Ernest Henry, b. Sept. 2, 1894. 

175. ii. Philip Heywood, b. July 18, 1901. 

141. Leander J.^ (SamueF, Elijah^, Elijah^, Joseph*, 
James^ Simon^, Dolor^), b. Aug. 4, 1859; m. May 1, 1884, 
Alice M. Davis of Ashby, Mass. [b. Jan. 11, 1866]. He also 
is a farmer on the Russell farm, (44, N. L. O.) Children : 

176. i. Wilbur Joseph, b. Mar. 25, 1891; d. Aug. 19, 1891. 

177. ii. Bernice May, b. Jan. 4, 1896. 

178. iii. Bertha Hazel, b. Apr. 1, 1900. 

142. Edward Hildreth^ (Samuel^, Elijah^, Elijah^, Jo- 
seph*, James^, Simon^, Dolor^), b. Aug. 8, 1862; m. Oct. 13, 
1897, Eliza Annie, dau. of Uriah and Sarah J. (Hadley) Law- 
rence of Rindge [b. July 27, 1874]. He has succeeded to his 
father's farm. Children: 

179. i. Ralph Chester, b. and d. Nov. 23, 1901.„ 

180. ii. Edward Lawrence, b. Sept. 22, 1903. 

DAVIS (Job). 

There is a tradition that Job Davis was the son of Jonathan", but 
there is no satisfactory proof of the lineage. 

1. JoB\ b. about 1776; d. Apr. 6, 1850; m. (1) Apr. 29, 
1805, Mary, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Crosby) Stearns (I. 4) 
[b. Feb. 19, 1783; d. July 1, 1846]; (2) Nov. 26, 1846, Sarah 
A., sister of first wife (I. 6) [b. Feb. 4, 1786; d. May 13, 1862]. 

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He lived in Ashby, Mass., but came to New Ipswich about 
1843, and made the home of his later days on the Thomas 
Heald farm, (187, N. L. O.) Children: 

2. i. Isaac Stearns, b. July 11, 1806; d. Feb. 13, 1882; m. July 

10, 1833, Lydia Davies, dau. of Daniel and Betsey Blood 

[b. Apr. 26, 1807]. He settled in Holden, Mass. Seven 
children. 

3. ii. Orpah S., b. May 4, 1809; d. Aug., 1868; m. Samuel Esta- 

brook. Res. in Ashby, Mass. Two children. 

4. iii. John U., b. Feb. 7, 1811.+ 

5. iv. Susan H., b. Feb. 2, 1814; d. Apr. 13, 1889; m. Sept. 13, 1837, 

William Swift Bennett. Res. in Ashby, Mass. Four chil- 
dren. 

6. V. Mary A., b. 1816; d. Apr. 10, 1842. 

7. vi. Onslow P., b. Apr. 24, 1818; d. Oct. 27, 1884; m. Sept. 16, 

1847, Susan M. Raymond of Gardner, Mass. Res. in Gard- 
ner, Mass. Two children. 

8. vii. Philo, b. 1820; d. Nov. 26, 1841. 

9. viii. Jonas B., b. Dec. 14, 1821; d. 1868; m. Aug. 4, 1856, Louisa 

Horton. He was a teacher in Brooklyn, N. Y. Four 
children. 

10. ix. Job, b. Jan. 28, 1823; d. Mar. 18, 1866; m. Jan. 1, 1851, Mary 

E. Bedell. He was a physician in Brooklyn, N. Y. Foiir 
children. 

11. X. Lucinda M., b. Aug., 1825; d. Apr. 8, 1885; m. 1849, Silas 

Raymond of Winchendon, Mass. One son. 

4. John U.^ (Job^), b. Feb. 7, 1811; d. May 14, 1885; m. 
(1) Nov. 7, 1834, Mary Taylor [d. Mar. 2, 1844] ; (2) 1846, 
Sarah E. Estabrook [d. Dec. 25, 1891]. He lived upon the 
farm previously his father's, (187, N. L. O.,) nearly twenty 
years from the time of his father's death, and held a prominent 
position in the activities of the town. He was selectman for 
several years, and twice represented the town in the Legisla- 
ture. In 1869 he removed to Ashby, Mass. Children : 

12. i. Edward E., b. Jan. 4, 1836; d. Aug. 15, 1862. He enlisted 

early in the Civil War in the 1st Minnesota Regiment and 
was captured, after receiving a fatal wound, at the battle 
of Fair Oaks. 

13. ii. Albert H., b. July 6, 1837 ; d. Dec. 13, 1862. He also lost his 

life in the Civil War, while a member of the 6th New 
Hampshire Regiment. 

14. iii. Abbie L., b. July 12, 1839; m. Dec. 25, 1858, Joel A. Hayward 

of Ashby, Mass. He was a soldier of the Civil War in 
the 53d Massachusetts Regiment. Six children. 

15. iv. Charles E., b. Sept. 12, 1847; m. July 12, 1876, Delia Willis 

[d. June, 1883]. Res. in New York city. Child: i. Fred 
Earle, b. Dec. 29, 1877. 

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16. V. Samuel A., b. Sept. 18, 1849; d. in New Zealand while yet a 

young man. 

17. vi. Emilie Kate, b. Apr. 21, 1854; m. June 6, 1876, John A. Piper 

of Ashby, Mass. Four children. 

DIX. 

Anthony^ Dix came to Plymouth, 1623; d. Dec. 15, 1636; m. Tabitha 

. He was a sea-captain. He moved to Salem in 1632. He was 

wrecked on Cape Cod, and there lost his life. His widow m. Nathan 
Pitman of Salem. 

Ralph' (Anthony^), d. Sept. 24, 1688; m. Esther . He was a 

fisherman and a planter of Ipswich, Mass. Removed to Reading, Mass., 
1661. 

John' (Ralph^ Anthony'), b. Ipswich, Mar. 12, 1658; d. Reading, 

May 12, 1745; m. (1) June 30, 1692, Lydia [d. June 9, 1699]; (2) 

May 28, 1700, widow Anna Fitch. He was a farmer at Reading. 

Jonathan^ (John', Ralph', Anthony'), b. Reading, Apr 11, 1710; d. 
Boscawen, N. H., Dec. 24, 1804; m. June 28, 1739, Sarah, dau. of Rev. 
Benjamin and Martha (Sherman) Shattuck [d. Sept. 30, 1775] ; (2) 
Mar. 17, 1779, Miriam Kneeland of Harvard, Mass. [d. Jan. 7, 1829]. Res. 
Hollis, where his thirteen children were born. 

1. Jonathan^ (Jonathan*, John^, Ralph", Anthony^), b. 
Apr. 3, 1742; d. in Nova Scotia; m. (1) Anna Kimball of 
Fitchburg; (2) Joanna Foss of Portsmouth. He came to 
New Ipswich in 1764, and remained until 1771. He established 
the first store in town upon the south side of the old "country 
road" where the house long owned by Rev. Samuel Lee now 
stands. The building also did duty as a tavern. In 1767 he 
was on the committee chosen to "settle with the selectmen," 
the town officer now known as auditor then apparently being 
in process of evolution. As the dissatisfaction with British 
rule preceding the Revolutionary War developed he remained 
loyal to the king, and for some reason this sentiment was not 
judged so leniently by his fellow townsmen as the like senti- 
ments held by a few other prominent citizens. When a de- 
serter from the British troops in Boston was captured in the 
northern part of the town and brought to the tavern and 
confined before the return to Boston, and the popular indigna- 
tion was manifested by hanging the inn-keeper in effigy, hang- 
ing a dead dog to his door, and other equally offensive tokens 
of the popular purpose, it doubtless seemed to him best to 
leave the town, and in fact the entire rebellious region, for a 
residence in Nova Scotia. He was named in the proscribing 
act of 1778, and his property confiscated. Only two children 
are known : 

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2. i. Jonathan, d. 1796 in West Indies, unm. 

3. ii. An infant. 

EATON. 

JoHN^ Eaton, d. Nov. 17, 1658; m. Abigail Damon. He came with 
wife from London, England, in 1635, and was admitted freeman at Water- 
town in 1636. The following year he removed to Dedham, which was 
his home until his death. 

JoHN^ (John^), b. about 1636; m. Alice . He resided at Dedham. 

William' (John', John'), b. 1677; d. 1718; m. 1704, Mary Starr. He 
res. at Dedham. 

JosiAH^ (William', John^ John'), b. 1711; d. 1802; m. 1736. Sarah 
Day. He removed from Dedham to Needham, where he died. 

John' (Josiah^ William', John^ John'), d. Nov. 24, 1827; m. May 17, 
1779, Mary Larkin of Lancaster, Mass. [d. Sept. 22, 1817]. He removed 
to Winchendon, Mass., before his marriage and settled in that part which 
was afterward detached in the formation of Gardner, in which town he 
died. He was a Revolutionary soldier. 

Josiah" (John^ Josiah^ William', John^ John'), b. June 13, 1787; d. 
Dec. 7, 1862; m. 1811, Mary, dau. of Jonas and Rhoda (Johnson) Reed 
of Ashburnham, Mass. [d. Aug. 12, 1872]. At about 1816 he removed 
from Gardner to Ashburnham, which was afterward his home. 

1. IMerrick^ (Josiah^, John^, Josiah*, William^, John^, 
John^), b. Sept. 30, 1811; d. Feb. 16, 1875; m. (1) Elizabeth 
A. Gates of Gardner; (2) June 14, 1860, Rebecca Clarissa, dau. 
of Francis and Susanna (Foster) Lane of Ashburnham [b. 
Jan. 29, 1827]. He resided in Smith Village from 1840 to 
1851, occupying the last house in the village upon the road to 
Gibson Village, and then returned to Ashburnham. Children : 

5. i. Harriet, b. May 11, 1839; m. Noah Hardy of Hollis, N. H. 

6. ii. Albert, d. young. 

7. iii. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 10, 1845; m. Apr. 15, 1864, William H. 

Cruse. Res. in South Ashburnham. Three children. 

8. iv. Ellen, d. young. 

2. JosiAH^ (Josiah^ John^ Josiah*, William^ John^, John^), 
b. IVIay 5, 1814; d. Saratoga, N. Y., Mar. 29, 1865; m. Dec. 5, 
1839, Abigail Wheeler (79). He res. in the Center Village 
for a few years after his marriage. Children : 

9. i. Francis Albertus, b. Apr. 14, 1843; m. Dec. 3, 1868, Mary 

A. Strong. 
10. ii. William Henry, b. July 5, 1849; married. 

3. HosEA^ (Josiah^ John^ Josiah*, William^, John^ John^), 
b. Mar. 10, 1820; d. Rindge, Nov. 27, 1879; m. Nov. 27, 1845, 
Mary Wheeler (80). He passed the greater part of his ma- 
ture life in New Ipswich, occupied at first as a carpenter and 

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a public school teacher, but later he became largely engaged 
in various public duties. He presided as moderator of the town 
meetings for more than twenty years, represented the town 
in the Legislature for several years, and afterward was elected 
to the Senate. During the period of the draft for soldiers to 
serve in the Civil War he was provost marshal of the Second 
District of New Hampshire, and later received appointment 
as Collector of Customs at Boston. Child : 

11. i. Frederic H., b. Dec. 10, 1861; d. 1885; m. July 4, 1883, Cora 

E. Decker. 

4. Otis W.^ (Josiah^, John^ JosiahS William^, John^, 
John^), b. May 29, 1823; d. Saratoga, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1871; m. 
Dec. 22, 1842, Harriet Wheeler (81). His residence in town 
was brief, but the unusual marriage of three brothers to three 
sisters demands recognition in the town history. Children : 

12. i. George P., b. June 14, 1850. 

13. ii. Henry W., b. Mar. 19, 1857. 

14. iii. Nellie A., b. Jan. 9, 1866. 

EDWARDS. 

Ebenezer* Edwards, b. Acton, Mass., Mar. 23, 1757; d. Mar. 21, 1826; 
m. (1) Apr. 26, 1778, Lucy Wheeler of Lincoln, Mass. [d. Nov. 21, 1800] ; 
(2) May 12, 1801, Mary Flint of Lincoln, Mass. [d. Jan. 15, 1839]. He 
served in the Revolution, having a part in the first encounter at "The 
Bridge" and also later. He came to Temple before the close of the war 
and soon became a prominent citizen. He held all the principal town 
offices. 

1. Ebenezer Prescott^ (Ebenezer^), b. Nov. 21, 1800; d. 
Feb. 11, 1857; m. July 2, 1829, Lucinda Spear (22). He came 
to New Ipswich at about the time of his marriage and passed 
his life in Center Village, where he was proprietor of the 
tavern at the stand on the turnpike just east from the corner 
store. He was also deputy sherifif. Children : 

2. i. Emily Elizabeth, b. about July, 1833; d. Dec. 5, 1847. 

3. ii. George Frederic 

EMERSON. 

Thomas* Emerson, b. probably in Sedgefield parish, Durham, Eng- 
land; d. Ipswich, Mass., May 1, 1666; m. Elizabeth . He is said to 

have come from England in 1635 and settled in Ipswich in 1638 or earlier. 

Joseph^ (Thomas'), b. in England about 1620; d. Concord, Mass., Jan. 
3, 1680; m. (1) Elizabeth, dau. of Margaret and Robert Woodmansey of 

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Boston; (2) Dec. 7, 1665, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, the 
first minister of Concord, Mass. [b. 1638; d. Sept. 4, 1693, having m. (2) 
Capt. John Brown of Reading, Mass.]. He was a minister in Ipswich, 
York, Me., and Milton, Mass. From him diverges the ancestral line of 
Rev. Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

Peter' (Joseph% Thomas'), b. 1673; d. 1751; m. Nov. 11, 1696, Anne, 
dau. of Capt. John and Anne (Fiske) Brown of Reading, his step-sister. 
He was a farmer in that part of Reading which became South Reading. 

Brown' (Peter', Joseph', Thomas'), b. Apr. 16, 1704; d. 1774; m. 
June 17, 1725, Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah Townsend [b. Reading, 
1705]. He was a leading farmer in Reading, where he was a deacon for 
many years, also town clerk and selectman for long periods. 

1. JoHN^ (Brown*, Peter^, Joseph^, Thomas^), bapt. Apr. 
5, 1739; d. Nov. 14, 1809; m. Dec. 20. 1764, Katherine, dau. of 
Noah and Phebe (Lilley) Eaton of Reading [b. Dec. 19, 1744; 
d. Jan. 21, 1809]. He was a farmer, but having by some un- 
fair treatment lost his property, he removed from the family 
home and after a few years in Ashby, Mass., came to New 
Ipswich about 1783 and settled in the mountain region, prob- 
ably on 152, A. D., near the later location of the "white school- 
house," No. 8, on the turnpike, whence he removed fifteen 
years later and passed the last ten years of his life in Han- 
cock. Children, of whom probably but the two youngest were 
born in New Ipswich : 

2. i. John, b. Sept. 2, 1765; d. Mar. 15, 1835; m. Prudence Cow- 

drey [b. Reading, Mass., 1772, and survived her husband 
many years]. He settled in Reading, Vt., where he was a 
successful farmer. 

3. ii. Hiram, b. Apr. 9, 1767; d. Mar. 5, 1849; m. (pub. Nov. 14, 

1813) Mary Humber of Boston [b. Mar. 13, 1780; d. 1846]. 
He was a stonemason at Charlestown, Mass. 

4. iii. Catherine, b. Apr. 30, 1769; d. Oct. 5, 1796; m. David Smith. 

Res. at South Reading, Mass. Six children. 

5. iv. Reuben, b. Aug. 12, 1771; d. Mar. 11, 1860; m. Apr. 1, 1800, 

Persis Hardy [b. Rindge, 1776; d. Oct. 12, 1846]. He 
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1798 and entered the 
ministry. He was pastor at Westminster, Mass., for a few 
years, and then at South Reading, now Wakefield, until 
his death after a pastorate of fifty-five years. He had 
five children, of whom one was a physician, one a judge in 
Louisiana, one a professor of music, and one a printer. 

6. V. Jacob, b. June 10, 1773; d. Apr. 3, 1839; m. (1) Sept. 1, 1797, 

Dorcas, dau. of Enos and Dorcas (Nooning) Knight of 
Hancock [d. Mar. 3, 1816]; (2) 1818, Martha (Spaulding) 
Knight [b. Lyndeboro, Apr. 6, 1768]. He lived at Hancock 
until his second marriage, after which he removed to Keene. 
Eight children. 

7. vi. Noah, b. Aug. 28, 1775 ; d. Aug. 25, 1777. 

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8. vii. Brown, b. Jan. 8, 1778; d. July 25, 1872; m. Oct. 29, 1806, 

Mary, dau. of Rev. Daniel and Susanna (Saunders) Hop- 
kins [b. Salem, Mass., Sept. 25, 1778; d. Apr. 4, 1866]. He 
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1802, and received 
the degree of D. D. from his Alma Mater in 1835. He 
w^as settled in Salem, Mass., in 1805, and held the same 
pastorate until his death sixty-seven years later, surviving 
the entire membership of the church and society at the 
time of his ordination. He was absent from his pulpit but 
five Sundays during the first fifty years of his ministry. He 
had ten children, of whom nine were living five years after 
their father's jubilee, and with their husbands and wives 
gathered at the home of their childhood, and on the Sabbath 
twelve couples of the family, with the venerable doctor and 
his wife at their head, entered the church together. Of this 
family of children the two oldest sons should appropriately 
be mentioned at this place : Daniel Hopkins, h. Jan. 23, 
1810; d. July 6, 1883; m. Nov. 7, 1836, Lucy Ann Page; he 
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1830, and like his 
father afterward received the degree of D. D. Edward 
Brown, b. Feb. 10, 1812; d. Jan. 17, 1888; m. May 10, 1841, 
Ann Lummus; he graduated from Dartmouth College in 
1832 and followed the work of the ministry. The changed 
customs of later days did not encourage so long pastorates 
as that of their father, and it seemed advisable that they 
should labor in different positions as the years passed, but 
the elder one served in the pulpit during forty-seven years, 
and one of his sons entered the ministry, while the younger 
gave twenty-six years of like service, followed by fifteen 
years as the head of a family school for boys, and two of 
his sons followed the family profession, continuing to make 
evident the statement of the former history of the town 
that "Piety and preaching might well be the family motto." 

9. viii. Phebe, b. June 17, 1780; d. Aug. 25, 1795. 

10. ix. RoMANUs, b. Sept. 1, 1782; d. Oct. 10. 1852; m. Nov. 21, 1810, 

Joanna, dau. of Joshua Burnham [b. Milford, May 9, 1783; 
d. Aug. 5, 1868]. He too in early life intended to become 
a minister, but prevented by a persistent impediment in his 
speech, he became a carpenter at South Boston. Seven 
children. 

11. X. Anne, b. May 8, 1785; d. Oct. 4, 1864; m. Mar. 2, 1813, Abel 

Hewins. Res. in Roxbury, Mass. 

12. xi. Noah, b. Oct. 4, 1787; d. July 8, 1860; m. Feb. 10, 1830, Ama 

Smith [b. Hollis, Mar. 29, 1798; d. Jan. 3, 1861]. He 
graduated from Middlebury College in 1814, entered the 
ministry, and for twenty-five years was pastor at Baldwin, 
Me., and also gave missionary service elsewhere. 

Thomas Emerson with five sons, distantly related to the 
preceding, settled in 1790 in the south margin of the town. 
He died in 1816, aged 75. 

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EMERY. 

The following sketch of this family has necessarily depended to a 
great degree upon various isolated traditions. It is, therefore, probable 
that it is less nearly accurate than if it were based upon records. 

John' Emery, son of John and Agnes of Romsey, Hampshire, Eng- 
land, b. Sept. 29, 1598; d. Nov. 3, 1683; m. (1) Mary [d. Apr., 1649] ; 

(2) Oct. 29, 1650, Mary (Shatswell), widow of John Webster of Ipswich, 
Mass. [d. Apr. 28, 1694]. He landed at Boston with wife and one or 
two children in 1635, and soon settled at Newbury, Mass., and there 
passed his life. He was chosen selectman, and held other offices, although 
he refused to obey the laws in respect to Quakers, and was fined for 
entertaining them. 

Jonathan^ (John'), b. May 13, 1652; d. Sept. 29, 1723; m. Nov. 29, 
1676, Mary, dau. of Edward Woodman [d. Sept. 13, 1723]. He lived in 
Newbury. He served in King Philip's War, and was wounded in the 
Narragansett fight. 

Jonathan' (Jonathan^ John'), b. Feb. 2, 1680; m. Ruth, dau. of 
Caleb and Mary (Ladd) Richardson [b. Newbury, Dec. 4, 1683; d. Plais- 
tow, Sept. 18, 1749]. All his children were born in Newbury. 

Thomas'* (Jonathan', Jonathan^, John'), bapt. Jan. 6, 1722; m. Jan. 7, 
1745/6, Mary Greenough of the Haverhill district. 

1. Thomas^ (Thomas*, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, John^), b. 
Plaistow or near, 1748; d. Dec. 22, 1840; m. Westminster, 
Mass., Nov. l.=5, 1781, Mary, dau. of Samtiel and Molly 
(Wason) Sawin [b. Nov. 21, 1782; d. Sept. 21, 1850]. He re- 
moved to Rindge in 1774, and came thence to New Ipswich in 
1808. He twice enlisted in the Revolutionary contest from 
Rindge, one of these enlistments being in the New Ipswich 
company of Capt. Joseph Parker, and later from Hampstead, 
which town was perhaps his home for a time, but he was in 
Rindge again in 1786. He sold six oxen to procure a gun for 
military service. Children : 

2. i. ZiBA, d. 1808, unm. 

3. ii. Mary, m. William White. 

4. iii. Samuel, d. after reaching age of manhood, unm. 

5. iv. Betsey, b. about 1797; d. Mar. 2, 1850; m. May 6, 1830, Daniel 

Walker (J. 16). 

6. V. William, b. about 1794. -f- 

7. vi. Thomas, b. about 1795.4- 

8. vii. John, b. about 1800.+ 

9. viii. Hannah. 
10. ix. Sarah. 

6. William^ (Thomas^ Thomas*, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, 
John^), b. about 1794; d. Aug. 9, 1862; m. Mary Spofford [b. 
about 1794; d. Mar. 3, 1862]. He was a farmer living in dif- 



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ferent parts of the town. For several years about 1850 he 
lived on the north side of the road from Hodgkins corner to 
the Gibson Village, (VIII : 3, S. R.,) in a house now des- 
troyed, and his later years were passed on the Abijah Smith 
farm, (34, N. D.) Children: 

11. i. Mary T., b. about Sept., 1818; d. Nov. 20, 1846; m. John 

Langley. Res. Nashua. Child: i. Amos E. Langley, b. 

about Oct., 1846; d. Jan. 14, 1863. 
William G., b. about 1819.+ 
Almira O., m. (1) George Tower; (2) Edmund Bathrick. 

Res. after her second marriage near the center of 38, N. D. 

Child : i. Nancy C. Tower, b. Oct. 9, 1843 ; d. Feb. 27, 1844. 
Amos. He was a stonemason at Peterboro. One son. 
Horace B., b. about 1827; d. Feb. 16, 1866; m. June 6, 1850, 

Melissa Smith of Peterboro. 

16. vi. Eveline C, m. Mar. 14, 1850, Charles B. Marshall. Res. 

Bank Village. 

17. vii. Nancy, m. Charles Sleeper of Unity. 

18. viii. Sarah, d. unm. She was a cripple. 

19. ix. Edward. He was drowned in the factory pond at the age of 

twenty-one. 

20. X. Fanny Jane, b. about 1837; d. May 26, 1859, unm. 

7. Thomas'* (Thomas^, Thomas*, Jonathan^, Jonathan-, 
john^), b. about 1795; d. June 2, 1860; m. Mar. 9, 1830, Han- 
nah Barker [b. May 5, 1799; d. Oct. 22, 1876]. He was a 
farmer in New Ipswich, but often changed his location in the 
town. His longest residence seems to have been upon the 
northern road from the Center Village to Greenville, in the 
house at the corner of the short street extending to the east, 
(29, N. D.) Children: 

21. i. Hiram B., b. about 1830; d. Sept. 17, 1852. 

22. ii. Martha Ann, b. May 16, 1834; d. Aug. 30, 1854; m. Dec. 22, 

1853, Joseph H. Peabody. 

23. iii. Thomas, d. aged 34 years. 

24. iv. Mary, b. about 1840 ; d. Nov. 2, 1870 ; m. Dec. 2, 1855, William 

J. LeFrancis of Cambridge, Mass. 

8. John** (Thomas^, Thomas*, Jonathan^, Jonathan^, 
John^), b. about 1800; d. Mar. 8, 1882; m. Abigail Bruce of 
Marlboro, Mass. [b. about 1803; d. Nov. 22, 1884]. He was a 
farmer owning for fifty years or more the "Hoar farm" on 
the old "country road," next to the river, (V : 2, S. R.) Chil- 
dren : 

25. i. Hannah Maria, b. Dec. 5, 1827; m. Leonard Boodry. 

26. ii. John B., b. Jan. 21, 1829.-1- 

27. iii. Abby A., m. Frederic B. Smith. 

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12. William BJ (William^, Thomas\ Thomas*, Jonathan', 
Jonathan^, John^), b. about 1819; d. Oct. 8, 1884; m. Mary B. 
Roby [d. Aug. 30, 1910]. He was a farmer and succeeded to 
the occupancy of the Abijah Smith farm. (34, N. D.,) after his 
father's death. Children : 

28. i. Mary, b. 1848; m. 1864, William White. Res. in Gardner, 

Mass. Ten children. 

29. ii. Franklin J., b. Nov. 9, 1861; m. (1) Mary B. Levine; (2) 

Helen Johnson. He is a machinist, and has worked as such 
in New Ipswich and at Chester, Vt. Children : i. Frank, 
d. aged six months, ii. Frederic, died. iii. Frank, iv. 
Perley. 

26. John B.'^ (John**, Thomas^, Thomas*, Jonathan', Jona- 
than^, John^), b. Jan. 21, 1829; d. May 22, 1896; m. Nov. 23, 
1853, Laura, dau. of Leonard and Phila (Sprague) Stone [b. 
Mendon, Mass., May 12, 1832; d. May 4, 1910]. He was a 
stonemason in New Ipswich. He lived at the Center Village 
in the second house southward from the school-house, and at 
the corner of Hills street. Children: 

30. i. Eugene Roscoe, b. Nov. 16, 1857 ; unm. He was a machinist 

at Nashua during twenty-five years. 

31. ii. John Clarence, b. May 30, 1860; m. (1) Jan. 2, 1886, Etta 

Batchelder of Plymouth; (2) Jan. 9, 1894, Henrietta Lord. 
He is a printer, for a period at Concord, and later at Wor- 
cester, Mass. Children, b. at Concord : i. Clarence Eugene, 
ii. George Lord. 

EVERETT. 

Richard' Everett, d. July 3, 1682; m. (1) Mary [d. 1643]; (2) 

Jan. 29, 1643, Mary Winch. He came from Dedham, England, in 1634/5 
and as early as 1636 he was one of the proprietors of Dedham, Mass., 
which was his permanent home after 1638. He was selectman in 1661. 

John' (Richard'), bapt. Mar. 15, 1646; d. June 17, 1715; m. May 13, 
1662, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth (Johnson) Pepper of 
Roxbury [b. May 25, 1645; d. Apr. 1, 1714]. He passed his life in Ded- 
ham and was a captain in service against the Indians. 

John' (John^ Richard'), b. June 9, 1676; d. Mar. 20, 1750/1; m. (1) 
Jan. 3, 1699/1700, Mercy Browne [b. about 1678; d. Nov. 27, 1748]; (2) 
Aug. 31, 1749, Mrs. Mary Bennett of Wrentham. He passed his life in 
Dedham, and was a selectman for several years and the first deacon of 
the Second church. Hon. Edward* Everett, so prominent for years in 
national and state matters, was his descendant by the line Ebenezer^ 
Oliver". 

Edward' (John^ John^ Richard'), b. Oct. 18, 1714; d. June 30, 1745; 
m. Jan. 23, 1738/9, Mary, dau. of Eleazer and Mary Battle Allen [b. Jan. 
10, 1717; d. Jan. 1, 1760; m. (2) Gamaliel Gerould of Wrentham]. He 
res. in Dedham. 

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David' (Edward', John', John', Richard'), b. Apr. 16, 1745; d. June 
26, 1775; m. Oct. 27, 1767, Susannah, dau. of Stephen Rolfe [b. Feb. 22, 
1743]. Res. Princeton, Mass. He entered service at the opening of the 
Revolutionary War, was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill and died 
while in service. Three of his children were resident in New Ipswich. 

1. Olivia^ (David^ Edward*, John^, John^, Richard^), b. 
July 22, 1768; d. Dayton, O. ; m. Benjamin, son of Benjamin 
and Priscilla Adams of New Ipswich (W, 22). 

2. David'' (David^ Edward^ John^ John^, Richard^), b. 
Mar. 29, 1770; d. Dec. 21, 1813; m. Dec. 23, 1799, Dorothy, 
dau. of Dea. Isaac and Mary (Adams) Appleton (7). He 
taught in New Ipswich. He graduated from Dartmouth Col- 
lege 1795, entered the legal profession, and practiced at Am- 
herst, 1801-07. Removed to Boston and engaged in editorial 
work on the Boston Patriot and Boston Pilot. In 1813 he 
removed to Marietta, O., and died within a few months. His 
widow returned to New Ipswich and made her home in the 
house which she gave the Congregational church. 

3. JoHN^ (David^ Edward*, John^, John^, Richard^), b. Feb. 
18, 1776; d. Aug. 25, 1859; m. (1) Jan. 7. 1801, Hannah Brooks 
Jones [b. Apr. 5, 1775; d. July 21, 1815]; (2) Dec. 11, 1815, 
Elizabeth, dau. of John and Lydia Goen [b. June 15, 1783]. 
He came to New Ipswich and built a woolen mill on the 
North Branch ; first he only dressed cloth woven elsewhere, 
then manufactured broadcloths and cassimeres. He continued 
this till 1826, and afterward started mills in Mason Village 
and in Templeton. He was captain of a militia company, 
and then of the Independent Grenadiers. Children : 

4. i. John, b. Dec. 23, 1802.+ 

5. ii. William Jones, b. Mar. 14, 1805; d. Enfield, Conn., Dec. 12, 

1829. 

6. iii. David, b. Mar. 30, 1807; d. Templeton, Aug. 27, 1849; m. (1) 

July 26, 1830, Catherine B. Snell [b. about 1808; d. Jan. 17, 
1832]; (2) July 1, 1839, Elizabeth H. Stone [b. about 1818; 
m. twice after death of first husband]. 

7. iv. Stephen, b. Jan. 25, 1809.-]- 

8. V. Adeline, b. June 10, 1811; d. Nov. 3, 1849; m. Jan. 1, 1834, 

Ezra, son of Ezra and Betsy (Perley) Hyde [b. Aug. 17, 
1807, at Winchendon, Mass.]. 

9. vi. Julia Ann, b. Jan. 18, 1813 ; d. 1891 ; m. Sept. 30, 1837, Elihu 

Piper. 

10. vii. George, b. May 19, 1817; d. Nov. 19, 1837. 

11. viii. Charles, b. Dec. 1, 1818.+ 

12. ix. Edward, b. July 29, 1820.-|- 

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13. X. Louis, b. Nov. 16, 1822; d. Nov. 21, 1860, unm. 

14. xi. Eliza, b. Feb. 28, 1825 ; d. Nov. 25, 1849, unm. 

4. JoHN^ (John^ David^ Edward*, John^ John-, Richard^), 
b. Dec. 23, 1802; d. Nov. 15, 1857; m. Oct. 28, 1828, Ann C. 
Adams. Res. Templeton, Mass., and Marshall, Mich. Chil- 
dren: 

15. i. Mary Ann Jones, b. Oct. 8, 1829. 

16. ii. Frances Josephine, b. Mar. 18, 1845. 

5. Stephen^ (John^, David^, Edward*, John^, John^, Rich- 
ard^), b. Jan. 25, 1809; d. May 27, 1867, at Dracut, Mass.; m. 
Sept. 16, 1832, Alma, dau. of Thaddeus and Mary (Currier) 
Richardson [b. Dracut, Mar. 6, 1809; d. June 22, 1881]. He 
was a manufacturer in Lowell and Lawrence, Mass., and 
Biddeford, Me. Children : 

17. i. Alma Adaline, b. Sept. 23, 1833 ; d. 1856. 

18. ii. George Moody Thompson, b. Nov. 18, 1837; m. Sept. 30, 1891, 

M. Augusta, dau. of David and Lucy Adams. Res. Law- 
rence, Mass. 

19. iii. Hannah B., b. May 20, 1843 ; d. 1846. 

20. iv. Charles William S., b. 1846; d. 1850. 

11. Charles'^ (John^, David^, Edward*, John^, Tohn^, Rich- 
ard^), b. Dec. 1, 1818; d. Nov. 1, 1896; m. Maria P., dau. 
of Josiah Wheeler [b. Royalston, Mass., Sept. 10, 1821]. He 
was a woolen manufacturer and merchant at Otter River. 
Children : 

21. i. Sarah Sophia, b. 1844; d. Mar. 7, 1892; m. (1) Porter B. 

Webber of Templeton, Mass.; (2) Oct. 16, 1877, Austin L. 
Bond of Greenfield, Mass. 

22. ii. John Wheeler, b. 1846; d. Sept. 23, 1847. 

23. iii. Mary Turner, b. 1850; d. Oct. 29, 1851. 

12. Edward^ (John«, David^ Edward*, John^, John^, Rich- 
ardO, b. July 29, 1820; d. Oct. 24, 1853; m. June 2, 1848, Eliza 
Ann, dau. of Quincy and Sally Sylvester [b. Townsend, Mass., 
Nov. 18, 1827; m. (2) Alfred M. Adams]. He was a designer 
in print mills of Lowell and Lawrence, Mass. Children : 

24. i. Innis F., b. Apr. 8, 1849; d. Apr. 4, 1872. 

25. ii. Edward, b. Oct. 4, 1850; m. Oct. 11, 1881, Rosa M.. dau. of 

Charles and Anna Michallis [b. New Ulm, Minn., Aug. 26, 
1859]. Res. Big Timber, Mont. Children: i. Anna 
Gretchen, b. Feb. 8, 1890. ii. Ines Francena, b. Jan. 15, 1893. 



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FAIRBANK. 

Jonathan* Fairbank, m. Halifax, Yorkshire, England, May 20, 1617, 
Grace Smith. He came to New England in 1633 and settled at Dedham, 
Mass., where he built the old "Fairbanks House," which is still standing, 
and is believed to be the oldest dwelling house in New England which has 
been owned and occupied continuously by its builder and his lineal 
descendants to the present time. His name is one of the 125 names 
attached to the famous covenant which was the foundation of Dedham. 

Jonas' ( Jonathan'), b. Halifax, England, Mar. 6, 1624; d. Feb. 10, 
1676; m. May 28, 1658, Lydia, dau. of John Prescott. He removed in 
1657 from Dedham to Lancaster, Mass., where he was one of the "fathers 
of the town." He and his son Joshua were of the thirty residents of that 
town who were killed by the Indians on the same day. His widow m. 
(2) Elias Barron of Watertown, Groton, and Lancaster. 

Jabez' (Jonas', Jonathan'), b. Lancaster, Jan. 8, 1671; d. May 2, 1758; 
m. (1) Mary, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Houghton) Wilder [b. about 
1672; d. Feb. 21, 1718]; (2) Mar. 25, 1719, Elizabeth Whitcomb [b. about 
Sept., 1674; d. May 11, 1755]. He was a captain in the Indian wars, and 
represented Lancaster in the General Court several times. 

Jonas* (Jabez', Jonas', Jonathan'), b. Lancaster, 1703; d. Nov. 4, 1792; 
m. Apr. 8, 1731, Thankful, dau. of Josiah Wheeler [bapt. Sept. 30, 1711; 
d. May 15, 1795]. He res. in Lancaster and was a soldier in the French 
and Indian wars. 

Josiah" (Jonas*, Jabez', Jonas', Jonathan'), b. May 22, 1734; d. May 
9, 1798; m. Jan. 22, 1761, Abigail Carter [d. Nov. 20, 1815; m. (2) Dea. 
Samuel Wilder of Ashburnham]. He was a soldier in the Colonial and 
Revolutionary wars. 

1. Ephraim^ (Josiah^, Jonas*, Jabez^, Jonas^, Jonathan^), b. 
Mar. 16, 1770; d. Sept. 11, 1837; m. May 14, 1795, Sally, dau. 
of James and Mary (Melvin) Chandler (7). He came to New 
Ipswich soon after attaining his majority and established a 
blacksmithy in Davis Village. His home was in the house on 
the eastern side of the road from Hodgkins' Corner. He re- 
mained in town about twenty-five years, then removed to Oak- 
ham, Mass., and thence a few years later to Jacksonville, 111., 
where they both died. Children, all born in New Ipswich : 

2. i. John Barnard, b. Mar. 16, 1796.+ 

3. ii. Samuel, b. Sept. 30, 1799; d. Mar. 30, 1803. 

4. iii. James Chandler, b. May 24, 1801. -|- 

5. iv. Ephraim Wilder, b. Oct. 31, 1804; d. Cincinnati, O., Apr. 22, 

1828, unm. 

6. V. Daniel Willard, b. Nov. 10, 1808; d. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 27, 

1835; m. Susan West, dau. of Elijah and Susanna (Weeks) 
Freeman [b. Mar. 27, 1808; d. 1888; m. (2) Benjamin 
Larrabee, president of Middlebury College]. 

7. vi. Sarah Ann, b. July 10, 1812; d. Oct. 6, 1832; m. Phineas 

Norton. Res. in Oakham, Mass. 

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8. vii. Richard Hall, b. Aug. 7, 1814; d. Sept. 7, 1814. 

9. viii. Martha Bacon, b. July 26, 1816; d. Sept. 14, 1838; m. Barlow 

Freeman. Res. in Jacksonville, 111. 

2. John Barnard^ (Ephraim^ Josiah^, Jonas*, Jabez^, 
Jonas^, Jonathan^), b. Mar. 16, 1796; d. June 7, 1873; m. Nov. 
6, 1821, Hannah Maria Cressey. He attended the Academy 
before leaving tow^n with his parents, and became a successful 
teacher. He was for a time principal of the academy at Stam- 
ford, Conn,, where he married. He was engaged for several 
years in the manufacture of hats, bonnets, and other straw 
goods in Oakham, Mass., and in New York, but in 1837 he 
removed to Illinois and became a farmer at Jacksonville, and 
later near Concord in that state, where he died. He was a 
deacon. Children : 

10. i. Samuel Bacon, b. Dec. 24, 1822.+ 

11. ii. James Chandler, b. Jan. 13, 1825. + 

12. iii. Hannah Maria, b. May 25, 1827; d. Aug., 1829. 

13. iv. Daniel Wilder, b. Apr. 27, 1829.4- 

14. V. John Barnard, b. Sept. 6, 1831. + 

15. vi. Hannah Maria, b. Sept. 25, 1833; d. Nov. 29, 1835. 

16. vii. Sarah Maria, b. May 26, 1835 ; d. Dec. 30, 1836. 

17. viii. May Amelia, b. May 14, 1838; d. Aug. 23, 1838. 

18. ix. Edward Beecher, b. May 21, 1841; d. Sept. 14, 1863. 

4. James Chandler'^ (Ephraim^, Josiah^, Jonas'*, Jabez^, 
Jonas^ Jonathan^), b. May 24, 1801; d. Mar. 31, 1877; m. June 
9, 1825, Lurana, dau. of John and Susanna (Fay) Robinson, 
a descendant of John Robinson, the Pilgrims' pastor. He res. 
in Oakham, Mass. Children : 

19. i. Jeremiah Robinson, b. Oct. 4, 1826; m. Nov. 9, 1856, Margaret 

White of New Brunswick. Child : i. Jessie, h. Nov. 27, 
1860; d. July 29, 1889. 

20. ii. Lurana Wilder, b. July 12, 1828; d. Oberlin, O., July 23, 

1892; m. June 21, 1851, William Mellen [b. Temple, Feb. 
16, 1816; d. Oberlin, O., Feb. 12, 1892]. They were mis- 
sionaries at Natal, South Africa, for twenty-three years, 
and their late life was passed at Oberlin. Nine children. 

21. iii. Sarah Chandler, b. Oct. 13, 1830; m. Nov. 24, 1870, Ezra 

D. Batcheller. Res. at North Brookfield, Mass. 

22. iv. Susan Fay, b. Dec. 29, 1832; unm. Res. at Oakham, Mass. 

23. v. Martha Bacon, b. Sept. 30, 1835 ; d. Apr. 30, 1837. 

24. vi. James Ephraim, b. Mar. 20, 1838; d. Oct. 14, 1838. 

25. vii. John Barnard, b. Aug. 8, 1839; unm. He was a student in 

Amherst College at the time of the outbreak of the Civil 
War, left his studies, and enlisted as a private in the 36th 
Massachusetts Regiment. He completed his service, return- 
ing a major by brevet, and returned to college, graduating 
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in 1867. He studied law in Columbia Law School, receiv- 
ing the degree of LL. B. in 1869. He practiced in Oakham, 
Mass., of which town he was selectman, member of school 
board, and representative. He removed to Dakota and is 
in legal practice at Deadwood. 

26. viii. Maria Thatcher, b. Apr. 18, 1841; m. Feb. 22, 1882, Daniel 

Rugg [d. July 20, 1888]. Res. in Champaign, III., but after 
her husband's death she returned to Oakham. 

27. ix. Samuel Bacon, b. Aug. 8, 1843; d. Jan. 9, 1872; m. Apr. 6, 

1869, Lizzie J. Packard of Oakham. Child : i. James 
Packard, b. Nov. 18, 1870. 

10. Samuel Bacon® (John B/, Ephraim^ Josiah^, Jonas*, 
Jabez^, Jonas^, Jonathan^), b. Dec. 24, 1822; d. May 31, 1898; 
m. (1) 1846, Abby Allen [d. 1852] ; (2) July 11, 1856, Mary 
Ballantine [b. Sept. 10, 1836; d. Jan. 15, 1879]. He graduated 
from Illinois College in 1842, and from^ Andover Theological 
Seminary in 1845. He went to India as a missionary of the 
American Board the following year, and spent his life in that 
service. He was stationed at Ahmednagar, Western India. 
He received from his Alma Mater the degree of D. D. Chil- 
dren : 

28. i. Emily Maria, b. Nov. 21, 1846; m. 1871, Rev. Thomas Snell, 

a missionary of the American Board in Ceylon. Six chil- 
dren, all born in Ceylon. 

29. ii. Mary Crocker, b. and d. July, 1847. 

30. iii. John Melville, b. May 8, 1852; d. Nov., 1854. 

31. iv. Anna, b. Nov. 1, 1857; m. Rev. Robert M. Woods, pastor at 

Hatfield, Mass. 

32. V. Katie, b. May 8, 1859; m. Rev. Robert H. Hume, a missionary 

of the American Board at Ahmednagar. Four children. 

33. vi. Melvin, b. Mar. 7, 1861 ; d. 1864. 

34. vii. Henry, b. June 30, 1862; m. Sept. 16, 1886, Ruby Elizabeth, 

dau. of Rev. Charles and Julia (Terry) Harding of Shola- 
pur, India [b. Bombay, India, Oct. 23, 1860; educated at 
Wellesley College]. He came to America at the age of ten 
years, prepared for college at Phillips Andover Academy, 
graduated from Amherst College in 1883, studied for the 
ministry at Yale Theological School, and returned to India 
as a missionary of the American Board in 1886. Children : 
i. Samuel Ballantine, b. Dec. 7, 1887. ii. Allen Melvin, b. 
Sept. 27, 1889. iii. Ruth Elizabeth, b. Feb. 29, 1892. 

35. viii. Grace, b. Nov. 2, 1864. She is a kindergarten teacher. 

^. ix. Edward, b. June 5, 1867; m. June 14, 1893, Mary Adelaide, 
dau. of Ephraim and Mary A. (Young) Caskey of Morris- 
town, N. J. [b. May 24, 1871]. He came to America at 
the age of eleven years, prepared for college at Williston 
Seminary, graduated from Amherst College in 1889, and 

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from Andover Theological Seminary in 1892. After a 
year's pastorate at Roxbury, Mass., he returned to India as 
a missionary of the American Board. Child : i. Adelaide 
Ballantine, b. Mar. 26, 1895. 

37. X. James, b. June, 1870; d. 1870. 

38. xi. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10, 1871; m. June 22, 1897, William H. 

Hastings of Staten Island, N. Y. She graduated from Mt. 
Holyoke College in 1893. 

39. xii. Rose, b. Aug. 1, 1874. She graduated from Smith College in 

1895. 

40. xiii. Mary Darling, b. Jan. 5, 1878. She graduated from Smith 

College in 1899. 

11. James Chandler* (John B.^, Ephraim^ Josiah^, Jonas*, 
Jabez^, Jonas^, Jonathan^), b. Jan. 13, 1825; d. Feb. 7, 1893; 
m. (1) Oct. 4, 1847, Hannah B., dau. of Ebenezer Carter [d. 
Mar. 28, 1862] ; (2) Jan. 1, 1865, Mary Lucy, dau. of Samuel 
and Mary (Safford) Daniels. He went with his parents to 
Illinois at the age of twelve years, and spent his life in Jack- 
sonville or its neighborhood. He completed his Junior year 
at Illinois College, and then entered into mercantile business 
with his brother Daniel Wilder. Later in life he became a 
farmer. He was a director of the First National Bank of 
Jacksonville, and held the office of deacon. Children : 

41. i. Samuel Allen, b. Jan. 13, 1850. 

42. ii. Ellen Maria, b. Mar. 24, 1853; m. Oct. 7, 1873, Milton O. 

Matthews of Joy Prairie, 111. One child. 

43. iii. Mary Amelia, b. Apr. 16, 1858; m. Aug. 26, 1890, Charles H. 

Smith. Two children. 

44. iv. Georgia May, b. May 1, 1868. 

45. V. James Edward, b. Jan. 7, 1871. 

46. vi. Arthur Daniels, b. Mar. 17, 1876. 

13. Daniel Wilder® (John B.'^, Ephraim®, Josiah^, Jonas*, 
Jabez^ Jonas^, Jonathan^), b. Apr. 27, 1829; d. Feb. 19, 1893; 
m. Aug. 21, 1850, Sarah, dau. of John Epler. He studied in 
Illinois College with a view to the ministry, but ill-health 
changed his plans and he became a teacher, and also a part- 
ner of his brother James Chandler in mercantile pursuits. He 
was a member of the city council of Jacksonville, 111., and also 
a trustee of Illinois College. Children : 

47. i. Evelyn Hall, b. June 7, 1851; m. June 4, 1872, George 

Wyckoff Brown. Three children. 

48. ii. Fanny Gertrude, b. May 22, 1854; m. Dec. 16, 1880, Edward 

C. Carter of Chicago, 111. Three children. 

49. iii. Sarah Maria, b. Nov. 22, 1861. 

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14. John Barnard^ (John BJ, Ephraim^ Josiah^, Jonas*, 
Jabez^, Jonas^, Jonathan^), b. Sept. 6, 1831; m. (1) May 12, 

1859, Emily P. Mack [d. June 12, 1860] ; (2) Aug. 31, 1863, 
Ruth A. Boyce [d. June 20, 1889]. He graduated from IlHnois 
College in 1857 and from Union Theological Seminary in 

1860. He has been pastor successively in Illinois, Wisconsin, 
Michigan, Indiana, and Minnesota, returning to his early home 
in Jacksonville, 111., in 1902. He received the degree of D. D. 
from his Alma Mater in 1895. Children : 

50. i. Herbert Augustus, b. Apr. 19, 1860. He res. in San Fran- 

cisco, Cal., where he is connected with the California Fruit 
Union. 

51. ii. Edward Boyce, b. July 1, 1865; d. Oct. 24, 1868. 

52. iii. John Wilder, b. Feb. 15, 1867; d..Feb. 9, 1890. 

53. iv. Marion Emily, b. Jan. 18, 1871. She graduated from Carle- 

ton College in 1890. 

54. V. Arthur Boyce, b. Oct. 31, 1873. 

FARIS. 

William^ Faris, b. about 1700; d. May 5, 1789; m. twice, his second 
wife d. 1781. He was captain in the English army in 1745, and served as 
late as 1759. After retiring upon half pay he lived at West Cambridge, 
Mass., and later at Needham, where he was a justice of the peace. 

1. William^ (William^), b. about 1749; d. Oct. 22, 1814; 
m. Betsey, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Spaulding) Cummings 
(7) [d. Nov. 28, 1810]. He was probably son of his father's 
first marriage, and there are indications that he passed his 
youth in some New Ipswich family. At all events, soon after 
reaching the age of twenty-one he bought lot 87, A. D., where 
he probably lived for about fourteen years. The vestiges of 
a cellar long visible a quarter-mile to the westward from the 
site of the former Conant house on Page Hill probably mark 
the place of his dwelling, situated upon a road now nearly 
obliterated extending from the "Blanchard house," (84, A. D.,) 
to a point on the old "Tenney road" a little south from No. 6 
school-house. His name is borne upon the roll of those march- 
ing from New Ipswich on the morning of April 20, 1775. 
About 1785 he removed to the part of Needham, Mass., which 
is now included in Natick, where he was a selectman and 
otherwise a prominent citizen. Children : 

2. i. William. He settled in Natick. 

3. ii. Robert Pateshall, d. 1830. He inherited the New Ipswich 

property, but there are no indications of his ever having 
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removed to the town. He graduated from Harvard College 
in 1815. He was a successful lawyer in Missouri. 

4. iii. Sally, m. Michael Gay of Watertown, Mass. 

5. iv. Jane, b. Jan. 11, 1788; d. Feb. 9, 1865; m. June 11, 1811, Wil- 

liam Fiske of Cambridge, Mass. 

FARNSWORTH. 

The town records give very little concerning this family, and the 
family history presents the New Ipswich branch with too many omissions 
and certain errors to give assurance of accuracy. It is feared that the 
following sketch is only approximately correct. 

Matthias' Farnsworth, b. about 1612; d. Jan. 21, 1688/9; m. (1) 
probably in England, but his wife's name is unknown; (2) Mary, dau. 
of George Farr of Lynn, Mass. [d. 1717]. He probably came from 
Farnsworth, Lancashire, England. He settled at Lynn, where his name 
first appears in 1657, although he may have arrived some years earlier. 
He removed to Groton, Mass., about 1660, where he was a weaver and 
also a farmer. He was a selectman in Groton and held other offices. 

Matthias^ (Matthias^), b. 1649, probably of first m. ; d. about 1693; 
m. 1681, Sarah, dau. of John' and Sarah (Eggleton) Nutting [b. May 
29, 1663; m. (2) John Stone]. He passed his life in Groton, holding 
various town offices and serving in King Philip's war. 

Benjamin' (Matthias'), b. 1667; d. Aug. 15, 1733; m. 1695, Mary, 
dau. of Jonas and Mary (Loker) Prescott [b. Feb. 3, 1674; d. Oct. 28, 
1735]. He lived in his native town, holding the office of selectman and 
various other offices. 

Ebenezer' (Matthias', Matthias'), b. about 1684; m. Apr. 17, 1707, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Joshua and Abigail (Tarbell) Whitney of Watertown, 
Mass. [b. about 1686]. Res. Groton. 

JosiAH^ (Matthias', Matthias'), b. Feb. 24, 1687; d. Sept., 1744; m. 
(1) Mar., 1719/20, Mary, dau. of Ephraim Pierce [b. Aug. 9, 1696]; (2) 
June 1, 1710, Mary (Green), widow of Jonathan Nutting. Res. Groton. 

Jonas' (Benjamin', Matthias'), b. Oct. 14, 1713; d. Dec, 1803; m. 
1739, Thankful Ward of Worcester, Mass. [b. Feb. 15, 1712; d. May 1, 
1799]. 

Matthias' (Ebenezer', Matthias', Matthias'), b. Sept. 20, 1709; d. 
1796; m. (1) Feb. 24, 1730, Abigail, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Shedd 
[b. Nov. 7, 1708; d. May 11, 1748]; (2) Azubah (Burt) [d. 1812, aged 100 
years] widow of his brother Phineas, who d. 1752. Res. in Harvard, Mass. 

1. Thomas* (Josiah^, JVIatthias^, IMatthias^), b. Apr. 1, 1731 ; 
m. (1) Elizabeth Tuttle ; (2) Nov. 12, 1753, Elizabeth Davis 
of Littleton, Mass. He lived in Lunenburg, Mass., whence 
he came to New Ipswich apparently as early as 1757, and 
certainly before the first town meeting after the incorporation, 
as at that meeting he was chosen one of the surveyors of 
highways. His residence continued until 1779. His home 
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is not known. He was a revolutionary soldier, responding to 
the Concord call, and enlisting twice afterward. Children : 

3. i. Moses, b. Jan. 17, 1750; d. Oct. 23, 1837; m. (1) Annie Wilson 

of Alstead [d. Aug. 29, 1790]; (2) Rohanna Reckwith 
Crocker. He res. for a time in Alstead, but removed, hav- 
ing several different places of residence, the last being 
Sugar Grove, Pa. He served in the Revolution in the com- 
pany of Capt. Isaac Farwell. 

4. ii. Mary, b. Jaffrey about 1755; d. July, 1832. 

5. iii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 20, 1757; m. Daniel Emery. Two children. 

6. iv. Catherine, b. Mar. 17, 1760; d. Williamstown, Vt., 1857. 

7. v. Lucy, b. Apr. 16, 1762; m. thrice. Res. Mexico, N. Y., 1847. 

8. vi. Hannah, b. June 7, 1767; d. 1817; m. Aug. 4, 1785, Abijah 

Stone. Res. St. Albans, Vt. The v^^ife of U. S. Senator 
Jacob CoUamer of Vermont was her daughter. 

9. vii. Thomas, b. May 30, 1768; m. Feb., 1791, Dimmis Ladd. Res. 

Alden, N. Y. 

10. viii. Rachel, b. Sept. 9, 1770. Res. Lancaster, 1847. 

11. ix. Joseph, b. June 25, 1772; d. Newport, July 19, 1837; m. (1) 

Feb. 27, 1803, Martha Shepherd [b. Nov. 4, 1780; d. Apr. 
2, 1834] ; (2) Nov. 27, 1834, Tryphena, widow of Col. Wil- 
liam Cheney of Newport, N. H. 

12. X. Jonathan, b. Aug. 12, 1774; m. Olive Kingsbury. 

13. xi. Sarah, b. June 11, 1776. Res. Alden, N. Y., 1847. 

2. Daniel* (Jonas^, Benjamin^, Matthias^), b. Oct. 14, 
1748. His name appears upon the tax-lists from 1772 to 1775, 
and he is said to have been a student in the ofifice of Judge 
Champney. His name is not found on the printed roll of any 
body of Revolutionary troops, but the former town history 
records that he "deserted from his company, and went over 
to the enemy," and that he was named in the list of those who 
in 1783 were forbidden to return under penalty of death. 

Ebenezer" (Matthias^ Ebenezer', Matthias', Matthias*), b. May 10, 
1731; d. May, 1760; m. Feb. 20, 1755, Mary Nichols. Res. Boston. 

14. Harbor^ (Ebenezer^, IVIatthias*, Ebenezer^, Matthias^, 
IMatthiasO, b. June 10, 1756; d. Mar. 5, 1826; m. Mar. 12, 1778, 
Lucy Hale [b. about 1758; d. Jan. 29, 1838]. His unusual 
name was due to his birth on a boat while approaching the 
shore in Boston Harbor. He lived in Harvard, Mass., and 
later in Stoddard, but when nearly sixty years of age he came 
to New Ipswich and there made the home of his later years, 
living for a time on the south end of XH : 4, S. R., in the east- 
erly house of the two formerly standing upon the north side 
of the old road now discontinued, and later in the most south- 
erly house of Smith Village, built in part, at least, by Samuel 

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Foster. The list of his children is probably incomplete, and 
their order is uncertain. Children : 

Isaac. 

Lucy, b. about 1780; d. June 27, 1852; m. Stephen Spaulding 

(30). 
John. 
Asa, b. about 1786; d. June 18, 1831; m. Mar. 24, 1823, Lucy 

Scollay [b. Ashburnham, Mass., Mar. 31, 1768; d. Sept.. 

1842]. Res. Lancaster, but was in New Ipswich, 1807-09. 

19. V. Susan, b. about 1787; d. Dec. 23, 1873; m. William Blanchard 

(8). 

20. vi. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 2, 1790; d. Oct. 18, 1863; m. Feb. 23, 1816, 

Mary Jane Ames [b. Hanover, Nov. 2, 1798; d. July 22, 
1870]. He was a shoe dealer in Detroit, Mich. 

21. vii. Nancy, m. Mar. 1, 1815, Warren Skinner of Brownville, N. Y. 

22. viii. Mary, m. Sept. 10, 1818, Ichabod Robbins of Chester, Vt. 

Two children. 

23. ix. Emily, b. July, 1799; m. Apr. 20, 1820, Andrew Conant (19). 

24. X. Sally, m. Dec. 27, 1823, Jonas Stone (23). 

25. Levi Farnsworth probably was a member of the fam- 
ily already considered, but the line of connection has not ap- 
peared. He married Eunice and the births of seven 

children are found in the New Ipswich records, which are 
silent in matters concerning him. Children : 

26. i. Jonathan Hadley, b. Aug. 15, 1776. 

27. ii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 17, 1778. 

28. iii. Nathan, b. Feb. 15, 1780. 

29. iv. RuFUS, b. Feb. 15, 1782. 

30. v. Timothy Jones, b. Aug. 6, 1783. 

31. vi. Eunice, b. Sept. 22, 1785. 

32. vii. Levi, b. May 4, 1788. 

Samuel Farnsworth is named upon the roll of the com- 
pany of Capt. Robert Fletcher, 1778, which was so largely 
composed of New Ipswich men that his residence in the town 
is probable, but nothing more definite in relation to him has 
come to light. 

FARRAR. 

Two brothers, John and Jacob Farrar, were among the original pro- 
prietors of Lancaster, Mass., in 1653. There is a tradition, not entirely 
certain, that they came from Lancashire, England. The New Ipswich 
family has descended from the younger brother. 

Jacob' Farrar, b. 1620 or earlier ; d. Aug. 14, 1687 ; m. Ann . He 

had four children, whom he left with their mother in England until he 
had made a home for them in Lancaster, to which they came in 1658. 
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the massacre by the Indians in the latter year he with his wife, son, and 
daughter and her husband went to Woburn, Mass., where he passed the 
brief remainder of his life. 

Jacob' (Jacob'), b. about 1642; d. Aug. 22, 1675; m. 1668, Hannah, 
dau. of George and Mary Hayward of Concord, Mass. [b. Apr. 20, 1647]. 
He came to Lancaster about 1658, and lived there until killed by the 
Indians, as stated above. His widow, with her four children, returned to 
Concord, where the children were brought up and settled. 

George' (Jacob=, Jacob'), b. Aug. 17, 1670; d. May 15, 1760; m. Sept. 

9, 1692, Mary Howe, probably dau. of Samuel and Mary (Wolley) Howe 
[b. Jan. 17, 1674; d. Apr. 12, 1761]. He became a large landowner in 
that part of Concord which is now Lincoln, his land being possessed by 
successive generations of his descendants. He was urged to settle farther 
in the interior of the country, and is said to have been offered one-half 
of the township of Southboro, Mass., for "two coppers per acre," and to 
have journeyed thither and examined the proposed purchase, but on his 
return to have declared that "it was so far off that it never could be 
worth anything," a remark which now seems worthy of utterance by his 
great-great-great-great-grandson, Artemus Ward. He was a selectman 
of Concord for several years. Descendants of two of his sons settled 
in New Ipswich. 

Joseph^ (George', Jacob^ Jacob'), b. Feb. 26, 1693/4; d. about 1732; 

m. 1715, Mary . He settled in Chelmsford. He was in "Lovewell's 

fight" in 1725. 

Samuel' (George', Jacob', Jacob'), b. Sept. 28, 1708; d. Apr. 17, 1783; 
m. Jan. 13, 1731/2, Lydia, dau. of Capt. Benjamin' (Humphrey') and 
Lydia (Minot) Barrett [b. Aug. 2, 1712; d. June 27, 1802]. His home 
was near the home of his boyhood, and he was one of the most influential 
townsmen, being at different times selectman, town clerk, and represent- 
ative, and also chairman of the Committee of Correspondence, member 
of the Middlesex Convention of August, 1774, which at so early a date 
clearly declared the purpose of Revolution, and also of the first Provincial 
Congress a few weeks later; and despite his age had a part in the prac- 
tical support of his belief in the "Concord Fight" the next year. He 
was a deacon of the church in whose building the Provincial Congress 
met. He owned land in New Ipswich, and four of his children settled 
in this town. 

Isaac" (Joseph*, George', Jacob', Jacob'), b. Chelmsford, Mass., Aug. 

10, 1719; d. 1807; m. Mar. 1, 1743/4, Sarah Brooks. Res. in Townsend, 
Mass. 

1. Stephen^ (Samuel*, George^, Jacob^, Jacob^), b. Sept. 8, 
1738 ; d. June 23, 1809 ; m. 1764, Eunice, dau. of Moses Brown 
of Beverly, Mass. He graduated from Harvard College in 
1755, being a classmate of John Adams, second president of 
the United States, fitted for the ministry, and commenced 
preaching at New Ipswich before he had completed his 
twenty-first year, was called to settle in the following year, 
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a year later he organized the church over which he was first 
ordained pastor; this position he retained until his death, al- 
most half a century after his or- 

STEPHEN FARRAR j- • , • ■ 

dmation, his entire ministry 

somewhat exceeding that peri- 

MiNisTER qJ ^j^g g^Qj.y Qf j^jg pastorate is 

1759 - 1809 ^ p^j.|. q£ |.j^g church history and 

PASTOR PATRIOT jg presented on a preceding 

COUNSELLOR page, but its enduring influence 

is evidenced by the tablet 

THIS TABLET placcd witli appropriate ser- 

is PLACED BY viccs, ouc hundred years after 

THE CHILDREN OF HIS PEOPLE his death, bcsidc the pulpit of 

TO HONOR t^^^ building which has suc- 

THE ABIDING POWER ccedcd the place of his minis- 

OF A NOBLE LIFE ^^>^- ^^^ represented the town 

in the Third Provincial Con- 
gress, held in May, 1775. His 
home during the greater part of his pastorate was in the 
house at the corner formed by the Turnpike and the road 
leading from the summit of the hill northward to the Mill 
or Starch Factory Brook, but his last few years were passed 
in the house built by his son Stephen a short distance to the 
southwest, about equally distant from .his earlier home and 
the old "meeting-house upon the hill." Children : 

5. i. Eunice, b. Aug. 18, 1765; d. Sept. 3, 1765. 

6. ii. Stephen, b. Aug. 17, 1766.-)- 

7. iii. Eunice, b. Feb. 26, 1768; d. Apr., 1838; m. Peter Jones. Five 

children. 

8. iv. James, b. June 23, 1769; d. 1812; m. Araminta Turrell. Lived 

in Vermont. 

9. V. Isaac Brou^n, b. Mar. 27, 1771.-f- 

10. vi. Samuel, b. June 30, 1772; d. 1846; m. Deming. He 

graduated at Harvard College, 1793; lived at or near Fair- 
fax, Vt. Had a large family. 

11. vii. Prentice, b. Nov. 12, 1773; m. Elizabeth Osgood of Rutland, 

Vt. He settled in Canada. Seven children. 

12. viii. Polly, b. June 26, 1775 ; m. Samuel Dakin. He graduated 

from Dartmouth College in 1797. Five children. 

13. ix. Moses, b. Mar. 12, 1777; m. Electa Turrell. 

14. X. Lydia, b. Dec. 30, 1778; d. Aug., 1868; m. Mar. 6, 1800, Rev. 

Warren Pierce. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 
1799. Nine children. 

15. xi. Caleb, b. June, 1780.4- 

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16. xii. Nancy, b. June 14, 1782; m. (1) John Muzzy; (2) Hodg- 

kins; (3) Lovegrove. 

17. xiii. Ephraim Hartwell, b. Dec. 8, 1783. + 

2. James^ (Samuel*, George^, Jacob^, Jacob^), b. July 24, 
1741; d. July 11, 1767, unm. He came to New Ipswich after 
attaining his majority and settled upon VIII: 1, S. R., a short 
distance west from the site of the first church, burned during 
the temporary desertion of the town in 1748; here he com- 
menced the erection of the large house afterward occupied by 
his brother Timothy, which was occupied until the closing 
years of the nineteenth century before it was replaced by the 
present building upon the same spot. His position in the town 
was exceptionally honorable for so young a man, duties being 
intrusted to him such as were usually held by older citizens. 
At the time of his death he was a member of the committee 
for the building of the third meeting-house. 

3. Rebecca^ (Samuel*, George^, Jacob^, Jacob^), b. Aug. 
13, 1743; d. Apr., 1829; m. Nov. 29, 1764, Dr. John Preston 
(3) and passed her entire life in the town. 

4. Timothy^ (Samuel*, George^ Jacob^, Jacob^), b. June 
28, 1747; d. Feb. 21, 1849; m. Oct. 14, 1779, Anna, dau. of 
Capt. Edmund Bancroft of Pepperell, Mass. [d. May 1, 1817]. 
He graduated from Harvard College in 1767, taught in and 
near Concord two or three years, came to New Ipswich as a 
teacher in 1770, and according to the vote of the town in the 
next spring he must have been the first teacher to teach in all 
the districts in succession, the grammar scholars from the 
entire town being supposed to follow him around from district 
to district. He soon became the possessor of the land upon 
which his brother James had begun to build. In 1774 he had 
not only the lot but also a part of each of the lots adjoining 
it upon the east and west. And now, at the age of twenty- 
seven years, his fellow citizens seem to have begun to recog- 
nize a broader ability to be employed in public matters, and 
gave him a responsible duty as chairman of a committee to 
protest and finally to refuse payment of a tax held to have 
been unjustly assessed by the King's justices sitting as a Court 
of Sessions. In 1774 he was chosen first selectman. His 
military experience was comprised in five days' service at the 
time of the Concord alarm. The Revolutionary government 
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Exeter, acting in conjunction with the Committees of Corres- 
pondence, on the same day issued to him a commission as 
major in the Minute-men then being- enrolled and comprising 
about one-fourth of the militia of the state, and also appointed 
him Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, with a request that 
he would accept the latter as being the most difficult to fill. 
With this request he complied and held the position for six- 
teen years, when his judicial success was recognized by an 
appointment to the Supreme Bench of the state as associate 
justice, and eleven years later as chief justice. This last ap- 
pointment, however, he accepted with reluctance, and retained 
only a single year, but in 1803, having resigned his seat on the 
Supreme Bench, he was reappointed to the Court of Common 
Pleas of his own county. Here he presided for ten years, 
which with three years in a newly formed judicial circuit 
comprising three counties, completed a period of over forty 
years devoted to judicial service. The value of that service 
is perhaps sufficiently evidenced by the statement of Daniel 
Webster that he "never knew a judge more calm, dispassion- 
ate, impartial, and attentive, or more anxious to discover 
truth and to do justice." He seemed to feel that his judicial 
duties left no place for partisan activities, and although re- 
peatedly urged to be a candidate for election to Congress and 
to the governorship of the state he constantly refused, and 
declined office when once elected to represent the town in the 
Legislature. He made an exception, however, of the brief 
duties of a Presidential Elector, which he performed four times, 
perhaps having a diflFerent feeling in that matter on account of 
the strenuous endeavors which he had felt called to undertake 
in the critical year when it was to be decided that the several 
states were really to form a nation. An apparently reliable 
tradition concerning this critical period perhaps rightly has 
place here. In June, 1788, the prospect of the adoption of the 
Federal constitution was by no means bright. Eight states 
had accepted it, but the ninth one, necessary to make the pre- 
vious ones effective, was very doubtful. The New Hampshire 
convention was in session, and was not far from evenly divided 
on the question. Judge Farrar was not a member of the con- 
vention, but his Federal belief was too strong to permit him 
to rest without putting forth all his logical and persuasive 
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unable to move the New Ipswich delegate, Charles Barrett, 

who was an Anti-Federalist in belief, but tradition declares 

that at that time he was said to have convinced a sufficient 

number of the delegates of the absolute necessity of a real 

union in place of an hardly more than nominal confederation, 

and that the resulting vote was 57 to 47. When it was re- 

I membered that four days later Virginia, the largest of the 

j thirteen states, by the earnest labor of James Madison decided 

; in the same way, and a month later the eminently potent ef- 

j forts of Alexander Hamilton barely won the approval in New 

j York by a very small majority, without which the union in 

' name would have been geographically disunited, it seems that 

the three names of Madison, Hamilton, and Farrar stand 

locked together in the efiforts of a national birth. 

Judge Farrar's public life closed in 1816, and at the age of 
sixty-nine years he retired to his farm, his books, and an 
honorable ease. His latest years were passed at the home of 
his daughter in Hollis, where he died at the age of one hundred 
and one years, seven months, and twenty-four days. In 1847, 
when he had lived a few days more than a century, his 
Alma Mater bestowed upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws, 
which without doubt pleased him, but which educed only the 
remark, "They have given me a feather to stick in my night- 
cap." Children : 

18. i. Anna, b. Mar. 31, 1785; d. Oct. 7, 1789. 

19. ii. Timothy, b. Mar. 17, 1788.-1- 

20. iii. Lucy, b. Dec. 6, 1789; d. Jan. 21, 1873; m. (1) Aug. 10, 1812, 

Rev. Richard Hall [b. Aug., 1784; d. July 13, 1824]; (2) 
June 6, 1826, Rev. Joseph W. Clary. 

21. iv. Anna, b. Nov. 22, 1791; d. Feb. 15, 1825; m. Sept. 1, 1813, 

Rev. Joseph W. Clary. 

22. V. Eliza, b. May 19, 1794 ; d. Oct. 25, 1861 ; m. Nov. 8, 1838, 

Oliver, son of Oliver and Jane Scripture [b. June 16, 1783 ; 
d. Nov. 7, I860]. He w^as a physician in Hollis. 
Mr. Hall and Mr. Clary, the sons-in-law of Judge Farrar, as given 
above, w^ere intimate friends, classmates, and roommates at Middlebury 
College and Andover Theological Seminary; their ordinations, the former 
at New Ipswich and the latter at Dover, were separated by only a few 
weeks, their marriages by about a year, and the close of their family 
lives by death only a few months. The later marriage of Mr. Clary and 
Mrs. Hall formed a single family of the two, and seems to demand a 
modification of the usual forms of record in the presentation of the fam- 
ilies below. 

Children of Richard and Lucy (Farrar) Hall: 

i. Richard Hall, b. July 1, 1815; d. Dec. 31, 1815. 

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ii. Richard Hall, b. Aug. 6, 1817; d. about 1907; m. Sept., 1850, 
Elizabeth Chapin. He graduated from Dartmouth College 
in 1847 ; studied at Union Theological Seminary, was or- 
dained at New Ipswich in 1850, and entered upon home 
missionary work in Minnesota, to which he devoted himself 
with eminent success throughout a long life. 

iii. Horace Hall, b. Apr. 6, 1819 ; d. Feb. 27, 1842. He graduated 
from Dartmouth College in 1839, and was a theological 
student and a teacher. 

iv. William Hall, b. Mar. 11, 1812; d. June 15, 1845. 

V. Lucy Farrar Hall, b. Jan. 1, 1823; d. July 16, 1870; m. 
George Buck of Hartford, Conn. Seven children. 
Children of Joseph W. and Anna (Farrar) Clary: 

i. Joseph Ward Clary, b. June 28, 1815; d. Milwaukee, Wis., 
Jan. 11, 1859. 

ii. Timothy Farrar Clary, b. Apr. 25, 1817; m. Nov. 17, 1852, 
Sarah S. Willard of Oxford. He graduated from Dart- 
mouth College in 1841 and became a minister. Five chil- 
dren. 

iii. Edward Warren Clary, b. Nov. 6, 1819; d. June 16, 18.52; 
m. Aug. 17, 1847, Charlotte Russell. Two children. 

iv. Anna Farrar Clary, b. Feb. 6, 1822; m. Sept. 20, 1854, Henry 
Walter of New Britain, Conn. 

V. William Clary, b. Jan. 3, 1824; d. Feb. 15, 1826. 
Children of Joseph W. and Lucy (Farrar) Clary: 

i. Eliza Farrar Clary, b. Mar. 23, 1827; unm. Res. in Connec- 
ticut. 

ii. George Clary, b. Apr. 13, 1829; m. Dec. 5, 1867, Mary Rebecca 

Dorance. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1852, 

studied medicine, and was a physician at New Britain, Conn. 

Four children. 

Isaac" (Isaac", Joseph^ George', Jacob^ Jacob'), b. 1760; d. 1840; m. 

Nov. 30, 1786, Hannah, dau. of Rev. Dix of Townsend, Mass. [b. 

May 29, 1766]. He removed from Townsend to Hillsboro in 1798, and 
remained there until his death. 

6. Stephen® (Stephen^, Samuel*, George^, Jacob^, Jacob^), 
b. Aug. 17, 1766; d. Oct. 14, 1829; m. Oct. 11, 1795, Nancy 
Morse [b. about 1776; d. Feb. 22, 1854]. He lived in New 
Ipswich until the middle of his life, and for a time at least 
was proprietor of the mill half a mile north of the meeting- 
house, which was probably the first in town fitted for the pro- 
duction of wheat flour. He built the house situated in a north- 
west direction from the meeting-house of those days, occu- 
pied for a considerable time in later years by Dr. F. N. Gibson. 
He afterward lived in Groton, but returned to New Ipswich 
before his death. Children : 

24. i. Louisa, b. 1797; m. 1815, Daniel Smith. Three sons. 

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Ann, b. Apr., 1800. 

Laura, b. Nov. 24, 1802; m. Sept. 23, 1826, Jabez Pratt of 

Boston. Two sons. 
Mary Ann, b. Mar. 2, 1804; m. John Higgins. 
Stephen Franklin, b. 1806; m. Catherine Jones. 
John Morse, b. 1815. 
George, b. 1817. 
Prentice, b. 1819; d. 1820. 

9. Isaac Brown® (Stephen^, Samuel*, George^, Jacob^, 
Jacob^, b. Mar. 27, 1771 ; d. 1838; m. Anna, dau. of Dr. Ebene- 
zer Lawrence of Pepperell, Mass. He lived in New Ipswich 
for a few years after reaching manhood, and had a tavern, 
and perhaps a store also, in a large one-story house previously 
occupied for the same purposes by Jonathan Dix, on the spot 
afterward occupied by the home of Rev. Mr. Lee near the 
foot of the Academy grounds. He then moved to Enosburg, 
Vt., of which town, organized in 1798, he was the first clerk. 
He had a large family, but the names of only the following 
have been found. Children : 

Betsy Lawrence, b. June 26, 1796. 

Anna Fisk, b. June 4, 1798. She was the first child born in 

Fairfax. 
Ebenezer Lawrence. Lived in Burlington, Vt. 
Stephen, m. Anna, dau. of John and Nancy (16) (Farrar) 
Muzzy. 
36. V. Ephraim Hartwell, b. Sept. 20, 1808. He graduated from 

Middlebury College in 1831. 
2)7. vi. Isaac B., m. Eveline Farrar (38) of Middlebury, Vt. 

15. Caleb*^ (Stephen^, Samuel*, George^, Jacob^, Jacob^), 
b. June, 1780; d. Tune, 1849; m. Mar. 25, 1804, Sarah Parker 
(S. 13). Res. Middlebury, Vt. Children: 

38. i. Eveline, m. Isaac B. Farrar (37) of Fairfax, Vt. 

39. ii. Edward William, d. May 15, 1845. 

40. iii. Clarissa R., m. Daniel West of New Haven, Vt. 

41. iv. Louisa, b. Mar. 5, 1816; d. Oct. 8, 1838. 

42. v. Henry Brown, b. Mar. 3, 1818. He graduated from Middle- 

bury College in 1841 and removed to North Carolina. 

43. vi. Martha, b. 1820; m. 1849, Philander V. Hathaway. 

44. vii. George Parker, b. 1822. He was a merchant in Manchester, 

N. H. 

17. Ephraim Hartwell^ (Stephen^, Samuel*, George^, 
Jacob^, Jacob^), b. Dec. 8, 1783; d. Jan. 8, 1851 ; m. 1826, Phebe 
Parker (S. 14), widow of Jonas C. Champney. In early man- 
hood he went to Boston, where he taught for nearly twenty 
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marriage, and living in the house which had been the home 
of his father's last years and of his widowed mother. He held 
the office of town clerk for fourteen years, and was a trustee 
of the Academy until his death. Child: 

45. i. Sarah Eunice, b. Aug., 1827; d. Mar. 18, 1867. She was a 

successful teacher for several years in Buffalo, N. Y., and 
for shorter periods in New Ipswich Appleton Academy 
and elsewhere. 

19. Timothy^ (Timothy^, Samuel*, George^, Jacob^, jacob^). 
b. Mar. 17, 1788; d. Oct. 27, 1874; m. Sept. 14, 1817, Sarah 
Adams of Portsmouth, N. H. [b. May 22, 1789; d. June 30, 
1875]. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1807, studied 
law in the office of Daniel Webster, was admitted to the bar 
in 1810, and commenced the practice of his profession in New 
Ipswich, where he remained only about three years before he 
removed to Portsmouth and became a partner of Mr. Webster 
for an equal length of time. He remained in practice at Ports- 
mouth until 1822, and this was followed by a few years' ser- 
vice as secretary and treasurer of Dartmouth College and by 
nine years upon the bench of the Court of Common Pleas. 
The remainder of his life was devoted to his legal practice 
and various business relations, the latter including the work 
of eight years as cashier of a bank in Exeter, N. H. His home 
after 1844 was in Boston, from which city he was sent as rep- 
resentative to the General Court. Perhaps, however, his work 
which will be longest remembered is his "Manual of the Con- 
stitution," which he wrote after attaining the full age of three- 
score years and ten with the purpose of counteracting in some 
degree the perversions of the intent of that instrument at that 
period in the interests of slavery, and which at once received 
the fullest recognition in legal circles. Like his father, he re- 
ceived the degree of LL. D. from his Alma Mater. Children : 

46. i. Anna Bancroft, b. May 20, 1819; d. Nov. 3, 1909; m. Jan. 

25, 1842, Edward Crane. Res. in Boston. Children : i. 
Timothy Farrar Crane, b. Feb. 8, 1843. ii. Mary Orpah 
Crane, b. Oct. 27, 1844; m. George S. Jackson, iii. Edivard 
Barrows Crane, b. May 8, 1849; d. May 4, 1911. 

47. ii. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1820; m. May 16, 1848, Wil- 

liam Burke, a physician of New York city. Children : i. 
William Craige Burke, b. Oct. 18, 1851. ii. Timothy Farrar 
Burke, b. Feb. 27, 1855. iii. Anna Burke, b. Dec. 28, 1857. 
iv. Frederick White Burke, b. Sept. 13, 1862. 

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23. Mark^ (Isaac^ Isaac^ Joseph*, George^ Jacob^, Ja- 
cob^), b. Feb. 15, 1804; d. May 8, 1888; m. May 16, 1839, Ann 
(27) Wilson. He came from Hillsboro to New Ipswich in 
1839, and was a farmer living at the corner of the Temple and 
old Greenville roads, (26, N. D.,) until about 1865, when he 
removed to Grafton, Mass. Children : 

48. i. Charles Augustus, b. May 24 1840; d. Sept. 20, 1855. 

49. ii. Harriet Adeline, b. Dec. 6, 1843; m. Nov. 20, 1866, George 

Augustus Fay, a farmer of Grafton, Mass. Four children. 

50. iii. Anna Maria, b. Dec. 22, 1849; m. June 2, 1872, Jefferson A. 

Dea of Shrewsbury, Mass. Two children. 

FARWELL. . 

Daniel* Far well, m. Mary Pftf lt c rr 

Edmund' (Daniel'), b. Groton, Mass., July 13, 1750; d. Mar., 1843; 
m. July 8, 1775, Mary Russell [b. Sept. 19, 1753; d. Dec. U, 1833]. 

1. Daniel^ (Edmund^, Daniel^), b. New Ipswich, May 6, 
1780; d. July 19, 1825; m. at Harvard, Mass., 1807, Susan, dau. 
of Joel Estabrooks [b. 1786; d. Sept. 14, 1853]. Children: 

2. i. Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1807; d. Aug. 2, 1887; m. Apr. 15, 1828, 

Bezaleel Keith. Five children. 

3. ii. LuciNDA, b. Sept. 12, 1809; d. June 10, 1813. 

4. iii. Russell, b. June 10, 1813.+ 

5. iv. Sophia, b. Aug. 11, 1815. + 

6. V. Daniel, b. Feb. 27, 1820.+ 

7. vi. Royal Estabrooks, b. Oct. 1, 1824.+ 

4. Russell* (DanieP, Edmund^, DanieF), b. June 10, 1813; 
d. Jan. 28, 1899; m. Aug. 2, 1837, Lucy, dau. of Zebedee Tay- 
lor. Children : 

8. i. Emily, b. Jan. 19, 1839; d. Jan. 27, 1895. 

9. ii. Almeda, b. Jan. 23, 1845; m. Oct. 1, 1899, Levi E. Ferrin [b. 

1836; d. Nov. 30, 1904]. 

5. Sophia* (DanieP, Edmund^, DanieP), b. Aug. 11, 1815; 
d. May 22, 1891 ; m. May 10, 1837, Jonathan Russell. Children : 

i. James Russell, b. May 21, 1838. 

ii. Jason Russell, b. Feb. 20, 1840. 

iii. Samuel Howard Russell, b. May 23, 1842; d. Nov. 28, 1880. 

6. Daniel* (DanieP, EdmundS Daniel), b. Feb. 27, 1820; 
d. Feb. 4, 1892; m. Nov. 21, 1844, Lucinda Giles (12). Chil- 
dren: 

10. i. James Hildreth, b. May 16, 1847; d. Feb. 18, 1909; m. Oct. 
8, 1874, Emma A. Barrett of Zumbrota. Children : i. 
Albert B., b. Feb. 10, 1881. ii. Edith L., b. Oct. 10, 1884. 
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11. ii. John Bartlett, b. July 29, 1848; m. Mar. 31, 1878, Annie C 

Coleman [d. Oct. 26, 1908]. Children: i. Irving Edgar, b. 
Sept. 10, 1879. ii. Edna Marden, b. Oct. 31, 1886. 

12. iii. Lucy Ann, b. Mar. 16, 1852; m. Sept. 17, 1878, Milo Phelps. 

One child. 

7. Royal E.^ (DanieP, Edmund^, DanieP), b. Oct. 1, 1824: 
d. July 4, 1908; m. (1) Sept., 1846, Sarah, dau. of John and 
Rebecca (Newhall) Walcott of Pepperell, Mass. [d. Oct. 11. 
1861] ; (2) Dec. 25, 1862, Martha (Walcott) Stoddard, sister 
of the first wife. Children : 

13. i. Elizabeth J., b. Jan. 7, 1852 ; d. Mar. 10, 1907 ; m. 1875, John 

H. Peabody. 

14. ii. Hattie, b. Jan. 22, 1854 ; d. Oct. 22, 1857. 

15. iii. Mary W., b. Dec. 18, 1859; m. Charles F. Willey. 

16. iv. Edwin, b. Aug. 21, 1861 ; m. Oct. 7, 1885, Mildred Bent. Five 

children. 

FELT. 

George* Felt, b. 1601 ; d. 1693 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of widow Prudence 
Wilkinson [d. 1694]. He came from England to Salem in 1628, the fol- 
lowing year removed to Charlestown, then only a year old, and a little 
after 1640 to North Yarmouth, Me., where he lived for forty years, then 
returning to his former home in that part of Charlestown which is now 
Maiden, where he died. 

Moses^ (George*), b. about 1651; m. Lydia probably. He lived 

in the region of North Yarmouth, Me., for fifty years, but passed the 
later part of his life in "Rumney Marsh," which is now Chelsea, Mass. 

Aaron' (Moses', George*), d. about 1769; m. (1) Dec. 25, 1739, Mary 
Wyatt of Lynn, Mass.; (2) Jan. 22, 1765, Hannah Atwell [d. about 1769]. 
He was a husbandman and cooper at Lynn the greater part of his life. 

Aaron" _(Aaron^ Moses'. George*), b. Sept. 1, 1742; d. July, 1801; 
m. (1) Reading, Mass., May 21, 1766, Tabitha, dau. of William and Lydia 
Upton [b. Mar. 20, 1745 ; d. 1769] ; (2) Jan. 21, 1791, Azubah Weston of 
Townsend, Mass. [d. Aug. 18, 1837]. On attaining his majority he re- 
moved to Temple, and there passed his life as a farmer and tavern- 
keeper. He was a selectman. He had thirteen children. 

Peter" (Aaron', Moses', George*), b. Nov. 3, 1745; d. Jan. 2, 1817; 
m. (1) Nov. 8, 1769, Lucy, dau. of Jeremiah and Lucy Andrews of Ips- 
wich, Mass. \h. Nov. 24, 1748; d. Mar. 26, 1805] ; (2) Mar. 21, 1809, Mrs. 
Polly Gilmore of Jaflfrey. About 1763 he settled in Temple, and there 
remained until his death. He was a shoemaker, gave service in the 
Revolutionary war, and had seventeen children. 

1. Daniel^ (Aaron*, Aaron^, Moses^, George^), b. Sept. 26, 
1799; d. Sept. 22, 1882; m. Apr. 18, 1826, Eliza, dau. of Josiah 
Taylor of Temple [b. Harvard, Mass., June 27, 1806; d. Mar. 
4, 1876]. At the time of his marriage he settled in New Tps- 

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wich on the "Cutter farm," (28, N. D.,) and there his four 
oldest children were born, but about 1833 he returned to his 
native town, where he was a farmer. He was a selectman, 
and also represented Temple in the Legislature. Children : 

4. i. Charles Walker, b. Mar. 24, 1828; d. May 18, 1891; m. Feb. 

13, 1855, Harriet Angeline, dau. of Augustus and Judith 
(Hyde) Harris. He was a traveling dealer in Yankee 
notions for some years, and later a wholesale dealer in 
flour at Boston. Eight children : 

5. ii. Emily Maria Barrett, b. Apr. 17, 1830. A teacher at Platte- 

ville, Wis. 

6. iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1832; d. Dec. 13, 1845. 

7. iv. George Daniel, b. May 15, 1835; d. Nov. 6, 1862. He enlisted 

in the 2d New Hampshire Regiment and was fatally 
wounded in the second battle of Bull Run. 

8. V. Sarah Adeline, b. Nov. 24, 1837. Res. Beloit, Wis. 

9. vi. Edward Augustus, b. Sept. 15, 1840; d. Dec. 30, 1840. 

10. vii. Edward Wilson, b. Dec. 1, 1841 ; d. Feb. 8, 1863. He enlisted 

in the 10th New Hampshire Regiment and died of disease 
while in service. 

11. viii. Louis Webster, b. Dec. 31, 1844; m. Mar. 9, 1871, Frances 

Rebecca, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Mouton) Odion. He 
succeeded to the home farm in Temple. Two children. 

12. ix. Elizabeth Taylor, b. May 18, 1847; m. May 13, 1869, Rev. 

Sullivan French Gale. Res. in Georgia and Florida. Five 
children. 

13. X. Mary Frances, b. Aug. 29, 1850. Res. Ravenswood, 111. 

2. Peter^ (Peter*, Aaron^, Moses^ George^), b. Dec. 1, 
1784; d. Quincy, 111, July 31, 1866; m. (1) June 5, 1807, Polly 
Fletcher (66) ; (2) Jan. 7, 1841, Alice (Morey) Towne [d. Oct. 
11, 1882]. He lived in Smith Village from 1806 to 1830, and 
had his store at the foot of the hill, his dwelling being the 
house now gone but then standing a short distance up the hill 
and across the street. He was an energetic man, and had an 
interest in the cotton factory established on the waterpower 
since utilized by the Walker furniture and turning industries. 
He was a trustee of the Academy and held the office of select- 
man for several years. He removed to Quincy, 111., and twenty 
years later to Columbus in the same state. Children : 

14. i. Mary, b. Feb. 21, 1808; m. Nov. 26, 1829, Rev. Seth, son of 

Seth H. and Fanny (Carver) Keeler of Brandon, Vt., who 
was pastor in various places in Maine, New Hampshire, 
and Massachusetts. Seven children. 

15. ii. Albert, b. Apr. 15, 1810; d. Quincy, 111., Nov. 17, 1874; m. 

(1) Jan. 2, 1835, Sarah, dau. of Cyrus Field [d. Nov. 9, 
1865] ; (2) Aug. 13, 1868, Mrs. Carrie B. Sartel [d. Oct. 13, 
1872]. Res. Quincy, 111. Eight children. 
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16. iii. Adaline, b. Sept. 15, 1812; d. Mar. 17, 1880; m. Mar. 28, 1833, 

Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Polly Sumner Turner, a 
farmer near Quincy, 111. Nine children. 

17. iv. Jeremiah Andrews, b. June 17, 1814; d. July 23, 1816. 

18. V. Jeremiah Andrews, b. May 2, 1817; m. Dec. 5, 1839, Adriana, 

dau. of Matthias and Lydia (Chandler) Leach, a farmer 
in Quincy and Galesburg, 111. Nine children. 

19. vi. Charles Milton, b. Oct. 11, 1819; m. Oct. 15, 1840, Britannia, 

dau. of Sylvester and Rebecca (Hoyt) Hecox, a farmer at 
Galesburg, 111. Twelve children. 

20. vii. Caroline Augusta, b. June 14, 1823; d. Nov. 23, 1828. 

21. viii. George, b. Oct. 28, 1825; d. Nov. 14, 1828. 

22. ix. Edward Aurelius, b. May 14, 1828. 

23. X. Peter Francis, b. Aug. 24, 1843; m. May 12, 1864, Mary 

Louisa, dau. of Charles D. and Elizabeth (Payne) Seaton 
of Columbus, 111. He served during the Civil War in the 
38th and 137th Illinois Regiments, was captured and held 
prisoner several months. He was a dealer in furniture and 
agricultural implements at Laclede, Mo. Eight children. 

3. Thomas^ (Peter*, Aaron^, Moses^, George^), b. Aug. 10, 
1791; d. Newburyport, Mass., Nov., 1842; m. Sybil Jefts of 
Mason. He lived for several years in the southeast part of the 
town, probably between the mills and Mason line. Children : 

24. i. Lucius Galvan, b. in Temple, Aug. 16, 1815. 

25. ii. Alney Orville, b. Apr. 24, 1818. 

26. iii. Parnal Crombie, b. Apr. 30, 1820. 

27. iv. Alonzo Montgomery, b. June 10, 1823. 

28. v. Gilbert Hambledon, b. Oct. 30, 1825. 

The tax-lists of the town present the names of several other citizens 
bearing the name of Felt, and probably members of this family, the 
large families of the two brothers Aaron and Peter settling at an early 
date in Temple presenting names which may well be believed to denote 
these unlocated residents of New Ipswich, but a correct line of relation- 
ship is not easily determined in respect to those residents, of whom little 
is known except their names. 

FISKE. 

Nathan* Fiske, b. Weybred, Suffolk, England, about 1615; d. June 

21, 1676; m. Susanna . He came to Watertown, Mass., in 1642, and 

there lived. He was a selectman. 

Nathan' ( Nathan'), b. Watertown, Oct. 17, 1642; d. May 15, 1696; 
m. Elizabeth Fry. He was a selectman at Watertown several years, and 
also a lieutenant. 

Nathan' (Nathan^ Nathan'), b. Jan. 3, 1672; d. Jan. 26, 1741; m. (1) 
Oct. 14, 1696, Sarah, dau. of Ensign John Coolidge [d. Nov. 27, 1723] ; 
(2) Hannah, dau. of Simon Coolidge and widow of Daniel Smith, Jr. 
[b. Dec. 7, 1671; d. Oct. 4, 1750]. He was a selectman at Watertown for 
several years, also town clerk, town treasurer, and representative. He was 
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JosiAH* (Nathan', Nathan^ Nathan'), b. Oct. 10, 1704; d. Oct. 27, 
1778; m. Sarah, dau. of John and Anne (Tarbell) Lawrence of Lexing- 
ton, Mass. [b. June 20, 1708; d. 1798]. Res. Watertown, Waltham, Gro- 
ton, and Pepperell. He was town clerk at Groton and Pepperell. 

Josiah" (Josiah', Nathan', Nathan', Nathan'), b. Waltham, Feb. 12, 
1733; d. Apr. 14, 1766; m. Sarah Colburn of Dracut, Mass. [b. 1737; d. 
1825; m. (2) Levi Blood of Groton, Mass.]. Res. Groton. 

Josiah' (Josiah', Josiah', Nathan', Nathan', Nathan'), b. Sept. 3, 1755; 
d. May 29, 1832; m. Nov. 25, 1779, Mary Caldwell of Cambridge, Mass., 
[b. Apr. 20, 1755; d. Dec. 25, 1834]. He served in the Revolution. In 
1784 he removed from Pepperell to Temple. Four of his children lived 
in New Ipswich. 

1. JosiAH^ (Josiah®, Josiah^ Josiah*, Nathan^, Nathan^, 
Nathan^), b. Pepperell, Nov. 14, 1781; d. July 19, 1817; m. 
Betsey Kimball of Temple [b. about 1786; d. June 21, 1866]. 
He lived in Temple until 1808, when he removed to Andover, 
Vt., but returned in about five years, and passed the last four 
years of his life in New Ipswich, for a part of the time on the 
Briant place, southward from Col. Reuben Kidder's home, 
(46, N. D.,) but before that apparently a little farther to the 
east. He lost his life at Medford, ]\lass., where he was acci- 
dentally drowned. Children : 

5. i. Eliza, b. Nov. 2, 1802; m. Benjamin F. Stevens of Mason. 

Removed to Osage, Iowa. Five children. 

6. ii. Mary, b. July 20, 1804; m. Simon Farrar of Temple. Re- 

moved to New York city. Three children. 

7. iii. Jeremiah, b. Jan. 4, 1807; d. Jan. 28, 1830, unm. 

8. iv. Prescott, b. Dec. 22, 1808; m. Elizabeth F. Vickery of He- 

bron, N. H. Res. Boston. Two children. 

9. V. Alonzo, b. June 24, 1811; m. Rebecca Locke of Boston. Two 

children. 

10. vi. George Kimball, b. Aug. 28, 1813; d. Oct. 10, 1849, unm. 

11. vii. Abigail Raymond, b. July 21, 1816; m. Isaac D. Brower of 

New York city. Four children. 

2. Sally^ (Josiah^ Josiah^, Josiah*, Nathan^, Nathan^, 
Nathan^), b. Feb. 25, 1788; d. Sept. 27, 1863; m. Nov., 1808, 
Earl Boynton (4). 

3. Artemas'' (Josiah®, Josiah^, Josiah*, Nathan^, Nathan-, 
Nathan^), b. Sept. 11, 1792; d. Mar. 26, 1829; m. Apr. 6, 1819, 
Lucy Jones of Templeton, JVIass. [b. June 29, 1799; d. Jan. 20, 
1884]. He came to New Ipswich in early manhood and was 
a farmer on the Archibald White farm, (55, N. D.) Children : 

12. i. Charles Adams, b. Oct. 29, 1820; m. Dec. 30, 1841, Sylvia C 

Fuller of Summit, Pa. Res. Hayfield, Pa. A carpenter and 
farmer. Children: i. Charles Anthony, b. Oct. 1, 1849; m. 

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Ella A. Morse, ii. Royal Alonso, b. Sept. 7, 1851; m. Ida 
Satterlee. iii. Benjamin Wooster, b. Aug. 5, 1853; m. Oris 
McGalrey. 

13. ii. Lucy, b. June 15, 1822; d. Nov. 24, 1889; m. Oct. 19, 1843, 

James A. Tyler of Conneautville. Pa. Two children. 

4. David^ (Josiah^ Josiah^, Josiah*, Nathan^ Nathan^ 
Nathan^), b. Jan. 12, 1797; d. Nov. 26, 1880; m. Milly Sheldon 
[b. Jan. 5, 1798; d. Mar. 10, 1884]. He was a farmer in New 
Ipswich on the farm at the corner of the Temple and the 
North Greenville roads for several years after attaining his 
majority, and then removed to Oxford, N. Y. Children : 

14. i. Horace, b. July 23, 1829; m. Oct. 30, 1850, Martha Padgett 

[b. 1831; d. May 15, 1872]. A farmer at Oxford, N. Y. 
Children: i. Sheldon W., b. Dec. 6, 1851; m. Feb. 22, 1877, 
Sarah R. Jones; res. Oxford and De Ruyter, N. Y. ii. 
Charles H., b. May 30, 1853; m. Nov. 10, 1874, Alice Sweet; 
res. Oxford, N. Y. iii. James V., b. Dec. 16, 1855; d. Sept. 
14, 1879. 

15. ii. Emily, b. Feb. 25, 1833; m. Dec. 31, 1857, Joseph Esterbrook, 

a blacksmith at Oxford, N. Y. Five children. 

16. iii. Lucy Ann, b. Feb. 3, 1823; m. June 9, 1853, Charles E. Pea- 

cock. Res. Norwich, N. Y. Three children. 

17. iv. Lydia p., b. 1827; d. Feb. 12, 1868; m. Dec, 1854, Chauncey 

H. Barstow. Five children. 

FLETCHER. 

Robert^ Fletcher, b. 1592; d. Apr. 13, 1677. With his wife, whose 
name is not known, and three children, he came from England, it is be- 
lieved from Wiltshire, in 1630, and settled in Concord, Mass., probably 
in the part which is now Acton, where he became a wealthy and influential 
citizen. 

William' (Robert'), b. England, 1622; d. Nov. 6, 1677; m. Oct. 7, 
1645, Lydia Bates [d. Oct. 12, 1704]. He settled in Chelmsford, where he 
was a large landowner, possessing much of the present site of Lowell. 
His farm near the Chelmsford meeting-house remained in the possession 
of his descendants and was recently owned by a member of the eighth 
generation. 

Samuel' (Robert*), b. 1632; d. Dec. 9, 1697; m. Oct. 14, 1659, Marga- 
ret Hailston. He lived in that part of Chelmsford which is now Westford. 

Francis' (Robert'), b. 1636; m. Aug. 1, 1656, Elizabeth, dau. of 
George and Katherine Wheeler [d. June 14, 1704]. He remained with his 
father in Concord, where he held much land. 

Joshua' (William', Robert'), b. Mar. 30, 1648; d. Nov. 21, 1713; m. 
(1) May 4, 1668, Grissles Jewell [d. Jan. 16, 1682]; (2) July 18, 1682, 
Sarah Willy. He lived in Chelmsford. 

Paul' (William', Robert'), d. Jan. 8, 1736; m. Apr. 12, 1705, Deliver- 
ance Stevens. Res. in Chelmsford, where he was a deacon. 

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Samuel' (William', Robert'), b. July 23, 1664; m. (1) Hannah 

[d. Dec. 11, 1697]; (2) June 7, 1699, Sarah Bale of Concord [d. Apr. 29. 
1703] ; (3) Dec. 20, 1708, Elizabeth Proctor of Chelmsford. 

William^ (Samuel^ Robert'), b. Chelmsford, Jan. 1, 1671; d. about 
1743; m. Dec. 10, 1701, Mary . His home was in Chelmsford. 

Samuel' (Francis^ Robert'), b. Aug. 6, 1657; d. Oct. 23, 1714; m. 
Apr. 15, 1682, Elizabeth Wheeler [d. Oct. 26, 1734]. He was a respected 
citizen of Concord, being a selectman during several years and town clerk 
for a considerable period. 

Joseph' (Francis', Robert'), b. Apr. 15, 1661; m. June 17, 1688, Mary 
Dudley [d. Apr. 27, 1705]. 

Joshua' (Joshua', William', Robert'), b. about 1669; d. Oct. 19, 1732; 
m. about 1700, Dorothy Hale [b. Scotland; d. Aug. 20, 1770]. He lived 
in that part of Chelmsford which in 1729 was set off to form Westford, 
and he was the first clerk of the new town. 

Joseph' (Joshua', William', Robert'), b. June 10, 1689; d. Oct. 4, 
1772; m. Nov. 17, 1712, Sarah Adams of Concord [b. 1691; d. Apr. 24, 
1761]. He lived in Westford, where he had the title of captain. 

Timothy' (Paul', William', Robert'), b. Sept. 30, 1707; d. May 7, 

1780; m. Mary . He was a man of varied activities, being a cooper 

and also a farmer, and he carried on a little store. His life was passed 
in Westford. He held commission as lieutenant, serving in that capacity 
in the French and Indian War. 

William' (Samuel', William', Robert'), b. Oct. 23, 1693; d. Jan. 27, 

1741/2; m. Mary . He spent his life in his native Chelmsford, 

although by its division his home was located in the north part of West- 
ford. 

William' (William', Samuel', Robert'), b. 1702; d. Sept. 22, 1784; m. 
(1) Nov. 16, 1731, Elizabeth Remington; (2) June 22, 1762, Susanna 
(Fassett) Fletcher, widow of Zachariah Fletcher, son of Joshua' [b. 
about 1718; d. June 30, 1763]. His home, like that of the preceding, was 
in Chelmsford and Westford. He had eleven children, of whom Lydia, 
bapt. Feb. 22, 1741, m. Dec. 28, 1769, Silas (1) Richardson of New Ipswich. 

Samuel' (William', Samuel', Robert'), b. 1707; d. Mar. 11, 1780; m. 
Sept. 17, 1729, Mary, dau. of Eleazer and Mary Lawrence of Littleton, 
Mass. [b. about 1710; d. Dec. 4, 1780]. He was a large landowner in 
Westford, where he lived. He had the rank of captain. 

Joseph* (Samuel', Francis', Robert'), b. Concord, Mar. 26, 1686; d. 
Sept. 11, 1746; m. (1) Dec. 20, 1704, Elizabeth Carter; (2) July 11, 1711, 
Hepzibah (Chandler) Jones, dau. of Roger' Chandler and widow of 
Ephraim' Jones. His home was in the part of Concord which was set 
off as Acton, and he was a deacon in the Acton church. 

Timothy' (Samuel', Francis', Robert'), b. Concord, Aug. 28, 1704; m. 

Elizabeth . His home was in Concord. He was a great hunter and 

Indian fighter. 

1. Francis* (Joseph^, Francis^, Robert^), b. Concord, Nov. 
12, 1698; m. Abigail, dau. of Hugh and Abigail (Barker) 
Brooks of Concord [b. Mar. 15, 1703; d. New Ipswich, Sept. 
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to New Ipswich until he had nearly or quite attained the age 
of three-score and ten, two of his sons probably preceding 
him. No record of the time or place of his death has been 
found. Children : 

4. i. JosiAH, b. Nov. 11, 1726.+ 

5. ii. Thomas, b. Dec. 10, 1729.+ 

6. iii. Francis, b. Oct. 22, 1733.+ 

7. iv. Abigail, b. Aug. 12, 1739; d. Aug. 12, 1778; m. July 4, 1765, 

Edmund Briant (2). 

Gershom' (Joshua', Joshua', William^ Robert^, b. July 27, 1702; d. 
June 28, 1779; m. Lydia Townsend. He passed most of his life in his 
native town, Westford, but lived for a few years in Groton, Mass., and at 
another time in Plymouth, N. H. He had nine children, of whom Sarah, 
b. Apr. 14, 1744, m. Hezekiah Corey of New Ipswich. 

Ephraim' (Joshua', Joshua', William^ Robert'), b. Mar. 12, 1710; m. 

Hannah . He lived in Westford, enlisted in the French War, was 

captured at Oswego in 1756 and never returned home. 

Peletiah^ (Joseph*, Joshua', William^ Robert'), b. May 3, 1727; d. 
Feb. 23, 1807; m. (1) Jan. 13, 1757, Dorothy, dau. of James Hildreth [b. 
Aug. 26, 1736; d. June 14, 1782]; (2) Oct. 13, 1782, Betty (Hartwell) 
Keyes. He lived in Westford, where were born his twelve children of 
whom Dorothy, b. Dec. 21, 1759, d. May 12, 1858, m. Sampson' Fletcher. 

2. Simeon^ (Timothy*, Paul^, William^ Robert^), b. June 
30, 1737; d. Sept, 7, 1773, being one of those who were killed 
by the fall of the frame of the Wilton meeting-house then be- 
ing raised ; m. Rachel . He came from Westford to New 

Ipswich about 1762, and was probably the first settler upon 
V : 4, S. R. Children : 

9. i. Susanna, b. Oct. 11, 1759; d. Sept. 11, 1837; m. Isaac Preston 
(6). 

10. ii. Rachel, b. Dec. 24, 1764. 

11. iii. Jane, b. Apr. 8, 1770; d. Jan. 21, 1849; m. William Stickney 

(4). 

James' (Timothy', PauP, William^ Robert'), b. Sept. 3, 1743; d. West 
Boxford, Mass., Sept. 27, 1806; m. Feb. 21, 1770, Rebecca, dau. of Ebenezer 
and Elizabeth (Sprague) Prescott of Westford. He was a farmer of 
Westford, and had a part in the Revolutionary contest of Lexington and 
Concord. He had twelve children, of whom Rebecca, b. July 3, 1776, m. 
Joseph Warren of New Ipswich. 

Reuben' (William', Samuel', William^ Robert'), b. July 12, 1720; m. 
Susannah Chandler. He was a farmer at Westford, and a prominent 
Baptist of that town. He wrote and published in 1772 a controversial 
religious pamphlet. 

Sampson' (Samuel', William', Samuel', Robert'), b. Westford, Aug. 
24, 1758; d. Sept. 2, 1828; m. Feb. 1, 1785, Dorothy, dau. of Peletiah' 
Fletcher. He passed his life in his native town. 

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3. JoHN^ (Timothy^ Samuel^, Francis^, Robert^), b. Sept. 
7, 1732; d. Jan. 14, 1763; m. 1759, Elizabeth Foster (4), the 
first girl born in the town. He came from Concord to New 
Ipswich about 1758. He succeeded to the last of the three 
homes taken by his father-in-law, situated near Hodgkins' 
Corner toward the Center Village, where he built a house and 
planted one of the early orchards of the town. He lost his life 
by the falling of a tree near his home. Children : 

14. i. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 5, l761.-\- 

15. ii. Joseph, b. July 19, 1762; d. 1782. 

4. JosiAH^ (Francis*, Joseph^, Francis^ Robert^), b. Con- 
cord, Nov. 11, 1726. The record of his life is very scanty; 
and it is probable that he never was a resident of New Ipswich. 
The list of his descendants is probably incomplete. Children : 

16. i. Gideon. He had five sons. 

17. ii. Daniel. He lived in Dunstable, Mass., and removed thence 

to Canterbury, N. H. He had eleven children, eight of vi^hom 
joined the Shakers, but after a time two of them abandoned 
that community and married. They were farmers at Lou- 
don, N. H. 

18. iii. JosiAH. 

19. iv. Levi, m. twice, his second wife being Esther . He lived 

at Groton, N. H., where he had four children. 

5. Thomas^ (Francis*, Joseph^, Francis^ Robert^), b. Dec. 
10, 1729; d. Mar. 16, 1811; m. Esther Hoar [b. about 1729; d. 
Mar. 5, 1812]. He came to New Ipswich in 1754, and bought 
of Abijah Foster the second home made by that initial pioneei 
in the town, situated at the southerly end of 45, N. D., where 
he was a successful farmer, earnestly interested in town in- 
terests, as is indicated by his being one of the founders of 
the Academy and among the most liberal contributors for its 
early support. He was a militia captain in 1770. Children: 

20. i. Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1756. 

21. ii. JosiAH, b. June 13, 17S8.-1- 

22. iii. Thomas, b. May 1, 1760.-1- 

23. iv. Esther, b. Sept. 9, 1762 ; d. Mar. 19, 1783. 

24. V. Abigail, b. Mar. 28, 1765. 

25. vi. Anna, b. Sept. 21, 1768. 

26. vii. Benjamin, b. Dec. 13, 1771 ; m. Feb. 26, 1795, Zilpah Hildreth 

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6. Francis^ (Francis*, Joseph^, Francis^, Robert^), b. Oct. 
22, 1733; d. Aug. 27, 1797; m. June 11, 1760, Sarah Parker of 
Westford [b. about 1740; d. Antrim, N. H., Dec. 25, 1825; 
m. (2) Joshua Todd]. He came to New Ipswich soon after 
his marriage, and settled near his brother Thomas, on XII : 
1, S. R. He did good service in the Revolution, and served 
for some years as a captain of militia. Children : 

27. i. Mary, b. Apr. 25, 1761; d. unm. 

28. ii. Jonathan, b. Jan. 27, 1764.4- 

29. iii. Ephraim, b. July 30, 1766.+ 

30. iv. Sarah, b. Jan. 16, 1770; d. Dec. 25, 1847; m. (1) Dec. 24, 

1789, William Burrows (2) ; (2) May 7, 1818, Richard 
Wheeler (13). 

31. V. Joshua, b. Apr. 27, 1772.+ 

32. vi. Francis, b. Feb. 14, 1775.+ 

33. vii. Lydia, b. May 14, 1776. 

34. viii. Jeremiah, b. Aug. 10, 1785.+ 

35. ix. Samuel, b. Mar. 19, 1789.+ 

8. Peter" (Ephraim^, Joshua*, Joshua^, William^ Robert^), 

b. Westford, Jan. 22, 1736; d. Apr. 11, 1812; m. Sept. 8, 1761, 

Ruth, dau. of Joseph* (Thomas^), and Priscilla (Warner) 

Adams [b. Jan. 14, 1739; d. Apr. 28, 1816]. He came to New 

Ipswich soon after his marriage, and settled upon 18, N. D. 

He served in the Revolutionary army several times during 

the war. Children : 

Dorothy, b. Feb. 14, 1763. 

Ruth, b. Oct. 10, 1765; d. Feb. 1, 1842; m. Josiah Batchelder 

(4). 
Peter, b. Jan. 8, 1768.+ 
Ebenezer, b. May 17, 1770. -f- 
David, b. Dec. 26, 1772.+ 
Submit, b. Nov. 6, 1774; d. Oct. 15, 1806; m. Perkins. 

Two children. 

42. vii. James, b. July 26, 1776; d. Feb. 9, 1778. 

43. viii. James, b. Dec. 26, 1778.+ 

44. ix. Lydia, b. Nov. 12, 1781; d. June 17, 1850; m. Mar. 27, 1805, 

John Spencer, a farmer at Springfield, Vt., and afterward 
at Evansville, Wis. Seven children. 

12. Henry" (Reuben^ William*, SamueP, William^, 
Robert^), b. Westford, Aug. 17, 1751; d. Apr. 17, 1829; m. 
Nov. 30, 1773, Deborah Parker of Westford [d. May 4, 1826]. 
He came to New Ipswich in 1772 and settled upon two sepa- 
rate but neighboring lots near the Rindge town line, (138 
and 152, A. D.,) where he lived until 1788, then removed to 
Acton and Westford, where he remained but two years, dur- 

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ing which his building's disappeared, and soon after his return 
in 1790 he sold his property in New Ipswich and started anew 
in Plymouth, Vt., where he became an entirely successful 
farmer. He was an earnest Baptist, and during his residence 
in Massachusetts was committed to jail for refusal to pay his 
"minister's tax." Children : 

45. i. Aaron, b. Oct. 14, 1774; d. Jan. 13, 1775. 

46. ii. William, b. Mar. 31, 1776; d. Nov. 22, 1847; m. June 18, 

1801, Sally Davis of Reading, Vt. He was a farmer in 
Reading and Canaan, Vt., successively. Eight children. 

47. iii. Aaron, b. Nov. 16, 1777; d. Feb. 9, 1867; m. Dec. 16, 1806, 

Sarah Neef of Carlisle, Mass. He spent a few years in 
Plymouth, Vt., but he passed the greater part of his life as 
a blacksmith at Boylston, Carlisle, and Chelmsford, Mass., 
and Nelson, N. H. Seven children. 

48. iv. Isaac, b. July 5, 1779; d. Aug. 25, 1786. 

49. V. Moses, b. Aug. 21, 1781 ; d. Mar. 9, 1788. 

50. vi. Reuben, b. Dec. 7, 1783; d. Nov. 16, 1879; m. (1) Mar. 3, 

1808, Betsey Pratt of Reading, Vt. ; (2) Aug. 21, 1836, Mrs. 
Olive Adams of Cavendish, Vt. Except a few years of 
early manhood at Westford, Mass., he resided at Plymouth 
and Reading, Vt. Twelve children. 

51. vii. Deborah, b. Oct. 29, 1785; d. Sept. 16, 1870; m. May, 1815, 

Simon, son of Jonathan Spaulding of Chelmsford, Mass. 
He was a farmer at Ludlow, Vt. 

52. viii. Henry, b. July 9, 1787; d. Mar. 5, 1813. 

53. ix. Isaac, b. Mar. 30, 1789; d. June 10, 1840; m. Mar. 2, 1822, 

Dorinda Day of Plymouth, Vt. He learned the black- 
smith's trade of Ephraim Fairbanks in New Ipswich, and 
after a few years' labor in several states he spent his life 
in Vermont, locating successively at Plymouth, Enosburg, 
and Berkshire. Four children. 

54. X. Moses, b. June 10, 1791; d. Feb. 27, 1811. 

55. xi. Rebecca, b. Apr. 16, 1793; d. May 28, 1828; m. 1815, Henry 

Slack of Plymouth, Vt. She also lived at Stratford and at 
Thetford, Vt. 

13. Sampson^ (Sampson^, Samuel*, William^, Samuel^ 
Robert^), b. May 4, 1795; d. Jan. 24, 1847; m. (1) Sarah Beard 
of Peterboro [b. about 1803; d. Jan. 10, 1841]; (2) Feb. 9, 
1842, Lavinia (D. 5) dau. of Jacob Ames and widow of Eph- 
raim W. Blood of Temple. In his early days he was a clerk 
in the store of John F, Hills, and after the death of his em- 
ployer he succeeded to the business, which he carried on at 
the westerly corner of School street and the Turnpike. Chil- 
dren : 

56. i. George Woodbury, b. Sept. 22, 1823. He left home at an 

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John Augustus, b. Sept. 5, 1825. -|- 
Charles Rodney, b. Dec. 18, 1827.+ 
William Henry, b. Nov. 4, 1829.+ 
Sarah Beard, b. Feb. 16, 1832; d. Feb. 28, 1902; m. Sept. 11, 

1862, George H. Hubbard of Manchester (8). 
Samuel Horace, b. Feb. 16, 1832; d. Feb. 28, 1832. 
Helen Sabrina, b. Nov. 25, 1836; d. May 1, 1880. She viras a 

successful teacher in Baltimore, Md., for twenty years or 

more. 

14. Ebenezer^ (John^, Timothy*, SamueP, Francis^, 
Robert^, b. Feb. 5, 1761 ; d. May 8, 1831 ; m. (1) Feb. 5, 1781, 
Mary Cummings (9) ; (2) June, 1812, Mary, dau. of Asa 
Rendall and wid. of Nathaniel Foster of Ashby [b. Dunstable, 
Mass., Dec. 29, 1766; d. Winchendon, Mass., Dec. 25, 1851]. 
At the age of fourteen he went to live with Samuel Cummings, 
the owner of the mills at Smith Village, where he remained 
two years and then enlisted as fifer, with his uncle Daniel 
Foster, in the company of Capt. James Carr for the term of 
three years. He was stationed at Ticonderoga, but on the 
retreat from Burgoyne at the battle of Hubbardton he was 
wounded and taken prisoner. He, however, escaped in a few 
weeks and returned home. Recovering from his wounds, he 
returned and served the remainder of his time under Gen. 
Sullivan against the Indians in the Genesee country. He 
wrote a narrative of his army experience, the demand for 
which was sufficient to cause the issue of four editions, and 
in one edition the story was rendered in verse. He bought the 
mills of his father-in-law, which he managed for a considera- 
ble period, and in his later years he was occupied in the man- 
ufacture of trunks. He was one of the original members of 
the Baptist church of the town. Children : 

Ebenezer, b. Oct. 9, 1782.4- 

Cummings, b. July 5, 1784.-|- 

John, b. Aug. 14, 1786. -t- 

PoLLY, b. Aug. 21, 1788; d. Aug. 27, 1840; m. June 5, 1807, 

Peter Felt (2). 
Joseph, b. May 22, 1790. -f- 
Betsey, b. Dec. 28, 1792; d. May 5, 1842; m. Ralph Roby and 

lived in Boston, New Ipswich, and Grafton, N. H. Four 

children. 

69. vii. Milly, b. Feb. 6, 1794; d. July 11, 1797. 

70. viii. Sally, b. Feb. 6, 1794; d. July 17, 1854; m. Hugh B. Fletcher 
(86). 

71. ix. Nancy, b. May 22, 1797; d. Apr. 21, 1885; m. Mar. 26, 1818, 
Thomas Davis (50). 

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72. X. Dexter, b. Apr. 19, 1799.-f- 

IZ. xi. SuKY, b. May 30, 1801 ; d. Aug. 13, 1803. 

74. xii. RoBY, b. June 16, 1803.+ 

21. JosiAH® (Thomas^ Francis^ Joseph^ Francis-, Rob- 
ert^), b. June 13, 1758; m. (1) Grace Wheeler (4); (2) Mar. 
16, 1790, Rachel Walton [b. Mar. 22, 1764]. His name first 
appears upon the tax-list of New Ipswich in 1784, and con- 
tinues until 1805, when he probably removed from town. He 
lived with or near his father in Davis Village, building and 
occupying as a store about 1785 the house afterward used as 
a bakehouse by Joseph Davis. He also built and carried on 
about ten years later probably the first of the little structures 
for the manufacture of potash, which for more than half a 
century gave value to the ashes left by the huge fireplaces of 
early days. Children : 

75. i. JosiAH, b. Nov. 4, 1787. 

76. ii. William, b. June 12, 1789; d. May 8, 1790. 
11 . iii. William, b. Feb. 3, 1791; d. Oct. 19, 1791. 

78. iv. Rachel, b. Aug. 24, 1792. 

79. V. Esther, b. July 14, 1794. 

80. vi. Asa, b. Sept. 20, 1796. 

81. vii. Jonas, b. Mar. 26, 1798. 

82. viii. Lucy, b. Apr. 22, 1800. 

83. ix. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 13, 1802; d. Dec. 26, 1802. 

84. X. James Walton, b. June 18, 1804. 

22. Thomas® (Thomas^, Francis*, Joseph^, Francis^, Rob- 
ert^), b. May 1, 1760; d. May 7, 1813; m. (1) Apr. 8, 1788, 
Betsey Hoar [b. about 1764; d. Sept. 15, 1802]; (2) Peggy 
Smith of Peterboro. He resided near his father, but the 
identity of their names and the brief interval between their 
deaths makes it impossible in many cases to determine 
whether the father or the son is indicated in early records. 
Children : 

Thomas, b. Feb. 3, l789.-{- 
HuGH Brooks, b. Mar. 9, 1791.-|- 
Benjamin, b. Sept. 18, 1793. 

Alma, b. Jan. 21, 1796; m. Bedlow of Lowell, Mass. 

Sally, b. Oct. 10, 1798; m. Brown of Ashburnham, Mass. 

Betsey, b. July 20, 1801; d. about 1811. 

John Smith, b. Oct. 24, 1805. He res. in Lowell, Mass., which 
he represented in the Legislature. 
92. viii. William, b. Apr. 14, 1808; d. about 1813. 

28. Jonathan® (Francis^, Francis*, Joseph^, Francis^, Rob- 
ert^), b. Jan. 27, 1764; d. 1844; m. (1) about 1790, Ruth Irish 

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of Union, Me. ; (2) Prudence Mero. In early years he went 
as one of the New Ipswich settlers in Barrettstown, (now 
Hope,) Me., but soon removed to Canaan, (now Lincolnville,) 
Me., bought land for a large farm, and there spent his life 
as a successful farmer. For more than forty years he was a 
Baptist deacon. Children : 

93. i. Sarah, b. 1792; d. 1852; m. Robert Moody. Res. at Lincoln- 

ville. Seven children. 

94. ii. Lemuel, d. young. 

95. iii. Mary, b. Nov. 9, 1806; d. 1860; m. Francis Fletcher (100). 

96. iv. Julia Ann, b. Aug. 20, 1808; m. Oct. 2, 1828, Abner Knight. 

Res. at Lincolnville, and later at Belfast, Me. Nine children. 

29. Ephraim® (Francis^, Francis*, Joseph^, Francis^, Rob- 
ert^), b. July 30, 1766; d. Oct. 3, 1838; m. Lydia Knight of 
Lincolnville, Me., where he settled in 1790, and where he 
passed his life, and which he represented in the Legislature. 
Children : 

97. i. Nathan, m. Harriet Young, who d. soon after marriage. He 

viras a farmer at Lincolnville, Me. One daughter, Antoi- 
nette. 

98. ii. Ruth, m. Richard Martin. 

99. iii. Orinda, m. Thomas Bartlett. 

100. iv. Francis.+ 

101. V. William, b. Sept. 11, 1802.+ 

102. vi. Betsey. 

103. vii. Sally. 

104. viii. Nancy. 

31. Joshua*' (Francis^, Francis*, Joseph^, Francis^, Rob- 
ert^, b. Apr. 27, 1772; d. Feb. 20, 1841; m. 1793, Susannah 
Parker [b. about 1775; d. Feb., 1853]. He was a farmer at 
Stoddard and later at Washington. Children : 

105. i. Joshua, b. July 30, 1794; d. Waltham, Mass., Jan. 6, 1855; 

m. Dec. 22, 1818, Eliza Stephens of Goshen. Five children. 

106. ii. Susan, b. New Ipswich, Feb. 25, 1796; d. Peterboro, Dec. 25, 

1876; m. Apr. 7, 1818, Isaac Green of Hillsboro. Four 
children. 

107. iii. Sarah, b. New Ipswich, Apr. 2, 1797; m. Apr. 7, 1818, Ezra 

Miller of Washington. Five children. 

108. iv. DiADAMiA, b. New Ipswich, Sept. 16, 1798; m. 1820, Hezekiah 

Davis of Washington. Five children. 

109. V. Diana, b. Washington, 1803; d. 1806. 

110. vi. Francis Parker, b. Washington, June 13, 1808.+ 

111. vii. Diana, b. Washington, June 13, 1808; m. Sept. 20, 1840, Heze- 

kiah Fuller, a farmer at Lempster. One daughter. 

112. viii. Oilman, b. Washington, Oct. 22, 1812.+ 

113. ix. Dustin, b. Washington, Oct. 22, 1816; d. Unity, Mar. 15, 1872. 

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32. Francis® (Francis^, Francis*, Joseph^, Francis^, Rob- 
ert^), b. Feb. 14, 1775; d. May 10, 1826; m. Hannah Fisk of 
Groton, Mass. He settled in Lincolnville, Me., in 1790, and 
there passed his life. Children : 

114. i. Samuel, b. 1802.+ 

115. ii. Clarissa, m. Asa Allenwood. Eight children. 

116. iii. Lydia, b. Feb. 19, 1805; m. (1) Feb. 22, 1825, Benjamin 

McAllister of Hope, Me., six children; (2) Benjamin 
Barnes, three children. 

117. iv. Mary, b. July 14, 1807; m. Joseph Thomas of Palmyra, Me. 

One child. 

118. V. Harriet, b. Sept. 9, 1809; d. 1849; m. George Burgess. 

119. vi. Ephraim, b. 1812.+ 

120. vii. Sarah B., b. June 10, 1815; m. 1844, John B. York of Her- 

mon, Me. Two children. 

34. Jeremiah^ (Francis^ Francis*, Joseph^, Francis^. Rob- 
ert^), b. Aug. 10, 1785; d. Dec. 19, 1851 ; m. 1809, Lucy Davis 
of Washing-ton. He was a farmer in that town. Children : 

121. i. Mary Ann, b. May 29, 1811; m. 1840, Benjamin Cram, a 

farmer of Bradford. Three children. 
Samuel, b. Feb. 1, 1812.+ 
LucY, b. Nov. 15, 1814; d. Mar. 7, 1852; m. Apr. 9, 1846, Joel 

Severance, a farmer. One son. 
Lydia, m. May 20, 1841, Edmund Dole, a farmer of Clare- 

mont. Two sons. 
Francis Parker, b. Aug. 25, 1820.4- 
Relief, b. Mar. 1, 1822; d. May, 1822. 

127. vii. Jeremiah, b. May 2, 1824; d. Dec, 1824. 

128. viii. Henry Ames, b. Dec. 8, 1827; m. Apr. 24, 1851, Elvira C. 

Cram. 

35. Samuel® (Francis^, Francis*. Joseph^. Francis^, Rob- 
ert^), b. Mar. 19, 1789; d. July 9, 1845 ;'m. 1814, Annie Bodwell 
of Antrim. He was a farmer and a prominent citizen of 
Antrim until his death. He held all the important town of- 
fices, and was a deacon. Children : 

129. i. Lydia, b. Jan. 8, 1815; m. Nov. 4, 1834, Reuben Hills. Three 

children. 

130. ii. Louisa, b. June 26, 1816; d. Aug. 30, 1845; m. Feb., 1842, G. 

W. Winship of Nashua. Two children. 

131. iii. Hannah Wright, b. Mar. 17, 1818; m. Oct. 23, 1838, Milton 

Hills. Removed to Bunker Hill, 111., and thence to Kansas. 
Two children. 

132. iv. Joanna Crombie, b. Jan. 24, 1820; m. Sept. 27, 1847, J. H. 

Muzzer. Removed to Bunker Hill, 111. Four children. 

133. V. Rachel Bodwell, b. Sept. 23, 1823; m. Samuel Fletcher (122). 

134. vi. Samuel Anson, b. Sept. 27, 1824; m. Apr. 29, 1851, Harriet 

M. Crane. Removed to Bunker Hill, 111., 1857. He was a 
cattle-broker. Three children. 
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135. vii. Sarah Eveline, b. Dec. 27, 1827; m. May 20, 1847, John R. 

Gregg, a farmer of Peterboro. Three children. 

136. viii. Francis, b. May 3, 1830; d. Apr. 4, 1831. 

137. ix. Martha Jane, b. May 15, 1832; m. (1) John Johnson, two 

children; (2) 1864, Henry Wise of Summerfield, 111. 

38. Peter'^ (Peter®, Ephraim^, Joshua*, Joshua^, William^, 
Robert^, b. New Ipswich, Jan. 8, 1768; d. Jan. 2, 1852; m. 
Alstead, July 7, 1799, Thirza Taylor [b. Brookfield, Mass., 
Nov. 15, 1778; d. Feb. 16, 1833]. Until 1838 he lived at Ai- 
stead, where he kept a tavern for nearly the whole time, also 
a store for many years, and in addition he was a blacksmith 
and a farmer. He was prominent in church and town affairs, 
and was a militia captain. In 1838 he removed to Indiana, 
and thence to Johnstown, Wis., where he died at the home of 
his second son. Children : 

138. i. Thomas Oilman, b. June 14, 1801. + 

139. ii. James H., b. July 18, 1803; d. Aug. 8, 1813. 

140. iii. John Adams, b. Apr. 2, 1806.+ 

141. iv. Sophia Emily, b. Apr. 16, 1807; m. James H. Rogers. Res. 

Milwaukee, Wis. Ten children. 

142. V. Amelia Calista, b. Jan. 3, 1810; m. 1842, Elnathan Gregory 

of Laporte, Ind. Six children. 

143. vi. Ruth Bacheller, b. Nov. 29, 1813; m. 1839, James Bowers 

of Racine, Wis. Two children. 

144. vii. Hervey Taylor, b. Mar. 2, 1816; d. Laporte, Ind., 1836,^ unm. 

145. viii. George Franklin, b. Feb. 7, 1818 ; d. Aug. 19, 1850, unm. 

He was a merchant. 

39. Ebenezer'^ (Peter^, Ephraim^, Joshua*, Joshua^, Wil- 
liam^ Robert^), b. New Ipswich, May 17, 1770; d. Colebrook, 
Aug. 22, 1843; m. Peday Smith. He was a carpenter. Chil- 
dren ; 

146. i. Lucretia Eliza, b. Sept. 6, 1804; m. Cyrus Fames. Res. 

Green Bay, Wis. 

147. ii. Hiram Adams, b. Dec. 14, 1806. -f 

148. iii. Kimball Bacheller, b. Sept. 13, 1810.-(- 

149. iv. Mary Hasham, b. Feb. 28, 1813; m. Archelaus Cummings. 

Res. Colebrook. 

150. V. Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 27, 1823; m. Enoch L. Colby. Res. Lan- 

caster. Four children. 

40. David^ (Peter^, Ephraim^, Joshua*, Joshua^, William'-, 
Robert^), b. Dec. 28, 1772; d. Jan. 26, 1834; m. 1795, Sally 
Lovell. He was a farmer at Springfield, Vt. Children : 

151. i. Oliver L., b. Oct. 15, 1795.+ 

152. ii. Adams, b. Feb. 9, 1797.-|- 

153. iii. Frink, b. Dec. 13, 1799.-1- 

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154. iv. Jehiel, b. Jan. 23, 1801.+ 

155. V. David, b. Nov. 2, 1802.+ 

156. vi. Asa, b. Jan. 27, 1805; d. 1805. 

157. vii. Lyman, b. Sept. 17, 1807.+ 

158. viii. Laura, b. Jan. 25, 1809; m. 1830, Jacob Stoddard. 

159. ix. Peter Emerson, b. Aug. 16, 1810.+ 

160. X. Josiah, b. June 8, 1812; m. 1849, Mary Raynesford of Ches- 

terfield. He was a farmer. 

161. xi. Aaron Dean, b. Sept. 15, 1817. He viras an artist at Keeseville, 

N. Y. 

43. James^ (Peter®, Ephraim^, Joshua*, Joshua^, William^, 
Robert^), b. Dec. 26, 1778; d. Brooklyn, N. Y., May. 1850; m. 
Azubah Gale [d. Sept., 1818]. He was a farmer at Alstead. 
Children : 

162. i. James Gardiner, d. Detroit, Mich., 1836. 

163. ii. Adeline, m. Washington A. Batchelder (21). 

164. iii. Horace Rice, b. Mar. 11, 1814.+ 

165. iv. Mary Ann. 

57. John Augustus^ (Sampson®, Sampson^, Samuel*, Wil- 
liam^, SamueP, Robert^), b. Sept. 5, 1825; d. Sept. 15, 1902; m. 

twice, the second wife being Mary A. [b. Mar. 15, 1834; 

d. Sept. 30, 1908]. In youth he enlisted in the U. S. Navy, 
and was upon the first frigate entering the harbor of San 
Francisco just before the Mexican War, in which war he did 
service. He resided in Boston for a long time, but his later 
years were passed in his native town, where he died. Child — 
of first marriage : 

166. i. Katherine M. R, b. Dec. 3, 1859; d. Oct. 24, 1883. 

58. Charles Rodney^ (Sampson®, Sampson^, Samuel*, 
William^ Samuel^, Robert^), b. Dec. 18, 1827 ; d. May 15, 1895; 
m. July 2, 1849, Sarah J. Mattoon of Peterboro [b. about 1831 ; 
d. July 6, 1886]. He was an able tinworker, and during most 
of his life he had his shop in New Ipswich. Children — all of 
whom died in early infancy : 

167. i. Charles E., d. Mar. 4, 1850. 

168. ii. Herbert L., d. Apr. 27, 1851. 

169. iii. Edward R., d. Oct. 16, 1854. 

59. William Henry^ (Sampson®, Sampson^, Samuel*, Wil- 
liam^ Samuel^, Robert^), b. Nov. 4, 1829; d. Feb. 23, 1886; m. 
Feb., 1850, Mary J. Howard of Temple [b. about 1829; d. Sept. 
25, 1861]. He passed most of his life as a cigarmaker in New 
Ipswich. Children: 

170. i. William Henry, b. Nov. 28, 1850; d. Dec. 4, 1880, unm. 

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171. ii. Helen Sabrina, b. Apr. 20, 1852; m. and has two children. 

172. iii. George Woodbury, b. Jan. 3, 1855 ; m. and has children. He 

is a mechanic in Maine. 

63. Ebenezer^ (Ebenezer^, John^, Timothy*, SamueP, 
Francis^ Robert^), b. New Ipswich, Oct. 9, 1782; d. Cornish, 
Nov. 14, 1834; m. Sybil Spaulding. Res. in Cornish. Chil- 
dren : 

173. i. Benjamin S., b. Nov. 30, 1809.+ 

174. ii. Hiram C, b. June 24, 1811; d. Dec. 17, 1868. Res. Eden, Vt. 

175. iii. Orrel F., b. June 4, 1813 ; m. John Johnson. Res. Cornish. 

176. iv. Mary W., b. Aug. 6, 1815; d. Manchester, Dec. 27, 1846; m. 

• Little. 

177. V. David D., b. Oct. 24, 1817; d. Jan. 25, 1857. Res. Burlington, 

Vt. 

178. vi. Silas S., b. Apr. 6, 1820. He was an Universalist minister 

at Exeter. 

179. vii. Stephen N., b. 1822; d. 1824 

180. viii. John Q., b. Oct. 16, 1824; d. Sept. 14, 1846. 

181. ix. Sybil L., b. Oct. 2, 1826; m. Peleg Barrows of Brattleboro, 

Vt. One son. 

182. X. Guildford D., b. Sept. 21, 1829. Res. Baldwinville, Mass. 

64. CuMMiNGS^ (Ebenezer®, John^, Timothy*, SamueP, 
Francis^, Robert*), b. July 5, 1784; d. July 21. 1837; m. Mar. 
18, 1804, Sally Wheeler (51). He was a carpenter and builder. 
He contracted to build the new meeting-house in 1811, but 
sold his contract to Seth Wheeler. He lived at Smith Village 
in the house long occupied by Russell Farwell. He removed 
to Enosburg, Vt., in 1818, and later to Cleveland, O., but re- 
turned to Enosburg and there passed his remaining years. 
Children : 

183. i. Samuel C., b. New Ipswich, 1805. -f- 

184. ii. George W., b. Oct. 8, 1812; m. Oct. 15, 1837, Mary Ann Wat- 

son of Eden, N. Y. He was a farmer at Westerville, O. 
Three daughters. 

185. iii. Fanny W., b. Oct. 18, 1816; d. Nov. 18, 1894; m. Feb. 1, 1839, 

Rev. E. J. Cummings (98) of Enosburg, Vt. Res. North 
Kingsville, O. Four children. 

186. iv. Elizabeth F., b. May 5, 1818; d. Dec. 4, 1898; m. Oct. 19, 

1842, Reuben Taylor (42). 

187. v. Edward P., b. Oct. 8, 1821; m. Aug. 14, 1848, Isabella Wart- 

mant. Res. in Canada. 

188. vi. John Bartlett, b. Feb. 5, 1824.+ 

189. vii. Mary C, b. Dec. 15, 1825; m. William A. Cummings (103). 

Res. East Berkshire, Vt. 

190. viii. Martha P., b. Enosburg, Vt., Aug. 23, 1829; m. Sept. 17, 

1849, Rev. A. A. Whitmore, a Congregational minister in 
Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa. Five children. 
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65. John'^ (Ebenezer^, John^, Timothy*, Samuel^, Francis^, 
Robert!), b. Aug. 14, 1786; d. in Michigan, July 10, 1842; m. 
Sarah Smith. He was a wheelwright and res. in Vermont 
and in Canada. Children : 

191. i. Sarah, b. New Ipswich; unm. Res. in Michigan. 
John, b. Berkshire, Vt. Res. Lansing, Mich. 
SopHRONiA, b. Berkshire, Vt. ; m. Jesse Miller. 
AsENATH, b. Berkshire, Vt. ; m. Timothy Wheeler. 

Mary Ann, b. Abbott's Corner, Canada ; m. Clark. 

Hiram, b. Sabravois, Canada, 1816; d. 1854. 
Matilda, b. Sabravois, Canada; m. EHjah Curtis. Res. Mich- 
igan. 

198. viii. Gardner, b. Sabravois, Canada. He was a farmer in Dans- 

ville, Mich. 

199. ix. Jane, b. Sabravois, Canada. Res. Michigan. 

200. X. William, b. Sabravois, Canada. Res. Ingham, Mich. 

201. xi. Betsey, b. Sabravois, Canada; d. 1857. 

202. xii. Ebenezer, b. Sabravois, Canada. He was a farmer at Ing- 

ham, Mich. 

67. Joseph^ (Ebenezer'', John^, Timothy*, SamueP, Fran- 
cis^, Robert^), b. May 22, 1790; d. Feb. 18, 1862; m. Nov. 25. 
1813, Nancy Hall [b. Mar. 5, 1795; d. Apr. 10, 1875]. He was 
a farmer in West Berkshire and later in Enosburg, Vt. Chil- 
dren : 

203. i. Nancy, b. West Berkshire, Vt. ; m. Rev. S. S. Hyde. Res. in 

Michigan. 

204. ii. Almira, b. West Berkshire, Vt. ; m. Nov. 27, 1845, Charles 

B. Jaquith (2). 

72. Dexter^ (Ebenezer^ John^ Timothy*, SamueP, Fran- 
cis^, Robert^), b. Apr. 19, 1799; m. Dec. 27, 1832, Mrs. Sarah 
Reed. He was a farmer in Stoddard. Child : 

205. i. Sarah, d. young. 

74. RoBY^ (Ebenezer^, John^, Timothy*, SamueP, Francis^, 
Robert^), b. June 16, 1803; d. Fitchburg, Mass., Dec. 30, 1902; 
m. (1) Apr. 2. 1829, Milly Taylor (40) ; (2) Emily (Davis) 
Smith (96). Children: 

206. i. Ellen Maria, b. Dec. 5, 1830; m. June 10, 1851, Samuel J. 

M. Weston, a blacksmith of Marlboro, Mass., where three 
children were born. She was a dressmaker until her mar- 
riage. 

207. ii. Harriet Amelia, b. Feb. 17, 1833; d. June, 1906; m. Nov. 30, 

1854, Charles M. Weston, a cabinetmaker of Reading, Mass., 
later of Longmont, Col. One son. She was a milliner un- 
til her marriage. 

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208. iii. Mary Frances, b. Apr. 22, 1835; d. Aug. 14, 1913; m. Nov. 

8, 1860, Alfred A. Sawyer, a carpenter of Denmark, Iowa, 
but later of Fitchburg, Mass. She was a teacher before 
her marriage. Three children. 

209. iv. SoPHRONiA Taylor, b. June 12, 1839; d. Dec. 5, 1890. She 

was a seamstress. 

210. V. George Henry, b. Dec. 15, 1841; d. Feb. 23, 1845. 

85. Thomas^ (Thomas®, Thomas^, Francis*, Joseph^, Fran- 
cis^ Robert^), b. New Ipswich, Feb. 3, 1789; d. Dec. 4, 1846; 
m. Sept. 29, 1811, Elizabeth Pratt (3). Fie first engaged in 
business, was then a teacher, and finally a successful Presby- 
terian minister, laboring in Eastern New York, and during 
the last ten years of his life in Southwick, Mass., where he 
died. Children : 

211. i. Eleanor Read, b. New Ipswich, Nov. 19, 1812; m. May 30, 

1838, Dr. John Scoville. Five children. 

212. ii. Eliza Smith, b. New Ipswich, Aug. 12, 1816; m. May 8, 

1842, Dr. Oliver Wolcott Kellogg. Six children. 

213. iii. William Otis, b. Kinderhook, N. Y., July 22, 1818.+ 

214. iv. Harriet Newell, b. June 16, 1828; m. June 16, 1858, Lewis 

Rufus Norton. Res. Westfield, Mass. One son. 

215. V. DwiGHT Livingston, b. Nov. 11, 1833; d. Sept. 1, 1843. 

86. Hugh Brooks^ (Thomas®, Thomas^, Francis*, Joseph^ 
Francis^ Robert^), b. Mar. 9, 1791; d. about 1856; m. Sally 
Fletcher (70) [d. 1856]. He left New Ipswich when a young 
man, and resided for a time in Hanover, N. Y., where his 
children were born. He then went farther West, and died in 
California. Children : 

216. i. Josiah, m. . Res. in Illinois. 

217. ii. Oilman, d. unm. Res. New Ipswich. 

218. iii. James, d. unm. Res. New Ipswich. 

100. Francis^ (Ephraim^, Francis^, Francis*, Joseph^, 

Francis^ Robert^), m. (1) ; (2) Aug. 20, 1829, Mary 

Fletcher (95) ; (3) C. C. Perry. He was a farmer in Natick, 
Mass. Children: 

219. i. Eliza Ann, m. Daniel Bartlett. Res. Hope, Me. 

220. ii. Lucy E., b. Nov., 1833 ; m. Dec. 23, 1855, James Kuting. Res. 

Natick, Mass. One son. 

221. iii. Oscar F., b. 1839; d. 1863, at Hilton Head, S. C, where he 

was a sutler. 

101. William'^ (Ephraim", Francis-^ Francis*, Joseph^, 
Francis^ Robert^), b. Sept. 11, 1802; d. Oct. 7, 1850; m. Ma- 
hala Whitcomb, of Hope, Me. Children : 

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Ellen M. 


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110. Francis Parker'^ (Joshua", Francis^, Francis*, Jo- 
seph^, Francis^, Robert^), b. June 13, 1808; m. (1) Apr. 19, 
1831, Pamelia Frost [d. June 25, 1834] ; (2) Aug. 23, 1835, 
Joanna Thompson. Res. at Lempster. Children : 

232. i. Francis. 

233. ii. Harriet P., b. Oct. 22, 1838; d. 1857; m. 1855. 

234. iii. George S., b. Oct. 22, 1838; d. Nov. 21, 1867. He served 

during the Civil War, and was severely wounded at Fair 
Oaks and at Fredericksburg. 

235. iv. Phineas D., b. Sept. 28, 1841; m. Apr. 2, 1864. He served 

during the Civil War in the 7th Massachusetts Regiment. 

236. v. Eliza A., b. Feb. 25, 1846. 

112. GiLMAN^ (Joshua^ Francis^ Francis*, Joseph^, Fran- 
cis^, Robert^), b. Oct. 22, 1812; d. June 7, 1852, while on the 
way to California ; m. Mary W. Pratt. Children : 

237. i. George, b. 1842 ; d. 1842. 

238. ii. Georgiana, m. Dec. 23, 1863, Edward M. Hayden. 

239. iii. Charles G., b. Mar. 7, 1847; m. May 19, 1875, Adelaide A. 

Wilmarth. Child : i. Charles F., b. June 16, 1877. 

240. iv. Herbert S., b. Feb. 7, 1850. Res. Auburndale, Mass. 

241. V. Frank B., b. Aug. 22, 1852. Res. Auburndale, Mass. 

114. Samuel^ (Francis^ Francis^, Francis*, Joseph^, Fran- 
cis^ Robert^), b. 1802; m. Hannah Bicknell. A farmer in Bel- 
mont, Me. Children : 

242. i. Augustus A., m. Helen Knowlton of Northport, Me. He 

graduated from Waterville College. Child : i. Elizabeth. 

243. ii. Alonzo E., m. Malvina Knowlton. Res. Northport, Me. 

Children : i. Anna. ii. Helen. 

244. iii. Sarah E., b. 1836; d. 1859; m. Alonzo Wilson. One son. 

245. iv. Helen A., b. 1841; m. S. Y. Jordan of Belmont, Me. Two 

children. 

246. V. Harriet, b. 1843; d. 1863, unm. 

247. vi. Francis, b. 1845. A farmer. Children: i. Edward, ii. 

Henry. 

248. vii. Arinaldo, b. 1847. A farmer. 

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119. Ephraim^ (Francis^, Francis^, Francis*, Joseph^, Fran- 
cis^, Robert^), b. 1812; m. Julia Philbrick. A farmer in Lin- 
colnville. Me. Children : 

249. i. Edward F., b. Dec. 9, 1838; d. Apr. 20, 1865. He served in 

the Civil War, and his death was caused by that service. 

250. ii. John M., a physician at Belfast, Me. 

251. iii. Sarah J., b. 1851; d. Oct. 20, 1871; m. Oscar Hurry. Res. 

Jacksonville, Fla. 

252. iv. Abbie Ellen, b. 1853. 

253. v. Harriet E., b. 1857. A music teacher. 

122. Samuel^ (Jeremiah'^, Francis% Francis*, Joseph^, Fran- 
cis^ Robert^), b. Feb. 1, 1812; m. (1) Rebecca, dau. of Rev. 
Nathan Ames [d. 1852]; (2) Rachel B. Fletcher (133). A 
farmer in his native town, Washington. Children : 

254. i. Edwin S., m. 1864, Elizabeth A. Stewart of Westminster, 

Mass. A merchant in Manchester. 

255. ii. Nathan Ames. 

256. iii. George Howard, b. Mar. 6, 1844; m. July 8, 1866, Luthera 

Barney of Washington. He was in the Civil War, serving 
in the 10th New Hampshire Regiment. 

257. iv. Margaret R., b. Oct. 14, 1848; m. Apr. 20, 1866, George Mel- 

len of Washington. 

258. v. Ida Florence, b. June 26, 1859. 

259. vi. Nellie Elmore, b. May 25, 1864; d. Dec. 9, 1865. 

125. Francis Parker^ (Jeremiah*^, Francis^, Francis*, Jo- 
seph^ Francis^ Robert^), b. Aug. 25, 1820; m. about 1845, 
Pauline C. Ingalls. He succeeded to the paternal homestead. 
He served in the Civil War as a member of the 10th New 
Hampshire Regiment. Children : 

260. i. Mandana P., b. 1849; m. 1865, Alvin Ritter. 

261. ii. Francis G., b. 1854. 

262. iii. Charles W., b. 1856. 

263. iv. Herman P., b. 1858. 

138. Thomas Oilman® (Peter'', Peter'', Ephraim^, Joshua*, 
Joshua^ William^ Robert^), b. June 14, 1801; d. Oct. 7, 1839; 
m. (1) Almira Barnes of Berlin, Conn. [d. 1835] ; (2) 1848, L. 
A. Jenks. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1824, 
studied law, and had a successful practice in New York city. 
Children : 

264. i. Frank Hopkins, b. Mar. 31, 1831; m. Nov. 3, 1863, Helen, 

dau. of Alfred Clapp of St. Louis, Mo. He graduated from 
Dartmouth College in 1858, studied law, and practiced in 
Laporte, Ind., until the Civil War, when he entered service 
in the paymaster's department, and was brevetted lieutenant- 

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colonel. Children: i. Anna Wendell, b. Mar. 5, 1868; d. 
Aug. 14, 1868. ii. Jennie Clapp. 

265. ii. Charles Stewart, d. young. 

266. iii. Alice Cunningham. 

140. John Adams^ (Peter% Peter*', Ephraim^, Joshua*, 
Joshua^ William^ Robert^, b. Apr. 2, 1806; m. (1) Feb. 1, 
1829, Emily Kent of Alstead [d. 1834] ; (2) Aug. 5, 1835, Eliza 
Newkirk. He res. successively in Keene, Parishville, N. Y., 
Laporte, Ind., Rock Prairie and Johnstown, Wis., and Calmar, 
Iowa, and was engaged in farming, carriage-making, hotel- 
keeping, and lumbering business. He was a deacon. Chil- 
dren : 

267. i. Lucius Lyons, b. July 24, 1837; m. Dec. 9, 1860, Maria Dodge 

of Fort Atkinson, Wis. A farmer in Johnstown, Wis. 
Children: i. Arthur, d. infancy, ii. Ivan, b. Nov. 24, 1864. 
iii. John, b. Oct., 1870. 

268. ii. James S., b. July 19, 1839; m. Sept. 2, 1868, Cornelia M. 

Moore of Laporte, Ind. [d. July 5, 1879]. Child: i. John, 
b. Mar., 1873. 

269. iii. George Franklin, b. July 28, 1842; m. Dec. 28, 1868, Anna 

Butz of Milton Junction, Wis. A grain dealer at Clear 
Lake, Wis. Child : i. John, b. Aug. 20, 1877. 

270. iv. Henry Clay, b. Jan. 5, 1845; m. Dec. 30, 1873, Delia Camp. 

A grain dealer at Clear Lake, Wis. Child: i. Nellie Camp, 
b. June 11, 1876. 

271. V. Emily Eliza, b. Dec. 5, 1851; m. Mar. 10, 1874. Herbert 

Palmeter of Clear Lake, Wis. Two children. 

147. Hiram Adams^ (Ebenezer'', Peter'', Ephraim^, Joshua*, 
Joshua^ William^, Robert^), b. Dec. 14, 1806; d. Lancaster, 
Jan. 30, 1879; m. May, 1834, Persis E. Hunking of Lancaster 
[d. July, 1878]. He was a successful lawyer in his native 
town, Springfield, Vt., and afterwards in Lancaster. Children : 

272. i. Almira Barnes, b. Feb. 29, 1836; m. July 5, 1860, William S. 

Ladd, afterward a judge of Supreme Court of New Hamp- 
shire. Three children. 

273. ii. Emily Eliza, b. Dec. 27. 1838; d. Jan. 1, 1851. 

274. iii. Richard, b. May, 1840; d. Aug. 15, 1845. 

275. iv. Richard, b. May 16, 1844. Res. Green Bay, Wis. He served 

during the Civil War in the Sth New Hampshire Regiment. 

276. v. Everett, b. Dec. 21, 1848. A lawyer at Lancaster. 

277. vi. Lucy Ellen, b. Jan. 28, 1855. 

148. Kimball Bacheller^ (Ebenezer^, Peter*^, Ephraim% 
Joshua*, Joshua^ William^, Robert^), b. Sept. 13, 1810; m. (1) 
Sarah E. Cummings ; (2) 1843, Mrs. Mary Copp [d. Sept. 9, 
1864] ; (3) 1865, Mary M. Freeman. Children : 

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278. i. Ephraim Sumner, b. Oct. 24, 1834; m. Nov., 1865, Cynthia 

Hamilton. He served during the Civil War in the 2d and 
23d Wisconsin Regiments, and was promoted from private 
to captain. Res. Duluth, Minn. 

279. ii. Charles Warren, b. June 30, 1837 ; m. Carrie E. Moore. He 

served during the Civil War in the 2d New Hampshire 
Regiment. A lumber dealer in Charles City, Iowa. Chil- 
dren : i. Jessie M., b. Dec. 25, 1865. ii. Ralph Moore, h. 
May 11, 1873. 

280. iii. Frederic Goodhue, b. Dec. 26, 1842; m. Abby Kimball. A 

merchant in Burlington, Vt. 

281. iv. Kimball B., b. Nov. 27, 1849. A machinist in Lancaster. 

282. V. Mary, b. Dec. 4, 1855 ; d. Sept. 26, 1864. 

151. Oliver L.® (David^, Peter*^, Ephraim^, Joshua*, 
Joshua^ William^, Robert^), b. Oct. 15, 1795; m. 1823, Mary 
Gould. A farmer. Children : 

283. i. Mary A., b. 1825. 

284. ii. David, b. 1827; d. Lancaster, Mass., 1849. 

285. iii. Dean, b. 1830. A shoemaker. 

286. iv. Harriet E., b. 1835. 

152. Adams^ (David^ Peter®, Ephraim^ Joshua*, Joshua^, 
William^, Robert^, b. Feb. 9, 1797; m. 1824, Sylvia Martin of 
Essex, N. Y. A wheelwright. Child : 

287. i. Dean A., b. June 10, 1831; m. Martha Mager of Tennessee. 

A lawyer at Lyons, Iowa. 

153. Frink^ (David^ Peter®, Ephraim^, Joshua*, Joshua^, 
William^, Robert^), b. Dec. 13, 1799; m. 1836, Esther Olcott. 
A farmer in Springfield. Children : 

288. i. Charles, b. 1838. 

289. ii. Henry, b. 1840. 

154. Jehiel^ (David^ Peter®, Ephraim^ Joshua*, Joshua^, 
William^ Robert^), b. Jan. 23, 1801; m. 1827, Verando Misser 
of Westminster, Vt. Res. Keeseville, N. Y. Children : 

290. i. Nancy Emily, b. May 7, 1829. 

291. ii. Henry S., b. Mar. 19, 1832. 

292. iii. Augusta E., b. Dec. 30, 1833 ; d. May 1, 1855. 

293. iv. Maria A., b. Apr. 26, 1836. 

155. David^ (David^ Peter®, Ephraim^ Joshua*, Joshua^, 
William^, Robert^), b. Nov. 2, 1802; d. Nov., 1879; m. (1) 
Maria Bosworth; (2) 1846, Ruth Butler. A carpenter in Es- 
sex, N. Y., for many years. Children : 

294. i. David Bosworth, b. Jan. 9, 1839; m. May 5, 1864, Agnes 

Robinson of New York city. A merchant in Brooklyn, 
N. Y. He served during the Civil War in the 48th New 
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York Regiment, and was promoted from private to captain. 
He was held for a time in Libby prison. Children : i. 
William Harvey, b. Feb. 28, 1866. ii. Mary Agnes, b. July 
7, 1868. iii. Grace Isabel, h. Aug. 16, 1870. iv. Henry 
Robinson, b. Sept. 9, 1872. 

295. ii. James Harvey, b. May 22, 1843; m. Mar. 20, 1872, Mary P. 

Robinson of Brooklyn, N. Y. Child: i. Nellie P.. b. June 
30, 1873. 

296. iii. Maria Elizabeth, b. 1848; m. Daniel Armstrong. 

157. Lyman^ (David^, Peter", Ephraim^, Joshua*, Joshua^, 
William^, Robert^), b. Sept. 17, 1807; m. Sept., 1837! Rhoda 
Pond of Keeseville, N. Y. A farmer at Chesterfield, N. Y. 
Children : 

297. i. Jehiel, b. Sept., 1839. 

298. ii. Laura, b. May, 1846. 

299. iii. Emily, b. June 26, 1850. 

159. Peter Emerson* (David^, Peter", Ephraim"^, Joshua*, 
Joshua^ William^, Robert^), b. Aug. 16, 1810; m. Apr. 14. 
1842, Sarah A. Messinger. A carriage manufacturer at La- 
porte, Ind. Children : 

300. i. Charles D., b. 1844; d. 1844. 

301. ii. George Franklin, b. July 23, 1845. 

302. iii. Julia M., b. Aug. 20, 1847; m. Oct. 22, 1873, Frederic A. 

Trumbull of Defiance, O. 

303. iv. Sarah J., b. Feb. 26, 1852; m. Apr. 28, 1874, Otto C. Sey- 

mour of Laporte, Ind. One son. 

164. Horace Rice* (James'', Peter", Ephraim^ Jo.shua*, 
Joshua^, William^, Robert^, b. Mar. 11, 1814; m. (1) Nov. 15, 
1838, Olive Jane Hunt [d. Dec. 24, 1865] ; (2) Mar. 7, 1867, 
Frances M. Getty of Geneseo, 111. A builder and real estate 
dealer in Brooklyn, N. Y. Children : 

304. i. Frank Elliot, b. Apr. 17, 1841; d. Nov. 23, 1859. 

305. ii. George Horace Elliot, b. Apr. 21, 1845; d. June 18, 1879. 

He was a lawyer. 

306. iii. LuELLA Jane, b. Mar. 25, 1847; m. 1868, J. L. Bigelow. Res. 

Lockport, N. Y. 
" 307. iv. Florence Gale, b. July 27, 1855. 

308. V. Minnie Elliot, b. Oct. 27, 1859; d. Feb. 6, 1860. 

309. vi. Horace Elliot Getty, b. Sept. 22, 1869. 

173. Benjamin S.* (Ebenezer^, Ebenezer", John^, Timothy*, 
SamueP, Francis^ Robert^), b. Nov. 30, 1809. He was a car- 
:, penter at Cornish. Children : 

|| 310. i. Edwin N., m. Elizabeth A. Fletcher. Res. New York. Chil- 
dren : i. Caroline L. ii. Charles W. iii. Nettie J. 

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311. ii. Hannah A., b. Mar. 2, 1835. Res. Cornish. 

312. iii. David S., b. Aug. 5, 1838; d. July 6, 1862. 

313. iv. Isabel M., b. Aug. 2, 1841; d. July 28, 1870. 

314. V. Caroline L., b. Oct. 20, 1846. 

183. Samuel C.^ (Cummings', Ebenezer^ John^, Timothy*, 
Samuel^ Francis^ Robert^), b. 1805; m. Oct. 9, 1831, M. E. 
Barnum. He was a farmer in Enosburg, Vt., whence he re- 
moved to Ashburnham, Mass. Children : 

315. i. Lyman B. Res. at Kane, Penn. Children: i. Frank S. ii. 

Elmer H. 

316. ii. Bartlett M. Res. at Coldwater, Mich. Child: i. Nelson P. 

317. iii. Sarah E. 

318. iv. Homer C, d. Nov. 18, 1862, at Alexandria, Va., while serv- 

ing in the 13th Vermont Regiment. 

188. John Bartlett^ (Cummings^, Ebenezer^, John^, Tim- 
othy*, SamueP, Francis^ Robert^), b. Feb. 5, 1824; m. (1) Sept. 
3, 1843, Louisa B. Williams (19); (2) Apr. 21, 1863, Stisan 
Appleby of Oberlin, O. Superintendent of National Car Co., 
at St. Albans, Vt. Children : 

319. i. Lucy C, b. Jan. 18, 1845; m. June 5, 1865, E. B. Huntington 

of St. Albans. One daughter. 

320. ii. Martha L., b. July 15, 1848; m. Oct. 4, 1871, Cromwell Bowen, 

a lawyer at Des Moines, Iowa. Three children. 

321. iii. Nellie M., b. Oct. 28, 1853; m. William B. Hatch of St. 

Albans. One son. 

322. iv. William B., b. Jan. 7, 1862. He graduated from U. S. Naval 

Academy in 1882, and is now a captain in the U. S. Navy. 

323. v. Arthur G., b. Oct. 5, 1868. 

324. vi. Josephine B., b. Oct. 16, 1871. 

213. William Otis^ (Thomas^, Thomas", Thomas^, Fran- 
cis*, Joseph^ Francis^, Robert^), b. July 22, 1818; d. Dec. 20, 
1876; m. May 4, 1841, Persis Ann Clark [b. 1814; d. Feb. 21, 
1854]. He was a banker and merchant in Westfield, Mass., 
also state senator and holder of various positions of trust. 
Children : 

325. i. Ellen Maria, b. May, 1842; d. 1874; ra. Sept. 9, 1861, Frank 

Merriman. , 

326. ii. William Thomas, d. young. 

327. iii. Harriet Frances, b. Sept. 5, 1846; m. E. W. Dickerman. 

Res. Westfield, Mass. Two children. 

FOSKETT. ^ 

1. Isaac B. Foskett, b. Stafiford, Ct., May 4, 1824; d. Sept. 
31, 1899; m. 1845, Roxa Almira Ladd [b. Sturbridge, Mass., 

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1825; d. Oct., 1866]. He came from Worcester, Mass., to New 
Ipswich in I860, and soon settled upon the eastern Whittemore 
farm, (12, N. L. O.,) where he lived about twenty years. Chil- 
dren : 

2. i. LuciNDA Jane, b. about 1846; m. Oct. 27, 1864, John Stillman 

Gibson (21). 

3. ii. Louisa Roxa, b. Apr. 30, 1848; d. June 29, 1907; m. Dec. 15, 

1875, Franklin L. Mansfield (31). 

4. iii. George Parley, b. Mar. 30, 1855. -f 

5. iv. John Ernest, b. Mar. 8, 1857.+ 

6. V. Albert George. 

7. vi. Almira. 

8. vii. Nellie Eldora, m. Oct. 17, 1874, Levi W. Newell Res. on 

the Isaac Stearns place, (76, A. D.) Children: i. Waldo 
Newell, ii. Ernest Newell, iii. Mabel Newell, iv. Grace 
Newell. 

9. viii. Ettie Ella, m. George Powers of Greenville. Child : i. 
I Leonard S. Powers, b. May 10, 1880. 

4. George Parley^ (Isaac B.^), b. Mar. 30, 1855; m. (1) 
1876, Orie Emma Adams of Townsend, Mass. [b. Dec. 8, 
1857; d. Feb. 18, 1881] ; (2) Jan. 18, 1887, Mattie A. Lake of 
Pembroke, N. H. [b. July 21, 1857]. He is a machinist at 
Reeds Ferry. Children : 

10. i. Clarence Newton, b. July 29, 1879; m. June 26, 1907, Eliza- 
beth A. Hudner of Mill River, Mass. 

Carrie Adelia, b. June 20, 1880. She is a nurse. 

Florence Rowell, b. Aug. 10, 1888; m. Oct. 21, 1911, Charles 
F. Rogers. 

Leon Moses, b. June 8, 1890; d. Dec. 25, 1891. 

Earl Lake, b. Dec. 17, 1893. 

5. John Ernest' (Isaac B.^), b. Mar. 8, 1857; m. Leone 
He has been a teacher in Arizona, a bookkeeper at 



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Perry, O., and is now in Chicago, 111. Children 

15. i. Lloyd. 

16. ii. Vernett, b. Jan. 3, 1890. 

17. iii. Arlo. 

FOSTER (John). 

JoHN^ Foster, b. at Reading, Mass.; d. Ashby, Mass., May 4, 1825; 
m. Dolly Jukins [b. Wilmington, Mass.]. 

John- (John'), b. Apr. 29, 1778; d. Ashby, Mass., Feb. 29, 1868; m. 
Sept. 29, 1800, Dorcas Upton [b. Temple, May, 1779; d. Nov. 28, 1854]. 

1. Eli^ (John^, John^), b. Ashby, Mar. 19, 1811; d. New 
Ipswich, Oct. 9, 1880; m. Lucy Sawyer [b. Nelson, Oct. 8, 
1811 ; d. Waltham, Mass., Mar. 2, 1884]. Farmer and dyer. 

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2. John* (Eli^, John', John^), b. Marlboro, 1840; d. New 
Ipswich, Dec. 31, 1902; m. May 15, 1866, Nellie Webster [b. 
Royalston, Mass., Oct. 22, 1844; d. Waltham, Nov. 13, 1898]. 
Railroad conductor. Children : 

3. i. Lena F., b. Waltham, Apr. 28, 1868; m. Oct. 17, 1901, Gleason 

Wood. 

4. ii. Ethel D., b. Waltham, Sept. 2, 1875; m. June 16, 1896, Gard- 

ner Muzzey. 

5. iii. John Harold, b. Waltham, Apr. 15, 1880; professor of 

Forestry at New Hampshire State College. 

FOSTER (Reginald). 

Reginald^ Foster, b. about 1595; d. 1681; m. (1) Judith [d. 

Oct., 1664] ; (2) Sept., 1665, widow Sarah Martin of Ipswich, Mass. He 
came from England with wife and seven children about 1638, and was 
one of the earliest settlers at Ipswich, Mass., where he resided until his 
death. 

Isaac' (Reginald'), b. 1630; d. Feb. 8, 1691; m. (1) May 5, 1658, 
Mary Jackson; (2) Hannah Downing; (3) Martha Hale. He resided in 
Ipswich near the Topsfield line. He had eleven children of the first 
marriage and three of the second. 

Eleazer^ (Isaac", Reginald'), a son of the second marriage, b. Apr., 
1684; d. Nov. 15, 1771; m. Elizabeth Fiske [b. Oct. 9, 1679; d. Feb. 19, 
1758]. He resided in Ipswich and was a weaver. 

1. Abijah* (Eleazer^, Isaac^, Reginald^), bapt. Jan., 1707/8; 
d. 1759; m. Dec. 13, 1733, Mary Knowlton of Ipswich. He 
was the first settler in New Ipswich. The date of his coming 
is not certain, but it is believed to have been in the spring of 
1738. As was to be expected, he made his home upon the old 
"country road," then hardly more than a trail and formally 
accepted less than a year before. His first house stood near 
the site of the former bank building north of Union Hall, a 
little way above it on the hill and perhaps a little to the south. 
His well higher on the hill still remains, and has been the 
source of an aqueduct pipe to the Esquire Preston house with- 
in a recent period. It is in the road running east of the school- 
house and of course is now covered over and not visible. 

Here was the home of the earliest settler until after the 
assignment of lands under the Masonian grant, in which one 
of his eighty-acre lots was 23, N. D., extending from his home 
northward across the Saw Mill Brook. Immediately after this, 
however, he sold his farm and removed to 45, N. D., building ' 
again, probably at the south end of the lot, and perhaps where 

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the foundations of a house may be traced just south of the 
present road from the Center Village to Davis Village, upon 
the old road now hardly to be traced, but formerly furnishing 
a perfectly straight way running due east to the meeting-house 
upon the hill. The pioneer spirit, however, was too strong to be 
content with the new home more than five years, and in 1755 the 
family was established for a third time just across the road 
from the present home of Walter S. Thayer, long occupied by 
Caleb Campbell, upon the road to Smith Village, which was 
the home of "Widow Foster" as long as she remained in town. 
Mr. Foster, however, remained there but a short time, as in 
1758 or 1759 he enlisted in the military service against the 
French and Indians, and while encamped at Crown Point per- 
ished of smallpox. Children — all probably born in New Ips- 
wich except the eldest : 

2. i. Mary, b. Ipswich, Mass., Aug., 1736. 

3. ii. Ebenezer, b. about 1739; d. 1759. He enlisted with his father 

in the French and Indian War, and like him, died of small- 
pox at Crown Point. 

4. iii. Elizabeth, b. about 1741; d. Feb. 27, 1800; m. (1) 1759, John 

Fletcher (3); (2) William Hodgkins (1). 

5. iv. Samuel, b. about 1742; d. 1780; m. Oct. 24, 1764, Tabitha 

Hodgkins. His name appears on the tax-list from the in- 
corporation of the town until 1776, but whether he was 
resident in the town all the time is uncertain. He is said 
to have come from Ashby in 1774 and to have built a house 
for his home at the south part of Smith Village on or near 
the spot long occupied by Jonathan Taylor, and now the 
home of Alfred A. Woodward. Possibly it constitutes a 
part of the present structure. He served in the Revolu- 
tion, responding to the alarm of April, 1775, enlisting for 
, three years in 1777, and dying while in service. Children : 
i. Abijah. ii. Samuel, iii. Eunice, iv. Molly, v. Reform. 

6. v. Daniel, date of birth unknown, was a carpenter. He built 

for his home the building long known as the "Obear 
house" just north of the central graveyard. He lived for 
a time on what was known in later years as the "Nicholas 
place," at the west end of Davis Village, and also, probably 
at an earlier date, at the paternal home on the Smith Village 
road, with his mother, who is supposed to have removed 
with him to Nelson in the later part of the eighteenth cen- 
tury. His name appears upon the tax-lists from 1773 and 
1791. It also stands on the initial Revolutionary roll of 
April, 1775, and he enlisted three times afterward, the last 
time for three years. Children: i. Pamelia. He had 
others also of mature age while in town; no further names 
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7. vi. Ephraim, date of birth unknown, the remaining son of the 

pioneer, was with his brothers in Capt. Heald's company at 
the birth of the Revolution, and like them enlisted for three 
years in 1777. He was disabled by sickness in 1780, was 
brought home by the town, and soon after died. 

8. vii. Hepzibah, b. 1759; d. Apr. 25, 1838; m. (1) Twitchell; 

(2) June 2, 1791, Isaac Appleton (16). 
The name of this earliest pioneer family seems to have disappeared 
from town with the removal of the widow and youngest son. But in 
view of the sturdy service of every man of the family in the Revolu- 
tionary and earlier struggles, it may not be amiss to recall that the family 
had descended through a long knightly line, from Alfred the Great and 
from King Baldwin "Iron Arm" of Flanders. 

FOX. 

Thomas' Fox of Concord, Mass., b. 1628; d. Apr. 14, 1658; m. (1) 
Rebecca [d. May 11, 1647] ; (2) Dec. 13, 1647, Hannah Brooks. 

Eliphalet' (Thomas'), d. Aug. 15, 1711; m. (1) Oct. 26, 1665, Mary, 
dau. of George Wheeler' and Katherine Wheeler [b. Sept. 6, 1645 ; d. 
Feb. 24, 1679] ; (2) Nov. 30, 1681, Mary, dau. of John^ (Gregory') Stone, 
and widow of Isaac Hunt. 

JoHN^ (Eliphalet', Thomas'), b. Sept. 15, 1682; m. May 29, 1704, 
Susanna, dau. of Samuel (George^ William') Merriam [b. Aug. 15, 
1677]. He lived in Concord, Mass., where he held a captain's commission. 

John' (John^ Eliphalet", Thomas'), b. July 18, 1707; d. about 1755; 
m. Sarah Hoar. He lived in Littleton, Mass., where he was a captain. 

1. Timothy^ (John*, John^, Eliphalet^, Thomas^), b. about 
1741; d. Feb., 1827; m. Abigail Dudley [d. 1808]. He came 
from Littleton, Mass., to New Ipswich about 1765, and pur- 
chased a place for his home a little south of the site of Davis 
Village, (XII: 1, S. R.,) where he built a small house, but 
five years later he removed a mile toward the south to XII : 
3, S. R., whi'ch farm was occupied by him and his descendants 
for a century, but is now at the eastern limit of the land oc- 
cupied by the Finnish immigrants. Children : |,i 

2. i. Timothy, b. Nov. 11, 1764. -f- 

3. ii. Nabby, b. Oct. 18, 1766; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Edmund Briant, Jr. 

(4). 

4. iii. Jonathan, b. Feb. 5, 1769.-}- 

5. iv. Peter, b. Sept. 15, 1771; m. May 25, 1797, Submit, dau. of 

Joseph and Submit (Cummings) Simonds of Hancock. He 
removed to Peterborough in early manhood, thence to 
Hancock, when about thirty years of age, and to Marlow 
in 1812. , 

6. V. Samuel, b. Apr. 12, 1773; d. Nov. 27, 1814; m. (1) Sarah,! 

dau. of James Duncan of Hancock; (2) Dec. 26, 1805,' 

Thankful, dau. of Nathaniel Breed of Nelson, who is said , 

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to have been a son of Nathaniel of New Ipswich (2) [b. 
May 22, 1786; d. Oct. 22, 1869]. He removed to Hancock 
on attaining his majority, or earlier, and thence to Stoddard 
only a short time before his death. 

7. vi. John, b. Oct. 24, 1774; m. Nov. 13, 1803, Lavinia Wilkins. 

8. vii. Sarah, b. Dec. 10, 1776; m. Mar. 12, 1807, Ellis Pitcher. 

9. viii. LucRETiA, b. Nov. 9, 1778; d. 1842; m. Jan. 25, 1816, John 

Binney (6). 

10. ix. Jediah, b. Nov. 30, 1780; d. Sept. 1. 1858; m. Dec. 27, 1810, 

Sarah, dau. of Noah and Mary (Butterfield) Wheeler of 
Hancock [b. Nov. 9, 1789; d. Nov. 8, 1875]. He resided 
in Hancock, to which he removed in early manhood. 

11. X. Lucy, b. Apr. 29, 1782; m. Worcester of Stoddard. 

Joseph" (John^ John', Eliphalet^ Thomas'), b. Jan. 20, 1744; d. Feb. 

18, 1823; m. Mary Tuttle of Littleton, Mass. [b. about 1745; d. Feb. 14, 
1794]. He removed to Fitchburg, Mass., in early manhood, where he 
was at first a shoemaker and afterward became a merchant. He acquired 
a goodly property and was an influential citizen. He was a delegate to 
the Provincial Congress held at Watertown in 1775, and he represented 
Fitchburg in the Legislature during several years. 

2. Timothy^ (Timothy^, John*, John^, Eliphalet^, Thom- 
asO, b. Nov. 11, 1764; d. Apr. 23, 1839; m. (1) Mar. 8, 1787, 
Ruth Pollard (4) ; (2) May 16. 1802, Sarah Bartlett (9) ; (3) 
Mar. 26, 1807, Hannah Flint of Lincoln, Mass. [b. about 1778; 
d. Mar. 28, 1858]. He succeeded to his father's farm and 
passed his life upon it. He was captain of the South militia 
company of the town, and was chosen selectman thirteen times. 
Children : 

12. i. Ruth, b. Apr., 1788; d. Oct. 10, 1813; m. Benjamin B. 

Williams (8). 
Polly, b. Mar. 18, 1790; d. about 1801. 
Clarissa, b. Nov. 15, 1791. 
Abigail, b. Sept. 21, 1793; d. July 6, 1815; m. Mar., 1810, 

John F. Hills (7). 
Timothy, b. Sept. 2, 1795.+ 
Marinda, b. Aug. 17, 1797; d. Jan. 18, 1798. 

18. vii. RowENA, b. Jan. 3, 1799; m. Lewis Epps. 

19. viii. Sally, b. June 13, 1801 ; d. June 29, 1801. 

20. ix. A child, b. and d. Oct. 15, 1803. 

21. X. Catherine, b. Feb. 1, 1808; d. Apr. 3, 1811. 

22. xi. Emily, b. Dec. 31, 1809; d. Dec. 8, 1846; m. Apr. 27, 1837, 
Lieut, (later Commodore) James F. Miller, U. S. N. [b. 
Apr. 27, 1805; d. July 11, 1868]. Children: i. Catherine 
E. Miller, b. May, 1838; d. Aug. 1, 1874. ii. Caroline Miller, 
m. Rev. George J. Prescott of Boston. 

23. xii. A child, b. and d. Jan. 26, 1812. 

24. xiii. A child, b. and d. Apr. 22, 1813. 

25. xiv. Ephraim Flint, b. Oct. 19, 1814.+ 

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26. XV. George, b. Nov. 29, 1816.+ 

27. xvi. Caroline Hannah, b. July 12, 1819; d. Oct. 30, 1890; m. Nov. 

28, 1849, Lieut. James F. Miller, U. S. N., her brother-in- 
law. 

4. Jonathan^ (Timothy^, John*, John^ Eliphalet-, Thom- 
as^), b. Feb. 5, 1769; d. Apr. 7, 1857; m. Sibyl Jackson of 
Newton, Mass. He remained in his native town for a few 
years after attaining his majority, and then removed to Jaf- 
frey, where he was a prominent and trusted citizen during a 
long life. He was a selectman for fourteen years consecu- 
tively. Children : 

28. i. Joseph, b. 1797; d. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 16, 1820. He gradu- 

ated from Dartmouth College in 1818. 

29. ii. Mary, b. Mar. 13, 1799; d. Oct. 19, 1868; m. Apr. 3, 1822, 

Alpheus, son of Alpheus and Elizabeth Crosby of Jaffrey 
[d. Dec. 16, 1873]. She lived in Troy, N. H., and Rock- 
ford, III, in which last place she died. 

30. iii. Isaac Jackson, b. Aug. 28, 1801.+ 

31. iv. John, b. Aug. 2, 1803.+ 

32. v. Harriet, b. Jan. 6, 1806. She married twice. Res. at Con- 

cord, N. H. 

33. vi. Abigail, m. Alvah Crocker. Res. Fitchburg, Mass. 

34. vii. Charles James, b. Jan. 12, 1813.+ 

Abel' (Joseph^ John^ John^ Eliphalet', Thomas'), b. Dec. 25, 1782; d. 
July 30, 1849; m. Mary K. Farwell of Fitchburg, Mass. [b. Oct. 5, 1805; 
d. Nov. 24, 1857]. He graduated from Harvard College in 1801; after- 
ward studied medicine and spent his life in the practice of his profession 
in Charlestown, Mass., and Fitchburg, Mass., in which last named city 
he died. 

16. Timothy'^ (Timothy^, Timothy^, John*, John^, Elipha- 
let^, Thomas^), b. Sept. 2, 1795; d. Feb. 21, 1867; m. 1818, 
IVTary, dau. of Jonathan Smith of Peterborough [b. May 17, 
1799; d. May 8, 1864]. He was a teacher in his early man- 
hood, and afterward had a store in the long, low building 
standing until recently facing the south at the foot of Meeting- 
house Hill, which was the place of business of no small num- 
ber of successive merchants in its early days. In 1823 he 
removed to Peterborough and continued business with his 
brother-in-law for several years, but in 1836 removed to Iowa 
and became one of the founders of the town of Denmark, 
where he passed the remaining thirty years of his life. He 
was made an elder of the church at Petei:borough, then Pres- 
byterian in form, and he is still spoken of in Denmark as 
"Deacon Fox" with a noticeable tone of respect. Children : 

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36. i. Henry, b. Aug. 30, 1819; d. Jan., 1820. 

37. ii. George Frederic, b. Oct. 18, 1820; d. Dec, 1820. 

38. iii. Mary Caroline, b. May 12, 1822; d. Mar. 21, 1847. 

39. iv. John, b. Sept. 5, 1823; d. Feb., 1824. 

40. V. William, b. Mar. 13, 1825; d. Aug. 29, 1826. 

41. vi. Charlotte Smith, b. Nov. 20, 1826; d. .Sept. 15, 1885; m. 

Aug. 7, 1845, Charles E. Whitmarsh [b. Dec. 25, 1819; d. 
Apr. 6, 1883]. Res. Denmark, Iowa. Children, i. Timothy 
Fox Whitmarsh, h. 1846; d. Dec. 20, 1910; m. Ariadne 
Hunt; res. Denmark, Iowa; his son, John Charles Whit- 
marsh, b. Oct. 24, 1869; m. Apr. 2, 1896, Harriet Relief, 
dau. of Thomas S. Taylor (62). ii. Edward Whitmarsh. 
iii. Eva Whitmarsh. iv. Mary Frances Whitmarsh. 

42. vii. Joseph, b. and d. Nov. 5, 1827. 

43. viii. A child, b. and d. Jan. 15, 1828. 

44. ix. A child, b. and d. Feb. 5, 1829. 

45. X. A child, b. and d. Aug. 20, 1830. 

46. xi. A child, b. and d. Aug. 5, 1832. 

47. xii. Edward, b. Jan. 8, 1834; d. May 29, 1836. 

48. xiii. Harriet Frances, b. Nov. 17, 1836. 

49. xiv. Edward, b. Dec. 12, 1837; d. Aug. 15, 1843. 

50. XV. Nancy Maria, b. Jan. 25, 1840; d. Sept. 24, 1840. 

25. Ephraim Flint^ (Timothy^, Timothy^, John*, John^, 
Eliphalet^, Thomas^), b. Oct. 19, 1814; d. Apr., 1903; m. July 
8, 1847, Helen Maria Newell (38). After his father's death 
he remained upon the paternal farm and, together with his 
brother George, conducted its industries until 1854, when he 
removed to the Center Village and lived with the parents of 
his wife, then of advanced age, in their home opposite Union 
Hall. He was selectman for several years. His later years 
were passed with his sons in Roxbury, Mass. Children : 

51. i. Helen Elizabeth, b. May 1, 1848; d. July, 1911, unm. 

52. ii. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 24, 1852; m. Sept. 9, 1903, Mary P. 

Byron of Jamaica Plain, Mass. He has been engaged in 
the livery and express business in Boston since 1879. 

53. iii. Edward Marcellus, b. Feb. 15, 1860.-}- 

26. George^ (Timothy'', Timothy^ John*, John^, Elipha- 
let^, Thomas^), b. Nov. 29, 1816; d. Dec. 16, 1895; m. Oct. 20, 
1852, Mary Jane, dau. of Winslow and Mary (Parker) Ames 
[b. Groton, Mass., Jan. 13, 1819; d. June 16, 1894]. He con- 
tinued to live upon the farm bearing his family name several 
years after his brother's departure, but in 1867 he too yielded 
to the forces then tending to the abandonment of the ancient 
farm homes, and removed to the Dr. ]\Ioors Farwell house 
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there lived until his death, the farm passing out of the family 
some years later. Children : 

54. i. Mary Jane, b. Aug. 6, 1853; m. Dec. 24, 1890, Charles A., son 

of George A. Willard. 

55. ii. George Timothy, b. Dec. 26, 1857; d. Aug. 31, 1894. 

30. Isaac Jackson^ (Jonathan^, Timothy^, John*, John^, 
Eliphalet^, Thomas^), b. Aug. 28, 1801; d. Nashua, May 6, 
1852; m. (1) Sophia H. Wilder of Leominster, Mass. [d. Oct., 
1837] ; (2) Pamelia Wilder, sister of his first wife. He was 
a merchant in Jaffrey and afterwards in Nashua. He was a 
colonel. Children : 

56. i. Henry Jackson, b. Aug., 1828. 

57. ii. Ann Sophia, b. 1830; d. young. 

58. iii. George Wilder, b. Jan. 24, 1831. 

59. iv. Sarah Josephine, b. Dec, 1833; m. George D. Jaquith. 

60. V. Charles Joseph, d. young. 

61. vi. Eloisa Howe, b. Jan., 1837; m. Edward Gay of Maiden. 

62. vii. Sophia, b. Dec. 25, 1844. 

31. John'^ (Jonathan®, Timothy^, John*, John^, Eliphalet^, 
Thomas^), b. Aug. 2, 1803; m. (1) Eloisa, dau. of Dr. Adonijah, 
Jr., and Mary (Woodbury) Howe [d. Feb. 2, 1837] ; (2) Isabel 
W., dau. of Dr. Luke and Mary (Woodbury) Howe. He was 
a merchant with his brother in Jaffrey for a time, and then 
he studied medicine, receiving the degree of M. D. from Dart- 
mouth in 1835. But after a few years he became a farmer in 
Jaffrey, where he was a prominent man, holding, each for 
several years, the offices of selectman, town clerk, and repre- 
sentative. Children : 

63. i. Mary Isabel, b. Jan. 1, 1849; unm. Res. in Boston. 

64. ii. John Howe, b. June 14, 1856. He graduated from Dartmouth 

and was a lawyer in East Jaffrey. 

65. iii. Kate Woodbury, b. July 15, 1859; unm. Res. in Boston. 

34. Charles Jambs'^ (Jonathan®, Timothy^, John*, JohnS 
Eliphalet^, Thomas^), b. Jan. 12, 1813; d. Jan. 30, 1873; m. 
Apr. 29, 1838, Eliza, dau. of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter. 
He removed to Rockton, 111., where he was a large dealer in 
land. Children: 

66. i. Charles Edward, b. Nov. 7, 1840; d. Jan. 29, 1878. He was 

a successful grocer in Boston. He served through the 
Civil War. 

67. ii. Harriet Adelaide, b. Feb. 10, 1844. 

68. iii. Jones Cutter, b. July 12, 1846; d. July 16, 1846. 

69. iv. Abbie Crocker, b. July 14, 1848; d. Sept. 30, 1852. 

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70. V. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 18S0. 

71. vi. John, b. Feb. 18, 1854. 

72. vii. Frank Cutter, b. June 4, 1857. 

35. Joseph^ (AbeP, Joseph^ John*, John^, Eliphalet^, 
Thomas^), b. Fitchburg, Mass., Dec. 16, 1828; m. Mar. 26, 
1857, Emily Maria, dau. of Amos and Lucy (Wheeler) Bar- 
rett of Ashby [b. Aug. 3, 1830]. He came to New Ipswich in 
1845 and was employed at Bank Village in the store of W. W. 
Johnson until 1859, being a partner during the later years of 
that period. He then removed to Cambridge, Mass., where 
for several years he was in business as a florist with his uncle 
James K. Farwell, and afterwards until 1878 he was care- 
taker of a part of the Mt. Auburn cemetery. Since that time 
he has been a collector and constable, living in Cambridge, 
but having his office in Boston. Children — the first one born 
at New Ipswich and the others in Cambridge: 

Frederic Joseph, b. Jan. 8, 1859; d. Aug. 7, 1859. 
Josephine Angeline, b. Aug. 28, 1860; d. Dec. 18, 1860. 
Mary Estella, b. Dec. 10, 1861. 
Lizzie Ella, b. Oct. 11, 1868; d. Mar. 11, 1873. 
Mabel Barrett, b. Dec. 20, 1870; d. Feb. 3, 1872. 

53. Edward Marcellus^ (Ephraim F.'', Timothy^, Timo- 
thy^ John*, John^ Eliphalet^, Thomas^), b. Feb. 15, 1860; d. 
Oct. 7, 1912; m. Nov., 1886, Minnie E. Wildon of Roxbury. 
He was associated with his brother from 1879 in the livery 
and express business in Boston. Children : 

78. i. Helen Louise, b. Apr. 4, 1888; m. June, 1911, Edward Stuart, 

a sanitary engineer at Brookhaven, Miss. 

79. ii. Frederic Thayer, b. Nov., 1890. 

80. iii. Charles Ephraim, b. Feb. 8, 1893. 

81. iv. Harry Beard, b. Oct., 1895. 

GIBSON. 

John* Gibson, b. about 1601; d. 1694; m. (1) Rebecca [d. Nov., 

1661] ; (2) July 24, 1662, Joan, widow of Henry Prentice of Cambridge, 
Mass. He lived in Cambridge, where his name first appears in 1634. He 
was a husbandman. 

John' (John'), b. about 1641; d. Oct. 15, 1679; m. Dec. 9, 1668, Re- 
becca, dau. of Abraham and Rebecca (Cutler) Errington of Cambridge 
[d. Dec. 4, 1713]. He was also a husbandman in Cambridge. He served 
in King Philip's war. 

Timothy' (John^ John'), b. about 1679; d. July 14, 1757; m. (1) 
Nov. 17, 1700, Rebecca Gates of Stow, Mass. [b. July 23, 1682; d. Jan. 21, 
1754] ; (2) pub. Nov. 30, 1755, Mrs. Submit Taylor of Sudbury [b. about 

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1685; d. Jan. 29, 1759]. His father having died at about the time of his 
birth, he was brought up by Selectman Abraham Helman of Cambridge, 
who removed to Stow, Mass., taking his practically adopted son with 
him. In this town Timothy Gibson passed most of his life, although he 
owned considerable amounts of land in the adjoining town of Sudbury 
and in Lunenburg, Mass., and seems to have lived for a time in the for- 
mer town. He was a deacon of the church in Stow. 

Arrington* (Timothy^, John", John'), b. Sudbury, Mar. 22, 1717; d. 

Feb. 24, 1756; m. Mary [b. about 1717; d. July 15, 1795]. He was 

a farmer in Lunenburg. 

Stephen* (Timothy', John", John'), b. Sudbury, June 16, 1719; d. 
Oct. 3, 1806; m. 1744, Sarah, dau. of John and Mary Goss [b. Lancaster, 
Mass., Apr. 13, 1719; d. Oct. 26, 1802]. He passed his life as a farmer 
on the home farm in Stow, and was also a large landholder in Lunenburg 
and Ashby, Mass. He gave service in the Revolution, although his age 
forbade its long continuance. He was a deacon. 

SiLAS^ (Arrington', Timothy', John', John'), b. Sept. 1, 1747; d. Apr. 
25, 1834; m. 1773, Damaris Bennett [b. Leominster, Mass., Oct. 19, 1755; 
d. May 10, 1839]. He removed to Ashby before 1794, and thence in 1800 
to Londonderry, Vt. 

Stephen' (Stephen', Timothy', John', John'), b. Mar. 29, 1745; d. 
Feb. 3, 1812; m. Apr. 15, 1766, Rebecca, dau. of Capt. Jabez and Hannah 
(Treadway) Puffer [b. Sudbury, Feb. 21, 1748; d. Oct. 7, 1815]. He 
was a farmer in Ashby, and a prominent man in town affairs, holding the 
more important town offices. In early middle life he accepted the Baptist 
belief, and became a lay preacher with little if any salary, but in later 
years he became Rev. Stephen Gibson. He served in the Revolution. 

Arrington" (Silas^ Arrington*, Timothy', John', John'), b. Lunen- 
burg, Mass., Mar. 14, 1774; d. Londonderry, Vt., Nov. 1, 1857; m. 1803, 
Mary (or Nancy), dau. of Dea. David Cochran of Londonderry [b. 
about 1779; d. Dec. 22, 1844]. 

1. Stillman^ (Stephen^, Stephen*, Timothy^, John^, John\), 
b. Aug. 22, 1781; d. Sept. 4, 1864; m. May 2, 1804, Rebecca 
Chandler (R. 8). He lived in Ashby until 1812, when he came 
to New Ipswich, living upon the Dea. Chandler farm, (XIII : 
2, N. L. O.,) for several years, and then removing to the large 
farm, V: 4, S. R., where he afterward made his home. But 
his later years were largely devoted to other duties than those 
of a farmer. From the treatment of diseases of domestic ani- 
mals, in which he had been exceptionally successful, he passed 
to those of his fellows, and gained such a reputation, espe- 
cially in chronic ailments, that the number of patients coming 
from a distance caused his name to be placed upon many 
guideboards in the surrounding region. Children : 

2. i. Charles Stillman, b. Mar. 10, 1805; d. June 17, 1867; m. 

May 10, 1842, his cousin Adeline Augusta, dau. of Stephen 
and Nancy (Michel) Gibson [b. Boston, 1806; d. Sept. 13, 
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3. ii. George Chandler, b. Mar. 10, 1805. -[- 

4. iii. John, b. Mar. 17, 1807; d. Nov. 11, 1811. 

5. iv. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 15, 1809; d. June 13, 1878; m. Amos 

Wellington [b. about 1802; d. July 15, 1888]. After some 
years' residence in Ashby they removed to the West, finally 
settling at Waco, Neb., where they died. Children : i. 
Elvira Gibson Wellington, b. Apr. 26, 1832; d. Chariton, 
Iowa, Dec. 7, 1894; m. Sept. 6, 1852, Moses T. Howe; four 
children, ii. Mary Jane Wellington, b. Oct. 10, 1836; d. 
May 10, 1837. iii. Horatio Wellington, b. Sept. 21, 1843; 
m. (1) Lancaster, Mo., Sept. 28, 1872; (2) Omaha, Neb., 
Oct. 12, 1894, Mrs. Sarah (Streeter) Coray. iv. Horace H. 
Wellington, b. Sept. 6, 1845; m. Lancaster, Mo., July 25, 
1867, Frances E. Whitlock; res. Waco, Neb.; six children. 

6. v. Joseph Augustus, b. June 14, 1812.-f- 

7. vi. Harriet Augusta, b. May 11, 1815; d. Feb. 27, 1881; m. 

Oct. 27, 1836, Washington, son of Oliver and Atlanta 
(Phelps) Shepley [b. Natchez, Miss., Sept. 9, 1813; d. Aug. 
24, 1887]. They Hved on the farm opposite the road lead- 
ing southerly on the east of Whittemore Hill, (12, N. L. 
O.,) and later removed to Canton, 111., where they died. 
Child : i. Henry Oliver Shepley, b. July 4, 1838 ; m. Aug. 
14, 1867, Elizabeth Langstaff; res. on his father's farm at 
Canton, 111. ; two children. 

8. vii. Henry, b. June 9, 1819.+ 

9. viii. Caroline Frances, b. Feb. 2, 1824; d. Jan. 2, 1914; m. Feb. 

20, 1845, Dr. Frederick Jones (45). Cultured, refined, and 
optimistic, she occupied an unusual position, being the 
daughter of a physician, the sister of a physician, the wife 
of a physician, and the mother of a physician. 
10. ix. Anne Cornelia, b. Sept. 27, 1827; d. Apr. 25, 1902; m. (1) 
Jan. 1, 1849, Jeremiah Chandler (R. Z7) ; (2) July 20, 
1882, her brother-in-law, Washington Shepley. 
Ruel' (Arrington*, Silas^ Arrington^ Timothy', John^ John^), b. 

Londonderry, Vt., June 3, 1811; m. Nov. 3, 1837, Emily Barnard [b. Peru, 

Vt, Nov. 27, 1816; d. Alstead, May 27, 1879]. 

3. George Chandler'^ (Stillman**, Stephen^, Stephen*, 
Timothy^ John^, John^), b. ]V[ar. 10, 1805; d. Jan. 29, 1875; 
m. (1) June 3, 1830, Elvira, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Pea- 
body) Appleton (58) ; (2) Dec. 31, 1858, Mrs. Susan Catherine 
(Young) Cooper, who survived him and removed to Oregon, 
and afterward to Bangor, Me. He had a sawmill in Gibson 
Village, and engaged in other mechanical industries. He was 
colonel in the militia. Children : 

12. i. George Stillman, b. Mar. 14, 1831; d. Feb. 12, 1897, unm. 
He was a teacher in New Ipswich and in Canton, 111., and 
then for several years a millwright in Fitchburg, Mass., 
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After 1882 he lived in Boulder, Colo., where he was a 
business man and an exceptionally valued and trusted citi- 
zen. The church in which he was a deacon printed a 
memorial in recognition of his rare worth. 

13. ii. Charles Appleton, b. Sept. 12, 1833; d. Feb. 15, 1912; m. 

July 18, 1867, Clara W., dau. of Thomas Egery of Bangor, 
Me. [b. Dec. 17, 1843]. He was president of the Hinkley & 
Egery Iron Co., Bangor, Me. 

14. iii. Samuel Appleton, b. Aug. 17, 1835. + 

15. iv. John, b. Aug. 6, 1837; d. Sept. 8, 1837. 

16. V. A daughter, b. July 14, 1839; d. July 14, 1839. 

17. vi. A daughter, b. July 14, 1839; d. July 22, 1839. 

18. vii. Elvira Victoria, b. Mar. 2, 1841; d. July 14, 1914. Res. 

Bangor, Me. 

19. viii. Frank Young, b. Apr. 16, 1861; d. Apr. 19, 1861. 

20. ix. Mary Allie, b. Dec. 14, 1864; m. (1) Astoria, Ore., Dec. 24, 

1883, James Davidson; (2) Feb. 18, 1892, Frederic H., son 
of John Appleton (106). 

6. Joseph Augustus'' (Stillman'', Stephen^, Stephen*, Tim- 
othy^ John^ John^), b. June 14, 1812; d. Feb. 22, 1875; m. 
Oct. 29, 1835, Miranda, dau. of John and Sarah (Lane) Kib- 
ling [b. Ashburnham, Mass., Jan. 27, 1813; d. Jan. 21, 1903]. 
He was a painter living at Gibson Village in the hotise just 
south of the millpond. His children constituted a very musi- 
cal family, some of the daughters forming a concert troupe 
known as the "Gibson sisters." Children : 

21. i. John Stillman, b. Jan. 27, 1837. -f 

22. ii. Angelia Miranda, b. Aug. 10, 1838; m. (1) Aug. 27, 1864, 

Levi Wright of Fitchburg, Mass.; (2) Sept. 24, 1890, Dr. 
William T. Whalley. Res. in Fitchburg. Children : i. 
Henry Gibson Wright, b. June 28, 1866; m. Apr. 30, 1890, 
Mabel Morse, ii. Maud E. Wright, b. May 8, 1876; unm. 

23. iii. Henry N., b. Mar. 20, 1840; d. Mar. 9, 1841. 

24. iv. Anna M., b. July 10, 1842; d. Feb. 13, 1899; m. Dec. 28, 1869, 

Richard J. Hargraves. Res. Townsend, Mass., Sandusky, 
O., Port Huron, Mich., and Roscommon, Mich. Child : i. 
Mabel G. Hargraves, b. Townsend, Feb. 24, 1872; unm. 

25. v. Sara R., b. Apr. 8, 1845; d. Feb. 17, 1911; m. July 6, 1879, 

George W Shattuck (130). 

26. vi. Frederick J., b. Dec. 28, 1848; unm. He is a photographer 

and lives at his early home. 

27. vii. Elsie E., b. Dec. 19, 1851; d. June 27, 1874, unm. 

28. viii. Lucy Angenette, b. Mar. 10, 1855; m. Sept. 27, 1888, Carmi 

H. Scales of Leominster, Mass. 

8. Henry'' (Stillman^, Stephen^, Stephen*, Timothy^, John^, 
John^), b. June 9, 1819; d. July 25, 1844; m. May 10, 1842, 
Sarah Maria Robinson [b. Jaffrey, Apr.' 19, 1820; d. July 23, 

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1847]. He studied medicine, and received his degree from 
Albany Medical College in 1841. He was attaining a very 
successful practice, when he died from blood-poisoning con- 
tracted in a post-mortem examination. Child : 

29. i. Mary Henrietta, b. June 6, 1843; m. Alfred Henry, son of 

Alfred Gushing and Mary Ann (Barrett) Hersey of Bos- 
ton [b. Apr. 18, 1841; d. Oct. 11, 1901]. Res. Hingham, 
Mass. Children: i. Alfred Gushing Hersey, b. Sept. 18, 
1862; d. Sept. 12, 1863. ii. Henry Gibson Hersey, b. Aug. 
5, 1863; d. Feb. 11, 1865. 

11. Francis Newton® (ReueF, Arrington^, Silas^, Arring- 
ton*, Timothy^, John^, John^), b. Londonderry, Vt., Oct. 18, 
1839; d. July 11, 1905; m. Nov. 23, 1867, Mary Abby Bellows 
(13). He graduated from Dartmouth Medical School, en- 
listed August 6, 1862, in 9th N. H. Regiment in the Civil War 
as second assistant surgeon, was promoted to be brigade sur- 
geon ; mustered out June 10, 1865. He was conspicuous by 
his bravery in caring for the wounded on the battlefield. For 
more than twenty years he practiced his profession in New 
Ipswich, where his integrity, kindness, and skill won for him a 
large and increasing practice. To the poor he was a generous 
creditor. For several years he used the waterpower at the 
Farrar mill site for manufacturing purposes. In Sept., 1887, 
he removed to Lincoln, Neb. Children : 

30. i. Ellen Champney, b. July 21, 1871; d. Nov. 17, 1897. She 

graduated from the University of Michigan in 1893, and 
taught during most of her brief later life in Lincoln, Neb. 

31. ii. Charles Bellows, b. Jan. 22, 1875 ; d. Jan. 28, 1875. 

32. iii. Charles Osgood, b. Oct. 13, 1876; d. Jan. 21, 1878. 

14. Samuel Appleton^ (George Chandler", Stillman^, Ste- 
phen^ Stephen*, Timothy^, John^, John^), b. Aug. 17, 1835; d. 
Jan. 22, 1899 ; m. Oct. 14, 1860, Mary Ann, dau. of Asahel and 
Mary (Winship) Farnsworth and widow of William T. Bar- 
deen [b. Groton, Mass., Jan. 26, 1828; d. May 20, 1893]. He 
was a grocer at Fitchburg, Mass., for several years, but in 
1867 he removed to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he passed the 
remainder of his life in connection with the Kalamazoo Paper 
Company, which he first served as mechanic and bookkeeper, 
but rose to the position of president. He was a leading mem- 
ber of the Congregational church, and a trustee of Kalamazoo 
College. Children : 

33. i. Alice Gertrude, b. Dec. 28, 1861; m. June 18, 1884, Dwight, 

son of Rev. Samuel Haskell. Res. at Kalamazoo, where he 
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is secretary of the Kalamazoo Paper Company. Three 
children. 

34. ii. Susan Edith, b. Feb. 27, 1863; m. June 18, 1884, Frederick 

Marvin Hodge [b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1858]. He is 
president of the Kalamazoo Paper Company. Four chil- 
dren. 

35. iii. Emma Josephine, b. Mar. 16, 1865; d. Aug. 19, 1865. 

21. John Stillman^ (Joseph Augustus^, Stillman'', Ste- 
phen^ Stephen*, Timothy^, John^, John^), b. Jan. 27, 1837; m. 
Oct. 27, 1864, Lucinda J. Foskett (2). Res. Townsend, Mass. 
Children : 

36. i. Frank P., b. Sept. 30, 1867 ; m. Nov. 28, 1888, Mabel G. Petts 

of Leominster, Mass. Res. in Leominster. Children : i. 
Bernice Avis, b. Mar. 27, 1893. ii. Ralph Petts, b. Oct. 15, 
1895. 

37. ii. Frederick E., b. Mar. 6, 1871; m. Oct. 17, 1888, Harriette 

Bryant of Canada. Res. Fitchburg, Mass. Children : i. 
Gertrude Agnes, h. Mar. 15, 1891. ii. Marion Bryant, b. 
July 27, 1896. 

38. iii. Tracy O., b. July 4, 1873 ; m. Sept. 23, 1896, Cora Bell Lover- 

ing. Res. in Leominster, Mass. Child : Herman Edgar, 
b. Sept. 10, 1897. 

39. iv. Florence, b. Oct. 30, 1880. 

GILES. 

The records of this family are somewhat conflicting, but it is hoped 
that the statement given below is not greatly erroneous. 

Edward* Giles, d. before 1650; m. prob. about 1633, Bridget, widow 
of Very [d. 1680]. He came to New England about 1633 and set- 
tled in Salem, Mass. 

Eleazer- (Edward'), bapt. about Nov. 27, 1640; d. prob. 1726; m. 
(1) Jan. 25, 1664/5, Sarah More of Lynn, Mass. [d. May 9, 1676]; (2) 
Sept. 25, 1677, Elizabeth, dau. of James Bishop of New Haven, Conn. [b. 
July 3, 1657; d. 1733]. Res. in that part of Salem which is now South 
Danvers, where he was a farmer. He was an ensign. 

Eleazer' (Eleazer", Edward'), b. July 8, 1698; d. 1749; m. Elizabeth 

. He removed to Hopkinton, Mass., about 1724, where he was a 

mason and farmer. He held the office of constable and was a member 
of the school committee. 

1. Joseph* (Eleazer^, Eleazer^, Edward^), bapt. Oct. 16, 

1743; d. IMay 30, 1813; m. Mary . He removed with his 

mother and sisters to Townsend, Mass., whence he came to 
New Ipswich, his name first appearing in 1782. He lived 
half a mile south from the site of the school-house of the 
North district, (No. 7,) on XV: 2, S. R. He removed to Han- 
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2. i. Joseph, b. Apr. 8, 1773. 

3. ii. Rebecca (or Robena), b. June 26, 1775. 

4. iii. Daniel, b. May 18, 1778.+ 

5. iv. Polly, b. Jan. 6, 1781. 

6. V. Noah, b. Mar. 10, 1783. 

4. Daniel^ (Joseph*, Eleazer^ Eleazer'^, Edward^), b. May 
18, 1778; d. Dec. 31, 1829; m. (1) Mar., 1806, Nancy, dau. of 
Nathaniel and Abigail Russell of Rindge [b. Sept. 19, 1776; d. 
Sept. 23, 1816] ; (2) Aug. 21, 1817, Mary, dau. of Samuel and 
Elizabeth (Appleton) Bartlett (11). He succeeded to the oc- 
cupancy of his father's farm. Children : 

7. i. Daniel, b. 1807; d. Dec. 8, 1883. Res. Lincoln, Mass. 

8. ii. Anna, b. 1807; d. Jan. 10, 1874; m. Sept. 7, 1842, James 

Davis (49). 

9. iii. Alfred, b. 1810; d. Sept. 7, 1872; m. his cousin Betsey, dau. 

of Simeon Russell. Res. Rindge. Children : i. Hattie, 
m. Orlando J. Raymond; res. Rindge and Somerville, Mass. 
ii. A son. 

10. iv. Noah, b. 1815; m. Mary A. Brown [m. (2) John I. Reynolds; 

(3) Leonard P. Wellington]. Res. Waltham, Mass. 

11. V. John. Res. Springfield, Mass. 

12. vi. LuciNDA, b. Aug. 9, 1823; d. Aug. 3, 1895; m. Nov. 21, 1844, 

Daniel Farv^^ell (6). 

13. vii. Sally, d. Jan., 1843; m. Dea. Sawyer of Denmark, Iowa. 

Eleazer, whose name is on the tax-lists, 1768-69, was perhaps the 

elder brother of Joseph, bapt. Jan. 15, 1726. 

GODDING. 

Henry^ Godding, master of the British ship Abigail engaged in the 
coast trade, was for a time in Massachusetts Bay in 1628. 

Henry' (Henry^), b. 1642; d. Oct. 13, 1720; m. Apr. 7, 1663, Eliza- 
beth Perry. His marriage is the first recorded at Watertown, where he 
remained until his death, his home being midway between the sites of 
the present stations Belmont and Hill's Crossing. 

William" (Henry', Henry'), b. 1669; d. 1746; m. Mar. 26, 1701, Mary 
Pease. He seems to have passed his life in Watertown, and apparently 
had a considerable property. 

Samuel' (William^ Henry', Henr/), bapt. Mar. 16, 1706; d. Feb. 
1, 1761 ; m. Mary Boyce. He lived in Cambridge. He served in the 
French and Indian Wars and also, despite his advanced age, in the Rev- 
olution, at least in the opening struggles at Concord and Lexington. 

Henby= (Samuel', William^ Henry', Henry'), b. Mar. 28, 1736; d. 

1795 ; m. Sarah . He removed from Cambridge to Lexington, where 

he and his wife were admitted to the church, and in 1766 were dismissed 
to Rowley Canada, now Rindge. 

1. Henry*^ (Henry^, Samuel*, William^, Henry^ Henry^), 
b. June 15, 1768; d. Aug. 4, 1831; m. (1) Feb. 19, 1790, Mary 

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Lawrence of Gardner [d. May 17, 1790] ; (2) Patty, dau. of 
Amos Russell of Westford. He removed to New Ipswich 
about 1795, settling half a mile from the Rindge line on lot 
126, A. D., and there making the farm upon which he passed 
his remaining years. Children : 

2. i. Ariel, b. Oct. 29, 1794.+ 

3. ii. Mary, b. Mar. 29, 1797; m. Ambrose, son of Daniel and 

Betsey (Curtice) Emory of Rindge. Res. Rindge and 
Jaffrey. 

4. lii. Gardner, b. Nov. 7, 1799; d. 1823, unm. 

5. iv. Sylvia, b. July 5, 1803 ; d. 1818, unm. 

2. Ariel^ (Henry^ Henry^, Samuel*, William^, Henry^ 
Henryi), b. Oct. 29, 1794; d. Apr. 14, 1871; m. Dec. 19, 1822, 
Eliza Chickering (6). He lived upon the homestead until 
1845, when he returned to his native town, Rindge, with which 
the social and business relations of his father and himself had 
naturally been, while they were citizens of New Ipswich, but 
so largely separated from its life by the mountain. Children : 

6. i. George Gardner, b. Feb. 12, 1824; d. Ashby, Mass., Sept. 20, 

1888; m. Nov. 16, 1848, Nancy Mersylvia Wetherbee of 
Rindge. Res. Lunenburg, Mass. 

7. ii. Mersylvia, b. Nov. 5, 1825; m. Mar. 28, 1848, Nathan A. Hale 

of Rindge. 

8. iii. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 9, 1828; m. Samuel, son of Samuel and 

Nancy (Scott) Teel of Lunenburg, Mass. Res. Lunenburg. 

9. iv. Louisa, b. Sept. 28, 1830; m. Apr. 24, 1851, John N., son of 

Benjamin and Nancy (Whitcomb) Hastings of Rindge, 
who was killed at Bull Run, Aug. 29, 1862, and she m. 
(2) George M. Cram. 

10. V. Ellen E., b. 1840; d. Apr. 11, 1865; m. Oct. 27, 1858, George 

M. Cram, who after her death m. (2) her sister as above. 

11. vi. Caroline, b. 1844; d. Feb. 10, 1862. 

GORDON. 

William Gordon came from Aberdeen, Scotland, to Halifax, Nova 
Scotia, at the age of eighteen years. 

1. Robert^ (William^), b. Halifax, 1827; d. Apr. 2, 1895; 
m. Richmond, Va., Nancy Jones [b. Hubbardton, Vt., 1824; 
d. Dec. 21, 1900]. He lived in Virginia, where all his children 
were born, but at the outbreak of the Civil War he came 
North to Hyannis, Mass., where he enlisted in the 3d Cavalry 
Regiment of Massachusetts, in which he served through the 
war. In 1870 he came to New Ipswich and passed his re- 

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maining years on the farm long owned by Samuel Cook 
Wheeler, (57, N. D.,) living in the brick house upon the north 
side of the Turnpike. Children : 

2. i. Harriet D., b. Jan. 9, 1854. She is a teacher at the South. 

3. ii. Alexander J., b. Nov., 1856; d. Aug. 24, 1874. 

4. iii. Philip F., b. Nov. 28, 1857; m. June 18, 1884, Plymouth, 

N. H., Hattie B. Chase. He has been a merchant at 
Winsdor, Vt., Woodsville, N. H., and Gardner, Mass., suc- 
cessively, but retired from active business, and has since 
made his home in New Ipswich, having bought the house 
long owned by Isaac Spaulding, the first dwelling west 
from the town-house on the road to Smith Village. 

5. iv. Helen E., b. Oct. 26, 1859; d. Oskaloosa, Iowa, Dec. 13, 

1894; m. June 6, 1883, Edwin C. Holman. Children: i. 
George Gordon Holman. ii. Bertha V. Holman. 

GOULD. 

Thomas' Gould, d. Apr., 1674; m. (1) Hannah [d. May 15, 

1647] ; (2) Mary, widow of Hayward (or Howard). He was an 

early settler at Charlestown, Mass., where he made his permanent resi- 
dence, and was a selectman. He was active in the erection of the first 
Baptist church in the colony, and was imprisoned for a considerable 
time on account of his failure to conform to the prevailing belief. 

Thomas' (Thomas'), b. about 1639; d. 1690; m. Elizabeth of 

Salem Village, now Danvers. 

James' (Thomas', Thomas'), b. Feb. 8, 1666/7; m. (1) Deborah 

; (2) Sarah . He lived in Salem Mass., probably in that part 

which is now Peabody, as his children were baptized in the Third church 
which is situated in that region. 

Benjamin' (James', Thomas', Thomas'), b. Oct. 2, 1695; d. 1765; 
m. 1722, Sarah Parkhurst [b. Dec. 6, 1705; d. Apr. 4, 1793; m. (2) 
Eleazer Graves]. He lived in Chelmsford, Mass. Two of his nine chil- 
dren were among the early settlers in New Ipswich. 

1. Adams* (James^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. about 1711; d. 
Plymouth, about 1795; m. (1) pub. Jan. 29, 1729, Elizabeth, 
dau. of John and Elizabeth Butterfield of Chelmsford, Mass. ; 
(2) Feb. 23, 1758, Jemima, widow of Richard Skidmore of 
Methuen, Mass. [d. 1790]. He lived in Chelmsford until 
about 1760 and then came to New Ipswich, and according to 
the former town history, they "lived in a house built by Col. 
Kidder on one of his lots on Kidder Mountain, near the old 
Peterboro road, where they seemed to act as shepherds over 
the cattle in the mountain pastures." He was exempted from 
taxes for several years before his death. On account of their 
patriarchal age, and as they lived as it were alone in the world, 

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they were usually designated as "Adam and Eve," The prob- 
able position of their home is still faintly visible fifty rods or 
more westward from the discontinued "Todd road," in the 
eastern part of 60, N. D. Children — all of first marriage: 

5. i. Lucy, b. Feb. 4, 1732. 

6. ii. Abijah, b. Dec. 12, 1735.+ 

7. iii. Benjamin, b. Aug. 29, l7A2.-\- 

8. iv. Abraham. 

2. Simeon^ (Benjamin*, James^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. 
Aug. 17, 1733; d. Jan. 15, 1827; m. (1) June 19, 1760, Eliza- 
beth Pike [b. Dec. 19, 1734; d. Dec. 20, 1778]; (2) Sept. 30, 
1779, Susannah (Hastings), widow of his neighbor John Cut- 
ter (1) [d. Jafifrey, Aug. 5, 1827]. He came to New Ipswich 
before 1760 and settled as a farmer a mile eastward from the 
home of his uncle Adam on Kidder ^Mountain, which farm, 
(40, N. D.,) remained in his hands and those of his descendants 
for more than a century. His name, near to the head of those 
who responded to the initial Revolutionary alarm in 1775, is 
also found as that of a sergeant on the company rolls of Capts. 
Atkinson, Francis Towne, Briant, and Fletcher, testifying to 
service at Coos and Trenton in 1776, at Princeton, at Still- 
water, and at the surrender of Burgoyne in 1777, and at Rhode 
Island in 1778. Children : 

9. i. Simeon, b. Apr. 27, 1761.-f 

10. ii. John, b. Apr. 23, 1763.+ 

11. iii. Sarah, b. Oct. 5, 1765; d. Dec, 1858; m. Noah Bigelow of 

Reading, Vt. Six children. 

12. iv. Betsey, b. Jan. 15, 1768; d. Feb. 5, 1847; m. Nov. 12, 1795, 

Peter Darby of Reading, Vt. Six children. 

13. V. Margaret, b. June 18, 1770; d. June 7, 1848; m. Jan. 1, 1795, 

Moses Start (12). Removed to Enosburg, Vt. Eight chil- 
dren. 

14. vi. Ambrose, b. Apr. 8, 1772.-|- 

15. vii. Polly, b. July 28, 1774; d. July 12, 1843; m. Dea. Thomas 

Farley of Hollis. 

3. Nathaniel^ (Benjamin*, James^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. 
May 21, 1741; d. Apr. 29, 1808; m, Hannah Shed of Chelms- 
ford, Mass. [d, Sept. 10, 1828]. He "came to town at the 
same time with his brother Simeon, and settled on a lot diago- 
nal to his, (43, N. D.) He served the town in the capacity of 
constable and surveyor, and among other offices was appointed 
by vote of the town to 'raise the tune on the Sabbath' at a 
time when it was customary to line or 'deaconize' the hymn. 
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music, and took a prominent part as a performer and also as 
an instructor in psalmody during his life. He was an exem- 
plary member of the church." He had no children, but he 
adopted his nephew, whose name by act of General Court in 
June, 1807, was made to be : 

16. Nathaniel Duren Gould. -}- 

4. Mary^ (Benjamin*, James^, Thomas', Thomas^), b. Aug. 
29, 1746; d. Oct. 16, 1823; m. Jan. 11, 1770, Reuben Duren 
[b. Mar. 1, 1747; d. Jan. 1, 1821], They lived in Billerica and 
later in Bedford. Mr. Duren "was a resolute and enterprising 
man, of an inventive mind, and was distinguished, in his 
vicinity, as a contractor for building meeting-houses and other 
large structures. He received a premium for a model of a 
bridge over the Merrimac at Pawtucket Falls, against many 
competitors. It was constructed of a single arch, the first of 
its kind so far as known, in this country, and was regarded by 
most persons of the time as a wild scheme. He succeeded, 
however, in erecting it." She had fourteen children, one of 
whom, 

16. Nathaniel Gould Duren, b. Mar. 26, 1781, was 
adopted by his uncle, and in later years assumed the family 
surname as shown above. 

6. Abijah^ (Adam*, James^, Thomas^ Thomas^), b. Dec. 
12, 1735; d. Hollis, Jan. 2, 1818; m. Oct. 29, 1766, dau. of 
Phineas Spaulding of Hudson [b. Aug. 3, 1740; d. Rochester, 
N. Y., at her son's home]. He lived a few years in Temple, 
and afterward in Hollis. He enlisted from Temple in the com- 
pany of Capt. Gershom Drury in 1777. Children: 

17. i. William, b. Mar. 1, 1769. 

18. ii. Abijah, b. Nov. 11, 1771; d. young. 

19. iii. Abijah, b. May 20, 1777. 

7. Benjamin^ (Adam*, James^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Aug. 

29, 1742; d. Jan. 5, 1804; m. Sarah [d. Feb. 25, 1804]. 

He is said to have come to New Ipswich, perhaps with his 
father; but, if he did, his residence was very brief, as in 1768 
he appears in Plymouth, where he passed his life and was a 

i 1 prominent citizen, holding civil offices of selectman and repre- 
i sentative, that of deacon in the church, and rising through the 
; I inferior offices to that of major in the militia, although his 
i ! declination of the last-named office offered him in one of the 
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his political views may have been not unlike those of the in- 
fluential man of his early manhood, Col. Reuben Kidder. 
Children : 

20. i. Mary, b. June 27, 1769 ; d. Feb. 25, 1790. 

21. ii. Benjamin, b. Apr. 29, 1771. 

22. iii. John, b. Mar. 28, 1774. 

23. iv. William, b. Oct. 16, 1778; d. by drowning, Apr. 24, 1789. 

24. V. Esther, b. Feb. 10, 1781 ; m. Amos Webster. 

25. vi. Sarah, b. May 23, 1785; m. Sargent Bartlett. 

26. vii. Daniel, b. Apr. 11, 1787; d. Dec. 8. 1788. 

9. Simeon** (Simeon^, Benjamin*, James^, Thomas^, Thom- 
asO, b. Apr. 27, 1761; d. July 21, 1816; m. Feb. 12, 1789, 
Rhoda Lane. Children : 

Nathan, b. Dec. 7, 1790.+ 
Isaiah, b. July 16, 1793.+ 
Rhoda, b. Sept. 10, 1795; d. Nov. 25, 1872; m. May 9, 1813, 

William Wilson. 
Louisa, b. Feb. 27, 1800; m. June 23, 1824, Stephen Wilson. 
Stephen Lane, b. July 19, 1803.-}- 

10. John** (Simeon^, Benjamin*, James^, Thomas^, Thom- 
as^), b. Apr. 23, 1763; d. Sept. 22, 1858; m. July 5, 1792, Su- 
sannah Kidder (15). He lived upon the same farm with his 
father, building himself a new house a little westward from 
that of his father. He served in the Revolution for three 
months under Capt. Othniel Thomas, and is believed to have 
been the latest surviving revolutionary soldier from New Ips- 
wich. Children : 

32. i. John, b. Mar. 25, 1793.+ 

33. ii. Reuben Kidder, b. May 3, 1795; d. Dec. 19, 1870, unm. He 

lived vi^ith his father on the family farm, but for many 
years was a successful teacher in the district schools of 
the town, having taught for a longer or shorter time in 
every one of the districts formed in his earlier manhood. 

14. Ambrose^ (Simeon^, Benjamin*, James^, Thomas^, 
Thomas^), b. Apr. 8, 1772; d. Apr. 10, 1840; m. Susan Farley. 
He was a carpenter in his early manhood, but soon became 
a tradesman, keeping store successively in Billerica and Green- 
field, Mass., and later in Mason, Hollis, and Manchester. In 
him the family musical talent was largely developed. Chil- 
dren : 

34. i. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 1, 1802; d. 1880; m. John Parker. 

35. ii. Susan Laurinda, b. Jan. 17, 1804; d. Mar. 24, 1804. 

36. iii. Susan, b. Apr. 20, 1806; d. Nov. 27, 1807. 

37. iv. William A., b. Mar. 1, 1808; m. Frances Prichard. 

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38. V. John Bradstreet, b. Nov. 10, 1809; d. Aug. 1, 1870. 

39. vi. Susan Elizabeth, b. Nov. 25, 1811; d. Apr. 28, 1881; m. 

Nathan Kendall. 

40. vii. Frederic A., b. Feb. 11, 1814. 

41. viii. Sarah Bigelow, b. Oct. 21, 1815; m. (1) Thomas Chase; 

(2) A. Prescott. 

42. ix. Charles Otis, b. July 9, 1818; d. May 16, 1864; m. Sarah B. 

Shattuck. 

43. X. George E., b. Jan. 7, 1832; d. June 4, 1876. 

16. Nathaniel Duren^ (Mary^, Benjamin*, James^ Thom- 
as^ Thomas^), b. Mar. 26, 1781; d. May 28, 1864; m. Nov. 15, 
1801, Sally Prichard (15). At the age of ten he was adopted 
by his uncle Nathaniel Gould and rode from Bedford to New 
Ipswich on horseback behind his uncle. From that time he 
made his home on the farm practically as his uncle's son, al- 
though his name was retained without change until five years 
after his marriage. He began teaching in the neighboring 
district schools at the age of sixteen, and it soon became evi- 
dent that he had found his true work. It has been said that 
"as a teacher, it may be sufficient to say of him that of the 
60,000 pupils who, according to his computation, have at dif- 
ferent times come under his care, no one ever meets him or 
speaks of him but with grateful recollections." He was espe- 
cially successful, however, as teacher of music and of penman- 
ship. He was a true pioneer in the introduction of juvenile 
singing schools, and he has had very few equals as a penman, 
retaining his skill in ornamental work until old age. At the 
present day he would undoubtedly be noted as an expert in 
questions of penmanship. On one occasion, chancing to be 
foreman of a jury before which a suit for the possession of a 
farm was brought, his clearly trained vision alone disclosed 
the forgery of a deed offered in evidence, and caused a rapid 
exit from the state of the claimants presenting the deed. He 
was a leading man in church and town afifairs, being deacon 
for a considerable period, selectman for six years, and repre- 
sentative for three years. He removed to Boston before 
reaching his fortieth year, and pursued the two branches of 
instruction in that city, in New York, and in other cities. 
Children : 

44. i. Nathaniel Perley, b. Nov. 6, 1803; d. Mar. 22, 1804. 

45. ii. Augustus Addison, b. Apr. 23, 1805.-1- 

46. iii. Charles Duren, b. Feb. 2, 1807. -|- 

47. iv. Mary Ann, b. Apr. 4, 1809; m. Elisha T. Coolidge of Cin- 

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48. V. Child, b. 1813; d. Nov. 17, 1813. 

49. vi. Child, b. 1813; d. Nov. 28, 1813. 

50. vii. Elizabeth Freeman, b. May 25, 1816; m. Joshua Lincoln of 

Boston. 

51. viii. Sarah, b. Sept. 2, 1818; d. July 25, 1820. 

27. Nathan'^ (Simeon®, Simeon^, Benjamin*, James^, Thom- 
as2, Thomas^), b. Dec. 7, 1790; d. Oct. 13, 1879; m. Dec. 24, 
1817, Zilpah Corey. Children : 

52. i. Alonzo, b. Sept. 17, 1818; d. May 20, 1870; m. July 17, 1846, 

Frances M. Harris. 

53. ii. Cynthia, b. Aug. 7, 1820; m. J. Q. A. Jones. 

54. iii. Rhoda, b. May 13, 1822; d. May 1, 1844. 

55. iv. Maria C, b. Apr. 21, 1831; d. Apr. 16, 1835. 

28. Isaiah'' (Simeon®, Simeon^, Benjamin^ James^, Thom- 
as% Thomas^), b. July 16, 1793; d. Aug. 14, 1858; m. Nov. 
16, 1816, Susan Joslin. Children : 

56. i. George Webster, b. Aug. 17, 1817.-}- 

57. ii. Lyman, b. May 25, 1819.+ 

58. iii. Sophronia Louisa, b. Nov. 24, 1820; m. Nov. 20, 1843, Asa 

Davis. Five children. 
Simeon, b. May 3, 1822.+ 
SusAN Selina, b. July 27, 1824; d. Nov. 9, 1866; m. Sept. 15, 

1853, Brigham Nims. Three children. 
Maria Augusta, b. Sept. 24, 1827; m. May 4, 1865, Allen 

Giffin. 
Caroline Augusta, b. Sept. 28, 1832; m. Dec. 1, 1853, Clark 

H. Carr. Three children. 

63. viii. Augustus, b. Nov. 12, 1834; m. Oct. 23, 1862, Carrie Gray. 

31. Stephen Lane^ (Simeon®, Simeon^, Benjamin*, James^. 
Thomas^, Thomas^), b. July 19, 1803; d. Mar. 23, 1872; in. May 
26, 1829, Mary Ann Brooks. Children : 

64. i. Frederick, b. Oct. 27, 1831 ; d. Aug. 24, 1861. 

65. ii. Ellen Frances, b. Feb. 7, 1834; d. Dec. 26, 1854. 

66. iii. William Augustus, b. Feb. 21, 1836. 

67. iv. Emily Caroline, b. Feb. 4, 1838. 

68. V. Franklin H., b. Apr. 10, 1840; m. Oct. 18, 1866, Margaret L. 

Cochran. 

69. vi. Charles Bowen, b. Aug. 27, 1845; m. Oct. 15, 1873, Harriet 

A. Snow. 

32. John'' (John®, Simeon^, Benjamin*, James^, Thomas^, 
Thomas^), b. Mar. 23, 1793; d. July 29, 1840; m. Dec. 31, 1823, 
Eliza Ann Appleton (51). He was a cabinetmaker, his shop 
being the house, now for many years occupied as a residence, 
situated just below the Congregational parsonage. Children: 

70. i. Henry, b. Feb. 25, 1827.+ 

71. ii. Eliza, b. May 14, 1829. 

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45. Augustus Addison^ (Nathaniel D.^, Mary^, Benjamin*, 
James^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Apr. 23, 1805 ; d. Sept. 15, 1866; 
m. Nov. 25, 1833, Harriet Gushing, dau. of Henry and Lucy 
(Gushing) Sheafe [b. Sept. 15, 1811; d. May 14, 1893]. He 
prepared for Harvard Gollege at New Ipswich, was admitted 
at the age of seventeen, and graduated in 1825. His taste for 
natural history had already begun to be manifest, and he en- 
tered upon the work of investigation which he pursued most 
successfully throughout his life. After his graduation he 
taught two years in Maryland, at the same time beginning the 
study of medicine. Then returning to Boston, he continued 
his medical studies, completing that work with a year in the 
Massachusetts General Hospital, and having taken his degree 
he commenced practice in the city where he was to pass his 
life, becoming one of the leading practitioners there. The 
fidelity to his vocation, completely evidenced by his recognized 
medical rank, did not forbid earnest and highly successful la- 
bor in other somewhat allied fields. He taught botany and 
zoology at Harvard for two years, and was one of the found- 
ers of the Boston Society of Natural History. It is said that 
for several years he usually rose at four o'clock to work on 
the collections of the society, considering that to be a kind of 
recreation preparing him for the professional duties of the day. 
He was a charter member of the National Academy of Sciences, 
and was also connected with sixteen scientific societies, Amer- 
ican and foreign, and author of more than one hundred scien- 
tific books and papers beside those which were strictly pro- 
fessional. He was a pioneer in many fields of New England 
zoology, and his books were accepted as authoritative on the 
subjects treated. He was also active in the medical societies, 
being president of that of the state at the time of his death. 
That his valuable activities were broader than these allied 
fields is shown by the result of two years of labor superim- 
posed upon his professional work which was devoted to the 
preparation, in union with Mr. Kidder, of the former town 
history, and also by a faithful attendance during fifteen years 
upon his duties as a trustee of New Ipswich Appleton Acad- 
emy, to which, soon after the completion of its present build- 
ing, he presented a collection of fossils and other valuable 
specimens for scientific study, said at that time to be excelled 
in New Hampshire only by that of Dartmouth Gollege. He 
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fully testifying to his faith by his works. Few New Ipswich 
names will outlive that of Dr. Gould. Children — omitting 
three who died young: 

72. i. Harriet Duren, b. Oct. 13, 1834; m. Sept. 17, 1867, Horace 

Gooch [b. May 8, 1832]. Res. Louisville, Ky. Children: 
i. Lucy Gushing Gooch, b. July 5, 1868. ii. Glara Stoddard 
Gooch, b. Oct. 20, 1869. iii. Harriet Bell Gooch, b. Oct. 
14, 1871. iv. Horace Gooch, b. July 1, 1874; m. June 19, 
1902, Sabine Hamlet Nunn [b. Sept. 6, 1880]. v. Henrv 
Sheaf e Gooch, b. May 26, 1876; ni. July 12, 1901, Effie 
Hearn Jones [b. Oct. 25, 1878]. vi. Anna Rosina Gooch. 
h. Feb. 22, 1878. 

73. ii. Lucy Gushing, b. Oct. 18, 1835 ; m. Nov. 16, 1865, James 

Bailey Richardson [b. Dec. 9, 1832]. He is a judge in the 
Superior Gourt of Suffolk Gounty, Mass., and a trustee of 
Dartmouth Gollege. 

74. iii. Charles Augustus, b. Dec. 30, 1837 ; m. July 15, 1865, Sarah 

Jane Taylor [b. Apr. 15, 1848]. He has followed a sea- 
faring life and been captain of vessels engaged in the 
coast trade. Children : i. May Agnes, b. Jan. 20, 1873 ; m. 
Jan. 20, 1895, James Willard Cook Esterbrook [b. July 22, 
1868] ; one daughter, ii. Clara Augustina, b. June 15, 1875 ; 
m. Aug. 4, 1900, John Foster Tufts [b. June 23, 1878] ; 
one son. 

75. iv. William Alw^in, b. June 25, 1841 ; m. June 6, 1869, Jane 

Sophia Brucher [b. Apr. 12, 1840]. He served during the 
Civil War in the 44th Massachusetts Regiment. He is a 
civil engineer in Boston. 

76. V. Julia Nicolina, b. Apr. 23, 1844; unm. Res. Brookline, Mass. 

77. vi. Edw^ard Cutts, b. Sept. 10, 1850; unm. He graduated from 

Williams Gollege in 1870 and is proprietor of a boarding 
school for boys at Daytona Beach, Fla. 

78. vii. Louis Agassiz, b. June 4, 1855 ; m. June 14, 1888, Florence 

Louise Wallis [b. Feb. 2, 1858]. He graduated from Wil- 
liams Gollege in 1875 and from Rochester Theological 
Seminary in 1879, was pastor in Holley, N. Y., and Fall 
River, Mass. In 1887 he was appointed a missionary of 
the American Baptist Missionary Union, and immediately 
after his marriage departed to his work in China, where 
he remained until 1892. Since that time he has been en- 
gaged in pastoral work in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and 
California. Children : i. Margaret Mitchell, b. Dec. 19, 
1889. ii. Harriet Sheafe, h. Mar. 15, 1893. 

46. Charles Duren'^ (Nathaniel D.^, Mary^, Benjamin*, 
James^ Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Feb. 2, 1807; d. Jan. 17, 1875; 
m. (1) May 28, 1834, Sophia, dau. of Ensign and Sophia Oliver 
(Larkin) Lincoln [b. Dec. 27, 1812] ; (2) Oct. 23, 1850, Sarah 
Bell, dau. of Abijah and Harriet (Sheldon) Wheeler [b. Troy, 
N. Y., Mar. 22, 1826; d. Mar. 9, 1899]. In his youth he was 

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in the employ of Ephraim Searle, who was then proprietor of 
a store in the building on the Turnpike since known as the 
Appleton House, and remained there after his father's removal 
to Boston. But about 1823, Mr. Searle also removed to the 
city, thus introducing his helper to the mercantile activities 
of Boston in which he passed his life, at first being engaged 
with West India goods ; but being administrator of the estate 
of his wife's father, Ensign Lincoln, who was a bookseller, he 
became interested in that line of business, and in 1835 in con- 
nection with his brother-in-law, Joshua Lincoln, and another 
partner, the publishing house of Gould & Lincoln, widely 
known for many years for its valuable religious and scientific 
productions, began its efficient life. He and his children had the 
family aptness and love for music, and for many years he had 
charge of the music in the church of which he was a member. 
Children : 

79. i. Sophia Carey, b. Jan. 23, 1838; d. May 13, 1876; m. George 

B. Dyer. 

80. ii. Charles Howard, b. about Dec, 1845; d. Apr. 24, 1857. 

81. iii. Laura Bell, b. July 2, 1858; m. Apr. 26, 1893, Thomas 

Hooper. 

82. iv. Elizabeth Lincoln, b. May 28, 1862. She is a writer of 

children's books, and is on the staflf of the Youth's Com- 
panion. 

56. George Webster^ (Isaiah'^, Simeon^, Simeon^ Benja- 
min*, James^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Aug. 17, 1817; m. May 
8, 1849, Abbie Loveland. Children: 

83. i. Webster Vilett, b. May 9, 1854; m. Sept. 16, 1880, Grace 

Clark. 

84. ii. Florence, b. Feb. 8, 1858; m. Sept. 14, 1880, Donald G. 

Perkins. 

85. iii. Alice R., b. Aug. 20, 1862; d. Jan. 31, 187L 

57. Lyman^ (Isaiah'^, Simeon*', Simeon^, Benjamin*, James^, 
ThomasS Thomas^), b. May 25, 1819; m. Oct. 1, 1845, Harriet 
Reed. Child: 

86. i. Harriet Augusta, b. Mar. 17, 1848; m. June 17, 1874, William 

B. Joslin. 

59. Simeon® (Isaiah'', Simeon®, Simeon^, Benjamin*, James', 
Thomas^ Thomas^, b. May 3, 1822; m. (1) May 14, 1846, 
Betsey Loud ; (2) May 23, 1850, Sarah Norcross. Children : 

87. i. Martha, b. May 31, 1849; d. Mar. 4, 1870. 

88. ii. Clara Jane, b. Jan. 13, 1852; m. June 13, 1878, Carlos L. 

Seavey. 

89. iii. Alice, b. Jan. 18, 1860. 

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70, Henry^ (John'', John«, Simeon^ Benjamin*, James^, 
Thomas^ Thomas^, b. Feb. 25, 1827; m. June 15, 1852, Sarah 
C. Flint. Children: 

90. i. Sarah Amelia, b. June 22, 1856; m. Mar. 13, 1877, Charles 
L. Bemis. 

GREENMAN. 

1. William^ Greenman, b. Dec. 13, 1821; d. Mar. 18, 1909; 
m. 1844, Harriet L. E., dau. of Symonds and Harriet (Gregg) 
Nichols [b. 1820; d. June 23, 1896]. He was son of Silas and 
Susan Greenman of Warwick, R. I. He came to New Ipswich 
in 1843 and passed his later life in the town except for a few 
years in California. He was one of the earliest proprietors 
of the restaurant maintained for many years beneath the 
Union Hall, but during the greater part of his life he was 
occupied in the manufacture of cigars. His latest place of 
business, in which he continued until his health forbade, was 
the small building near his house, just off the Turnpike upon 
the old Greenville road, which was built across the street from 
the site of the present Baptist church as the law office of John 
Preston, Esq., and later was used as a harness shop and for 
various other business activities, while standing across the 
Turnpike from its present position. Children : 

2. i. Georgianna, b. 1847 ; d. Feb. 26, 1850. 

3. ii. William S., b. Sept. 14, 1852; d. May, 1875. 

HARRIS. 

1. Oliver^ Harris, b. about 1752; d. Oct. 30, 1824; m. (1) 

Mary [b. about 1748; d. May 1, 1814] ; (2) Sept. 13, 1818, 

Sally Burrows, probably dau. of William Burrows (5). He 
came to New Ipswich about 1796 and settled on the farm 
previously held by Asa Brown on the long-abandoned road 
from the summit of Governor's Hill westward by the outlet of 
Binney Pond, (95, A. D.,) where the cellar still remains a 
quarter-mile north of the site of the later Harris dwelling, 
built on the southern part of the same lot on the present 
Rindge road. 

2. William^ (Oliver^), b. about 1787; d. about 1843; m. 
Hannah Walker, as is believed, but she may have been of 
some other family. He succeeded to his father's farm about 

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1823 and there passed his remaining years, but he seems to 
have occupied the Woolson farm, (IV : 2, S. R.,) from 1810 to 
1814, and after that he probably passed a few years in some 
other town or towns, as his son Leonard is said to have been 
born in Lebanon. The order of birth of his children is uncer- 
tain. Children : 

William, b. Feb. 28, 1810; d. Jan. 17, 1814. 

Mary Louisa, b. Oct. 1, 1812; d. Dec. 19, 1830. 

Hannah Almira, b. Jan. 29, 1814; d. 1901; m. about 1843, 

Wilder Butters. Removed to Fitchburg, Mass. 
William B. 

Leonard Walker, b. Feb. 9, 1816. -|- 
Amos, m. Brown. He res. in Woburn, Mass., and was 

a dealer in baker's goods. 
9. vii. George S., b. about 1822; d. June 22, 1838. 

7. Leonard Walker^ (William^, Oliver^), b. Feb. 9, 1816; 
m. Mary Eliza Brown [b. South Reading, Mass., Jan. 13, 1828]. 
He succeeded to the occupancy of the family farm soon after 
his father's death and remained until about 1856, although he 
does not appear to have owned the property. He removed to 
the vicinity of Boston. Children : 

10. i. Mary Cowdrey, b. Sept. 2, 1848. 

11. ii. Leonard Walker, b. May 6, 1850. 

Other children not recorded. 

HARTWELL 

William^ Hartwell, d. Concord, Mass., Mar. 12, 1689/90; m. Jazan 

[d. Aug. 6, 1695]. The record of the birth of his son John, Feb. 23, 

1640/1, gives the first appearance of this family name in the vital records 
of Concord. 

Samuel' (William^, b. Mar. 26, 1645/6; d. July 26, 1725; m. (1) 
Oct. 26, 1665, Ruth, dau. of George and Katherine Wheeler [b. Feb. 23, 
1641/2; d. Dec. 9, 1713]; (2) Rebecca [d. Dec. 23, 1721/2]; (3) Feb. 

6, 1723, Elizabeth, dau. of Joshua and Sarah (Willy) Fletcher of Chelms- 
ford, Mass. [b. June 10, 1698; d. Oct. 4, 1732]. 

Samuel' (Samuel^ William^, b. Oct. 2, 1666; d. Nov. 27, 1744; m. 

(1) Nov. 23, 1692, Abigail Stearns of Cambridge [d. May 11, 1709]; 

(2) Rebecca [d. Apr. 15, 1714] ; (3) widow Margaret Tompkins 

[d. Apr. 5, 1723] ; (4) Experience Tarbox. 

Ephraim* (SamueP, SamueP, William'), b. Jan. 14, 1706/7; d. May 

7, 1793; m. Nov. 7, 1732, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Hey- 
wood [b. June 3, 1714; d. Jan. 30, 1808]. 

1. Ephraim^ (Ephraim*, Samuel', Samuel^, William^), b. 
Jan. 8, 1745; d. May 30, 1816; m. June 1, 1769, Mary Brown 
(A. 9). He was born in that part of Concord, Mass., which is 

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now Lincoln, but removed to Princeton, Mass., and thence 
about 1782 to New Ipswich, where he passed an energetic 
and successful life. He bought the house and store of Josiah 
Rogers facing on the Village Green and since well known as 
the "Barr house," and conducted the store twenty-five years. 
He was also interested in a scythe factory situated at the place 
of the waterpower above Gibson Village since utilized by the 
Walker bedstead factory and turning-shop, in the first linseed 
oil mill, which preceded the first cotton factory in the Bank 
Village, and in works for the manufacture of pearlash near 
his own house. He was one of the first trustees of the Acad- 
emy and only one man made a larger subscription for its sup- 
port in those days. He was captain of one of the military 
companies of the town, and was so evidently a trusted and 
popular citizen that it is surprising to find that he held no 
one of the principal town offices. Children : 

2. i. Mary, b. Aug. 25, 1770; d. July 11, 1846; m. Mar. 6, 1791, 

Caleb^ son of Gen. Benjamin Bellows. 
Abigail' (Ephraim^ SamueP, Samuer, William^), b. June 9, 1744; 
d. Mar. 8, 1809; m. Sept. 6, 1763, Jonas, son of Ephraim Jones (3). 

HASSALL. 

1. William^ Hassall, b. 1799 at Hillsboro, N. H.; d. Mar. 
3, 1874, at New Ipswich; m. (1) Nov. 26, 1826, Betsy, dau. of 
Daniel and Sarah (Shattuck) Butterfield and granddau. of 
David^ Shattuck [b. Aug. 9, 1806; d. Sept. 21, 1868] ; (2) May 
3, 1870, Mrs. Rhoda C. Powers, sister of his first wife [b. June 
18, 1798; d. Oct. 23, 1872]. He was a wheelwright, his shop 
standing where is now the public library, and he built for 
his own occupancy the house next south of the library. He 
was a deacon in the Congregational church more than twenty 
years. Children : 

2. i. William E., b. Sept. 24, 1827; m. Dec. 27, 1849, Elizabeth F. 

Stark, great-granddaughter of Maj. Gen. John Stark [b. 
about 1823; d. Nov. 29, 1870]. One dau., Anna C, b. Nov. 
26, 1851; m. Dec. 26, 1871, Frederic D. Shattuck of Fitch- 
burg, Mass. ; is prominent in the Woman's Relief Corps, 
D. A. R., and O. E. S. 

3. ii. James L., b. Sept. 1, 1829; d. Dec. 1, 1880; m. Angeline, dau. 

of William Loomis [d. Feb. 16, 1893, aged 62]. Children: 
i. Alary, m. Charles Blodgett. ii. Clara, iii. A child, d. Apr. 
24, 1852. 

4. iii. George A., d. Apr. 11, 1842, aged 4 yrs., 6 mos. 

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HASTINGS. 

Thomas* Hastings, b. about 1605; d. about 1685; m. (1) Susanna 

[b. about 1609; d. Feb. 2, 1650]; (2) Apr., 1651, Margaret, dau. of 

William and Martha Cheney of Roxbury, Mass. He came from England 
in 1634 and settled at Roxbury. He was selectman many years, also town 
clerk and representative. He was a deacon. 

Samuel' (Thomas'), b. Mar. 12, 1665/6; d. 1723; m. (1) Jan. 1, 
1687, Lydia, dau. of Caleb and Joanna (Sprague) Church [b. Dedham, 
Mass., July 4, 1661; d. about 1691]; (2) Apr. 24, 1694, Elizabeth, dau. of 
John and Elizabeth Nevison [b. Oct. 22, 1675 ; d. 1700] ; (3) July 10, 
1701, Sarah, dau. of Simon and Hannah (Barron) Coolidge [d. 1724]. 
Res. in Watertown, where he was for a time innkeeper. 

Nathaniel' ( Samuel', Thomas'), b. after 1702; m. Apr. 16, 1734, 
Esther, dau. of Samuel and Margaret (Traine) Perry. Res. in north 
part of Shrewsbury, which is now Boylston, Mass. 

Samuel' (Nathaniel', Samuel', Thomas'), b. 1735; d. Sept. 9, 1823; 
m. Oct. 26, 1757, Anna, dau. of Joseph and Martha (Brigham) Bigelow. 
He removed to Princeton, Mass., soon after his marriage and there he 
passed his life. 

Charles' (Samuel', Nathaniel', Samuel', Thomas'), b. Nov. 26, 1760; 
d. Nov. 28, 1850; m. June 3, 1782, Anna, dau. of Samuel and Tabitha 
(Eveleth) Woods [b. Apr. 4, 1731; d. Dec. 19, 1825]. He removed to 
Ashburnham, Mass., in 1783. He served about two years in the Revolu- 
tion. 

1. Charles® (Charles^, Samuel*, NathanieP, SamueP, 
Thomas^), b. June 16, 1800; m. Dec. IS, 1824, Susan, dau. of 
Isaac and Hannah (Russell) Hill of Ashburnham [b. Oct. 3, 
1797; d. Dec. 17, 1870]. He was a merchant in Ashburnham, 
Mass., until middle life, when he came to New Ipswich and 
remained twenty years or more. He engaged in various ac- 
tivities at the Center Village, being postmaster 1843-45. He 
afterward returned to Ashburnham, and there spent his later 
years. 

2. Leonard W.® (Charles^ Samuel*, Nathaniel^, Samuel-, 
Thomas^), b. Aug. 14, 1803; d. Apr. 11, 1883; m. (1) 1832, 
Elvira Burrows (11); (2) Nov. 12, 1862, Martha Colburn of 
Temple. He came to New Ipswich somewhat earlier than 
his brother and passed his life as a farmer, for more than 

' twenty years upon the Wheelock farm, (51, N. D.,) and then 
removing for a somewhat briefer residence upon 58, N. D., 
formerly connected to the farm first mentioned by a road 
now completely obliterated for the greater part of its length, 
and leaving the second farm at the end of a road from the 
opposite direction. Children : 

3. i. Harriet A., b. 1833; d. Aug. 1, 1854 

4. ii. Emma A., b. 1842; d. Jan. 31, 1865. 

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HATCH. 

William' Hatch, d. Nov. 6, 1651 ; m. Jane . He came from 

Sandwich, Kent, England, in 1634, with wife and five children, and set- 
tled in Scituate. His widow m. Mar. 31, 1653, Thomas King, and died 
the same year. 

Walter^ ( William'), m. May 6, 1650, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas 
Holbrook. 

Israel' (Walter^ William'), b. Mar. 25, 1667; m. July 27, 1699, 
Elizabeth Hatch. 

Israel' (Israel', Walter', William'), b. May 5, 1701; m. Oct. 27, 1725, 
Bethia Thomas of Marshfield, Mass. 

Israel" (Israel, Israel', Walter^ William'), b. Aug. 8, 1730; d. Mar. 
3, 1809; m. Jan. 31, 1755, Mary Hatch [b. about 1730; d. Dec. 22, 1802]. 

Joel" (Israel', Israel', Israel', Walter^ William'), b. Apr. 3, 1771; 
m. Apr. 21, 1796, Huldah Truant. 

1. Amos^ (Joel^ Israel, Israel*, IsraeP, Walter^ William^), 
b. Sept. 17, 1807; d. Aug. 9, 1878; m. Apr. 16, 1829, Lucinda 
Sargent [b. Mar., 1805; d. Aug. 27, 1888]. He was a carpen- 
ter in Boston, where all his children were born, but in 1849 
he came to New Ipswich and bought the farm first settled by 
Joseph Parker, (44, N. D.,) and lived there about twenty-five 
years, after which he removed to the Center Village and 
passed the last four or five years of his life in the house on 
the Turnpike long the home of Nathan Sanders. His wife 
conducted a successful water-cure while residing on the farm. 
Children : 

2. i. Amos E., b. Aug. 6, 1830; d. Mar. 18, 1832. 

3. ii. Edward A., b. Oct. 12, 1833 ; d. June 28, 1836. 

4. iii. Abby Sargent, b. July 28, 1836; m. Nov. 19, 1873, Joseph 

Addison Wheeler (118). 

5. iv. Sylvanus, b. Jan. 15, 1839. Removed to California. 

HEALD. 

John' Heald, d. May 24, 1632; m. Dorothy . He came from 

Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England, and settled in Concord, 
Mass., as early as 1635. 

JoHN^ (John'), b. prob. in England; d. June 17, 1689; m. June 10, 
1631, Sarah Dane (or Dean) [d. July 22, 1689]. He res. in Concord. 

John' (John^ John'), b. Sept. 19, 1664; d. Nov. 25, 1721; m. Dec. 18, 
1690, Mary, dau. of Roger and Mary (Simonds) Chandler [b. Jan. 17, 
1671; d. Aug. 14, 1759]. He res. in Concord, and is mentioned in Wal- 
cott's "Concord in the Colonial Period" as follows : "The Revolution 
that expelled James II. from the throne of England afforded the oppor- 
tunity desired by the colonists, who rose almost as one man, to defend 
their homes and the rights of Englishmen. In 1689 on the nineteenth of 
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dispatched their military company to Boston under the command of 
Lieutenant John Heald to assist in the revolt." 

Timothy' (John', John^ John'), b. June 7, 1696; d. Mar. 28, 1736; 
m. Hannah . 

1. JosiAH* (John^ John^, John^), b. Feb. 28, 1698/9. It is 
by no means certain that he was the bearer of that name who 
was taxed in New Ipswich in 1754, and is said in the former 
town history to have been probably the brother of Thomas 
Heald of the next generation and to have lived upon the same 
lot. But a careful search of the Concord records discloses no 
such brother, and gives ground for the inference that the 
temporary resident was an uncle instead of a brother of the 
next member of the family here named. 

2. Timothy^ (Timothy*, John^, John^ John^), b. Oct. 14, 

1723; m. Elizabeth . He came to New Ipswich at about 

the time of the Masonian charter, and was Proprietors' clerk 
for several years. He settled near the east line of the town 
upon the lot afterward known as the "Pierce farm," (186, 
A. D.,) and evidently was a trusted member of the infant 
settlement. But for some reason he remained less than twenty 
years, removing to Maine about 1767. Children : 

4. i. Timothy, b. May 24, 1749. 

5. ii. John, b. Oct. 4, 1751. 

6. iii. Sibyl, b. Oct. 25, 1755. 

7. iv. Jonas, b. June 23, 1757. 

8. V. JosiAH, b. Sept. 14, 1759. 

3. Thomas^ (Timothy*, John^, John-, John^), b. June 14, 
1732; d. Aug. 20, 1805; m. (1) Sibyl Adams [d. 1788]; (2) 
Deliverance, prob. dau. of William^ and Deliverance (Parker) 
Blanchard [b. about 1760; d. Aug. 11, 1845; m. (2) about 1808, 
James (1) Chandler]. Apparently he came to New Ipswich 
somewhat later than his brother Timothy, and was associated 
with that brother until his removal from town. Some years 
later he built the house afterward well known as the "Esta- 
brooks tavern," at the corner of the old Ashby road, (187, 
N. L. O.) He was deeply interested in military afifairs, and 
he rendered excellent service in the Revolution, being in com- 
mand of the New Ipswich company on Apr. 19, 1775, serving 
as lieutenant-colonel on two or more expeditions to Ticon- 
deroga, and leading the two New Ipswich companies to Royal- 
ton, Vt., at the time of the raid from Canada in 1780. He 
received a colonel's commission in due time, and that title is 
borne upon his gravestone. Children : 

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9. i. Thomas, b. Mar. 31, 1768; d. July, 1821; m. Dec, 1800, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Locke of Ashby, Mass. [b. 
1770; d. May 25, 1843; m. (2) Elijah Newhall (6)]. He 
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1794, studied law, 
and practiced successively at Concord, Mass., Montpelier, 
Vt., and Blakely, Ala. Later he was judge of the Supreme 
Court of Alabama. He inherited a military spirit, and 
held a lieutenant's commission in the United States army, 
but his service was apparently limited to the command of 
a troop of cavalry at Concord, Mass. Five children. 

10. ii. Simon, b. Oct. 19, 1773; d. Nov. 2, 1774. 

11. iii. Nathan, b. Sept. 24, 1775; m. 1811, Rebecca Wells of Ken- 

tucky. He was a major in the United States army, and 
in command of Fort Dearborn, situated on the present site 
of Chicago, 111., at the time of the massacre there in 1812. 

12. iv. Simon, b. June 20, 1777; d. Nov. 2, 1779. 

13. v. Jonas, b. Apr. 2, 1780. 

14. vi. Oilman, b. Oct. 13, 1790. 

15. vii. Sibyl, b. Apr. 7, 1792; m. Leavitt Lincoln. Res. in Winchen- 

don, Mass. 

16. viii. Polly, b. Feb. 29, 1796; d. Dec. 9, 1874; m. (1) Dec. 25, 1837, 

Francis Shattuck (48) ; (2) Leavitt Lincoln. Res. in New 
Ipswich. 

17. ix. Eben, b. about 1801 ; d. June 1, 1863. Res. in New Ipswich. 

HILDRETH. 

Richard' Hildreth, b. 1605; d. Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. 23, 1692/3; 

m. (1) Sarah [d. Cambridge, Mass., June 15, 1644]; (2) about 1645, 

Elizabeth [b. about 1625; d. Maiden, Mass., Aug. 3, 1693]. He ap- 
pears to have been the ancestor of all bearing the name in America. He 
seems to have lived in Cambridge, Woburn, and Chelmsford, where he 
bore the title of sergeant. Very possibly his disabled right hand was 
due to military service. He was admitted freeman 1643. The family 
has been largely in evidence at Westford, Mass., since the time of its 
separation from Chelmsford and incorporation as a town. The first 
two or three steps in the line of descent given below are not certainly 
proven, but they are believed to be correct. 

James- ( Richard'), d. about 1695; m. June 1, 1659, Margaret Ward. 
Res. Chelmsford. 

Joseph' (Richard'), b. Apr. 10, 1658; d. Chelmsford, Jan. 28, 1795/6; 
m. Apr. 28, 1683, Abigail Wilson of Woburn, who m. (2) Jonathan 
Barrett. 

Richard' (James*, Richard*), m. Dorcas . 

Joseph' (Joseph^ Richard'), b. Nov. 30, 1695; d. Westford, 1780; m. 
(1) Deliverance ; (2) Feb. 2, 1743, Abigail Hill of Billerica. 

Ephraim' (Joseph^ Richard'), m. Mary . 

James* (Richard', James', Richard'), b. about 1700; d. Cape Breton, 
1748; m. Lydia Wright, probably dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah Wright. 

Ephraim* (Joseph', Joseph', Richard'), b. 1718; m. Westford, Nov. 
30, 1741, Priscilla Barron. 

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1. Simeon* (Ephraim^, Joseph^, Richard^), b. 1736; d. about 
1776; m. Westford, Feb. 8, 1758, Hannah Spalding. He came 
to New Ipswich soon after his marriage, and had a portion of 
lot Xn : 4, S. R., his house being about thirty rods to the 
southwest from the Roger Chandler house still standing, but 
upon an old road now long discontinued. His name is borne 
upon the alarm list of the morning of April 20, 1775, and 
upon the rolls of Capts. Joseph Parker, Stephen Parker, and 
Silas Wright, and also upon that of Capt. Benjamin Mann of 
Mason, but without doubt his son also served, and there may 
have been a third bearer of the name from a neighboring town. 
It seems probable, however, that this New Ipswich soldier 
was the one named in the list given in the former history of 
the town of those who "died of sickness in the army, or soon 
after they vv'ere brought home." Only one child is recorded : 

3. i. Simeon, b. 1758.+ 

2. Stephen^ (James*, Richard^, James^, Richard^), b. 1743; 
d. Oct. 26, 1800; m. 1764. Esther Manning of Townsend, Mass, 
He gave Revolutionary service in the companies of Capts. 
Briant and Brown. According to tradition an unmarried 
brother lived alone at the foot of the mountain near Pratt 
Pond. The spot is probably indicated by the remains of an 
old cellar a short distance west from the southern end of the 
pond. Only two brothers of Stephen are named in the rec- 
ords of Westford, Samuel, b. 1735, and James, b. 1748. Both 
of these names appear upon the New Ipswich records between 
1780 and 1786. Children: 

4. i. ZiLPAH, b. about 1774; d. July 4, 1824; m. Feb. 26, 1795, 

Benjamin Fletcher (26). 

5. ii. James, b. about 1777.-|- 

Elijah' (Ephraim', Joseph', Joseph^ Richard'), b. 1750; d. Mar. 17, 
1798; m. Mary, dau. of Peter Reed of Littleton, Mass. [d. Feb. 22, 1843; 
m. Westford, June 6, 1803, Capt. Eleazer Cummings (2)]. 

3. Simeon^ (Simeon*, Ephraim^, foseph^, Richard^), b. 
1758; d. Meriden, N. H., Sept. 8, 1843 ;' m. Apr. 9, 1799, Mary 
(Dustin), widow of ^^^illiam Shattuck (3) [d. Aug. 6, 1832]. 
After his marriage he removed to Bradford, N. H., and thence 
to Meriden. A unique story of his service at Bunker Hill 
may perhaps be again related here. " 'See,' said he to a fellow 
soldier, 'how I do it ;' and drawing a ball from his pouch, and 
then wetting it in his mouth, he let it fall into the muzzle of 
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in the British ranks, he sent it through his heart. 'There,' said 
he, 'this is the sixteenth that I have fixed in like manner.' " 
He had no children. 

5. James^ (Stephen^, James*, Richard^ James^, Richard^), 
b. about 1777; d. Sept. 10, 1844; m. Nov. 15, 1805, Rebecca 
Davis (42). He succeeded to his father's farm and there 
passed his life, being known as an exceptionally honorable 
and kindly man. He had no children, but he practically 
adopted two, Daniel Farwell and Lucinda Giles, who married 
and succeeded to his property. 

6. Elijah^ (Elijah^, Ephraim*, Joseph^, Joseph^, Richard^), 
b. Westford, July 25, 1776; d. Aug. 26, 1853; m. Nottingham, 
(now Hudson,) N. H., Isabella Caldwell [b. Hudson, Aug. 5, 
1783; d. Westford, Aug. 7, 1884]. He came to New Ipswich 
about 1830, and lived at Smith Village the remainder of his 
life, his business being that of a cooper. He lived in the house 
once occupied by the Locke store. Children : 

7. i. IsABELL, b. T3mgsboro, Mass., May 26, 1804; d. Westford, 

Feb. 12, 1869; m. Amos Day. 

8. ii. Elijah, b. Sept. 2, 1805. He was a seaman, and when last 

heard from was in South America. Unm. 

9. iii. Eleazer Cummings, b. Topsham, Vt., Aug. 12, 1807; d. 

Baltimore, Md. He was a stonecutter. 

10. iv. John Caldwell, b. Topsham, Vt., Dec. 20, 1808.4- 

11. V. Levi Currier, b. Topsham, Vt., Mar. 15, 1811; d. July 16, 

1864, in the military prison at Andersonville, Ga. He was 
serving in a New York regiment when captured. 

12. vi. Jonathan Hartwell, b. Topsham, Vt., Dec. 18, 1813; d. 

Concord, Aug. 16, 1826. a 

Joel Bullard, b. Topsham, Vt., Feb. 23, 1816.+ '' 

Mary Letitia, b. Chelmsford, Mass., Mar. 23, 1818; d. West- 
ford, Mass., about 1904, unm. 
Joseph Hartwell, b. Westford, Mass., June 20, 1822; d. 

Derry, Aug. 23, 1832. 
Charles Lewis, b. Concord, May 3, 1825 ; d. Lowell, Mass. 
Olive Elizabeth, b. Concord, May 3, 1825 ; d. Concord, June 
11, 1825. 
18. xii. Asaph, b. Hooksett, Nov. 4, 1826; d. Nashua, July 21, 1837. 

10. John Caldwell^ (Elijah^ Elijah^ Ephraim*, Joseph', 
Joseph^, Richard^), b. Topsham, Vt., Dec. 20, 1808; d. New 
Ipswich, Jan. 17, 1905; m. Sept. 29, 1836, Harriet Maria 
Blanchard (30). He came to New Ipswich in 1839 and bought 
the blacksmithy in Smith Village, which he carried on suc- 
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severe labor. He built for his home the house now standing 
on the opposite side of the narrow road in front of the smithy. 
He was a deacon of the Baptist church fifty-five years. Chil- 
dren — born in New Ipswich except the first, born at North 
Chelmsford : 

19. i. John Lewis, b. Nov. 29, 1838.-1- 

20. ii. Henry Augustus, b. May 14, 1841 ; d. Auburn, Me., Jan. 

19, 1908; m. (1) Nashua, Jan. 26, 1863, Celia Maria Brad- 
ford, d. Dec. 31, 1893; (2) Turner, Me., Jan. 16, 1895, Lura 
Frances McKenney. He first learned his father's trade, 
but a business training acquired during four years' service 
in the commissary department at Washington during the 
Civil War turned his later life in mercantile directions. 
He was engaged in the grocery business at Turner, Me., 
for several years, and for the rest of his life was a very 
successful shoe dealer. The home of his later years was 
at Auburn, Me. 

21. iii. Harriet Augusta, b. May 14, 1841; m. Aug. 13, 1884, Alfred 

Reed Tenney (36). Before her marriage she was a trained 
nurse. 

22. iv. William Hartwell, b. Apr. 19, 1845.-1- 

23. V. Charles Willis, b. Sept. 10, 1847.-1- 

24. vi. Mary Ella, b. Oct. 7, 1853 ; m. July 3, 1878, Walter Clarence 

Frost, who graduated from Dartmouth College in 1876, 
and is a real estate dealer at Colorado Springs, Colo. 
Children : i. Hildreth Frost, h. June 22, 1880 ; he gradu- 
ated from Colorado College in 1901 and from Harvard 
Law School in 1904: he is in practice at Colorado Springs, 
ii. Hester Frost, b. June 9, 1884; she graduated from 
Wellesley College in 1907 and is professor of English 
Literature in Hamilton College, Lexington, Ky. 

13. Joel Bullard^ (Elijah®, Elijah^, Ephraim*, Joseph^, Jo- 
seph^, Richard^), b. Topsham, Vt., Feb. 23, 1816; d. Sept. 25, 
1889; m. Jan. 19, 1847, Almira Spaulding (148). When a 
young man he was a stage-driver in Vermont, and later 
through Manchester and Concord, when the former city was 
only a small village. After his marriage he settled in New 
Ipswich upon the "Spaulding farm," (XI : 3, S. R.) Children : 

25. i. Lucy Jane, b. June 30, 1849; m. Aug. 8, 1871, William E. 

Maxwell. 

26. ii. Mary Ann Letitia, b. June 20, 1851 ; unm. Res. in Littleton, 

Mass. 

27. iii. George Carpenter, b. Sept. 18, 1854. -f- 

28. iv. Charles Bullard, b. Dec. 19, 1857; d. Jan. 1, 1859. 

19. John Lewis* (John C.^ Elijah®, Elijah^ Ephraim*, Jo- 
seph^, Joseph^, Richard^), b. Nov. 29, 1838; m. Mar. 2, 1864, 
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Temple [b. July 17, 1837]. He entered Dartmouth College in 
1860, but in his second year withdrew and entered the service 
of the Sanitary Commission for the soldiers in Virginia and 
Louisiana, which service determined his choice of a profession, 
so that at the close of the war, instead of completing his col- 
lege course he commenced the study of medicine, and gradu- 
ated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1867. Nearly his 
entire professional life has been passed in Cambridge, Mass., 
where his success has placed him among the very first mem- 
bers of his profession in that vicinity, and has been further 
attested by the gift from his Alma Mater of the baccalaureate 
degree and the replacement of his name upon the roll of the 
class of 1864 as though he had formally completed the course, 
an action endorsed by his fellow alumni in his election as pres- 
ident of the Alumni Association. He was for some years dean 
of the Medical School of Tufts College, and has received from 
that institution the degree of LL. D. He is a loyal son of New 
Ipswich, in which he has as a summer home, the "Col. Smith 
house" in Smith Village, and he is an earnest worker as a 
trustee of Appleton Academy. Children : 

29. i. John Lewis, b. Aug. 17, 1870.+ 

30. ii. Beulah Gertrude, b. June 2, 1873; m. May 31, 1894, Charles 

Edward Barrett (24). 

31. iii. Alfred Hitchcock, b. Sept. 10, 1874.-|- 

22. William Hartwell® (John C.^ Elijah", Elijah^, Eph- 
raim*, Joseph^ Joseph^ Richard^), b. Apr. 19, 1845; d. Jan. 
15, 1903; m. Aug. 3, 1868, Helen Josephine Flagg [b. Dec. 24, 
1844; d. Nov. 2, 1908]. He fitted for college in Appleton Acad- 
emy, but studied medicine without pursuing a previous college 
course and graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1868. 
He practiced at Fitchburg, Mass., for a short time, but most 
of his professional life was spent at Newton Upper Falls, 
Mass., where he was successful, but feeble health and absences 
necessarily resulting forbade the higher position of which his 
ability justified the expectation. Child: 

32. i. Florence Josephine, b. Sept. 26, 1870; m. Oct. 1, 1902, Alex- 

ander Hiram Dresser. 

23. Charles Willis* (John C.^ Elijah^, Elijah^ Ephraim*, 
Joseph^ Joseph^, Richard^), b. Sept. 10, 1847; m. Apr. 6, 1871, 
Lucy Maria, dau. of Nathan and Jane (Parker) Colburn of 
Temple [b. June 2, 1845]. He is a farmer in Westford, Mass. 
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33. i. Henry Willis, b. May 26, 1874; m. Nov. 5, 1907, Harriet 

Craven Sargent of Graniteville, Mass. He is bookkeeper in 
a bank. 

34. ii. Charles Lewis, b. June IS, 1879; m. July 24. 1907, Elizabeth 

Hayward of Westford. He graduated from Dartmouth 
College in 1901, and from Harvard Law School in 1904. 
He is in practice at Lowell, Mass. 

27. George Carpenter^ (Joel B.^, Elijah^, Elijah^, Eph- 
raim*, Joseph^, Joseph^, Richard^, b. Sept. 18, 1854; m. (1) 
May 14, 1876, Eveline A., dan. of Ralph and Azubah Wright; 
(2) Nov., 1895, Mary Aker of Townsend, Mass. He lived for 
some years upon the northern part of XV : 3, S. R., long the 
home of Ezekiel Nutting, but in 1904 removed to West 
Townsend. Children: 

35. i. Willie Henry, b. Nov. 30, 1877. 

36. ii. Eva May, b. and d. about 1880. 

37. iii. EsTELLA Isabel, m. Fred Stacy. 

29. John Lewis^ (John L.^, John C.'', Elijah^, Elijah^ Eph- 
raim*, Joseph^, Joseph^, Richard^), b. Aug. 17, 1870; m. June 
1, 1897, Harriet Maria Bigelow. He graduated from Dart- 
mouth College in 1892, receiving the degree B. L., and from 
Harvard College in 1903, receiving the degree A. B. He is 
a civil engineer, engaged upon the Metropolitan Water Works 
in New York city. Children : 

38. i. Harriet Smith, b. Feb. 3, 1900. 

39. ii. John Lewis, b. June 4, 1906. 

31. Alfred Hitchcock® (John L.^, John C.'', Elijah^, Eli- 
jah^, Ephraim*, Joseph^, Joseph^, Richard^), b. Sept. 10, 1874; 
m. June 6, 1905, Alice Russell of Winchester. He graduated 
from Harvard College in 1896, and from Harvard Law School 
in 1899. He is a lawyer in Boston, engaged in patent law. 
Children : 

40. i. Richard Russell, b. Mar. 21, 1909. 

41. ii. Helen Colburn, b. Nov. 19, 1911. 

42. Ephraim Hildreth is mentioned in the History of 
Westford, Mass., as having left that town and remained in 
New Ipswich for a time, but his place in the Westford family 
is uncertain. He was a Revolutionary soldier serving in the 
companies of Capts. Briant, Joseph Parker, and Thomas, and 
his name continues upon the town records until 1792. A part of 
his military history is given in "New Hampshire Genealogies," 
in which he is said to have been born in New Ipswich in 1754, 
and to have died Oct., 1853, but no memory of him exists in 

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the town, nor does the family name appear until much later r 
than the birth date there given. He married Oct. 6, 1783, 
Rhoda Barnes [b. 1763; d. Dec, 1846]. Child: 
43. i. Ephraim Barnes, b. July 24, 1784. 

HILLS. 

Joseph^ Hills, b. Billericay, Essex, England, bapt. Mar. 3, 1602 ; d. 
Newbury, Mass., Feb. 5, 1688; m. (1) Rose Clark [d. Mar. 24, 1650]; 
(2) June 24, 1651, Hannah (Smith), widow of Edward Mellows of 
Charlestown; (3) Helen, dau. of Hugh Atkinson of Kendall, Westmore- 
land, England ; (4) Anna, widow of Henry Lunt of Newbury. He 
came to America in 1638 and settled in Charlestown, of which town he 
was a selectman, and also representative to the General Court, where he 
was elected speaker. His residence was in the part of the town set off 
as Maiden, which he represented a long time. He was a magistrate, and 
in that capacity performed his own third marriage, for which he was 
admonished by the court. He died in Newbury. 

Joseph' (Joseph'), bapt. Aug. 2, 1629; d. Apr. 19, 1674; m. Hannah 
Smith [d. July 11, 1674]. Res. in Maiden. 

Samuel^ (Joseph^ Joseph'), b. Dec. 16, 1669; d. Dorchester, Mass., 
Jan. 7, 1704; m. Sarah . 

Jabez^ (SamueP, Joseph", Joseph'), b. June 4, 1699; d. July 18, 1742; 
m. Jan. 31, 1727, Martha, dau. of Eleazer and Meletiah (Fish) Metcalf 
[b. Wrentham, Mass., Aug. 27, 1699]. He res. in that part of Wrentham 
which became Franklin. 

I. David° (Jabez*, SamueP, Joseph^, Joseph^), b. Jan. 24, 
1737; d. Dec. 18, 1815; m. (1) Hannah Fales of Dedham, Mass. 
[b. Apr. 16, 1745 ; d. Sept. 12, 1777] ; (2) Apr. 22, 1778, Sarah, 
dau. of Samuel and Abigail (Avery) Manning [b. Townsend, 
Mass., June 14, 1755 ; d. Oct. 2, 1803] ; (3) Jan. 9, 1806, Abigail, 
widow of Abijah Smith (1) [d. Dec. 4, 1815]. He came to 
New Ipswich about 1772, bought the farm of Joseph Bates, 
previously owned by Abijah Foster, and erected, but a few 
rods southerly from the place of the first dwelling ever built in 
the town, a substantial building which was his home and store 
for many years, and which gave evidence of the thoroughness 
of its construction, not only by showing no signs of age as 
more than one hundred years passed by, but also by the long 
continued vigor of the fire which finally destroyed it. He was 
a man who was not afraid to follow new ways, in which he 
usually was successful. This trait of character was shown in jf 
his improved methods and instruments in farming, his hori- i 
zontal well to supply his house with running water, and in 
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north of Union Hall, which probably aroused the very con- 
siderable number of like attempts in many parts of the town. 
Children : 

2. i. Martha, b. Dec. 27, 1772; m. Feb. 25, 1801, William Hall of 

Rockingham, Vt. Five children. 

3. ii. Mary, b. Jan. 26, 1774; d. Oct. 23, 1806; m. Nov. 17, 1799, 

Noah Bartlett (6). 

4. iii. Hannah, b. May 13, 1775 ; m. June 12, 1796, John B. Wheeler 

of Oxford. Five children, of whom the eldest was John, 
president of the University of Vermont. 

5. iv. Meletiah, b. Oct. 24, 1776; d. Aug. 13, 1778. 

6. V. Sarah, b. Dec. 15, 1778; d. Dec. 18, 1819; m. Mar. 9, 1815, 

William Hall of Rockingham, Vt. 

7. vi. John Fales, b. July 22, 1780.+ 

8. vii. David, b. Oct. 19, 1781 ; d. Apr. 2, 1789. 

9. viii. Meletiah, b. July 3, 1783; d. Jan. 13, 1784. 

10. ix. Susannah, b. Dec. 21, 1784; d. Sept. 16, 1864, unm. 

11. X. Samuel, b. Oct. 15, 1789; d. Aug. 9, 1791. 

12. xi. Jabez, d. Sept. 6, 1871, unm. He went to Rockingham, Vt., 

as a clerk with his brother-in-law William Hall, and mani- 
fested the business abilities of his father and brother suffi- 
ciently to accumulate a considerable property which he 
employed in private banking. But in other matters he was 
peculiar, and exceedingly unsocial, being known as "Jabez, 
the Hermit." 

7. John Fales" (David^ Jabez*, Samuel^, Joseph^, Joseph^), 
b. July 22, 1780; d. Oct. 31, 1819; m. (1) Mar., 1810, Abigail, 
dau. of Timothy and Ruth (Pollard) Fox (15) ; (2) Feb. 15, 
1816, Esther, dau. of Seth Arnold [b. Westminster, Vt., Sept. 
3, 1792; d. Dec. 27, 1877]. He succeeded to his father's busi- 
ness, which had then for a brief time been carried on in the 
house built by his father on the present site of the Appleton 
House opposite the end of School street. After a few years 
he removed that building across the Turnpike to its present 
position opposite the postoffice, and began the erection of the 
building now known as the Appleton House, but died before 
it was completed. Children : 

13. i. Henry Fox, b. Dec. 5, 1810; d. June 18, 1860; m. Rebecca 

K. . 

14. ii. Harriet, b. May 1, 1812; d. Feb. 27, 1888. 

15. iii. Edward A., b. Oct. 19, 1813; m. and had two sons. 

16. iv. David Arnold, b. Aug. 11, 1817.+ 

17. v. Myra B., b. Dec. 31, 1818; d. Mar. 15, 1820. 

16. David Arnold^ (John Fales*', David^, Jabez*, SamueP, 
Joseph^, Joseph^), b. Aug. 11, 1817; d. Westminster, Vt., July 
19, 1903 ; m. Dec. 19, 1839, Sarah Elizabeth Heath of Roxbury, 

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Mass. [b. Mar. 25, 1818; d. Mar. 15, 1885]. Res. Westminster, 
Vt. Children : 

18. i. William H., b. Oct. 14, 1840; m. (1) Alice A. E. Graves; 

(2) Mary J. Pratt; (3) Lizzie R. Cross. Four children. 

19. ii. Edward A., b. Sept. 15, 1856; m. Harriet E. Cobb. 

20. iii. Sarah E., b. Mar. 28, 1858. 

HOAR. 

Charles^ Hoar, d. 1638; m. Joanna Hinxman [b. Braintree, Mass., 
Sept. 21, 1651]. He was the son of Charles Hoar, a saddler of Glouces- 
ter, England, and his wife Margerie. It is uncertain whether he came 
to America. If he did, he died very soon after. At all events his widow 
Joanna and five children are said to have crossed the ocean as early as 
1640. Pie was an alderman of Gloucester, and also sheriff. 

John' (Charles'), b. about 1622; d. Apr. 2, 1704; m. Alice [d. 

June 5, 1696]. He lived for a time in Scituate, Mass., but he was a 
proprietor of Concord, Mass., and a lawyer there in 1665. His honorable 
and courageous conduct in relation to the "praying Indians," unjustly 
accused by his fellow citizens, is noteworthy in the early history of Con- 
cord. His younger brother, Leonard, whose wife Bridget was a daugh- 
ter of Lord John Lisle, president of the court which convicted King 
Charles I., was president of Harvard College, 1672-75. 

Daniel" (John''', Charles'), b. 1650; m. (1) July 19, 1677, Mary, dau. 
of Samuel' and Mary (Frye) Stratton [b. Concord, Jan. 19, 1656/7] ; 
(2) Oct. 16, 1717, Mary Lee. 

Benjamin' (Danief, John', Charles'), b. Feb. 11, 1693; d. Littleton, 

Mass., Mar. 22, 1775; m. (1) Esther [b. about 1695; d. May 15, 

1744]; (2) Sarah [b. about 1697; d. Jan. 10, 1770]. Res. in Concord 

and in Littleton. 

1. Benjamin^ (Benjamin*, DanieP, John^, Charles^), b. in 
that part of Concord which is now Lincoln, May 21, 1717; d. 
Feb. 14, 1799; m. Concord, Anna Brooks [b. about 1715; d. 
Feb. 19, 1799]. He passed his youth in Littleton, coming 
thence to New Ipswich in 1742 or earlier, being preceded by 
only Abijah Foster and wife and Jonas Woolson. Probably he 
did not marry until several years later, at all events her com- 
ing to the new home was delayed. He settled upon V : 2. 
S. R., and built a house near the river, a quarter-mile from the 
earlier structure of Jonas Woolson. The history of that early 
dwelling is not unlike that of that earlier neighbor, as in due 
time it was supplemented by a large two-storied building, and 
when age required further change the older part was rebuilt; 
the resulting building standing on its original site, and long 
known as the "Champney house," is still a serviceable dwell- 
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tending to leadership which have distinguished many of his 
kinsmen. The former town history characterizes him as "one 
of the most important and useful men of the town, for its first 
half century." The first meeting of the Proprietors held in 
the town, June 20, 1750, was at his house, and not long after, 
in 1752, he is mentioned as an "inn-holder,"' and he continued 
this convenience for the public during the period of more than 
forty years. He was also the first blacksmith, his shop being 
situated just across the "country road" from his house. The 
title of captain appears to have been his as early as 1763. He 
was moderator of some of the Proprietors' meetings and also 
of town meetings after the incorporation of the town. He 
was also one of the selectmen. Children : 

2. i. Benjamin, b. Mar. 9, 1751 ; d. Dec. 13, 1752. 

3. ii. Benjamin, b. July 8, 1753; d. Sept. 28, 1753. 

4. iii. Anna, b. July 20, 1754; d. Mar. 17, 1755. 

5. iv. Rhoda, b. June 24, 1756; m. Loring. 

6. V. JoTHAM, b. July 6, 1757.+ 

7. vi. Anna, b. Feb. 25, 1760; d. Nov. 8, 1824; m. Nathaniel Pren- 

tice (1). 

8. vii. Benjamin, b. Apr. 16, 1762. 

9. viii. Phcebe, b. Mar. 1, 1765; m. Jonas Adams (H. 13). 

6. JoTHAM® (Benjamin^, Benjamin*, DanieP, John^ 

Charles^), b. July 6, 1757; will probated 1815; m. Mary . 

He succeeded to his father's home, but removed to Peterboro 
in 1805. He held the office of captain while in New Ipswich, 
and later became major. Children : 

10. i. Sally, b. June 24, 1787. 

11. ii. JoTHAM, b. Dec. 14, 1788. 

12. iii. Charles, b. Mar. 3, 1791 ; d. July 19, 1794. 

13. iv. Polly, b. June 16, 1793. 

14. V. Charles Davison, b. May 18, 1795. 

15. vi. Anna, b. Apr. 14, 1797. 

16. vii. Benjamin, b. June 26, 1799. 

17. viii. Edith, b. Aug. 28, 1801. 

18. ix. John, b. Jan. 26, 1805. 

HODGKINS. 

Without doubt the early settlers in New Ipswich bearing this family 
name were descendants of William of Ipswich, Mass., and a careful ex- 
amination of the records of that town gives an apparently correct line of 
descent to William^ and Hezekiah^ as presented below. But the frequency 
of those two names in the intervening generations forbids the entire cer- 
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William^ Hodgkins, b. 1622; d. Dec. 26, 1693; m. Grace, dau. of 
Osman and Grace Dutch. He came to Ipswich, Mass., about 1640, and 
made that town his home until his death. 

Christopher' ( William'), m. Jan. 22, 1689, Tabitha Howard [d. 
Sept. IS, 1735]. He was ancestor of several New Hampshire Hodgkins 
families. 

William' (Christopher^ William'), b. Aug. 12, 1703; m. 1724, Eliza- 
beth Clark [m. (2) 1744, Ezekiel Hunt]. 

William' (William^ Christopher^ William'), bapt. Jan. 30, 1725; m. 
Mar. 3, 1748/9, Abigail, dau. of William and Martha (Smith) Uran [bapt. 
July 2, 1721; d. May 5, 1790]. 

1. William^ (William*, William^, Christopher^, William^), 
bapt. Feb. 3, 1750; d. 1804; m. 1765, Elizabeth (Foster) (4), 
widow of John Fletcher (3). He came to New Ipswich about 
1765, and settled at the south end of X : 2, S. R., probably a 
short distance north from the site of the cross-roads which 
long bore the name "Hodgkins' Corner," and on the east side 
of the county road running thence to Davis Village. He 
rendered Revolutionary service at the time of the Concord 
alarm, and also under Capt. Samuel Atkinson at Coos in 1776, 
Capt. Josiah Brown on the Rutland excursion in 1777, and 
Capt. Robert Fletcher in response to the call from Rhode 
Island in 1778, and finally under Capt. Joseph Parker in the 
brief expedition to Royalton, Vt., in 1780. Children: 

3. i. Nathaniel, b. about 1768; m. Mar. 11, 1790, Anna Stickney 

(6). They removed to Belvidere, Vt. 

4. ii. Susanna, b. prob. about 1770; m. Feb. 6, 1790, Phineas 

Spaulding. 

5. iii. William, b. about 1772. His name appears on the tax-list 

1793-97. 

6. iv. Polly, b. prob. about 1774; m. May 29, 1794, John Putnam. 

7. V. John, b. about 1777. His name is on the tax-list 1798-1801. 

2. Hezekiah^ (William*, William^ Christopher^ Wil- 
liam^), b. about 1757; d. Oct. 4, 1821; m. Dec. 18, 1780, Lydia, 
dau. of Peletiah Cummings [b. about 1760; d. Apr. 4, 1843]. 
His name is borne upon the New Ipswich tax-lists 1780-84, 
after which he appears to have removed to Marlboro, and 
thence to Troy. He twice enlisted from Ipswich, Mass., for 
service in the Revolution, under Capt. Timothy Barnard in 
1775, and under Capt. Stephen Jenkins in 1777. It may be 
also that the name 'Hezek'' Hodg" on the roll of the sally 
to Royalton, Vt., almost immediately before the date of his 
marriage, is an abbreviated form of his name showing that he 
was with his brother in that brief term of service. Children : 

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8. i. Stephen, b. Oct. 21, 1782; d. Albany, N. Y., 1827; m. 1807, 

Arethusa Corbin. 

9. ii. Peletiah, b. Mason, Oct. 12, 1784; m. Oct., 1814, Mehitable 

Adams of Jaffrey. Res. Troy. 

10. iii. Sarah, b. 1786; d. 1817. 

11. iv. Lydia, b. May 21, 1790; d. 1790. 

12. V. Amos, b. July 2, 1792 ; d. 1792. 

13. vi. Lucy, b. Nov. IS, 1793; d. Troy, Dec. 29, 1854; m. Enoch 

Garfield. 

14. vii. Lydia, b. 1796; d. 1817; m. Oct. 5, 1815, Joseph Corbin of 

Rochester, N. Y. 

15. viii. Aaron, b. Apr. 25, 1797; d. Troy, Apr. 11, 1856; m. (1) Rhoda 

Perkins; (2) Alfreda Brown. 

16. ix. Elizabeth, b. June 7, 1804; d. 1812. 

17. X. Sarah, b. 1810; m. Alfred Wright. 



HOLDEN. 

The early history of this family is very shadowy, the emigrant an- 
cestor not being certainly known. 

1. Samuel^, "of Ipswich," b. Dec. 16, 1740; d. Mar. 18, 
1820; m. 1768, Sarah Hosmer of Concord. He came to New 
Ipswich in 1763 and settled on the farm south of Whittemore 
Hill since known as the "Holden place." Children : 

2. i. Samuel, b. Jan. 17, 1769; d. Mar. 4, 1860. 

3. ii. Sarah, b. Apr. 17, 1771; d. Mar. 15, 1841; m. Feb. 20, 1801, 

John Knowlton (8). 

4. iii. Reuben, b. July 21, 1773. + 

5. iv. Betsy, b. Dec. 17, 1782; d. Nov. 16, 1868. 

4. Reuben^ (Samuel^, b. July 21, 1773; d. Nov. 10, 1813; 
m. Feb. 19, 1801, Hannah Prichard (14). Children: 

6. i. Jeremiah, b. Mar. 16, 1803; d. Apr. 1, 1804. 

7. ii. Ira Samuel, b. Nov. 17, 1804; d. Jan. 4, 1880; m. (1) Cathe- 

rine Dellinger; (2) Mary Rogers. 

8. iii. Amos P., b. Jan. 26, 1806.+ 

9. iv. Edward Hosmer, b. Mar. 26, 1811.-f 

10. v. Reuben Andrus, b. Aug. 9, 1813.+ 

8. Amos P.=^ (Reuben^, Samuel^, b. Jan. 26, 1806; d. Oct. 
2, 1852 ; m. Mary Jane Goodman. Children : 

11. i. Edward G., m. Jean Stansbury. 

12. ii. Albert. 

13. iii. Henry, for many years employed in the Patent Office, Wash- 

ington, D. C. 

14. iv. Mary, m. Myron F. Near. Res. Erie, Pa. 

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9. Edward Hosmer^ (Reuben^, SamueP), b. Mar. 26, 1811; 
d. Mar. 25, 1842; m. Dorcas Barrett Cragin (29). Children: 

15. i. Augusta Hosmer, b. Sept. 13, 1838; m. Nov. 24, 1864, Francis 

A. Wright. One child. 

10. Reuben Andrus^ (Reuben^, Samuel^), b. Aug. 9, 1813; 
d. May 16, 1900; m. Sept. 19, 1836, Aurelia Wells. Children: 

16. i. Emma A., b. July 12, 1838; m. James C. Crane. 

17. ii. Louisa A. M., b. Feb. 21, 1843; m. S. P. Cheseldine. 

18. iii. Kate, b. Feb. 5, 1845; d. Mar. 8, 1901; m. William E. Crane. 

19. iv. Florence, b. Sept. 2, 1849; m. Charles E. Wilson. 

20. V. Reuben Andrus, b. May 23, 1859; m. Grace Hillyer. 

HORSLEY. 

James' Horsley, b. May 1, 1649; m. Martha, dau. of John Parker. 

James^ (James'), b. Sept. 4, 1675; d. Feb. 18, 1728; m. Maria . 

James^ (James^ James'), b. Billerica, Mass., May 19, 1702; d. Mar. 
28, 1745; m. Exercise [m. (2) John Brown]. 

1. James* (James^, James^, James^), b. Townsend, Mass., 
Jan. 19, 1734; d. Apr. 19, 1809; m. Dec. 21, 1758, Sarah Shedd 
of Pepperell, Mass. [b. 1738; d. Sept. 7, 1804]. He lived until 
late middle life in his native town, where he was selectman, 
town clerk, and representative, also a deacon. He is said to 
have served in the Revolutionary War, and he was afterward 
known as Captain. He came to New Ipswich about 1783, and 
although he removed to Hancock five years later, he was a 
somewhat prominent man during his brief residence, being 
elected first selectman and town clerk in 1783, and holding 
that responsible position for three years. After his removal 
to Hancock he was town clerk fifteen years. His home in 
New Ipswich was the farm previously owned by Peletiah 
Whittemore, and afterward by Josiah and Moses Wilkins, 
[VI:3, S. R.] Children: 

2. i. James, b. Dec. 3, 1759; d. Oct. 23, 1776, while in Revolutionary 

service. 

3. ii. John, b. Sept. 21, 1761 ; d. Nov. 26, 1778, while on furlough, 

but of disease contracted in Revolutionary service. 

4. iii. Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1763; d. Jan. 16, 1797; m. Mar. 24, 1796, 

Benjamin Hadley. 

5. iv. David, b. Aug. 18, 1765; d. 1836; m. (1) Apr. 19, 1789, Eliza- 

beth Chase of Peterborough; (2) Sept. 20, 1805, Hannah 
Gates. Res. Hancock, Marlow, Swanzey, and Winchester. 
Eleven children. 

6. V. Samuel, b. July 8, 1767; d. Dec. 20, 1826; m. (1) Aug. 23, 

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1791, Polly, dau. of Thomas Dodge [d. Oct. 5, 1822] ; (2) 
Kezema . Res. Hancock. Five children. 

7. vi. Rachel, b. Sept. 28, 1769; d. Dec. 3, 1778. 

8. vii. Betsey, b. Mar. 5, 1772; d. July 20, 1830; m. (1) Aug. 30, 

1790, John VVhitcomb [d. Dec, 1796] ; (2) Mar. 4, 1802, 
Samuel Morrison. Res. Hancock and Alstead. 

9. viii. Joseph, b. June 5, 1774; m. Louisa Parks of Temple. Res. 

Livermore, Me. Five children. 

10. ix. Hannah, b. Aug. 11, 1776; d. Jan. 6, 1855; m. Dec. 18, 1794, 

Oliver Whitcomb, for a time a blacksmith in New Ipswich, 
but resided most of the time in Hancock. Ten children. 

11. X. James, b. May 11, 1779; d. Mar. .3, 1851; m. 1802, Prudence 

Paul of Livermore, Me. He was a cloth-dresser in Liver- 
more for a time and later started in Dublin the cloth 
business which he sold to the father of Milan Harris, whose 
products have been so long known as "Harris cloth." Four 
children. 
Samuel Horsley and his heirs appear on the New Ipswich tax-lists 
from 1765 to 1794, but he was probably a non-resident landowner. 

HOSJVEER. 

James' Hosmer, b. 1607; d. Feb. 7, 1685; m. (1) Ann ; (2) Mary 

[b. about 1608; d. May 11, 1641]; (3) Alice [d. Mar. 3, 1664/5]. 

He was a clothier at Hawkhurst, Kent, England. He came to New Eng- 
land in 1635, and settled at Concord, Mass., where he resided until his 
death. 

James" (James'), b. 1637; d. May 31, 1676, killed by Indians in the 
"Sudbury fight;" m. Oct. 13, 1658, Sarah White. 

Stephen^ (James'), b. Nov. 27, 1642; d. Dec. 15, 1714; m. May 24, 
1667, Abigail, dau. of Michael Wood [b. Apr. 10, 1642; d. 1717, or 1718]. 
He passed his life in Concord. 

Thomas^ (James', James'), b. July 6, 1672; d. Nov. 2, 1754; m. Feb. 
18, 1695/6, Hannah, dau. of Samuel and Ruth (Wheeler) Hartwell [b. 
Oct. 8, 1675; d. Sept. 29, 1753]. Res. in Concord. 

John' (Stephen^ James'), b. Aug. 31, 1671; d. 1751; m. May 12, 1699, 
Mary Billings. 

Thomas' (Thomas', James", James'), b. Feb. 7, 1703; d. Jan. 10, 1787; 
m. Apr. 29, 1731, Prudence, dau. of Stephen' and Prudence (Billings) 
Hosmer [b. Nov. 27, 1707; d. Oct. 14, 1791]. He res. in Concord. 

John' (John', Stephen^ James'), b. July 24, 1700; d. Dec. 14, 1733; 
m. Aug. 26, 1724, Mehitable Parker. He passed his life in Concord. 

Nathaniel' (John', Stephen", James'), b. Dec. 21, 1701; m. Elizabeth 

[b. about 1704; d. May 28, 1794]. His name appears upon the 

New Ipswich tax-lists in 1765 and 1767, and it is possible that he was 
with his sons who came to town in 1764, but it appears more probable 
that he was a non-resident tax-payer, and that he retained his residence 
in Concord during his entire life. 

John° (John', John', Stephen", James'), b. May 17, 1725; d. Nov. 17, 
1771; m. Aug. 29, 1750, Martha Webber of Medford, Mass. He res. in 
Medford. 

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1. Benjamin^ (Thomas^ Thomas^, James^ James^), b. May 

18, 1750; d. Jan. 2, 1832; m. Apr. 20, 1792, Sally Miles of Con- 
cord [b. about 1757; d. Dec. 28, 1792]. This was probably 
the Benjamin Hosmer whose name is borne upon the New 
Ipswich tax-lists most of the time from 1785 to 1805, but not 
upon those of the three years 1791-93, which include the time 
of his brief married life. He seems to have lived in the high- 
way district then extending from the Roger Chandler farm, 
(XII : 4, S. R.,) to the southwestern corner of the town. Later 

than 1805 his name is borne on the non-resident list as living 
in Concord. 

2. William^ (Nathaniel^ John^ Stephen^ James^), b. Oct. 

19, 1729; d. Mar. 26, 1802; m. June 19, 1753, Ann, dau. of Amos 
and Elizabeth Heald [b. Oct. 25, 1732; d. Aug. 6, 1814]. He 
was one of the two members of his family whose names ap- 
peared upon the New Ipswich records as early as 1764, but 
it remained for so brief a time that it is by no means certain 
that he was an actual resident. If he was, he probably made 
his home with his brother Reuben. 

3. Nathaniel^ (Nathaniel*, John^, Stephen^, James^), b. 
Nov. 29, 1731 ; d. Aug. 6, 1814; m. July 1, 1756, Elizabeth, dau. 
of Amos and Elizabeth Heald [b. Jan. 6, 1734; d. Aug. 23, 1810]. 
The identity of his name with that of his father and the fur- 
ther identity of the given names of his mother and his wife 
make the question of his residence almost insoluble. There is 
no doubt of his later residence in Mason, and he died at Cam- 
den, Me. Children : 

7. i. Tabitha, b. May 24, 1757; d. Mar. 4, 1841; m. John Sawtelle. 

8. ii. Anna, b. Nov. 13, 1759; m. Job Hodgman. 

9. iii. Eunice, b. Aug. 22, 1762; d. Dec, 1832; m. Samuel Russell. 

10. iv. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 9, 1765; d. June 3, 1846; m. (1) Jan. 1, 

1789, Mary Wheeler; (2) Feb. 3, 1803, Nancy Fay. 

11. V. Asa, b. Aug. 10, 1769; m. Oct. 2, 1795, N^ncy Eaton. 

4. Amos^ (Nathaniel*, John^, Stephen^, James^), b. June 28, 
1734; d. Nov. 2, 1810; m. (1) Nov. 22, 1776, Mrs. Lucy Mer- 
riam [b. about 1750; d. Feb. 23, 1804] ; (2) Apr. 11, 1806, Sarah 
Hosmer [b. about 1747; d. Aug. 10, 1820]. He lived in Con- 
cord, where he was a lieutenant, but the name appears upon 
the New Ipswich tax-lists from 1780 to 1803 without any in- 
dication of non-residence. Later until his death he was re- 
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conveyed to his son Amos for "love and good-will" all his 
land in New Ipswich, including the "rest of lot 24," a part of 
which Amos, Jr., had bought a few years before from his uncle 
Reuben, at the time of sale a resident in Mason. Apparently, 
therefore, Lieut. Amos Hosmer's home in New Ipswich was 
in the region afterward occupied by his descendants in the 
southeastern corner of the town. Children : 

12. i. Amos, b. about 1777.+ 

13. ii. Nathan, b. Dec. 3, 1780; d. Oct. 9, 1805. 

14. iii. Asa, b. Sept. 17, 1782 ; d. Oct. 15, 1844. 

15. iv. Rebecca, b. Feb. 7, 1784. 

16. V. Nathan, b. Oct. 22, 1785. 

17. vi. Ephraim, b. June 29, 1787. 

18. vii. Sally, b. Sept. 17, 1789. 

19. viii. Betsey, b. Jan. 18, 1792; d. Jan. 31, 1831; m. Dec. 6, 1812, 

Ebenezer Conant. Seven children. 

5. Reuben^ (Nathaniel^ John^, Stephen^, James^), b. Dec. 
5, 1739; d. Acton, Mass., Aug. 15, 1812; m. (int. Feb. 8, 1797) 
Lydia Powers of Littleton, Mass. He came from Concord, 
Mass., to New Ipswich in 1764, and his name frequently ap- 
pears on the records of the town throughout his life, although 
his residence was not always within its bounds. He is said in 
the former history of the town to have settled in its south- 
eastern part, which harmonizes with his sale, five years later, 
of lot 68, A. D., and also with the sale in 1800 of a part of 
lot 24, N. L. O., to his nephew, as before mentioned. In the 
first of those deeds he is defined as a husbandman of Ashby, 
Mass., and in the second he is said to be a mason. He joined 
with residents in the southern part of the town in a contest 
concerning the location of the meeting-house in 1767. In the 
early years of the nineteenth century he paid highway taxes 
in the northwestern corner district, and finally in the Davis 
Village district. His death in Acton, Mass., is recorded in the 
records of Concord. Children : 

20. i. Sewall, b. Concord, Mass., Jan. 13, 1798. Very little has been 

found concerning this member of the family, but he is be- 
lieved to be represented by his name borne from 1824 to 
1832 upon the tax-list of the highw^ay district including the 
eastern part of the Center Village and the Adams farms, 
(21 and 25, N. D.) 

21. ii. Reuben. This name is entered here without satisfactory evi- 
dence. But it seems the most probable assumption that the 
bearer of this name, borne beside the preceding one dur- 
ing the same period, is that of a brother. Reuben Hosmer 
and wife united with the Congregational church in 1829. 

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6. JoHN^ (John^, John*, John^, Stephen^, James^), b. May 
10, 1758; d. Sept. 17, 1839; m. Jan. 21, 1781, Anna Fosgate 
of Bolton, Mass. He prepared for admission to college, but 
relinquished his intention of taking a liberal education and 
became a shoemaker. He resided at Lexington, Mass., and 
served in Capt. Parker's company of April, 1775, and continued 
similar service in 1776 and 1777. He removed to Shrewsbury, 
Mass., and later to Bedford, Mass. His life ended in New 
Ipswich. Children : 

22. i. Christopher Page, b. May 1, 1782; d. Sept. 19, 1834; m. Feb. 

29, 1812, Nancy Thompson. Ten children. 
John, b. June 27, 1784. 
Castalio, b. Apr. 6, 1786.+ 
Martha, b. Feb. 15, 1788; d. Jan. 16, 1892; m. Benjamin Ager 

Clark (E. 5). 
Anna, b. Oct. 22, 1789. 
Julia, b. June 3, 1791. 

28. vii. Clarissa, b. Sept. 6, 1792. 

29. viii. Benjamin, b. Oct. 20, 1794. 

30. ix. Leander, b. Apr. 5, 1796; d. Oct. 6, 1888; m. Sophronia Wil- 

son of Billerica. Ten children. 

31. X. GusTAvus, b. Nov. 26, 1798; d. Nov. 24, 1828; m. Julia Wilson. 

Three children. 

12. Amos'' (Amos^, Nathaniel*, John^ Stephen^, James^), b. 
about 1777; d. June 3, 1842; m. Oct. 23, 1805, Lydia Haynes 
of Sudbury [b. about July, 1786; d. Apr. 10, 1863]. He was 
a farmer in Concord, Mass., in his early manhood, and for a 
short time in Billerica, Mass. But, as occasion offered, he 
purchased portions of the family estate in New Ipswich, and ^ 
of land adjoining it, and in 1820, or a little later, he came to 
New Ipswich and there passed his remaining life. He built 
the house, the place of which is now marked by its cellar, upon 
28, N. L. O. Children : 

32. i. Nathan Merriam, b. Billerica, Mass., Oct. 2, 1808.+ 

33. ii. Amos Haynes, b. Feb. 4, 1813. He removed to Mason about 

1837. 

34. iii. Susan Lydia, m. Oct. 3, 1844, Benjamin Eaton of Gardner, 

Mass. 

35. iv. William, b. about 1816; d. Apr. 8, 1842. 

24. Castalio^ (John^, John^, John*, John^, Stephen^ 
James^), b. Apr. 6, 1786; d. 1869; m. 1805, Ruth Clark (E. 3) ; 

(2) Mary . He was a shoemaker at Bedford, Mass., and 

came thence to New Ipswich about 1832. For some years he 
had a small foundry with associated industries in a small 

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building long known as "The Forge," using the now aban- 
doned waterpower of the Saw Mill Brook at the southern end 
of the Adams farm, (21, N. D.,) near the Turnpike, and he 
lived for a time on the Francis Appleton farm, (38, N. D.) 
He was selectman for two years. He returned to Bedford 
about 1842. Children— b. at Bedford: 

36. i. Ebenezer Clark, b. July 4, 1806; d. Sept. 9, 1896; m. Mary 
Ann Muzzey of Lexington, Mass. He was a farmer at 
Bedford, Mass. Five children. 

il. ii. Anna Fosgate, b. Mar. 28, 1808. 

38. ill. Elias Pool, b. Mar. 11, 1810. 

39. iv. Sarah, b. Dec. 21, 1811. 

40. V. LuciNDA, b. May 12, 1814. 

41. vi. Walter, b. 1816; d. Oct. 1, 1817. 

42. vii. Laura, b. May 19, 1817; m. Leander Clark (11). 

43. viii. Castalio, b. May 16, 1819; m. Mary, dau. of Benjamin A. and 

Martha (Hosmer) Clark (13). 

44. ix. Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1820. 

45. X. Granville, b. Sept. 25, 1822. 

32. Nathan ]\Ierriam'^ (Amos®, x\mos^, Nathaniel*, John^, 
Stephen^, James^), b. Oct. 2, 1808; d. Dec. 22, 1854; m. Mary 
T. Lawrence [b. about 1816; d. Aug. 1, 1863]. He succeeded 
to the Hosmer farm, and made his home upon 24, N. L. O. 
Children : 

46. i. Mary Jane, b. about 1838; m. Worcester. Res. National 

City, Cal. 

47. ii. Fannie Louisa, b. about 1841 ; m. Lewis Hodgman. Res. 

National City, Cal. 

48. iii. William, b. about 1843; d. Sept. 18, 1848. 

HOUGHTON. 

Ralph' Houghton, b. about 1623; d. Milton, Mass., Apr. 15, 1705; 

m. Jane [b. 1626; d. Milton, Jan. 10, 1701]. He is supposed to have 

been the younger brother of Sir Richard Houghton of Houghton Tower, 
Lancashire, England. He came to America about 1647 and settled in 
Woburn, Mass., but remained there but a brief time before removing to 
Lancaster, Mass., where he was an influential man for many years. He 
was the first clerk of the town. 

James- (Ralph'), b. 1650; d. 1711; m. Mary . He removed to the 

place afterward Harvard, Mass., and there established the "Houghton 
Homestead," still occupied by his descendants. 

Thomas' (James", Ralph'), b. 1696; d. about 1764; m. Dec. 2, 1725, 
Moriah Moore [b. Aug. 9, 1699; d. May 2, 1790]. Res. Harvard. 

Elijah' (Thomas^ James^ Ralph'), b. June 2, 1739; d. July 20, 1819; 
m. Jan. 8, 1766, Mercy, dau. of Abraham and Sarah Whitney [b. Sept., 
1744; d. Jan., 1817]. Res. Harvard. 

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Thomas' (Elijah', Thomas', James", Ralph'), b. Jan. 8, 1767; d. May 
1, 1846; m. Dec. 19, 1785, Betsy, dau. of John and Lydia (Jefts) White 
[b. Jan. 26, 1767; d. Feb. 27, I860]. 

1. Levi^ (Thomas^, Elijah*, Thomas^, James^, Ralph^), b. 
Feb. 28, 1794; d. June 17, 1872; m. Eliza Reed. He came to 
New Ipswich about 1829, and remained until 1842, when he 
removed to Lancaster, Mass. During most of his residence 
in New Ipswich he conducted the Benjamin Champney farm 
on the old "country road," afterward owned by John Preston, 
(VI: 1, S. R.) He bore the title of captain. Children: 

4. i. Eliza Ellen, b. about Apr., 1826; d. Sept. 7, 1827. 

5. ii. Alvan N., b. about Oct., 1839; d. Apr. 5, 1842. 

Probably there were other children. 

2. John Pearce" (Thomas'^, Elijah*, Thomas^, James^, 
Ralph^), b. Oct. 1, 1795; d. Feb. 26, 1864; m. Relief Gould. 
He was the first of the family resident in New Ipswich, com- 
ing about 1826. He was for some time engaged in business 
as a butcher on the Ebenezer Champney place, next east of 
his brother and on the same lot as originally divided. After- 
ward he was a teamster to and from Boston. He, too, removed 
to Lancaster, Mass., about 1838. 

3. Stedman^ (Thomas^, Elijah*, Thomas^, James^, Ralph^), 
b. Aug. 28, 1799; d. May 9, 1888; m. (1) Nov. 17, 1825, Ann 
Cragin (16); (2) Harvard, Oct. 24, 1844, Maria Haskell [b. 
Oct. 1, 1807; d. Oct. 31, 1890]. He came from Harvard to 
New Ipswich about 1829, and soon settled just north from 
the Congregational church where he carried on the tanning 
industry, and was also a farmer. His house was somewhat 
farther north than the present dwelling built by him after the 
former one was burned in 1838. Children : 

6. i. Charles Emory, b. Harvard, Aug. 24, 1827. + 

7. ii. Ann Elizabeth Prichard, b. Jan. 28, 1832; d. Oct. 13, 1857; 

m. Oct. 25, 1855, James P., son of James and Cyrene (Put- 
nam) Davis (102). 

8. iii. Louisa Maria, b. Jan. 22, 1834; d. Mar. 24, 1870, unm. She 

was a successful teacher. 

9. iv. Susan Morton, b. Nov. 28, 1838; m. Sept. 18, 1866, Addison 

Howard, son of Benjamin T. and Abigail (Howard) Fos- 
ter [b. Wilton, Nov. 13, 1838; d. Mar. 3, 1906]. He was a 
physician in Chicago. Children : i. Fred Houghton Foster, 
b. June 26, 1867; m. June 6, 1894, Laura Maud Hafner; res. 
Oak Park, 111. ; one son. ii. Winslow Howard Foster, b. 
Jan. 10, 1869; m. Sept. 20, 1894, Anna Mabel Burr; res. 
Chicago, 111.; three daughters, iii. Louisa Houghton Foster, 
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b. July 12, 1870; d. Dec. 22, 1871. iv. Charles Stedman Fos- 
ter, b. Aug. 24, 1874; m. June 26, 1901, Mary Alice Wheeler; 
res. Spokane, Wash. 

6. Charles Emory''' (Stedman^, Thomas^, Elijah*, Thomas', 
James-, Ralph^), b. Aug. 24, 1827; d. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 2, 
1908; m. Oct. 5, 1858, Caroline Sellman, dan. of Samuel and 
Sarah (Sellman) McMurray [b. Freedom, Ind., Sept. 21, 1829; 
d. Oct. 22, 1910]. He left New Ipswich in 1844, went West, 
and in due time engaged in the commission business at Cin- 
cinnati, O. About 1867 he removed to Baltimore, where his 
later life was passed as the head of a large establishment for 
the preparation and sale of canned goods. Children : 

10. i. Charles Samuel, b. July 21, 1859; m. Apr. 15, 1890, Birdie 

Baer, dau. of Abraham and Margaret Adelia Castle [b. 
Frederick, Md., Mar. 16, 1868]. Res. in Baltimore. Three 
children. 

11. ii. Louis Stedman, b. Dec. 4. 1860; m. Jan. 16, 1890, Annie 

Hofifman, dau. of Ephraim Brown and Margaret Ann (New- 
comber) Nicewarner [b. Baltimore, Jan. 3, 1869]. Res. in 
Baltimore. Four children. 

12. iii. RowENA Sallie, b. Sept. 19, 1862; d. July 18, 1863. 

13. iv. Ira Holden, b. May 7, 1865; m. Sept. 18. 1894, Louise Luther, 

dau. of John Luther and Jessie (Elder) Ringwalt [b. 
Philadelphia, Pa., July 25, 1870]. Res. in Baltimore. Three 
children. 

14. V. Catherine Holden, b. June 13, 1868; d. July 25, 1872. 

15. vi. Sellman Cragin, b. Apr. 14, 1875 ; d. Nov. 12, 1882. 

HOWE. 

Two families bearing this name, but apparently not of kindred blood, 
have lived in New Ipswich, and are here given in succession. 

HOWE (Abraham). 

Abraham' Howe, d. Jan. 30, 1695 ; m. Mar. 6, 1657, Hannah, dau. of 
William Wood [b. 1639; d. Nov. 3, 1717]. He lived for a few years after 
coming from England in Roxbury and Watertown, Mass., but about 1662 
he settled in Marlboro, Mass., where he died. 

Daniel' (Abraham"), b. 1658; d. Apr. 13, 1718; m. Oct. 12, 1686, 
Elizabeth Kerley [d. 1735]. He passed his life in Marlboro, where he 
was a very considerable landowner and held the office of captain. 

Jonathan' (Daniel', Abraham'), b. Apr. 23, 1695; d. July 25, 1738; 
m. 1718, Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Judith Hapgood [b. Feb. 10, 1695]. 
Res. in Marlboro. 

1. IcHABOD* (Jonathan^, DanieP, Abraham^), b. Jan. 9, 

1730/1 ; m. Sarah . He came to New Ipswich in 1754 and 

settled where was afterwards the Davis Village, on the "Nich- 

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olas place," (49, N. D.) He seems to have been possessed of 
more money than most of his fellow townsmen, as his share 
of the "Minister's rate" for 1763, the first year after the in- 
corporation of the town, was £8 3s. Id., amounting at the 
rate for those days to about $3.75, the entire list of ninety-five 
names calling for only six larger amounts. In 1757 he was 
on "the committee to hire preaching," although he did not 
unite with the new church until 1765, five years after its or- 
ganization. But on the completion of the first meeting-house 
in 1759 he was on the committee in charge of the delicate 
business of assigning seats with a due regard to the dignity 
of each individual. In business matters he was first on the 
"committee to examine the Selectmen's accounts," or in the 
more modern form he was the first auditor elected by the town. 
The next year he was first selectman, and the next he held 
that office and also that of town clerk. But his record here 
was brief, as in 1769 he was one of a party which left the town 
to settle the newer town of Camden, Me. Children : 

3. i. Jonathan, b. July 31, 1760. 

4. ii. Melicent, b. Apr. 25, 1762; m. David Foster. 

5. iii. Sarah, b. Mar. 15, 1766. 

6. iv. Stephen, b. Dec. 9, 1768; m. Eleanor Turner. 

7. V. David, b. Sept. 1, 1771 ; m. Freelove Maxim. 

8. vi. Susanna, b. Apr. 13, 1774; m. Joseph York. 

9. vii. Eunice, b. Feb. 22, 1776; m. Oct. 1, 1800, Henry Wood, Jr. 

2. Isaac* (Jonathan^, DanieP, Abraham^), b. Jan. 27, 
1734/5 ; d. Oct. 16, 1800; m. Dec. 17, 1760, Sybil, dau. of Joseph 
Proctor. He came to New Ipswich several years later than 
his brother, probably about 1762. He settled westward from 
his brother, at the distance of a half-mile by a now abandoned 
road. His house was burned nearly a century ago, but it 
stood on or near the site of the house formerly occupied by 
Samuel C. Wheeler, which is still standing on the road run- 
ning southerly from his later brick residence upon the Turn- 
pike, (57, N. D.) His ministerial rate was fifty cents less 
than that of his brother, but he was equally active in town 
matters. He was chosen upon committees supposed to be 
formed of the wiser and more discreet citizens for such duties 
as giving instructions to the town's representative or for ac- 
tion in respect to the formation of the state constitution. He 
held the offices of town clerk and first selectman five years 
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were united. He gave service in the Revolutionary times as 
a member of the Committee of Correspondence and Inspection, 
and also in the field he was a sergeant in the company sud- 
denly formed in 1775, adjutant in Col. Enoch Hale's regiment 
on its expedition to Ticonderoga in 1776, and quartermaster 
of the same regiment on service in Rhode Island in 1778. Chil- 
dren : 

Sarah, b. Mar. 17, 1762; d. Mar. 29, 1762. 

Vashti, b. Apr. 2, 1763. 

Sarah, b. Dec. 29, 1764. 

Isaac, b. Jan. 22, 1767. He remained for many years at or 

near the home of his boyhood, but records concerning him 

are few. 
Joseph, b. June 1, 1769 ; d. Sept. 17, 1772. 
A son, b. and d. Jan. 10, 1771. 

16. vii. A son, b. and d. Jan. 10, 1771. 

17. viii. Sybil, b. Jan. 5, 1772; m. (1) Jan. 24, 1793, Ebenezer Stone; 
(2) Josiah Sawtell of Rindge [d. Oct. 1, 1825] ; (3) Moses 
Hale of Rindge. 

18. ix. Susanna, b. Feb. 12, 1774; d. Mar. 18, 1853; m. Dr. Calvin 
Ainsworth of Claremont. 

19. X. Joseph, b. May 11, 1776.+ 

20. xi. SiLVANUs, b. June 4, 1779. 

21. xii. Jonathan, b. June 16, 1781. He was a printer in Boston. 

22. xiii. Asa, b. Mar. 29, 1784. 

19. Joseph^ (Isaac*, Jonathan^, DanieP, Abraham^), b. 
May 11, 1776; d. Oct. 17, 1852; m. 1803, Sarah Sawtell. He 
succeeded to his father's farm. Children : 

23. i. Rebecca, b. Jan. 8, 1804. 

24. ii. Tryphena, b. Dec. 30, 1805. 

25. iii. Jonathan, b. Oct. 7, 1807. 

26. iv. Alonzo, b. Aug. 29, 1809. 

n. V. Silvester, b. Mar. 6, 1812; d. Apr. 17, 1813. 
28. vi. Alvin, b. Aug. 15, 1814. 

HOWE (John). 

John* Howe, d. 1689; m. Mary . He is supposed to have been 

son of John Howe of Warwickshire, England. He was first at Water- 
itown, then at Sudbury, Mass., in 1639, where he was a selectman in 1642, 
jand is said to have been the first settler in Marlboro, Mass., in 1657. He 
iwas an inn-keeper for a time. 

Samuel^ (John'), b. Oct. 20, 1642; d. Apr. 13, 1713; m. (1) June 5, 
1663, Martha Bent of Sudbury [d. Aug. 29, 1680] ; (2) Sarah Clapp [d. 
Mar. 29, 1726]. Res. at Sudbury. 

David' (Samuel', John*), b. Nov. 2, 1674; m. Dec. 25, 1702, Hepzibeth 
Heath. 

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David' (David', Samuel', John^), b. June 3, 1717; d. Aug. 3, 1759; m. 
Mar. 15, 1744, Abigail Hubbard, probably dau. of Joseph and Rebecca 
(Bulkely) Hubbard of Concord, Mass. [b. Feb. 20, 1724/5]. Res. at 
Sudbury. 

Buckley' (David', David', SamueP, John'), b. July 23, 1746; d. Nov. 
1, 1789; m. Feb. 2, 1769, Elizabeth Moore. Res. at Hubbardston, Mass. 

Peter"' (Buckley', David', David', Samuel", John'), b. Sept. 13, 1785; 
d. Sept. 16, 1839; m. (1) Jan. 2, 1809, Elizabeth, dau. of Peter and Anna 
(Russell) Haynes [b. Sudbury, Mass., Feb. 2, 1785; d. Rindge, Sept. 13, 
1828]; (2) Sept. 3, 1830, Sarah, dau. of John and Priscilla (Battles) 
Whitney of Rindge [d. Concord, Mass., Dec. 25, 1834] ; (3) Sept. 17, 1835, 
Dorcas G., dau. of Caleb and Patty (Murdock) Heath of Fitzwilliam. He 
settled in Stratton, Vt., in early manhood, but removed to Rindge in 1813, 
where he lived about twenty years, then removing to Concord, Mass., and 
thence to Westfield, Mass., where he died. 

1. Emerson^ (Peter^, Buckley^, David*, David^, SamueP, 
John^), b. Apr. 29, 1811 ; d. Aug. 7, 1896; m. (1) Aug. 11, 1835, 
Sarah A., dau. of Leonard and Sally (Hubbard) Rand of 
Rindge [b. Aug. 21, 1816; d. Oct. 26, 1853] ; (2) Apr. 5, 1855, 
Louisa J. Conant (21), widow of Jonathan L. Cogswell of 
Rindge. He came to New Ipswich in 1848, and remained until 
his death. He was a carpenter and occupied the original 
Academy building, erected in 1789, as his dwelling and also j 
as his workshop. He held the office of selectman for several 
years, and is also remembered as a police officer who, upon 
days when a circus or other similar attraction drew a some- 
what undesirable crowd to the village, maintained the peace 
in a very quiet but yet efficient manner. Children : 

2. i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. about June 1, 1836; d. Leominster, Mar. 

7, 1871 ; m. June 30, 1860, Charles Marcellus, son of Joseph 
and Eleanor Pierce (23). Child: i. Will Emerson Pierce, 
d. Oct. 31, 1871. 

3. ii. Elbridge Haynes, b. July 30, 1838.+ 

3. Elbridge Haynes^ (Emerson^, Peter®, Buckley^ David*, 
David^ SamueP, John^), b. July 30, 1838; d. June 3, 1883; m. ' 
June 30, 1860, Caroline Hartwell, dau. of Charles and Sarah 
(Jones) Baldwin [b. Hillsboro, Dec. 2, 1841]. Res. in New 
Ipswich, Fitchburg, and Leominster, Mass. Children — the 
first b. in New Ipswich, and the others in Leominster : 

4. i. Minnie Aurelia, b. Dec. 5, 1862; m. Mar. 8, 1881, Edwin 

Upton, son of Darwin and Mary Powers of Leominster. 
Res. Leominster. Children : i. Emma Louise Powers, b. 
Dec. 17, 1881; m. Nov. 6, 1900, Manley G. Hatstat; res. in 
Leominster; one daughter, ii. Fred Emerson Powers, \ 
Oct. 30, 1884 ; unm. ; res. in Leominster. 

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5. ii. Charles Emerson, b. June 21, 1867; m. Nov. 26, 1890, Annie 

Isabelle, dau. of John and Margaret DeCoff of Leominster. 
Res. in Leominster. 

6. iii. Wilbur Henry, b. Feb. 26, 1875; m. Aug. 18, 1897, Lillian 

May, dau. of George Leander and Isabelle (Phair) Waters 
of Chelsea, Mass. Res. in Leominster, where he is an ac- 
countant. Child : i. Marion Beatrice, b. Feb. 9, 1899. 

HUBBARD. 

George^ Hubbard, b. England, 1594; d. Jan., 1683; m. Mary, dau. of 
John and Anne Bishop [d. Sept. 14, 1675]. He came from England about 
1633 and after a residence of two years at Watertown, Mass., removed to 
Connecticut and settled at Wethersfield, from which town he was the first 
representative. He removed to Milford about 1639, and thence in 1650 to 
Guildford, where he completed nearly half a century of citizenship in 
Connecticut. 

JoHN^ (George*), b. England, about 1630; d. 1702; m. about 1648, 
Mary Merriam of Concord, Mass. At about the age of thirty he removed 
from Wethersfield, Conn., to Hadley, Mass., and thence, twelve years 
later, to Hatfield, Mass., where he passed his remaining j'ears. 

Jonathan^ (John^ George^), b. Wethersfield, Jan. 3, 1658/9; d. July 
17, 1728; m. Jan. 15, 1681, Hannah, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (King) 
Rice of Marlboro, Mass. He resided at Hatfield, and later at Concord, 
Mass., where he died. 

Jonathan* (Jonathan^ John", George*), b. Concord, Mass., June 18, 
1683; d. Townsend, Mass., Apr. 7, 1761; m. Sept. 26, 1704, Rebecca Brown. 
He resided in Groton, Mass., and Townsend, Mass., in which last town 
he was representative for several years, town clerk, deacon, and major. 
He was one of the grantees named in the Masonian Charter of New 
Ipswich and was moderator of the first meeting of the Proprietors held 
in the town, June 20, 1750. But there are no indications that he ever 
became an actual resident. One of the four lots which were drawn by 
him, situated in the northern part of the town, has never had a permanent 
road upon it; the highway through two others, near the Massachusetts 
line, has been long abandoned ; and only the fourth lot, extending from 
the central graveyard to Hodgkins' Corner, now shows any activity. He 
was also one of the Proprietors of Rindge, where "Hubbard Pond" per- 
petuates his name, but neither did he live in that town. 

John" (Jonathan*, Jonathan', John^ George*), b. Groton, Mass., Apr. 
23, 1727; d. Feb. 20, 1759; m. (1) Mar. 20, 1749, Hannah Johnson [d. 

Apr. 3, 1754] ; (2) Jan. 8, 1755, Mary Ball of Townsend [m. (2) 

Baldwin of Templeton, Mass.]. His sister, Mary, b. Apr. 12, 1725, m. (1) 
July 21, 1740, John Jennison of Lunenburg, Mass.; (2) Apr. 21, 1758, 
Col. Benjamin' Bellows. 

1. JoHN*^ (John^, Jonathan*, Jonathan^, John^, George^), b. 
Aug. 8, 1759; d. Hanover, N. H., Aug. 14, 1810; m. 1791, 
Rebecca Preston (13). He graduated from Dartmouth College 
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the ministry. He became a teacher in New Ipswich in 1787, 
and upon the incorporation of the Academy in 1789 he was 
appointed its first preceptor, which position he held until 1795, 
in which last year he was elected town clerk. During the 
following six years he was an apothecary at Walpole, and 
postmaster in 1799. From 1798 to 1802 he was probate judge 
of Cheshire County, principal of Deerfield Academy 1802 to 
1804, and from 1805 until his death professor of Mathematics 
and Natural Philosophy at Dartmouth College. His musical 
ability should not pass without mention here, as his influence 
in elevating the musical standard in New Ipswich during his 
residence in town as a teacher was very marked ; later he 
published an "Essay on Music" which he read before the 
Middlesex Musical Society, and also a collection of anthems 
from composers far in advance of the American standard in 
his time. Children : 

2. i. John, b. Apr. 7, 1792.+ 

3. ii. JosiAH, b. July 24, 1793.+ 

4. iii. Harriet, b. Nov. 9, 1800; m. May, 1822, Abel Conant (1). 

5. iv. George Washington, b. Dec. 2, 1808.4- 

2. John'^ (John®, John^, Jonathan*, Jonathan^, John-, 
George^), b. Apr. 7, 1792; d. Aug. 4, 1860; m. Mary Kennedy 
of Mason [b. about 1802; d. May 25, 1884]. Res. in New 
Ipswich and Wilton. Children : 

6. i. Mary Ann, b. Dec. 29, 1823. 

7. ii. John Preston, b. Sept. 6, 1826; d. Oct. 13, 1827. 

8. iii. George Henry, b. Oct. 5, 1830; d. Mar. 9, 1897; m. Sept. 11, 

1862, Sarah Beard Fletcher (60). 

9. iv. Harriet Bellows, b. Jan. 23, 1833. 

10. V. William Edwin, b. Aug. 19, 1835. 

11. vi. John Seth King, b. Dec. 19, 1838. 

12. vii. Charles Lucius, b. Apr. 2, 1840. 

13. viii. Louisa Josephine, b. Oct. 12, 1841. 

5. Josiah'^ (John®, John^, Jonathan*, Jonathan^, John^, 
George^), b. July 24, 1793; d. Lowell, Mass., Jan. 9, 1871; m. 
(1) Mehitable Zipporah, dau. of Gordon and Zipporah (Wood- 
ward) Whittemore of West Lebanon [d. July 21, 1863] ; (2) 
Nov. 12, 1866, Martha Kimball. Children : 

14. i. Harriet Woodward, b. Dec. 19, 1815; m. July 16, 1833, Capt. 

Simon Moody of Limington, Me. 

15. ii. Clarissa Whittemore, b. Nov. 20, 1817; d. Dec. 5, 1880. 

16. iii. Rebecca Preston, b. Mar. 31, 1820; d. May 2, 1882; m. Nov. 

22, 1847, Dr. Moses E. Sweat of Limington, Me. 

17. iv. Marla. Lucretia. b. Apr. 2, 1822; d. Mar. 25, 1838. 

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18. V. John Gordon, b. Apr. 6, 1827.+ 

19. vi. Lucy Bancroft, b. Jan. 17, 1830; d. May 30, 1877; m. Henry 

L. S. McLanahan. 

5. George WJ (John*', John', Jonathan*, Jonathan^, John^, 
George^), b. Dec. 2, 1808; d. Rosas Bar, Cal., Dec. 25, 1849; m. 
May, 1837, Emma Burge of Hollis. He was a missionary in 
Hindustan for several years and later lived near Durango, 
Mexico. Children : 

20. i. George. 

21. ii. Harriet. 

22. iii. Clarissa Ann. 

23. iv. Emma. 

18. John Gordon^ (Josiah^, John®, John', Jonathan*, Jona- 
than^, John^, George^), b. Apr. 6, 1827; m. June 1, 1851, Caro- 
line Chase Colby of Haverhill, Mass. He was educated in 
Lowell, Mass., for the medical profession, but changed his 
purpose and became an actor and lecturer. He learned his 
proposed occupation in the Boston Museum, and then from 
1851 to 1867 he was proprietor of "Hubbard's Varieties," a 
traveling entertainment which yielded him a competency. 
He then settled in Dracut, Mass., where he has been select- 
man for several years, postmaster, and chairman of the school 
board. Child : 

24. i. John Josiah, b. Jan. 26, 1854 

JAQUITH. 

Abraham^ Jaquith, d. Sept. 17, 1676; m. 1643, Ann, dau. of James 
Jordan of Dedham. 

Abraham' (Abraham'), b. Dec. 19, 1644; d. Feb. W, 1679; m. Mar. 
13, 1671, Mary, dau. of Henry and Tamson (Manson) Adford of Scitu- 
ate. Res. in Woburn. 

Abraham' (Abraham^ Abraham'), b. Feb. 17, 1673; d. Dec. 18, 1753; 
m. Dec. 26, 1700, Sarah Jones of Woburn. 

Adford^ (Abraham', Abraham^ Abraham'), b. Apr. 15, 1710; d. July 

16, 1791; m. (1) Margaret [d. Jan. 24, 1776]; (2) Nov. 14, 1776, 

OHve Davis. 

Adford' (Adford', Abraham', Abraham', Abraham'), b. Oct. 16, 1748; 
d. Nov. 19, 1824; m. Nov. 8, 1773, Sarah, dau. of Jonathan and Elizabeth 
(Tarbell) Hartwell [b. Nov. 25, 1746; d. Sept. 19, 1823]. 

Adde" (Adford', Adford*, Abraham', Abraham^ Abraham'), b. Feb. 
1, 1785; d. Apr. 24, 1862; m. July 3, 1808, Abigail Whiting [b. Mar. 4, 
1786; d. Dec. 21, 1866]. Res. Ashby, Mass. 

1. George Dinsmore^ (Adde®, Adford', Adford*, Abra- 
ham^, Abraham^ Abraham^), b. Nov. 18, 1821; d. Dec. 4, 

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1879; m. July 13, 1847, Mary Sivona Davis (108). He was a 
farmer in the southern part of New Ipswich for a time on the 
Aaron Chamberlain farm, the western part of 56, N. L. O., 
and later for many years on the Ashburnham road, his house 
being but a few rods from the Ashby line. Children : 

3. i. Frederic Whiting, b. Dec. 5, 1854; d. Feb. 6, 1856. 

4. ii. George Richard, b. July 25, 1857.+ 

5. iii. William Sulivan, b. May 10, 1859; d. Sept. 6, 1859. 

2. Charles Barrett^ (Adde®, Adford^, Adford*, Abra- 
ham^ Abraham^ Abraham^), b. May 4, 1823; d. Aug. 2, 1901; 
m. Nov. 27, 1845, Almira Fletcher (204). Children: 

6. i. Ossian Chalmers, b. Feb. 26, 1851 ; d. about 1901. 

7. ii. Irving F., b. July 29, 1856; d. June 2, 1857. 

4. George Richard^ (George Dinsmore^, Adde", Adford^, 
Adford^ Abraham^ Abraham^, Abraham^), b. July 25, 1857; 
m. Apr. 1, 1884, Maria Augusta W. Pillsbury (6). He suc- 
ceeded to his father's farm, upon which he has been an ex- 
ceptionally progressive farmer. He has held various town 
offices. Children : 

8. i. DoLLiE Sivona, b. Feb. 19, 1886. 

9. ii. MiLo Warren, b. May 9, 1888. 
10. iii. HoLLis Proctor, b. May 7, 1890. 

JEFTS. 

Henry' Jefts, b. about 1606; d. Mar. 24, 1700; m. (1) Sept. 13, 1647, 
Ann Stowers; (2) Hannah Bieths [d. Sept. 15, 1662]; (3) Oct. 3, 1666, 
Mary, widowf of Simon Bird [d. Apr. 1, 1679] ; (4) May 5, 1681, widow- 
Mary Baker of Concord, Mass. He was one of the first settlers in 
Billerica, Mass., coming thither from Concord. 

Henry' (Henry'), b. Mar. 21, 1658; m. Hannah Hill. 

Henry' (Henry^ Henry'), b. 1705; m. Mary Gerry of Stoneham, 
Mass. Res. for a time in Mason. 

John' (Henry^ Henry% Henry'), b. Oct. 2, 1739; d. Dec. 10, 1809; 
m. Lois Lawrence. He had eleven children, three of whom, or their 
descendants, appear on New Ipswich records. 

Jonathan" (John^ Henry^ Henry', Henry'), b. June 1, 1767; d. Dec. 
25, 1841; m. Nancy Richardson of Alstead [d. Dec. 29, 1854]. His home 
was probably in Stoddard. 

1. Daniel^ (John*, Henry^ Henry^, Henry^), b. Dec. 17, 
1778; d. Aug. 16, 1863; m. Aug. 30, 1802, Susanna Willard of 
Harvard, Mass. [b. about 1782; d. June 27, 1852]. He lived 
in Harvard, Mass., until about 1813, when he came to New 
Ipswich, and passed his remaining years as a farmer on the 

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"Prichard farm," (18, N. D.) He was selectman for several 
years. Children : 

4. i. Mary Prescott, b. Sept. 3, 1803; d. Dec. 20, 1893; m. (1) 

May 20, 1827, Jacob Blodgett [b. Apr. 21, 1805; d. Aug. 18, 
1840]; (2) Sewell O. Chandler (W. 19). Children: i. 
Mary Abigail Blodgett, b. May 9, 1828; m. George Chicker- 
ing (12). ii. Maria Clarissa Blodgett, b. June 26, 1830; m. 
July 11, 1853, (1) Addison Manning [d. Aug. 13, 1873]; 
(2) Stephen Barnes; three sons. iii. George Anson 
Blodgett, b. Aug. 31, 1833; m. Feb., 1870, Mary E. Wilson, 
iv. Melvina Amanda Blodgett, b. Apr. 30, 1836; m. Nov. 13, 
1860, Stephen Cummins Ketchum of Winchendon, Mass. 
V. Roxana Jefts Blodgett, b. Apr. 6, 1839; d. June 29, 1911; 
m. Sept. 21, 1862, Cyrus A.' (Gilbert*, Jonathan') Jefts of 
Ashburnham, Mass. ; four children. 

5. ii. Anson, b. Jan. 26, 1806; d. Quincy, 111., June 27, 1831, unm. 

6. iii. Roxana, b. Aug. 3, 1808; m. Elisha F. Davis (88). 

7. iv. John Prescott, b. Aug. 6, 1810; d. Sept. 9, 1834. 

8. V. Clarissa, b. Dec. 31, 1813 ; d. Nov. 19, 1830. 

9. vi. BoYNTON, b. Mar. 3, 1818; m. Ellen O'Flaherty [d. Mar. 6, 

1859]. He removed to Greenville. Child: i. Nellie, b. 
Aug., 1858; d. Mar. 6, 1859. 

10. vii. Elmira, b. May 1, 1824; d. May, 1883; m. Willard Jefts (15). 

11. viii. Elvira, b. May 1, 1824; d. Apr. 28, 1847; m. Gates Chapman 

(3). 

2. Willard^ (John^ Henry^, Henry^, Henry^), b. May 8, 
1787; d. Apr. 28, 1858 ; m. Jan. 20, 1820, Lucy, dau. of Hezekiah 
and Lucy (Townsend) Corey of Ashburnham, IVIass. [b. Nov. 
20, 1791; d. Oct. 20, 1871]. He came to New Ipswich soon 
after his marriage, and being a carpenter, built his home, the 
second house southerly from the Barrett mansion, afterward 
owned successively by Oliver Boyden and his son, and by 
Dea, Charles Taylor. There he lived until 1843, when he re- 
moved to Ashby, Mass. Children : 

12. i. A son, b. and d. Mar. 26, 1821. 

13. ii. James Merrill Jackson, b. Sept. 10, 1826.+ 

3. Jonathan® (Jonathan^, John*, Henry^, Henry^, Henry^), 
b. 1798; m. May 10, 1820, Almira Richardson. He lived for 
a few years soon after his marriage on the Edmund Towne 
place in the extreme northeastern corner of New Ipswich, (16, 
N. D.) Children: 

14. i. Mary, b. June 13, 1822. 

15. ii. Willard, b. Sept. 13, 1824.+ 

16. iii. Freeman W., b. Nov. 24, 1825. 

13. James M. J.® (Willard^ John^ Henry^ Henry^, 
Henryi), b. Sept. 10, 1826; d. Dec. 24, 1886; m. May 15, 1853, 

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Betsey, dau. of Benjamin and Betsey (Eaton) Foster of 
Ashby, Mass. [b. July 18, 1832; d. Feb., 1907; m. (2) Nov. 5, 
1889, Jonathan A. Hubbard of Ashby]. He passed his life in 
Ashby. Children : 

17. i. Melvin Willard, b. July 18, 1855; m. June 5, 1879, Ella 

Urania, dau. of John P. and Urania (Stearns) Whitney of 
Ashby [b. Oct. 29, 1857]. One adopted daughter. 

18. ii. Dora Merilla, b. June 27, 1860; d. May 7, 1863. 

19. iii. Lizzie Emma, b. Sept. 19, 1862; m. Dec. 31, 1883, John, son 

of Ebenezer and Lucinda (Cutting) Damon of Ashby [b. 
Apr. 12, 1859]. Child: i. Ralph Corey Damon, b. July 20, 
1886. 

20. iv. Charles Merrill, b. Feb. 19, 1868; m. Feb. 25, 1891, Annie 

Marie, dau. of William J. and Mary Ann (Bartlett) Walker 
of Fitchburg, Mass. [b. Feb. 3, 1866]. Res. in Brockton, 
Mass. Child: i. Mildred Walker, h. June 30, 1896. 

15. Willard'^ (Jonathan®, Jonathan^, John*, Henry^, 
Henry2, Henry^), b. Sept. 13, 1824; m. Apr. 18, 1848, Elmira 
Jefts (10). He was a mechanic in Bank Village during sev- 
eral years of his early manhood, and later in Greenville. 
Children : 

21. i. Julia Elmira, b. Feb., 1849; d. July 27, 1854. 

22. ii. Clara Maria, b. about May, 1850; d. June 30, 1854. 

23. iii. Lucius Willard, b. about Jan., 1853; d. May 12, 1854. 

24. iv. Carrie Amanda, b. about Aug., 1855 ; d. Aug. 20, 1856. 

25. V. Nellie Melvina, b. about June, 1856; d. Sept. 7, 1856. 

26. vi. Katie. 

27. vii. Hattie. 

28. viii. Lizzie. 

JONES. 

The number of New Ipswich residents bearing this familiar surname 
has never been large, but the blood of the emigrant ancestor of that 
family named below has mingled with that of a considerable number of 
families of the town, as is here shown. 

JoHN^ Jones, d. Concord, Mass., June 22, 1673; m. Dorcas [d. 

Concord, Nov. 22, 1709]. He came from England about 1635 and set- 
tled in Cambridge, but removed to Concord about 1650 and there made 
his home. His widow m. Dec. 24, 1674, William Buss. Res. in Concord. 

Samuel' (John'), b. Cambridge, Oct. 8, 1648; d. 1717; m. Jan. 16, 
1672, Elizabeth, dau. of Luke and Mary (Edmunds) Potter [b. 1652; d. 
Feb. 14, 1694/5]. Res. in Concord. 

John' (John*), b. Concord, July 6, 1656; d. May 16, 1726; m. May 5, 
1681, Sarah, dau. of John and Sarah (Wheeler) Farwell [b. May 2, 1662]. 
Res. in Concord. 

Samuel' (Samuel', John'), b/ Sept. 5, 1674; d. Nov. 5, 1755; m. Nov. 
10, 1698, Ruth, dau. of Thomas and Ruth (Jones) Brown [b. Oct. 12, 
1678; d. Mar. 22, 1764]. Res. ii;^ Concord. 

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Nathaniel' (Samuel', John'), b. 1676; d. Mar. 22, 1745; m. 1696, 
Mary Reddit [b. 1675; d. Jan. 17, 1749]. Res. in Concord. 

Ephraim' (Samuel', John'), b. Apr. 30, 1679; d. Oct. 7, 1710; m. Apr. 
15, 1701, Hephzibah, dau. of Roger' Chandler (R.). Res. in Concord. 

John' (John', John'), b. Jan. 6, 1690; d. Mar. 12, 1762; m. July 25, 
1716, Anna, dau. of Daniel and Anna (Merriam) Brooks [b. Feb. 21, 
1695/6; d. June 9, 1753]. Res. in Concord. 

Thomas* (Samuel', Samuel', John'), b. Nov. 30, 1702; d. Aug. 3, 
1774; m. July 20, 1727, Mary, dau. of John and Mary (Prescott) Miles 
[b. Concord, Oct. 18, 1709; d. Sept. 26, 1782]. Res. in Concord. He was 
a captain. 

Elnathan' (Nathaniel', Samuel', John'), b. Mar. 29, 1697; d. May 
6, 1739; m. (1) Sept. 22, 1721, Hannah Pierce of Concord [b. 1701; d. 
Sept. 19, 1730] ; (2) Jan. 13, 1731/2, Rebeckah, dau. of Joseph' and Re- 
beckah (Minot) Barrett (Humphrey', Humphrey') [b. July 12, 1710; d. 
Feb. 8, 1733] ; (3) Hannah Brown [d. 1779]. Res. in Concord. 

Ebenezer* (Nathaniel', Samuel', John'), b. Feb. 5, 1706; m. Priscilla 
. Res. in Concord. 

Ephraim' (Ephraim', Samuel', John'), b. Sept. 20, 1706; d. Concord, 
Nov. 29, 1756; m. Sept. 12, 1728, Mary, dau. of Simeon and Rebecca 
(Hartwell) Hayward [b. Dec. 6, 1708; d. July 30, 1803]. Res. in Concord, 
where he held the office of captain. He served at the siege of Louisburg. 

Ebenezer* (John', John', John'), b. Dec. 8, 1726; d. 1799; m. Jan. 22, 
1750, Mary Wheeler [d. about 1784]. He removed from Concord to Bed- 
ford, Mass., and thence to Princeton, Mass., about 1750. He was a 
prominent citizen in that town. 

JoHN° (Thomas', Samuel', Samuel', John'), b. Dec. 7, 1730; d. Ashby, 
Mass., Dec. 18, 1811; m. Oct. 24, 1754, Phebe, dau. of Daniel and Phebe 
(Locke) Brewer [b. Weston, Mass., July 21, 1734]. In 1762 he removed 
from Concord to the west part of Townsend, Mass., which five years 
later was included in the new town of Ashby, where he passed his re- 
maining life. He held the office of captain. 

1. Elnathan^ (Elnathan*, NathanieP, SamueP, John^), b. 

Dec. 13, 1737; d. Feb. 27, 1793; m. Mary . The births of 

four children, 1780-88, are recorded in Concord, and he prob- 
ably was the Elnathan Jones who was in New Ipswich for 
three years before, but nothing further has been found con- 
cerning him. 

2. Ebenezer^ (Ebenezer*, NathanieP, SamueP, John^), b. 
Apr. 8, 1749; d. Aug., 1784; m. (1) Oct. 22, 1767, Hannah 
Fay of Lincoln ; (2) May 27, 1769, Sarah Fay of Concord [b. 
about 1747; d. Sept. 29, 1821]. His two eldest children were 
born in Concord, and the others seem to have been born in 
Wakefield, Mass., but his name appears on the New Ipswich 
records of a few of the last years of his life, and he probably 
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on the east side of the road as it begins to ascend the hill back 
of the dwelling and store owned for many years by Col. Jere- 
miah Smith. Children : 

5. i. Elnathan, b. Sept. 2, 1770. 

6. ii. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 29, 1772; d. Oct. 10, 1829; m. Lois Alley. 

7. iii. Hannah, b. 1775; m. Dec. 29, 1796, Abijah Smith (A. 2). 

8. iv. Simon, b. Jan. 1, 1780; d. 1833; m. Rebecca Pool [d. 1865]. 

9. V. Sarah, b. Aug. 17, 1784; d. Oct. 12, 1862, unm. She passed 

the last twenty-five years of her life in the family of her 
nephew, Col. Smith. 

3. JoNAS^ (Ephraim*, Ephraim^ SamueP, John^), b. July 
10, 1736; d. July 15, 1817; m. Sept. 6, 1763, Abigail, dau. of 
Ephraim* and Elizabeth (Heywood) Hartwell [b. June 5, 
1744; d. Mar. 8, 1809]. He was a tanner at Shrewsbury, 
Mass., until about 1790, when he came to New Ipswich, living 
first on the "Benjamin Knowlton place," the westerly part of 
22, N. D., and later on 51, N. D., afterward on the farm of 
Earl Boynton. He had rendered much service in the French 
wars, having accompanied his father to the siege of Louis- 
burg when only ten years of age, and afterward served at 
Crown Point and in later expeditions, in one of which he 
would have lost his life had not the rind of the pork which 
had been served out for food been sufficiently firm to forbid 
the passage of a bullet. His death, at the age of 81, was 
caused by a fall from his horse. Children : 

10. i. Lucy, b. Oct. 14, 1764; d. June 2, 1851; m. Feb. 21, 1788, 
Gregory Stone, a farmer of Lincoln, Mass. Nine children. 

Ephraim, b. Nov. 29, 1765. -|- 

Jonas, b. Nov. 29, 1765; d. Nov. 20, 1815; m. May 17, 1807, 
Sally Manning of Medford, Mass., where he res. 

Richard Hall, b. Oct. 1, 1767 ; d. Cleveland, O., July 13, 1813. 

Stephen, b. Sept. 11, 1869; d. young. 

Hepzibah, b. Dec. 22, 1770; d. Oct. 21, 1853; m. Nov. 16, 
1798, Isaiah Kidder (18). 

16. vii. Stephen, b. Nov. 26, 1775.+ 

17. viii. Henry, b. July 5, 1777.+ 

18. ix. Isaac, b. Mar. 2, 1780; d. Jan. 16, 1806. 

19. X. Peter, b. Feb. 18, 1783 ; d. Mar. 12, 1824. 

Nathan" (Ebenezer^ John', John^ John^), b. Bedford, Mass., Apr. 21, 
1753 ; d. Apr. 8, 1827 ; m. Oct. 4, 1774, Mercy Parmenter of Rutland, Mass. 
[b. July 27, 1753; d. Dec. 27, 1835]. He lived in Princeton, Mass., until 
1794, and then removed to Ashburnham, Mass. 

4. Elisha* (John^, Thomas*, SamueP, Samuel^, John^), b. 
Ashby, Mass., Apr. 15, 1770; d. Nov. 21, 1809; m. 1793, Persis 
(or Pershia), dau. of Abraham Taylor, probably of Townsend, 

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Mass. He was a blacksmith in Smith Village, 1797-1804, on 
the land afterward owned by Col. Smith, probably a little 
northwestwardly from the site of the dwelling- and store, and 
he lived in Ashby both before and after his residence in New 
Ipswich. Children : 

21. i. Persis, b. Nov. 16, 1793; m. 1812, Isaac, son of Josiah Wilder 

of Gardner, Mass. [b. 1784]. Six children. 

22. ii. Elisha, b. Jan. 28, 1796; m. Sept. 10, 1818, Kalinda Watkins 

of Kentucky, whither he had before removed. 

23. iii. Homer, b. Dec. 24, 1797; d. May 18, 1813. 

24. iv. Rebecca, b. Apr. 9, 1800; m. July 17, 1822, Andrew Hall of 

Boston and Charlestown, Mass. 

25. V. John Taylor, b. July 16, 1802; d. Bangkok, Siam, Sept. 13, 

1851 ; m. ( 1 ) July 14, 1830, Eliza, dau. of Rev. Henry Grew of 
Hartford, Conn. [d. Bangkok, Mar., 1838] ; (2) Nov., 1840, 
Judith Leavitt of Meredith Village, N. H. [d. on home- 
ward passage from Siam, 1846] ; (3) Sarah Sleeper of 
Guildford, N. H. He was a student at Brown University 
for one year, but transferred to Amherst College, where he 
graduated in 1825. He studied theology at Andover and 
Newton Seminaries, and spent his later life as a missionary 
in Burmah and Siam. He received the degree of D. D. 
from Columbia University. 

26. vi. Abel, b. May 12, 1804; d. Ohio, July 12, 1837; m. Oct. 11, 

1829, Lydia Ann Campbell. He was probably identical with 
Marcus A. Jones, who was a roommate of John Taylor 
Jones in Andover Seminary, but that is not certain. 

27. vii. Sarah, b. Feb. 15, 1807; d. Ashby, Mass., 1838; m. July 19, 

1833, Jonas H., son of Dea. Jonas and Susan (Taylor) 
Barrett of Ashby [d. Dec. 28, 1853; m. (2) Laura E. Gates]. 

28. viii. Lydia, b. Mar. 14, 1809; m. Feb. 5, 1832, Hobart Spencer of 

Ashby. 

11. Ephraim^ (Jonas^ Ephraim*, Ephraim^ SamueP, 
jjohn^), b. Nov. 29, 1765; d. Jan. 25, 1839; m. (1) Oct. 3, 1793, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Rachel Crosby [b. Quincy, 
Mass., Mar. 4, 1720; d. Mar. 30, 1806]; (2) Oct. 19, 1806, 
Martha, dau. of Jonathan and Martha Fessenden [b. Quincy, 
Mass., June 30, 1760; d. Oct. 25, 1826]; (3) Dec. 6, 1827, 
Keziah, dau. of James and Delia Adams [b. Lincoln, Mass., 
Feb. 19, 1773]. He res. in Boston, where he was a distiller, 
but abandoned the business in 1820 under the influence of the 
temperance movement. Children : 

29. i. Ephraim, b. July 12, 1794; d. July 28, 1794. 

30. ii. Eliza, b. Sept. 13, 1796; d. Sept. 11, 1826. 

31. iii. Ephraim, b. Apr. 10, 1799; d. Bedford, Mass., Nov. 27, 1861; 

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32. iv. Henry Hartwell, b. Mar. 15, 1802; d. Mar. 10, 1876; m. (1) 
Buenos Ayres, S. A., May 19, 1835, Caroline Allen [b. 
Townsend, Mass., July 3, 1806; d. Dec. 29, 1836]; (2) June 

V 18, 1839, Mary Stone [b. Lincoln, Mass., 1800; d. May 9, 

1875]. Children: i. Henry Stone, b. June 6, 1841; m. Anna 
Maria Snow. ii. Mary Caroline, b. July 12, 1846; m. Daniel 
A. Cony. 

16. Stephen^ (Jonas^ Ephraim*, Ephraim^, Samuel-, 
John^), b. Nov. 26, 1775; d. Ashby, Mass., Apr., 1842; m. 
Lydia Kidder (22). He lived for a time upon the "Knowlton 
farm," formerly occupied by his father, but removed to Ashby, 
IVlass., about 1810. Children : 

2>Z. i. Isaac, b. Feb. 3, 1809; d. Sept. 29, 1876; m. June 2, 1834, 
Rebecca, dau. of Amos Wellington of Ashby. He was for 
a few years a mason at Walpole, N. H., but during most 
of his life he was employed in iron works at South Boston. 
He was a member of the city council, and also of the 
Legislature. Children : i. Charles E., b. Apr. 23, 1835 ; m. 
1860, Exie, dau. of Capt. Judah Baker; res. in Boston; two 
children, ii. Harriet A., b. Apr. 28, 1837; m. Dec. 16, 1868, 
Williams Smith; res. in California; one child. 

34. ii. Charles, b. June 4, 1810; m. (1) Feb. 22, 1837, Lucy, dau. of 

Nathan Estabrooks; (2) Sept. 30, 1851, Mary E. Heard of 
Bedford, Mass. Children : i. Francis, d. young, ii. George 
F., b. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 25, 1842; m. Sept. 17, 1868, 
Susanna P. Damon of Lexington, where he res. ; he served 
during the Civil War in the 44th Massachusetts Regiment. 

35. iii. Andrew, b. Feb. 22, 1814; d. May 30, 1880; m. Apr. 16, 1840, 

Sarah Elizabeth Wright. Res. in East Cambridge, Mass., 
where he followed the trade of a mason. 

36. iv. Harriet, b. Sept. 15, 1816; m. H. W. Seamans of New Lon- 

don, N. H. Res. at Boston and at Lexington, Mass. 
2>7. v. Stephen, b. Jan. 29, 1818; d. about 1878; m. May 1, 1849, 

Sidney Boggs. He was a doctor in Ohio and Indiana. 

Children: i. Edgar T., b. Mar. 7, 1850. ii. Sallie M., b. 

Mar. 18, 1851; m. J. U. Webster, iii. Evan, b. May 24, 1853. 

iv. Lydia, b. May 25, 1857. v. Charlie, b. Nov. 13, 1859. 
38. vi. Francis, b. July 4, 1823; m. 1851, Julia A., dau. of Rev. 

Horace Fletcher of Townshend, Vt. He went to Boston in 

youth, and passed his life in the fruit-jobbing business. 

Children : i. Grace, b. Oct. 13, 1860. ii. Francis, b. Aug. 

27, 1865. 

17. Henry*^ (Jonas^, Ephraim^ Ephraim^, SamueP, John^), 
b. July 5, 1777; d. Feb. 22, 1822; m. Apr. 15, 1804, Mary, dau. 
of Joshua and Mary Winship of Brookline, N. H. [m. (2) 
Oct. 15, 1829, John Daggett of Buxton, Me.]. Res. in Port- 
land, Me. Children : 

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39. i. Mary C, b. Feb. 9, 1806; m. Oct. 17, 1826, John D., son of 

William and Mary Pearson of Boston. Res. at Boston. 

40. ii. Frances C, b. Jan. 29, 1809; d. Dec. 5, 1811. 

41. iii. Frances C, b. May 27, 1812; m. Paul Alden of Boston. One 

son. 

42. iv. Abigail, b. Apr. 24, 1814; d. Sept. 13, 1833; m. July 10, 1833, 

Samuel B. Dyer of Boston. 

43. V. Richard Hall, b. May 18, 1818. 

44. vi. George, b. July 24, 1820. 

20. JoHN^ (Nathan^ Ebenezer*, John^ John^ John^), b. 
Princeton, Mass., Nov. 24, 1783; d. May 3, 1849; m. Dec. 17, 
1809, Lucy, dau. of Francis and Hepsibah (Coolidge) Lane 
[b. July 6, 1783; d. Mar. 24, 1873]. He was lieutenant in the 
War of 1812, and afterward captain in the militia. 

45. Frederick^ (John*^, Nathan^, Ebenezer*, John^, John^, 
John^), b. July 20, 1813; d. July 6, 1892; m. Feb. 20, 1845, 
Caroline Frances Gibson (9). He was a graduate of Harvard 
University, 1835, a teacher in Georgia and South Carolina 
two years, and also in the Philadelphia Blind Asylum. He 
was a proficient student in German literature and translated 
from the German Rotteck's History of the World, consisting 
of four large volumes, which was published during his resi- 
dence in Philadelphia. Occasionally he translated from the 
German for general publication. He attended medical lectures 
in Philadelphia and New York city, and received the degrees 
of A. M. and M. D. from Dartmouth College. Dr. Jones 
practiced a short time in Ashburnham, Mass., previous to lo- 
cating in New Ipswich, where he successfully engaged in his 
professional duties. For nearly fifty years he occupied a 
prominent position in his vocation and was often summoned 
to the adjoining towns. Although such a practice necessarily 
required most of his mental energies, he did not allow himself 
to be so confined within professional limits as to cause his 
scholarly habits of mind to fail, or to injure his interest in all 
worthy activities of his adopted town, an interest witnessed 
by his service on the superintending school committee, as a 
trustee of New Ipswich Appleton Academy, as a trustee of 
New Ipswich Savings Bank from its incorporation, and as a 
representative of the town in the Legislature. He concen- 
trated his efforts upon history, medicine, and science. Chil- 
dren : 

60. i. Frederic William, b. Jan. 9, 1848.-f- 

61. ii. Frances Rebecca, b. June 1, 1852.-[- 

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60. Frederic William, b. Jan. 9, 1848; m. (1) May 31, 
1881, Harriet A. Perry; (2) July 30, 1902, Mabel Maud, dau. 
of Col. George A. and Susan (Converse) Whitney, of Wa- 
dena, Minn. [b. June 14, 1873, Rindge, N. H.]. She was a 
graduate of Wadena high school, attended two years' course 
at University of Minnesota, obtaining a teacher's certificate, 
and was instructor. He was graduated from New Ipswich 
Appleton Academy, 1865 ; from Dartmouth College, 1869 ; at- 
tended Harvard Medical School one year ; was interne in Bos- 
ton Lunatic Hospital and House of Correction ; was a teacher 
in New Ipswich Appleton Academy six years ; received degree 
of M. D. from Medical University of New York city, 1881. 
He has served a number of years on the school board of New 
Ipswich. He secured a license as pharmacist from the State 
Board of Pharmacy of New Hampshire in 1882 ; has been a 
newspaper correspondent for years and member of Boston 
Associated Press. He served one term as representative in 
the Legislature of New Hampshire, session of 1903. He is a 
member of the N. H. Medical Society, County Medical Soci- 
ety, and American Medical Association ; also first vice- 
president of Mason Village Savings Bank. 

61. Frances Rebecca, b. June 1, 1852; m. Jan. 16, 1893, 
George D. Burton (2). Her education was secured in the pub- 
lic school and at New Ipswich Appleton Academy. She de- 
voted her attention for some years to art and won a gold 
medal for superior skill in flower painting, while a student in 
Graves Art Studio in Boston. She also studied in Cowles 
Art School of Boston. Many works copied from nature en- 
rich her large collection, consisting of sketches, crayons, paint- 
ings in oil and water colors, also needlework and china designs. 



KIDDER. 

James' Kidder, b. 1626; d. Apr. 16, 1676; m. probably in 1649, Anna, 
dau. of Elder Francis Moore. He was son of James Kidder of East 
Grinstead, County Sussex, England, and came to America in early man- 
hood, being at Cambridge, where he married, not later than 1650. He 
removed to Billerica as early as 1656, and the family became closely 
identified with that town in t)oth civil and military capacities, he being 
selectman for several years, and commanding the small garrison estab- 
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JoHN^ (James*), b. Cambridge, about 1656; d. Chelmsford; m. Dec. 
3, 1684, Lydia, dau. of Abraham and Rose (Whitlock) Parker of Woburn. 
He settled in Chelmsford in early manhood and there purchased five 
hundred acres of land for his home. 

Thomas' (John^ James'), b. Oct. 30, 1690; m. Dec. 31, 1716, Joanna 
Keyes of Chelmsford, and in that part of the town which was afterward 
made Westford he passed his life. He had five sons, three of whom 
became citizens of New Ipswich. Children : 

i. Thomas, b. Jan. 2, 1718. He is supposed to have died young. 

1. ii. Aaron, b. Dec. 22, 1719.+ 

2. iii. Reuben, b. Jan. 1, 1723.-J- 

3. iv. Joseph, b. Oct. 31, 1725.+ 
V. JosiAH, b. Feb. 20, 1727/8. 

Of these sons Aaron, Joseph, and Josiah served in the Indian war 
of 1746-48. 

1. Aaron* (Thomas^ John^, James^), b. Dec. 22, 1719; d. 
Nov. 16, 1769; m. May 19, 1749, Rachel Bush of Marlboro, 
Mass. [b. about 1725; d. May 5, 1815]. He came to New 
Ipswich not much later than 1750, although he is not named 
in the Masonian Grant, but he is entitled lieutenant in 1753, 
and probably was the third captain of the military company. 
He was selectman in 1767. His home was on XV: 1, S. R. 
He was found dead by the wayside. Children : 

4. i. Thomas, b. Sept. 16, 1750.+ 

5. ii. Joanna, b. 1752; m. Luther Heaton. 

6. iii. Lucy, b. 1757 ; m. Johnson. 

7. iv. Rachel, b. 1759; d. unm. 

8. v. Eunice, b. 1761 ; d. unm. 

9. vi. Aaron, b. Nov. 18, 1764.+ 

10. vii. Luther, b. June 29, 1767.+ 

11. viii. Submit, b. Feb. 8, 1770; m. Amaziah Jacobs. Res. Water- 

ford, Vt. 

2. Reuben* (Thomas^ John^, James^), b. Jan. 1, 1723; d. 
Sept. 20, 1793; m. Mar. 21, 1754, Susanna, dau. of Josiah and 
Susanna (Jaquith) Burge of Westford [b. Apr., 1736; d. Nov. 
27, 1824]. His name appears first in the list of the Masonian 
grantees, and although there were two others with larger 
amounts of land than he received, apparently his was the lead- 
ing hand in dealing with the agent of the Grantors. It is not 
supposed that he became a permanent resident upon the grant 
until two or three years later, but very probably the large 
emigration from Chelmsford to the little settlement was to a 
considerable extent dtie to his influence. He made his home 
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from the mountain which bears his name. Many things com- 
bined to make him the most influential man in the community. 
His greater wealth, his shrewd and energetic methods of hus- 
bandry, his successful cultivation of fruit favored by the va- 
ried characteristics of the land included in his farm, his offi- 
cial powers as "His Majesty's Justice of the Peace," and as 
colonel of a militia regiment, all added to his personal dignity 
and courtesy and probably gave him the first place in all 
town activities, although the almost complete absence of his 
name from the list of elected town officers perhaps suggests a 
recognition of a line of distinction between him and his fellow 
citizens more clearly in evidence when his relationship to the 
ruling powers outside the town naturally tended to make him 
adhere to the royal cause. Children : 

12. i. Sarah, b. Sept. 24, 1758; d. Aug. 26, 1849; m. Feb. 14, 1804, 

Daniel Batchelder of Wilton [d. 1848]. 

13. ii. Miriam, b. Apr. 10, 1760; d. July 30, 1848; m. Samuel Dutton. 

14. iii. Ruth, b. Apr. 1, 1762; m. Dec. 29, 1794, Dr. Jonas Prescott. 

15. iv. Susannah, b. Aug. 5, 1764; d. July 16, 1855; m. July 5, 1792, 

John Gould (10). 

16. V. Abigail, b. Sept. 19, 1766; d. Dec. 7, 1853, unm. 

17. vi. Reuben, b. Apr. 3, 1768.+ 

18. vii. Isaiah, b. Feb. 3, 1770.+ 

19. viii. JosiAH, b. July 27, 1771 ; d. Hampden, Me., Oct. 27, 1848. 

20. ix. Betsey, b. June 11, 1773; m. Jan. 24, 1796, Simeon Stetson. 

Res. Hampden, Me. 

21. X. Joanna, b. Oct. 11, 1775; d. July 3, 1796. 

22. xi. Lydia, b. Feb. 2, 1777; d. Feb. 24, 1862; m. Stephen Jones 

(16). 

23. xii. Jeremiah, b. Mar. 12, 1781 ; d. in Maine. 

3. Joseph* (Thomas^, John^, James^), b. Oct. 31, 1725; d. 
Temple, Apr., 1817; m. Feb. 27, 1752, Rebecca Chamberlin 
of Westford. He was one of the Masonian grantees, holding, 
however, but a single right, the principal lot of which, (IX : 
1, S. R.,) lay upon the "country road," extending from the old 
graveyard upon the hill to the large central one of later years. 
It was considered an undesirable tract of land, "as poor as the 
Joe Kidder lot" being often used as a type of worthlessness. 
His house was on the site afterward occupied by the home of 
Judge Ebenezer Champney, since known as the dwelling of 
John Preston, Esq., and his family. It was probably one of 
the largest houses of early days, as it was the place of public 
worship for several years before the completion of the 
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moved to Temple soon after the incorporation of that town, 
and there passed his remaining years, his name disappearing 
from the New Ipswich tax-lists in 1772. He served in both 
the French and Revolutionary wars, being wounded in the 
former, responding to the Concord alarm, and appearing on 
the rolls of Capts, Abijah Smith, Gershom Drury, and Robert 
Fletcher. Children : 

24. i. Wilder, b. Mar. 15, 1753. Served in Revolution. Res. in 

Newr York state. 

25. ii. Rebecca, b. Aug. 27, 1754. 

26. iii. Sibyl, b. Mar. 24, 1756. 

27. iv. Susannah, b. Oct. 17, 1759. 

28. v. Lydia, b. Oct. 17, 1859. 

29. vi. Molly, b. Nov. 1, 1761. 

30. vii. Joseph, b. Aug. 22, 1763. 

31. viii. Calvin, b. Aug. 22, 1765. 

32. ix. Rhoda, b. Sept. 12, 1767. 

4. Thomas^ (Aaron^, Thomas^, John^, James^), b. Sept. 16, 
1750; d. Mar. 5, 1827; m. Grafton, Mass., Ruth Page [d. Mar. 
4, 1826]. He remained in New Ipswich until 1780, being one 
of those responding to the Royalton alarm in that year, but 
soon after he removed to Vermont. Children : 

33. i. Thomas, b. New Ipsw^ich, June 13, 1777. + 

34. ii. Benjamin Page, b. New Ipswich, Apr. 28, 1778; m. 1807, 

Polly Colson Trufant of Groton, Mass. He was a farmer 
in Barnet, Vt. Twelve children. 

35. iii. Sarah, b. New Ipswich, Mar. 18, 1780; m. Sylvester Butler 

Norton of Weathersfield, Vt. Removed to New York state 
and thence to Plainfield, 111. 

36. iv. Rebecca, b. New Ipswich, Jan. 1, 1783; d. Hancock, Wis., 

1864; m. Weathersfield, Vt., 1804, Asa Spaulding, a farmer 
[d. Wautoma, Wis., I860]. Res. at Weathersfield until after 
the birth of their six children, and then removed succes- 
sively to Maine, New York, and Wisconsin. 

37. V. Ruth, m. Thomas Emerson of New Ipswich. 

38. vi. Aaron Keyes, b. Mar. 4, 1787.-f 

39. vii. Luther Heaton, b. July 11, 1793. -j- 

40. viii. Timothy Lovell, b. May 31, 1798.+ 

9. Aaron^ (Aaron*, Thomas^, John^, James^), b. Nov. 18, 
1764; m. Elizabeth Bush. Children: 

41. i. Aaron Bush, b. July 21, 1788. 

42. ii. Luther, b. 1792. 

43. iii. Jeremiah, b. 1794. 

44. iv. James Carter, b. 1795. 

45. v. Betsey, b. 1796. 

46. vi. Benjamin F., b. 1799. 

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47. vii. Thomas, b. 1801. 

48. viii. Joanna, b. 1803. 

49. ix. Almira, b. 1806. 

50. X. Louisa, b. 1807. 

10. Luther^ (Aaron*, Thomas^, John^, James^), b. June 29, 
1767; d. Pike, Pa., Sept. 2, 1831 ; m. Windham, Conn., Sept. 25, 
1788, Phebe, dau. of Asa and Abia (Pease) Church [d. Oct. 31, 
1851]. Res. at Windham, Conn., and later at Waterford, Vt. 
Children : 

51. i. Rachel Joanna, b. Oct. 15, 1791; d. July 25, 1879; m. Dec. 

8, 1814, Friend Corson. 
Lucy, b. June 9, 1795 ; d. Jan. 9, 1819. 
Sally, b. Dec. 1, 1797; d. Oswego, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1863; m. 

Oct. 17, 1817, Elias Colby. 
Samuel, b. Dec. 1, 1797.+ 
Phebe, b. Feb. 23, 1800; m. Jan. 16, 1824, Jasper Fletcher, 

great-grandson of Timothy\ 

56. vi. Lyman Church, b. Apr. 18, 1802. -|- 

57. vii. Sophia, b. Apr. 26, 1804; d. in Michigan, 1851; m. Mar. 4, 

1824, John Barron. 

58. viii. Mary, b. Aug. 31, 1806; d. Ann Arbor, Mich., July 29, 1877; 

m. John Kellogg. 

59. ix. Luther, b. Nov. 19, 1808.+ 

60. X. Emerenza, b. Feb. 2, 1810; m. (1) Nov. 27, 1831, Samuel 

Stevens, Jr. [d. July 17, 1855]; (2) Oct. 29, 1864, John 
Keller. Res. Pennsylvania. 

17. Reuben^ (Reuben*, Thomas^, John^, James^), b. New 
Ipswich, Apr. 3, 1768; d. New Harmony, Ind., 1817; m. Lois 
Crosby [d. 1809]. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 
1791, studied law, and entered upon practice in Waterville, 
Me., then hardly more than a backwoods village, where he 
married, had a family, and lost his wife by death. A few 
years later, attracted by the prevailing enthusiasm for emi- 
gration to the West, he removed to Indiana, but lived only a 
single year after the change of residence. Children : 

61. i. George, d. young. 

62. ii. Henry, d. Port au Prince, unm. 

63. iii. Camillus, b. June 27, 1805. -f 

64. iv. Jerome G., b. 1808; d. Boston, 1882, unm. He went to Bos- 

ton in 1824 and engaged at once in the grocery business, 
but soon after attaining his majority he entered the oil 
business, in which he continued until about 1864 and se- 
cured a large fortune, the greater part of which descended 
to his brother Camillus, but he remembered with a legacy 
of $10,000 a lady who many years before had declined his 
repeated offers of marriage. 

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18. Isaiah^ (Reuben*, Thomas^ John^, James^), b. Feb. 3, 
1770; d. Apr. 28, 1811; m. Nov. 16, 1798, Hephzibah Jones 
(15) [b. Dec. 22, 1771; d. Oct. 21, 1853]. His business life, 
closed by his early death, showed a versatile and practical 
ability of great promise for later years. He taught a few 
years in early manhood, but the settlement of his father's 
large and varied interests devolved upon him at the age of 
twenty-three, and was successfully managed. He continued 
his father's progressive methods of husbandry and at an early 
age introduced in the region the raising of the merino sheep. 
A few years after his father's death he opened a store in that 
part of Mason which was afterward detached to form the 
town of Greenville, and continued it for six years, when he 
closed that business and bought the interest of Charles Bar- 
rett in the New Ipswich Cotton Mill, and for some time was 
the principal manager of that industry, being associated with 
Benjamin Champney and Roger Chandler, Samuel Appleton 
also assuming an interest with them somewhat later. But the 
development in those days of so unfamiliar an industry was 
very slow, and he did not live to carry it to the expected 
success. He was chosen to represent the town in the Legis- 
lature at the last two elections before his death, which inter- 
vened to prevent him from assuming its duties the second 
time. Children : 

65. i. Anna, b. June 25, 1801; d. Boston, July 13, 1858. 

66. ii. Sophia, b. Mar. 13, 1803; d. Charleston, S. C, 1854; m. Oct. 

15, 1832, Christopher G. Salinas. Res. Beaufort, S. C. 

67. iii. Frederic, b. Apr. 16, 1804; d. Dec. 19, 1885; m. Jan., 1841, 

Harriet M. Hagar [d. Dec. 22, 1875]. At the age of 
eighteen he entered upon mercantile life in Boston, which 
had the leading place in his life for nearly forty years, during 
eight years of which, in company with his brother, he con- 
ducted business in Wilmington, N. C, with good success, 
although the Civil War necessarily terminated Southern 
relations and caused heavy losses. During these years he 
became greatly interested in historical topics, and devoted 
much labor to the preparation of the former history of his 
native town conducted by himself and Dr. A. A. Gould. 
After retiring from mercantile activity he devoted himself 
to historical and genealogical study and published several 
greatly approved works, besides contributing articles to lead- 
ing periodicals devoted to those lines of research. 

68. iv. Edward, b. Oct. 19, 1805.-f- 

69. v. George, b. Nov. 22, 1807; d. Mar. 7, 1815. 

70. vi. Harriet, b. Aug. 26, 1809; d. in Miss., 1847; m. Oct. 15, 1832, 

Charles Wood of Groton, Mass. Two children. 
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71. vii. Isaiah, b. Mar. 18, 1811; d. Nov. 30, 1822, from the bite of 
a rabid animal. 

33. Thomas^ (Thomas'', Aaron*, Thomas^, John-, James^), 
b. New Ipswich, June 13, 1777; d. in Weathersfield, Vt. ; m. 
Eliza Mills. Children — born in Weathersfield, Vt. : 

12. i. Aaron, b. 1808 ; d. in the army, unm. 

IZ. ii. Eliza, b. Aug. 1, 1810; m. 1833, Philip Hardy. She had six 
children, three of whom died young, and two of the other.s 
and the husband of the third served in the army during 
the Civil War, one losing his life. 

74. iii. Reuben, b. 1812; m. Emma Porter. He was a farmer. 

Twelve children. 

75. iv. Levi, b. Feb. 2, 1814. Two sons. 

76. v. Joseph, b. June 22, 1818. Res. Groton, Vt. 

n. vi. James M., b. 1820. Res. Bethlehem. Four children. 

78. vii. Sarah, b. 1823. 

38. Aaron Keyes® (Thomas^, Aaron*, Thomas^, John-, 
James^), b. Mar. 4, 1787; d. Vienna, Me., Feb. 10, 1872; m. 
(1) Weathersfield, Vt., Sophia Barnes [d. Feb. 10, 1837] ; (2) 
Harriet Lane. Res. Weathersfield, Vt., Concord and Vienna. 
Me. Children : 

79. i. Julia, b. Oct. 5, 1814; d. Oct. 6, 1814. 

80. ii. Sabrina Sophia, b. Nov. 2, 1815; d. Nov. 8, 1858; m. Apr. 

9, 1835, John S. Spaulding, son of Rebecca Kidder (36), 
a farmer of Townshend, Vt. Six children. 

81. iii. Aaron Isaiah, b. Aug. 7, 1818; m. Warwick, Mass., Apr. 6, 

1842, Eveline Morse. He was a farmer at Orange, Mass. 
Two children. 

82. iv. Henry Willard, b. Sept. 2, 1820; d. July 10, 1864; m. Fanny 

White. 

83. V. Hiram Barnes, b. Oct. 27, 1822; m. May 30, 1850, Angeline 

Maria Fitts. Removed to Delaware in 1866. Two daugh- 
ters. 

84. vi. Asa, b. July 10, 1824; d. May 20, 1862; m. Hannah Susan 

Hall. Removed to Wisconsin in 1859. Two children. 

85. vii. Anna Samantha, b. May 20, 1832; d. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 25, 

1844, unm. 

86. viii. Silas Reade, b. Aug. 9, 1839; d. Jan. 16, 1876; m. 1869, Flora 

L. Hilton. He served in the Civil War; went to California 
in 1866, and was shot while engaged in mining. 

87. ix. Melvin Atlanta, b. July 15, 1842; m. May 20, 1867, 

Griffin. Res. Vienna, Me. 

88. X. Nathan Healy, b. Aug. 4, 1845; d. May 14, 1851. 

39. Luther Heaton^ (Thomas^, Aaron*, Thomas^, John'-, 
JamesS) b. July 11, 1793; m. Aug. 18, 1819, Hannah Hill Rowe_ 
of Gloucester, Mass. Children : 

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89. i. Benjamin Rowe, b. May IS, 1820; m. Jan. 18, 1846, Eliza 

Cummings Butman. A sea captain until he retired to live 
at Rockport, Mass. One child. 

90. ii. Pamelia Boothby, b. Dec. 25, 1825; d. Mar. 2, 1846, unm. 

91. iii. Henry Norwood, b. Dec. 11, 1827; m. Sarah Elizabeth Hodg- 

kins of Gloucester, Mass., where he res. A stonecutter. 
Six children. 

92. iv. Elizabeth Parlin, b. Aug. 27, 1832; m. Oct. 27, 1853, Edward 

Groton Slocum, an engineer at Newport, R. I. One 
daughter. 

93. V. George Norwood, b. Aug. 27, 1832; d. Sept. 3, 1832. 

94. vi. William Norwood, b. Aug. 27, 1832; d. Apr. 18, 1835. 

40. Timothy Lovell^ (Thomas^, Aaron*, Thomas*, John^, 
James^), b. May 31, 1798; d. Aug. 21, 1870; m. May 18, 1819, 
Hannah Johnson. He lived in Weathersfield, Vt., and Con- 
cord, Me., and in his later years removed to Augusta, Wis. 
He served in the War of 1812. Children : 

95. i. Rachel Maria, b. Jan. 11, 1821; d. Oct. 11, 1822. 

96. ii. Eunice Rebecca, b. Sept. 15, 1822; m. Dec. 16, 1838, William 

Harlow, a farmer in Maine. Removed thence to Augusta, 
Wis. Eight children. 

97. iii. George Calvin, b. Aug. 4, 1824; m. (1) May 28, 1848, Rachel 

Electa Worden [d. Aug., 1869]; (2) Sept. 19, 1872, Mary 
Caroline Goutermont. Res. Burkeville, Va. Three children. 

98. iv. Micah B., b. Feb. 18, 1826; d. Feb. 16, 1827. 

99. V. Lovell, b. Apr. 1, 1828; m. Mar. 26, 1849, Jerusha Ann Bother- 

ton. Res. in Maine, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Wis- 
consin, and Minnesota. Ten children. 

100. vi. Jesse B., b. Mar. 22, 1832; m. (1) Antwerp, N. Y., July 28, 

1852, Mary Jane Manning [d. Apr. 12, 1873] ; (2) Indepen- 
dence, Wis., Nov. 11, 1877, Ann Cook. A stonemason, res. 
at various places in New York and Wisconsin. Seven 
children. 

101. vii. PoMEROY J., b. Mar. 22, 1832; d. Apr. 2, 1862; m. Jan. 1, 1856, 

Lucy Scott. A carpenter in Wisconsin. Three children. 

102. viii. Mason S. C, b. May 29, 1834; m. Jan. 1, 1856, Sally Melissa 

Aldrich. A lumber dealer, farmer, and mechanic in Michi- 
gan. Served during Civil War in 1st Regiment Michigan 
Engineers. Five children. 

103. ix. Timothy, b. Mar. 30, 1836; d. Oct. 15, 1877; m. Sept. 20, 1860, 

Margaret Ann Ainsworth. A mason and general mechanic 
at Felt's Mills, N. Y. Six children. 

104. X. Squire, b. Aug. 1, 1839; m. Nov. 9, 1870, Mrs. Lucia Sabina 

(Hana) Hall. A farmer at Fergus Falls, Minn. Six chil- 
dren. 

105. xi. Hannah M., b. Jan. 30, 1841; m. Sac, Iowa, Mar. 15, 1857, 

Charles Rause, also m. a second time. Several children. 

106. xii. Eliza, b. June 30, 1843; m. Mar. 25, 1861, Israel Herrell, a 

farmer at Augusta, Wis. Five children. 

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54. Samuel^ (Luther^, Aaron*, Thomas^, John^, James^), b. 
Waterford, Vt., Dec. 1, 1797; d. Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 22, 
1850; m. Sept. 10, 1826, Sarah Stanley. He was a farmer. 
Children : 

107. i. LopHEMiA Letitia, b. May 28, 1827; m. Aug. 21, 1851, Elijah 

C. Blackmer, a farmer and stock raiser at Rochester, Iowa. 
Four children. 

108. ii. Albert Stanley, b. July 5, 1829; d. Dec. 28, 1852. 

109. iii. Mary Emeline, b. Aug. 3, 1831; d. Feb. 2, 1877; m. May 29, 

1852, Edwin T. Whitcomb. Two children. 

110. iv. Sarah Frances, b. Feb. 1, 1834; d. Jan. 14, 1856. 

111. V. Susan Esther, b. Apr. 24, 1836; m. Apr. 2, 1856, Samuel G. 

Baker. Res. Scranton, Pa. Four children. 

112. vi. Minnie Putnam, b. Sept. 7, 1838; d. Avoca, Iowa, May 21, 

1879; m. Oct. 26, 1858, Horace A Baker. Six children. 

113. vii. Augustus Luther, b. Oct. 14, 1840; m. Apr., 1865, Mary E. 

Smith. A carpenter and builder in Washington. He was 
a captain in the 4th Iowa Regiment during the Civil War. 
Four children. 

114. viii. GuSTAvus Adolphus, b. July 27, 1844; d. Rochester, Iowa, 

Jan. 2, 1878; m. May 1, 1869, Mary Canly. A teacher and 
bookkeeper. 

115. ix. Samuel Stanley, b. Mar. 24, 1848; d. Jan. 29, 1871. 

56. Lyman Church^ (Luther^, Aaron*, Thomas^, John^, 
James^), b. Waterford, Vt, Apr. 18, 1802; d. Janesville, Wis., 
Dec. 10, 1850; m. Mar. 27, 1825, Mary Dean. He was a sur- 
veyor. He served in the Mexican War. Children : 

116. i. Samuel Sylvester, b. June 10, 1829; d. June 18, 1831. 

117 ii. Mary Emerenza, b. July 2, 1831; m. Feb. 8, 1853, Charles 
B. Manville. One son. 

118. iii. Charles Eleazer, b. Feb. 2, 1834; d. Sept. 12, 1834. 

119. iv. Anderson Dana, b. Aug. 8, 1837; d. Apr. 8, 1843. 

120. V. Clarence Porter, b. May 10, 1839; m. May 24, 1864, Louisa 

A. Parsons. He graduated from Union College in 1863, 
studied law, and practiced at Wilkesbarre, Pa. Three 
children. 

121. vi. Rowland Metcalf, b. July 3, 1842; d. Dec. 25, 1874, unm. 

He served during the Civil War in the 6th Regiment Penn- 
sylvania Cavalry, and for a year was a prisoner at Ander- 
sonville. He then studied law and practiced in Colorado. 
He was also a U. S. surveyor in New Mexico. 

122. vii. Louisa Dana, b. Feb. 20, 1845; m. Dec. 20, 1866, Andrew J. 

Davis. Res. Wilkesbarre, Pa. Four children. J 

123. viii. Luther Asa, b. Nov. 19, 1846; d. Feb. 18, 1860. ij 

59. Luther^ (Luther^, Aaron*, Thomas^, John^, James^), 
b. Waterford, Vt., Nov. 19, 1808; d. Sept. 30, 1854; m. Oct. 13, 
1835, Martha Ann Scott. He was a lawyer in Pennsylvania, 
a judge for several years, and also state senator. Children: 

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124. i. David Scott, b. Oct. 20, 1836; d. about 1881, unm. 

125. ii. Martha Elder, b. Apr. 27, 1838; d. Nov. 8, 1882; m. May 12, 

1864, Col. O. K. Moore of Wilkesbarre, Pa. Two children. 

126. iii. Emma Victoria, b. Nov. 14, 1840; d. Mar. 2, 1875. 

127. iv. Charles Holland, b. Dec. 27, 1846; m. Aug. 6, 1868, Clara 

Miller. He graduated from West Philadelphia P. E. Divin- 
ity School in 1877, and became an Episcopalian clergyman. 
Three children. 

63. Camillus^ (Reuben^, Reuben*, Thomas^, John^, 
James^), b. Waterville, Me., June 27, 1805; d. Boston, Jan. 
16, 1883; m. Oct. 16, 1834, Sarah Thompson Herrick of Hamp- 
den, Me. He was in business at Bangor, Me., but at the age of 
thirty he removed to Maryland, and in 1842 engaged in a 
large commission business at Baltimore, in which he contin- 
ued during the Civil War. Children : 

128. i. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 6, 1835; m. Apr. 18, 1860, John Truslow^, 

a merchant in New York city. Six children. 

129. ii. Jerome Henry, b. Oct. 26, 1842; d. 1889; m. Sept., 1878, Mary, 
dau. of Hon. Horace Maynard of Tennessee, ex-minister 
to Turkey and ex-Postmaster General. He graduated from 
Harvard College in 1862. He served during one year of 
the Civil War in the 10th Michigan Regiment and after- 
ward in U. S. hospitals. He received the degree of M. D. 
from the University of Michigan in 1865, and was com- 
missioned as surgeon in the U. S. Navy. Later he was 
engaged upon scientific work in the Smithsonian Institution, 
at the Naval Laboratory, and on the U. S. Commission. 

130. iii. Camillus Gerry, b. July 6, 1850; m. Dec. 3, 1881, Matilda 
Cushman Faber of New York city. He graduated from 
Harvard College in 1872 and from the Harvard Law School 
in 1875. He entered at once into practice in New York city. 

68. Edward® (Isaiah^, Reuben*, Thomas^, John^, James^), 
b. New Ipswich, Oct. 19, 1805 ; d. Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 25, 
1885; m. Aug. 11, 1836, Ann Potter. While a young man he 
went to Wilmington, N. C, and entered the lumber business 
in connection with various partners, the last of whom were 
his sons, continuing an honorable, popular, and successful 
man until his death. He was also greatly interested in his- 
torical studies. Children : 

131. i. Edward Hartwell, b. Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 12, 1840; m. 
Oct. 11, 1865, Mary Lincoln Hathaway. He graduated from 
Harvard College in 1863 and entered business life in New 
York city. 

132. ii. George Wilson, b. Wilmington, N. C, June 15, 1842; m. Dec. 
19, 1877, Florence Hill. A native of the South, he served 
in the Confederate army. He was a member of the firm 
of Edward Kidder & Sons. One daughter. 

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133. iii. Susan Smith, b. Nov. 19, 1843; m. Dec. 17, 1868, James 
Ivers Lewis. Res. New London, Conn. Two children. 

Gilbert Potter, b. May 5, 1845. Res. in North Carolina. 

Frederic, b. Nov. 12, 1847. He graduated from Harvard Col- 
lege in 1870. A planter in Wilmington, N. C. 

Anna Potter, b. Sept. 1, 1851. Res. in North Carolina. 

Matthew Grier, b. Dec. 5, 1853; m. Apr., 1883, Bessie Low. 
Res. in North Carolina. 

KING. 

Two families bearing this name, but not known to be related, have 
resided in New Ipswich, and must necessarily be represented separately. 

KING (Benjamin), 

1. Benjamin^ King, b. about 1722; m. Sarah . They 

came to New Ipswich as early as 1752. He was the first set- 
tler upon lot 34, N. D., afterward the home of Abijah Smith. 
It is not unlikely that he was of the family which came to 
New Ipswich almost half a century later, as the name Benja- 
min is frequent in the records of that family. But his lineage 
has not been found. He removed to Mason about 1764 and 
probably remained there until 1777, after which his residence 
is unknown. He was in Capt. Ezra Towne's company at 
Bunker Hill, and on the company roll is said to reside in Ma- 
son. In the later part of the same year he is credited to New 
Ipswich in a record of New Hampshire men in Massachusetts 
regiments. Children : 

2. i. Elizabeth, d. Dec. 25, 1752. 

3. ii. Sarah, d. Dec. 17, 1752. 

4. iii. Sarah, b. Apr. 7, 1754. 

5. iv. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 4, 1757. 

6. V. Silence, b. May 10, 1759. 

7. vi. Mary, b. Dec. 18, 1760; m. Dec. 11, 1783, Amos Dakin, Jr. 

8. vii. Samuel, b. Mar. 1, 1763. 

9. viii. Benjamin, b. Feb. 22, 1768. 

KING (William). 

William^ King, b. Ugborough, Devonshire, England, about 1622; m. 
Oct. 16, 1642, Agnes Alwill [d. Apr. 7, 1662]. There is no certain evi- 
dence that he came to New England, and the date of his death is uncer- 
tain; but apparently his sons came soon after the death of their mother 
before they had reached full manhood, and the father was interested in 
fisheries upon the American coast, being drowned near the Banks of 

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Newfoundland, which facts perhaps justify the position of his name as 
that of the first of his family in America. 

James- ( William'), b. Nov. 7, 1647; d. May 13, 1722; m. (1) Mar. 23, 
1674, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Emerson) Fuller of Ipswich, 
Mass. [b. May 31, 1652; d. June 30, 1715]; (2) Feb. 27, 1716, Hannah, 
widow of Samuel Loomis [d. 1720]. He lived in Ipswich, Mass., where 
he learned the cooper's trade, but removed, about 1678, to Suffield, Conn., 
of which he was one of the original proprietors. 

Joseph' (James", William'), b. May 10, 1689; d. Mar. 6, 1756; m. (1) 
May 2, 1717, dau. of Phineas Wilson of Hartford, Conn., and widow of 
David Jesse [d. Sept. 11, 1737]; (2) June 2, 1740, Hannah, dau. of Rev. 
Ebenezer and Hannah (Breck) Devotion [b. Suffield, Apr. 24, 1716; d. 
Mar. 4, 1805]. He passed his life in Suffield, where he was possessed of 
a very considerable property. He was a leading citizen, holding the posi- 
tion of selectman and other offices of trust. He was also a captain. 

Eliphalet' (Joseph', James', William'), b. Feb. 6, 1743; d. Aug. 29, 
1821; m. (1) Nov. 3, 1768, Mary, dau. of Jonathan and Thankful (War- 
ner) Remington [b. July 12, 1743; d. June 24, 1788]; (2) Oct. 2, 1788, 
Silence Rumrill [b. about 1768; d. Oct. 16, 1839]. He was a citizen of 
Suffield, with the exception of a few years of his later life, during which 
he made his home in West Springfield, Mass. He served in the Revolu- 
tionary War, holding the rank of lieutenant. 

1. Seth^ (Eliphalet*, Joseph^ James^ William^), b. Sept. 
27, 1777; d. July 12, 1851 ; m. Oct. 15, 1808, Anna Preston (25). 
He came to New Ipswich in early manhood, and for a long 
period conducted business as a hatter, his shop being situated 
across the street northerly from the western entrance to the 
Academy campus. Later he was engaged in the manufacture 
of friction matches, an industry then almost unknown, and for 
a time he was a maker of broadcloths, which previously had 
been obtained only by importation. He held a marked place 
in the various activities of the town, which he three times 
represented in the Legislature. He was interested in military 
matters and held a major's commission in the militia. After 
his marriage he succeeded to the residence of his father-in-law, 
situated a few rods easterly from his hatter's shop, and thus 
it resulted that his wife during her life of nearly eighty years 
lived in the same house, drawing her first and her last breath 
in the same room. Children : 

2. i. Lucy Anna, b. Mar. 2, 1812; m. May, 1831, Nathan G. Parlow. 

Five children. 

3. ii. George Eliphalet, b. June 11, 1814.-|- 

4. iii. Mary Remington, b. July 11, 1817; d. Nov. 25, 1842; m. Oct. 

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ham, Mass., where she died. Children : i. Mary Remington 
Hoyt, b. Mason, Nov. 12, 1836; d. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 9, 
1883; m. (1) Aug. 29, 1855, Charles Edward Dexter; (2) 
Jan. 1, 1870, Henry Augustus Wilson; two children of first 
marriage, ii. Charles Otis Hoyt, b. Framingham, Sept. 25, 
1839; d. Amarillo, Tex., Apr. 30, 1905, unm. ; he served in 
the Civil War ; later he was a miner in Colorado. 

5. iv. Charles Henry, b. Nov. 9, 1818.-|- 

6. V. Harriet Hubbard, b. Apr. 25, 1820; d. Oct. 21, 1903, unm. 

She passed her life as a teacher in Boston, being the first 
in that city to teach the negro children, for whom she con- 
ducted a school during twenty years. Later for a still 
longer period she was proprietor of a fashionable boarding 
school. 

7. vi. Eliza Bellows, b. Apr. 5, 1822; d. Oct. 1, 1886; m. Aug. 16, 

1843, her brother-in-law, Otis Hoyt, M. D., then a resident 
at Framingham, Mass., but after service in the Mexican 
War, practicing his profession at St. Croix Falls and Hud- 
son, Wis. She was educated at the New Ipswich Academy 
and at Troy, (N. Y.,) Female Seminary. Children: i. 
Ella Frances Hoyt, b. Oct. 2, 1845; d. Nov. 15, 1846. ii. 
Ella Frances Hoyt, b. St. Croix Falls, Wis., Mar. 3, 1850; 
m. May 18, 1875, Charles Frederick' King, M. D. (William 
P.^ Richard^ James^ William^), a physician at Hudson, 
Wis. ; she graduated from New Ipswich Appleton Academy 
in 1871; five children, iii. Anna Preston Hoyt, b. Sept. 3, 
1851; m. June 20, 1877, Frank William Epley, M. D., a 
physician at New Richmond, Wis. ; she graduated from 
New Ipswich Appleton Academy in 1873; five children, iv. 
Caleb Cushing Hoyt, h. Hudson, Wis., May 20, 1853; d. 
Aug. 7, 1854. v. Eliza Bellozvs Hoyt, b. Apr. 21, 1855; d. 
Feb. 11, 1858. vi. Ida Maria Hoyt, b. Apr. 1, 1857; m. Oct. 
19, 1888, Edmund Deveraux Sewall; res. at Minneapolis, 
Minn. ; two children, vii. Harriet King Hoyt, b. Apr. 2, 
1859; m. June 24, 1877, John Alexander Wyand; res. at 
Crookston, Minn. ; three children, viii. Eliza Bellows Hoyt, 
b. Nov. 12, 1861; m. June 16, 1886, Rev. William R. Rey- 
nolds ; res. at Cincinnati, O. ; six children. 

8. vii. Frances Locke, b. Sept. 2, 1823; d. Oct. 30, 1900, unm. 

9. viii. Caroline, b. Jan. 3, 1827; d. Apr. 16, 1910; m. Apr. 13, 1852, 

Nehemiah Adams Edson of Chester, Vt. [d. 1899]. Res. 
at Chester, and later at West Brookfield, Mass. Children : 
i. Fannie M. Edson. ii. Charles O. M. Edson. iii. William 
A. Edson. iv. Carrie K. Edson. 
10. ix. Rebecca Preston, b. Mar. 25, 1829; d. May 28, 1908, unm. 

3. George Eliphalet*' (Seth^, Eliphalet*, Joseph^, James^, 
William^), b. June 11, 1814; d. San Francisco, CaL, Dec. 27, 
1897; m. (1) Jan. 23, 1844, Janet Cameron, dau. of Judge 
Fletcher M. and Elizabeth Stuart (McLachlan) Haight, and 
sister of Henry H. Haight, Governor of California [b. Roches- 

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ter, N. Y., July 9, 1823; d. Dec. 21, 1854]; (2) Catherine 
Mary Ann (Cunningham) Dunning, dau. of John and Jane 
Cunningham of Utica, N. Y. [d. 1889]. He graduated from 
Union College in 1839, and became an able lawyer at Roches- 
ter, N. Y., but in 1862 he removed to New York city, where 
he acquired and later lost a large fortune in the stock market. 
His later years were passed in California. Child : 
11. i. Cameron Haight, b. Lima, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1844.+ 

5. Charles Henry^ (Seth^, Eliphalet*, Joseph^ James^, 
William^), b. Nov. 9, 1818; d. Boston, Feb. 28, 1894; m. Aug., 
1849, Maria A. Clark (E. 16). He was a hatter in Boston. 
Children : 

Frederick Henry, b. Sept. 9, 1850; d. Sept. 15, 1867. 
Martha Eliza, b. May 16, 1852; m. June 21, 1893, William 

Russell Wilcox of Minneapolis, Minn. 
Edward, b. Sept. 15, 1854; d. in California, May, 1888. 
Harriet Maria, b. Oct. 12, 1856; d. June 2, 1867. 
Anna Cora, b. Feb. 9, 1860; m. Apr. 20, 1890, Frank H. 

Babcock. 
Charles Philip, b. June 20, 1862.+ 
Louis Henry, b. Sept. 8, 1867.+ 

19. viii. George Cameron, b. Sept. 8, 1867.-f- 

11. Cameron Haight^ (George E.^ Seth^, Eliphalet*, Jo- 
seph^, James^, William^), b. Lima, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1844; m. 

(1) Apr. 2, 1873, Anna Eliza, dau. of David Forney and Re- 
becca (Winn) Beveridge [b. June 13, 1851 ; d. July 1, 1879] ; 

(2) Oct. 17, 1881, Ella Jane, dau. of Charles Mar and Frances 
Sarah (Bridgewood) Brown [b. Mar. 23, 1863; d. Jan. 2, 1901]. 
He graduated from the University of Rochester in 1863. He 
was engaged in mining in Colorado until 1868, and then went 
to California, which has since been his home. He studied law 
and was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of the 
state in 1873. His ability as a student and an advocate has 
been abundantly proven by his marked success in court and 
by his appointments to positions requiring accurate legal 
knowledge. He has the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the state 
militia. Children : 

20. i. George Cameron, b. Jan. 14, 1874; m. Aug. 9, 1900, Anna, dau. 

of Robert Joseph and Elizabeth (McCandless) Campbell of 
San Francisco, and widow of Herbert Stratton [b. Mar. 8, 
1873]. He was a student in the law department of the 
University of California, 1893 to 1896, but on the opening 
of the Cuban War he enlisted in the cavalry regiment known 
as "Roosevelt's Rough Riders" and served through the war. 
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He entered upon the practice of his profession in San Fran- 
cisco, but was compelled by the state of his health to seek 
a different climate, and removed to Placer County, Cal. 

21. ii. LocHiEL Montrose, b. Aug. 25, 1875; m. Nov. 29, 1899, Anna 

Mary, dau. of John and Matilda (Corr) Wadsworth of 
Vineburg, Cal. [b. June 27, 1878]. He studied chemistry, 
assaying, and allied subjects at the University of California, 
and is proprietor of a metallurgical laboratory at San Fran- 
cisco. One child. 

22. iii. Cameron Haight, b. July 4, 1877. He was educated in the 

University of California and Leland Stanford Junior Uni- 
versity and later studied law. He is now engaged in liter- 
ary and political pursuits largely of a socialistic character. 

23. iv. Janet Cameron, b. May 29, 1894. 

17. Charles Philip^ (Charles H.*', Seth^, Eliphalet*, Jo- 
seph^ James^, William^), b. June 20, 1862; m. (1) Mar. 14, 
1886, Josephine, dau. of Philip King; (2) Sept. 2, 1892, Jessie, 
dau. of Malcolm and Jessie Buchanan of Prince Edward 
Island. He is a mechanical engineer in Boston. Children : 

24. i. Mary D., b. May 12, 1888; d. May 16, 1888. 

25. ii. Charles Henry, b. and d. Jan. 28, 1894. 

26. iii. Louis Cameron, b. May 12, 1896. 

27. iv. Malcolm Chester, b. Mar. 20, 1899. 

18. Louis Henry^ (Charles H.®, Seth^ Eliphalet*, Joseph^ 
James-, William^), b. Sept. 8, 1867; m. Sept. 12, 1899, Gertrude 
Cole. Res. at Lewiston, Idaho. He is engaged in mining. 
Child : 

28. i. Cameron Francis Xavier, b. July 2, 1900. 

19. George Cameron^ (Charles H.^, Seth^, Eliphalet*, Jo- 
seph^, James^, William^), b. Sept. 8, 1867; m. Dec. 20, 1902. 
He is a church and house decorator in Minneapolis, Minn. 
Child: 

29. i. Virginia, b. Oct., 1903. 

KNOWLTON. 

This family is believed to have come from County Kent, England, 
where there are a Knowlton Parish and a Knowlton Hall six miles from 
the city of Canterbury. The line in America is given as follows. 

William' Knowlton, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Cantize) Knowl- 
ton, b. 1584 ; estate appraised, Sept. 18, 1661 ; m. Ann Elizabeth Smith, 
who survived him. He sailed from London for Nova Scotia about 1633, 
and settled at Hingham, Mass., about 1635. He probably died while on a 
visit to Nova Scotia, as he was buried there. 

William'^ (William'), b. 1615; d. 1655; m. Elizabeth . He was 

a bricklayer at Ipswich, Mass. 

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John' (William', William'), b. 1645/6; d. Aug., 1728; m. (1) Bethia, 
dau. of Rice Edwards of Wenham, Mass. [d. after 1707] ; (2) pub. Apr. 
11, 1714, Susanna Hutton of Wenham, who survived him. Res. in Ips- 
wich, Mass., and about 1707 back to that part of Ipswich which is now 
Hamilton. His will mentions his carpenter's tools. He was a militia 
captain. 

RiCE^ (John^ William^ William'), b. 1676; d. Nov. 25, 1766; m. (1) 
Jan. 2, 1699, Mary Dodge of Ipswich [b. June 6, 1680]; (2) Nov. Z(>, 
1750, Elizabeth Smith of Marblehead, Mass. Res. in Ipswich and later in 
Wenham. 

Rice' (Rice^ John^ William^, William'), b. Jan. 27, 1705/6; d. Pelham, 
1762; m. Lydia, dau. of Thomas' and Bethiah Adams of Ipswich and 
widow of Benjamin Woodbury [b. Dec. 16, 1704]. 

1. Benjamin*' (Rice^ Rice*, John^, William^ William^), b. 
Dec. 10, 1728; d. July 31, 1809; m. Phcebe Wright [d. Jan., 
1813]. He came to New Ipswich about 1751, and was one of 
the more fortunate proprietors in respect to property. He 
settled upon the lot afterward known as the Chickering- farm, 
(22, N. D.) He was a member of the first Committee of Cor- 
respondence and Inspection, and was also a lieutenant in the 
first military company of the town. He removed to New York 
state with his son Benjamin as early as 1808. Children : 

2. i. Phcebe, b. June 29, 1752; d. young. 

3. ii. Benjamin, b. Sept. 26, 1753. + 

4. iii. Henry, b. Apr. 16, 1756. + 

5. iv. Lydia, b. Oct. 23, 1758 ; m. Ephraim Adams. 

6. v. Esther, b. Aug. 10, 1761 ; d. Potsdam, N. Y., Apr. 16, 1777. 

7. vi. Sarah, b. Aug. 26, 1764; m. Obadiah Coolidge. Res. Potsdam, 

N. Y. She had three sons and three daughters. Her hus- 
band and sons were in the battle of Plattsburg, N. Y. 

8. vii. John, b. Jan. 18, 1766.-f- 

9. viii. Eunice, b. Jan. 28, 1769; m. Dec. 20, 1791, Luke Price. Two 

children. 

10. ix. Bethia, b. Apr. 8, 1771 ; d. young. 

11. X. Hannah, b. Sept. 18, 1776; m. Ishmael Holcomb. Five chil- 

dren. 

3. Benjamin^ (Benjamin®, Rice^, Rice*, John^, William-, 
William^, b. Sept. 26, 1753; d. Feb. 13, 1810; m. 1776, Abigail 
Wright of Hollis. In the Knowlton family history he is cred- 
ited with considerable service as a Revolutionary soldier from 
New Ipswich, but neither the town records nor the New 
Hampshire Rolls support the statement. He removed to 
Sangerfield, N. Y., as early as 1808, and thence to Manlius, 
N. Y., where he died. Children : 

12. i. Abigail, b. June 25, 1777; d. Dec. 19, 1864; m. Feb. 10, 1795, 

Joseph Stevens [d. Dec. 1, 1846]. Thirteen children. 
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13. ii. Charlotte, b. Oct. 13, 1778; m. Aug. 17, 1794, Dr. John Rex- 

ford. Nine children. 

14. iii. Benjamin, b. Aug. 10, 1780.+ 

15. iv. Amos, b. Jan. 16, 1783; d. Feb. 9, 1864. 

16. V. Lucy, b. Jan. 13, 1786; m. John Chamberlain. Two children. 

4. Henry^ (Benjamin*', Rice^, Rice^ John^, William^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Apr. 16, 1756; m. Sybil . He was a member of 

Capt. Atkinson's company in service at Coos in 1776. The 
family history credits him with service in the same company 
as his brother Benjamin, and it seems not improbable that 
they really served together, but not in New Hampshire troops, 
and that the disagreement results from that minor error. 
Children : 

17. i. Henry, b. Sept. 20, 1779.+ 

18. ii. Sibyl, b. Aug. 18, 1781 ; d. 1793. 

19. iii. Ruth, b. Jan. 25, 1783 ; d. young. 

20. iv. Charles, b. Nov. 13, 1784. 

21. V. William, b. Sept. 11, 1786; d. 1791. 

22. vi. Timothy, b. July 2, 1788. 

23. vii. John, b. May 10, 1790; d. young. 

24. viii. Eunice, b. July 3, 1793. 

8. JoHN^ (Benjamin^ Rice^ Rice*, John^, William^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Jan. 18, 1766; d. 1838; m. Oct., 1794, Sarah Holden 
(3). He lived for a time upon the same lots as his father, 
and then removed to the Ashby road southward from the Dr. 
Gibson corners and near the state line, (76, A. D.) Children : 

25. i. Joseph (an adopted son), b. July 19, 1795.+ 

26. ii. Sally, b. May 11, 1797; d. Apr. 15, 1848; m. Timothy G., 

son of Benjamin and Phebe (Green) Temple [b. Mar. 6, 

1806; d. Feb. 13, 1888]. Res. in New Ipswich and Temple. 

Four children. 
Eliza, b. July 12, 1799; d. Jan. 23, 1863; m. May 20, 1830, 

Shebuel Shattuck (49). 
John H., b. Aug. 19, 1802; m. Apr. 10, 1834, Mary Rodgers. 

Res. in Williamstown, Mass. Two children. 
Sophronia, b. Sept. 18, 1805; d. Mar. 8, 1806. 
Sophia, b. Sept. 18, 1805; d. Mar. 10, 1806. 
31. vii. Almira, b. Jan. 15, 1808; m. Daniel Nutting. One child. 

14. Benjamin^ (Benjamin'^, Benjamin®, Rice^, Rice*, John^, 
William^, William^), b. Aug. 10, 1780; d. Feb., 1864; m. Lucy 
Campbell. Very little is known concerning him. He seems to 
have lived in or near New Ipswich for a time, and then to 
have removed to Portage, Mich., where he died. He is said 
to have been a captain in the War of 1812. Children: 

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32. i. Ursula, b. June 25, 1804; d. Nov. 29, 1837. 

33. ii. Charlotte, b. July 3, 1806; d. 1809. 

34. iii. Benjamin, b. Dec. 8, 1809; d. July 17, 1833. 

35. iv. Charlotte, b. Oct. 17, 1811; m. Jan. 9, 1837, Dr. P. W. 

Belknap, Jr. One son. 

36. V. Emeline, b. Nov. 16, 1813 ; m. Freeman Smith. Res. at Cato, 

N. Y. 

37. vi. Oliver J., b. Jan. 6, 1816; d. July 3, 1840. Res. at Portage, 

Mich. 

38. vii. Ernest J., b. Feb. 11, 1818; m. R. A. Potter. 

39. viii. Maria, b. Nov. 29, 1822 ; d. Mar. 19, 1874 ; m. M. M. Emerson. 

17. Henry^ (Henry^, Benjamin^ Rice^, Rice*, John^ Wil- 
liam^, William^), b. Sept. 20, 1779; d. 1838; m. (1) Rebecca 
Southwick; (2) Matilda Moore [d. June 26, 1844]. According 
to the family history he lived and died in New Ipswich ; but 
the absence of his name from the records and the entire lack 
of tradition concerning him unavoidably suggest an error, and 
that he left his home in very early manhood. Children : 

40. i. Charles A., b. Aug. 14, 1810.+ 

Hannah, b. 1811; m. . Four children. 

Leander, b. May 7, 1814.+ 

Caroline, b. 1817; m. Nathaniel Crofut [d. in Civil War]. 

Three children. 
Henry, b. May 24, 1819.+ 
Clark, b. 1821.+ 
Harriet, b. 1823 ; m. E. B. Burt of Oswego, N. Y. Three 

children. 

47. viii. Ruth, b. 1825 ; m. . Two children. 

48. ix. Eliza, b. 1827 ; m. . Four children. 

25. Joseph*' (John'^, Benjamin*', Rice^, Rice*, John^, Wil- 
liam^, William^, b. July 19, 1795; d. May 2, 1867; m. (1) 
I Aug., 1820. Harriet, dau. of Benjamin and Phebe (Green) 
Temple of Northboro, Mass., and Fitzwilliam [b. Oct. 4, 1799; 
d. Oct. 4, 1855] ; (2) June 10, 1856, Sarah Bucknam (9); (3) 
Aug. 18, 1863, Sophronia Sawtell. He was a wheelwright in 
Smith Village, his dwelling and his shop being located upon 
the eastern side of the road to the Center Village a few rods 
only from the foot of the ascent from Smith Village. Children : 

49. i. William Rodolphus, b. Sept. 6, 1822.-f 

50. ii. Sarah E., b. 1825; m. 1844, John B. Fuller. Res. Lowell, 
Mass. Eight children. 

51. iii. Benjamin Franklin, b. Nov. 2, 1828.+ 

52. iv. Laura Jane, b. June 2, 1830; d. June 25, 1855. 

40. Charles A.° (Henry®, Henry^, Benjamin*', Rice^, Rice*, 
ohn^ Williams William^), b. Aug. 14, 1810; m. Mar. 7, 1835, 
uby Ingraham. A teacher at Victory, N. Y. Children: 

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42. 


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43. 


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44. 


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45. 


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46. 


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Rebecca, b. Feb. 10, 1837; m. July 2, 1863, James Prichard. 
Adaline, b. Jan. 22, 1840; m. Dec. 1, 1884, James Stratton. 
Charles A., b. Dec. 4, 1844; m. Ellen Shafer. Four children. 
Delbert C, b. 1848; d. 1858. 

William H., b. Feb. 2, 1851; m. Oct. 4, 1885, Phcebe Pinckney. 
A printer at Rochester, N. Y. 

42. Leander" (Henry^, Henry'^, Benjamin®, Rice^, Rice*, 
Tohn^ William-. William^), b. May 7, 1814; m. (1) Matilda 
Moore [d. Apr. 9, 1842] ; (2) Mary E. Vouglit. Res. at Mil- 
waukee, Wis., and Kalamazoo, Mich. Children — only one of 
first marriage : 

58. i. George E., m. Phoebe Mason. Res. Kalamazoo, Mich. Four 

children. 

59. ii. F. Augusta, d. June 1, 1871 ; m. Charles Upton. 

60. iii. Josephine, d. Mar. 30, 1873; m. C. Luscomb. 

61. iv. Ophelia. 

62. V. Hattie L. 

44. Henry^ (Henry®, Henry^, Benjamin*', Rice^, Rice*, 
John^ William^ William^), b. May 24, 1819; d. Kalamazoo, 

Mich., July 8, 1870; m. Harriet N. Dodge [m. (2) Fisher]. 

Children : 

63. i. Alsamena, m. Charles Bradwell. 

64. ii. Mary, m. Edward Dolman. 

65. iii. ROSETTA. 

45. Clark^ (Henry^, Henry'', Benjamin®, Rice^, Rice*, 
John^, William-, William^), b. 1821; m. Jemima . Chil- 
dren: 

66. i. Clark. Res. at Weedsport, N. Y. 

67. ii. Shepherd. Res. at Cato, N. Y. 

68. iii. Nelson. Res. at Cato, N. Y. 

Three other children. 

49. William R.^ (Joseph^ John^ Benjamin®, Rice^, Rice*, 
John^ William^, William^), b. Sept. 6, 1822; d. Nov. 11, 1895; 
m. Oct. 26, 1842, Sarah W. Taylor (55). He passed his life 
in his native town, where he was a painter. He built hisj 
dwelling, now destroyed by fire, a quarter-mile south of Smith] 
Village, upon the Rindge road a little north of the divergence 
therefrom of the road to Page Hill. He served in the Civil 
War, for a year in the 4th New Hampshire Regiment, and then 
after being discharged for physical disability, as a musician 
in the Veteran Reserve during the remainder of the war. 
Children : 

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69. i. John F., b. Aug. 7, 1843; d. Newport News, Va., Mar. 4, 1863. 
He enlisted in the 13th New Hampshire Regiment, and was 
in service at the time of his death. 

70. ii. William Alfred, b. July 14, 1845 ; m. Nov. 28, 1878, Vesta A. 
Walker of Nobleboro, Me. Res. in Gardner, Mass. Chil- 
dren : i. Alice Abbie, b. Sept. 12, 1879. ii. Frederic Emer- 
son, b. Nov. 21, 1881. iii. Frank Herbert, b. Apr. 25, 1885. 

71. iii. Walter Clarendon, b. Feb. 13, 1848; m. Nov. 3, 1880, Nellie 
M. Swallow. He is a shoemaker at Gardner, Mass. Child : 
i. Helen Maria, b. Sept. 9, 1886; m. Elton Hubbard. 

72. iv. Mary E., b. Oct. 24, 1850; m. Oct. 21, 1868, Edwin F. 
Blanchard (60). 

7i. V. Frank A., b. Oct. 26, 1853; m. Nov. 10, 1883, Cora B. (Carr) 
Coleman of Gardner, Mass. He is a carpenter at Gardner. 

74. vi. Laura M., b. Dec. 26, 1857; d. Feb. 22, 1858. 

75. vii. Charles L., b. Apr. 18, 1861; m. Jan. 24, 1889, Carrie E. 
Carlton. He is a painter and carpenter in New Ipswich. 
Children : i. Laura Minnie, b. Jan. 8, 1892. ii. Ethel 
Estella, b. Feb. 17, 1893. iii. Mary Edith, b. Jan. 7, 1902. 
iv. Frances Mary Mabel, b. Mar. 1, 1906. 

51. Benjamin Franklin^ (Joseph^, John'^, Benjamin®, 
Rice^ Rice*, John^ William^, William^), b. Nov. 2, 1828; d. 
July 20, 1894; m. May 29, 1853, Grace L. Nichols. Children: 

76. i. Carrie Grace, b. Aug. 10, 1854; m. Charles Sawyer. Two 
children. 

77. ii. Fannie Esther, b. Dec. 25, 1856; m. Walter G. Swartz. Two 
children. 

78. iii. Lilla, b. Aug. 23, 1860; d. Aug. 10, 1863. 



LEE. 

John' Lee, b. about 1621; d. Aug. 8, 1690; m. 1658, Mary, dau. of 
Dea. Stephen Hart. He came from England to Hartford, Conn., at the 
age of thirteen, expecting his father and family to follow the next year, 
which, however, they did not do. Hence he became an independent 
pioneer at an early age. He was one of the eighty-four proprietors of 
Farmington, Conn., and there passed his life. Some of his land, bought 
of the Indians, is still owned by his descendants. He was a deacon, and 
also a constable, which office in early days was a much greater honor 
than now. 

John' (John*), b. June 11, 1659; d. Apr. 24, 1723; m. Dec. 27, 1682, 
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Judd) Loomis. 

Jonathan' (John", John*), b. Mar. 20, 1686; d. Jan. 16, 1758; m. 
June 4, 1713, Mary Root. He lived in Christian Lane, Kensington, Conn., 
where he was a deacon. 

John" (Jonathan', John^ John*), b. Apr. 22, 1725; d. Jan. 21, 1796; 
m. May 7, 1752, Sarah Cole. He continued the family line of deacons, 
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Samuel' (John', Jonathan', John', John'), b. Oct. 2, 1757; d. Mar. 
31, 1803; m. 1794, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Wheat) Burnett 
[b. in Scotland]. He was one of the earliest tinsmiths in the country. 
He and two of his brothers served in the Revolutionary War, and he 
suffered severely while held a prisoner in New York harbor. 

1. Samuel^ (Samuel^, John*, Jonathan^, John^, JohnM, b. 
Mar. 18, 1803; d. Aug. 27, 1881; m. (1) Nov. 3, 1834, Emily, 
dau. of Samuel and Nancy (Stone) Fiske [d. Mar. 5, 1843] ; 
(2) Jan. 14, 1846, Lydia, dau. of Paul and Lydia (Coggswell) 
Wentworth [d. Mar. 6, 1855] ; (3) Mary Jane (Smith), dau. of 
Samuel and Margaret (Orr) (Chandler [d. May, 1881]. He 
graduated from Yale College in 1827, and pursued his profes- 
sional study in the associated theological seminary. He was 
pastor in Sherborn, Mass., for six years, and in 1836 was set- 
tled as pastor of the Congregational church of New Ipswich, 
which position he held until 1860. His pastorate has been 
considered on a previous page, but his work was not confined 
within professional limits. He was interested in all lines of 
the town's progress and had many earnest friends among the 
citizens outside his church. He was a member of the school 
committee for nearly twenty years, and represented the town 
in the Legislature three times. He was also trustee of the 
Academy during his entire residence in town. Children : 

2. i. Sarah Fiske, b. Sept. 14, 1838. The house facing on the 

"Village Green" of olden times, and so long owned by her 
father, has been the home of her entire life, and this con- 
tinued residence has given her a familiarity with the events 
and traditions of earlier days invaluable in the preparation 
of this book. 

3. ii. Samuel Wentworth, b. Sept. 12, 1847.+ 

4. iii. John Wentworth, b. Apr. 3, 1852; d. Sept. 7, 1852. 

5. iv. George William, b. June 20, 1853 ; d. Mar. 10, 1884 ; m. Sept. 

15, 1880, Clara H., dau. of Dr. William F. and Lavinia 
(Ford) Clarke of Boone, Iowa. He graduated from Dart- 
mouth College in 1874, was admitted to the Iowa bar in 
1875, and practiced at Des Moines, Iowa. 

6. v. Joseph, b. Jan. 20, 1855; d. Sept. 5, 1855. 

3. Samuel Wentworth^ (SamueP, SamueP, John*, Jona- 
than^, John^, John^), b. Sept. 12, 1847; m. Indianola, Iowa, 
Mar. 6, 1870, Sarah E., dau. of Bennett Wheeler [b. Prenty, 
Town, W. Va.]. At the age of sixteen he went from New 
Ipswich to Chicago, 111., and soon after enlisted in the 6th 
Illinois Cavalry, in which he served through the war. Soonj 
after his marriage he settled in Indianola, Iowa, where he has| 

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lived to the present time, although the part of the town con- 
taining his home is now separated as Wick. He was ordained 
pastor of the Baptist church of West Indianola, and has been 
a successful evangelist. Some years later he was admitted to 
the Iowa bar, and he since has combined the duties of the two 
professions. Children : 

7. i. George William, b. Dec. 18, 1870; m. Oct. 4, 1899, Artie Potter 

of Denison, Iowa. He graduated from Des Moines Col- 
lege, became principal of the Sac City Institute, and is now 
dean of the Woman's College, Denver Col. Four children. 

8. ii. Ella May, b. Sept. 11, 1872; m. July 12, 1899, Rev. W. P. 

Canine. Three children. 

9. iii. Royal Wentworth, b. Oct. 30, 1876; m. Jan. 1, 1908, Helen L. 

Level of Bronson, Iowa. Two children. 

10. iv. JuDSON FiSKE, b. June 24, 1880; m. Nov. 25, 1909, Jessie 

Bacon of Osage, Iowa. He is a professor of Economics in 
Lewis Institute, Chicago. One child. 

11. V. Clara, b. Feb. 19, 1888. She graduated from Des Moines 

College in 1909. 

LOCKE. 

William^ Locke, b. Stepney Parish, London, England, Dec. 13, 1628; 
d. Woburn, Mass., June 16, 1720; m. Woburn, Dec. 27, 1665, Mary, dau. 
of William and Margery Clarke of Woburn [b. Watertown, Mass., Dec. 
20, 1640; d. Woburn, July 18, 1715]. He was brought to America at the 
age of six years. He lived in Woburn. 

Ebenezer' ( William'), b. Jan. 8, 1674; d. Dec. 24, 1723; m. (1) Oct. 
18, 1697, Susannah, dau. of Israel Walker of Woburn [b. Mar. 1, 1674; 
d. June 13, 1699] ; (2) Oct. 14, 1701, Hannah, dau. of David and Hannah 
Meads of Cambridge [b. Sept. 17, 1676; d. July 24, 1739]. He was a 
farmer in Woburn. 

James= (William'), b. Nov. 14, 1677; d. Dec. 11, 1745; m. Dec. 5, 1700, 
Sarah, dau. of Richard^ and Frances (Perriman) Cutter of Menotomy 
(q. v.) [b. Aug. 31, 1673]. 

Samuel' (Ebenezer^, William'), b. Aug. 24, 1702; d. Apr. 13, 1775; 
m. Mar. 2, 1730, Rebecca, dau. of Capt. James and Elizabeth (Arnull) 
Richardson [b. July 4, 1710; d. Sept. 10, 1789]. He lived upon the family 
farm in Woburn until 1742, when he removed to Lancaster, where he 
was an innkeeper many years. 

James' (James^ William'), b. Hopkinton, Mass., June 17, 1703; d. 
Ashby, Mass., Sept. 1, 1782; m. Jan. 11, 1727, Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Ben- 
jamin and Elizabeth (Newhall) Burnap [b. Reading, Mass., May 1, 1708; 
d. New Ipswich, Nov. 25, 1785, at the home of her son-in-law, Ephraim 
Adams (1)]. 

1. William* (Samuel^, Ebenezer^, William^), b. Aug. 23, 
1748; d. Jan. 15, 1827; m. (1) Lancaster, Mass., June 18, 1772, 
Mary Fowle [b. about 1746; d. Nov. 17, 1796] ; (2) Apr. 13, 

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1813, Hannah, widow of Jonas Woolson (5) [b. about 1766; 
d. Nov. 19, 1828]. He succeeded to his father's inn at Lan- 
caster, in which town he lived until about 1798, when he re- 
moved to Rindge, and then in a few years to New Ipswich. 
He bought the Barr farm, (64, N. L. O.,) but soon after his 
second marriage he removed to the farm of his wife, (IV : 2, 
S. R.) Children — all born at Lancaster: 

2. i. Mary, b. May 11, 1773; d. Aug. 26, 1778. 

3. ii. William, b. Apr. 2, 1776. -f 

4. iii. Anna, b. Mar. 6, 1777; d. Aug. 23, 1778. 

5. iv. Polly, b. Oct. 29, 1778; d. about 1805; m. June 1, 1801, John, 

son of Thomas and Lydia (Porter) Emerson of Topsfield, 
Mass. They removed to Norwich, Vt. Two children. 

6. V. Josiah, b. Oct. 1, 1780; d. Mar. 28, 1826; m. (1) Oct. 12, 

1806, Susanna, dau. of James and Miriam Patterson of 
Lunenburg, Mass. [b. Mar. 14, 1785; d. Bloomfield, Me., 
May 27, 1819] ; (2) Sarah Croswell. He was a merchant 
in Bloomfield. Four children. 

7. vi. James, b. Aug. 28, 1782; d. Feb. 26, 1818; m. Nov. 3, 1805, 

Frances, dau. of Capt. Allen Hallett, who lived in New 
Ipswich a few years until his death in 1808. James Locke 
was associated with his brother William in his store in the 
Center Village. His wife survived him but a few years. 

8. vii. Nancy, b. Aug. 26, 1784; d. New Ipswich, Jan. 2, 1876, unm. 

9. viii. LucRETiA, b. June 5, 1787; d. New Ipswich, 1872, unm. 
James' (James^ James', William^), b. Nov., 1729; d. Jan. 19, 1808; 

m. Dec. 17, 1753, Hannah, dau. of Aaron and Hannah (Barron) Farns- 
worth [b. June 22, 1734]. He res. in Ashby and removed thence to Sulli- 
van, N. H. He was selectman, town clerk, and representative while at 
Ashby. He had fourteen children, among whom were John and Eunice, 
the leading characters in the incident related in the former history of 
New Ipswich, according to which relation it fell to the lot of the brother, 
then not sixteen years of age, to serve at once in the Revolutionary army, 
for which service he sadly needed new pantaloons, which this younger 
sister determined he should have, and despite her mother's assurance of 
the impossibility of success she entered upon the task. With her small 
shears she cut the needed wool from the backs of a black and a white 
sheep, carded it, spun, washed and dried the resultant mixed yarn, wove 
the cloth upon a neighbor's loom, that of the family then being occupied 
by a web of linen, and finally the needed garment was cut out and made 
within less than forty hours after she learned of the brother's need and 
two or three hours before the time for his departure. 

William' (James', James', William^), b. Hopkinton, Mass., Apr. 12, 
1748; d. Mar. 30, 1829; m. Feb. 21, 1773, Rebecca Barrett of Carlisle, 
Mass. [b. Dec. 26, 1744; d. Dec. 15, 1831]. He was a farmer in Fitz- 
william, where his children were born, and he and his wife died. 

3. William^ (William*, SamueP, Ebenezer^, William^), b. 
Apr. 2, 1775; d. Oct. 27, 1853; m. Feb. 25, 1796, Eleanor 

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Haynes of Lancaster. He opened a store in Smith Village 
early in the nineteenth century upon the spot afterward occu- 
pied by the dwelling of J. C. Hildreth just east from his black- 
smithy, but after a few years removed to the Center Village, 
erected the two-storied house on the southwest corner of the 
crossing at the foot of the Meeting-house Hill, and there had 
a store for a few years in company with his brother James. 
Children : 

10. i. William, b. July 29, 1798; d. Ashburnham, Mass., Sept. 7, 

1837; m. Mar. 8, 1829, Jane W., dau. of Caleb and Louisa 
Wilder of Ashburnham. 

11. ii. JosiAH, b. Oct. 18, 1804; m. Oct. 18, 1827, Elizabeth W., dau. 

of Capt. John and Deborah Willard. He was a shoemaker 
at Ashburnham, Ashby, and South Reading, Mass., succes- 
sively. 

William' (William*, James', James', William'), b. Feb. 7, 1778; d. 
May 20, 1857; m. Feb. 7, 1804, Mary, dau. of Capt. Joshua' and Mary 
(Whitmore) Walker of Rindge [b. Burlington, Mass., Jan. 29, 1779; d. 
Sept. 14, 1851]. They lived and died in Fitzw^illiam. 

12. William Dana^ (William^, William*, James^, James^ 
William^), b. Fitzwilliam, Oct. 5, 1807; d. Mar. 29, 1886; m. 
Dec. 11, 1833, Marinda Adams (82). He was a farmer during 
the early years of his married life in Ashburnham, Mass., and 
in New Ipswich, then for fourteen years in his native town, 
and after 1855 upon the home of his wife's childhood, (61, 
N. D.) He was deeply interested in the religious and educa- 
tional interests of the town, and was superintendent of its 
schools for years, and his pen gave broader flow to his views 
on other cherished subjects as often as other duties permitted. 
His wife was a typical sunshine Christian. The leading 
thought of the home was a Christian education for their chil- 
dren and resulting Christian activity. All their children save 
one who died in infancy have been teachers, and their later 
work is shown below. Children : 

13. i. Sarah Deborah, b. Ashburnham, May 23, 1836; m. Apr. 7, 

1868, Rev. John Murdock, son of Ephraim and Sally (Good- 
speed) Stow [b. Hubbardston, Mass., Sept. 7, 1824; d. May 
7, 1877]. She graduated from Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 
1859 and remained in that institution as a teacher until her 
marriage. Mr. Stow graduated from Bangor Theological 
Seminary in 1854, was pastor in Walpole and in Sullivan, 
and during most of the period after his marriage was in 
charge of the church in his native town, where he died. 
She lives in Ashburnham, Mass. 

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15. iii. Warren Payson, b. New Ipswich, Nov. 14, 1838; d. June 3, 

1864. He enlisted Nov. 15, 1861, in the 32d Massachusetts 
Regiment and served nearly his full term of enlistment be- 
fore he met his death at the battle of Bethesda Church, near 
Richmond. 

16. iv. Isaac Newton, b. Fitzwilliam, May 25, 1841 ; d. Severy, Kan., 

Jan. 2, 1882; m. Oct. 21, 1872, Mary Annie, dau. of Thomas 
W. and Amanda M. (Sawyer) Wilson of Salisbury, N. H. 
[b. Dec. 7, 1837]. He early purposed to enter the ministry, 
but a weakness of the eyes forced a suspension of his 
studies before the completion of his preparation for college. 
For three years, however, he was connected with Lookout 
Mountain Institute, near Chattanooga, Tenn., as teacher and 
foreman of outside work, and he then preempted a farm in 
Kansas. His useful activities in religious work, however, 
were so appreciated that he was solicited to give his time to 
home missionary work; and after a brief course of study 
he was licensed to preach, was soon ordained, and served 
the Congregational Home Missionary Society for three 
years before his death. 

17. V. Elizabeth Adams, b. Fitzwilliam, Oct. 8, 1843; m. Sept. 15, 

1868, Perley Elijah, son of Hiram and Maria (Stone) Col- 
lings [b. Marlboro, Feb. 22, 1844]. She graduated from 
New Ipswich Appleton Academy in 1864, and her life be- 
fore 1880 was largely devoted to teaching in New Hamp- 
shire, Vermont, Illinois, and Kansas, but since that time she 
has been engaged in the work of the New West Education 
Society and the Congregational Education Society in New 
Mexico, having been stationed in Albuquerque Academy 
and at the Cubero Mission. Child : i. Laura Whittemore 
Collings, b. Aug. 20, 1869; she entered Mt. Holyoke College 
in 1888, but was unable to remain to complete her course. 
She has since been engaged in the same missionary activi- 
ties as her mother. 

18. vi. Mary Caroline, b. Fitzwilliam, Aug. 10, 1846; d. May 17, 

1903; m. June 11, 1883, Amos Franklin Shattuck (185). 

19. vii. Emma Augusta, b. Fitzwilliam, Sept. 20, 1848; m. Sept. 3, 

1889, Joseph Elliot, son of Levi and Abigail (Pratt) Clark 
[b. Ashburnham, Mass., July 18, 1826]. Res. in Ashburn- 
ham. 

20. viii. Laura Whittemore, b. Fitzwilliam, Aug. 15, 1854; d. Mar. 

30, 1855. 

14. William Edwin^ (William Dana^, William^, W^illiam*, 
James^ James^, William^), b. Aug. 14, 1837; m. Mar. 15, 1868, 
Zoe Ann Marinda, dau. of Augustus and Persis (Stone) Noyes 
[b. Westmoreland, Dec. 11, 1833]. He was educated in Apple- 
ton Academy and Amherst College, from which he graduated 
in 1864, and after graduation from Union Theological Sem- 
inary in 1867 he entered upon his chosen work as a missionary 

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of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 
in Bulgaria, where he served during a quarter-century, resign- 
ing his commission in 1893. He was pastor at Alstead for 
several years after his resignation. His home is now at Wel- 
lesley, Mass. Children : 

21. i. Adelaide Imogen, b. Philippopolis, Bulgaria, Mar. 14, 1869. 

She graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1892, from 
Hartford Theological Seminary in 1895, received the degree 
of B. S. T. after a year of graduate study, and has since 
been a member of the faculty of Wellesley College, since 
1900 associate professor of Biblical History. 

22. ii. Marinda Adams, b. Samokov, Bulgaria, Jan. 1, 1871. She 

graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1893, and after a 
brief period as a teacher entered upon preparation for the 
duties of a professional nurse, graduating from McLean 
Hospital, Waverly, Mass., and working for another year in 
the Massachusetts General Hospital, since which time she 
has been engaged in the duties of her profession, her home 
being at Wellesley, Mass. 

23. iii. Mabel Elizabeth, b. Samokov, Bulgaria, Oct. 21, 1874; ra. 

Nov. 30, 1899, Fred Landale, son of George L. and Sarah 
Minerva (Burke) Tucker [b. Greenwich, N. Y., Aug. 21, 
1876]. She lived in Newark, N. J., some years, but is now 
settled upon a farm at Baldwinville, Mass. Children : i. 
Beatrice Tucker, h. Apr. 2, 1902. ii. Edwin Locke Tucker, 
b. Jan. 25, 1904. iii. Eleanor Blanche Tucker, b. Apr. 27, 
1906. 

LOVETT. 

John' Lovett, b. 1610; d. Nov. 8, 1686; m. Mary [b. 1605; d. 

June, 1695]. With his wife and one or more children, he came from 
England in 1639, landed at Salem, and settled in the location which after- 
ward was Beverly, Mass. 

John' (John'), b. 1636; d. Sept. 10, 1727; m. Bethia, dau. of Josiah 
and Susanna Coates [bapt. Sept. 24, 1648; d. Oct. 26, 1714]. He res. at 
Beverly. 

Benjamin' (John^ John'), b. Mar. 7, 1680; d. June 10, 1740; m. Anna 
. He continued in Beverly. 

Benjamin" (Benjamin', John^ John'), b. Sept. 26, 1702; d. June 6, 
1782; m. about 1728, Eleanor, dau. of John and Mercy Ellen Cleves [b. 
June 8, 1709; d. June 9, 1788]. The family still remained in Beverly. 

William^ (Benjamin*, Benjamin', John^ John'), b. June 15, 1739; 
m. Nov. 1, 1778, Elizabeth Lufkin. He continued residence in the an- 
cestral town. 

1. Benjamin*' (William^ Benjamin*, Benjamin^, John^ 
John^), b. Beverly, Mass., Dec. 6, 1791 ; d. Sept., 1866; m. Apr., 
1820, Mary Penn [b. Boston, Nov. 11, 1799; d. Dec. 20, 1870]. 
He went to Boston when a young man and followed the busi- 

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ness of a mason until about 1837, when he came to New Ips- 
wich and became a farmer, having the farm at the end of the 
road next westward from the point where the river enters the 
town of Ashby, (76, A. D.) Children: 

2. i. Mary Jane, b. July 15, 1821; d. Mar. 18, 1900; m. Nov. 6, 

1853, Aaron S. Mcintosh. Children : i. Jennie Mcintosh, 
b. June 15, 1858. ii. Aaron Mcintosh, b. July 18, 1860; d. 
Aug., 1869. 

3. ii. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 17, 1823; d. 1871; m. Dec. 16, 1852, Augus- 

tus Gill. Child : i. Annie Curry Gill, b. Dec, 1853. 

4. iii. Hannah Augusta, b. Jan. 2, 1825; d. Jan. 17, 1828. 

5. iv. Caroline Sophia, b. Mar. 17, 1827; d. Mar., 1830. 

6. V. Hannah Augusta, b. July 4, 1831 ; d. Apr., 1903. 

7. vi. Benjamin Franklin, b. Oct. 14, 1832; unm. Res. in San 

Francisco, Cal. 

8. vii. William Penn, b. Oct. 31, 1834; d. Nov., 1893; m. Mary 

Jane Newell of Providence, R. I. 

9. viii. Harriet A., b. Mar. 21, 1837; m. Nov. 18, 1871, William 

Keith. Children : i. William Keith, b. Oct., 1872 ; d. 1900. 
ii. Benjamin Lovett Keith, b. 1874. 

10. ix. Caroline A., b. Feb. 21, 1840; d. Aug., 1908; m. Apr. 30, 1867, 

Howard Gannett. Children : i. Bertha Gannett, ii. How- 
ard Gannett, iii. Edwin Lovett Gannett, iv. Caroline Belle 
Gannett, v. Gordon Hague Gannett. 

11. X. Sarah Josephine, b. Jan. 17, 1843; m. Feb. 7, 1867, Sewall 

Stearns Lane. Child: i. Arthur Clarence Lane, b. Nov. 
20, 1871; m. Dec, 1888, Elizabeth Gertrude Walmsley of 
Dover. Children : i. Marion Lovett Lane, b. Oct. 8, 1900. 
ii. Dorothy Hall Lane, b. Sept. 13, 1902. 

LOWE. 

Thomas* Lowe, d. Sept. 8, 1677; m. Susannah [b. about 1598; 

d. Aug. 19, 1684]. He is believed to have been the son of John Low, 
vice-admiral of the fleet that brought Gov. Winthrop's colony to New 
England in 1630. He was born in England, but as early as 1641 he was 
resident in that part of Ipswich, Mass., which was then called Chebacco, 
but is now included in the town of Essex. 

Thomas^ (Thomas*), b. in England, 1632; d. Ipswich, Mass., Apr. 12, 
1712; m. (1) July 4, 1660, Martha, dau. of Thomas and Margaret Bor- 
man of Ipswich; (2) Mary Brown. He was an influential citizen and held 
the office of deacon. 

Jonathan' (Thomas', Thomas*), b. July 7, 1665; d. Feb. 8, 1750; m. 
Mar. 8, 1692, Mary Thomson. 

Jonathan^ (Jonathan", Thomas^ Thomas*), b. Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 
14, 1708; m. Nov. 18, 1731, Sarah, dau. of Abraham and Abigail (Dodger) 
Perkins [b. Ipswich, 1711]. He removed to Lunenburg, Mass., probably 
the part that is now Fitchburg, in 1763. 

Jonathan" (Jonathan^ Jonathan', Thomas^ Thomas*), b. Aug. 13, 
1748; m. 1776, Sarah Perkins. 

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Asa' (Jonathan", Jonathan*, Jonathan', Thomas', Thomas'), b. 1795; 
d. 1862; m. 1825, Elizabeth Frances Goodwin [b. 1803; d. 1858]. 

1. George Norton^ (Asa^ Jonathan^, Jonathan*, Jona- 
than^, Thomas^ Thomas^), b. Westmoreland, N. Y., Nov. 25, 
1831 ; m. Nov. 3, 1853, Julia Ann Chickering (22). His parents 
came to Fitchburg, Mass., while he was a boy, and at the age 
of eighteen he came to New Ipswich, learned the trade of a 
cigar-maker, and has passed his life in that industry. Chil- 
dren : 

2. i. Julia Frances, b. Oct. 16, 1854; m. Oct. 27, 1881, Horace M. 

Nash, a physician in Lancaster, Mass., where she lived until 
his death in 1895. 

3. ii. George Frederic, b. Mar. 10, 1856; d. Apr. 15, 1905; m. Lizzie 

Baxter of Cambridge, Mass. Res. at Milford. Children: 
Myrta B., Catherine, Gertrude, Helen, of whom only the 
oldest is living. 

4. iii. Abby Ellen, b. Sept. 21, 1857; m. Feb. 22, 1876, Robert L. 

Cumnock of Mason. Res. at Anderson, S. C. Six children. 

5. V. Charles Henry, b. Feb. 7, 1859; d. Aug. 16, 1859. 

6. vi. Herbert Norton, b. Dec. 9, 1870; d. Aug. 11, 1871. 

7. vii. Caroline, b. Oct. 1, 1873. She is a teacher at Newton, Mass. 

MANSFIELD. 

The family came from Lynn and the earlier generations were as here 
given. 

Robert' Mansfield of Norfolk County, England, came to Lynn in 
1640. He d. Dec. 16, 1666, and his widow Elizabeth (Townsend) d. Sept. 
8, 1673, aged 87. 

Andrew^ (Robert'), d. Nov., 1683; m. Sarah Breed. 

Daniel^ (Andrew^ Robert'), b. in Lynn, June 9, 1669; d. June 11, 
1728; m. Hannah Townsend [d. Sept. 6, 1714]. 

Andrew* (Daniel', Andrew^ Robert'), b. April 24, 1692; d. in Lynn- 
field, Aug. 28, 1730; m. Sarah Breed. 

Daniel' (Andrew', Daniel', Andrew", Robert'), b. Nov. 24, 1717; d. 
Apr. 2, 1797; m. (1) 1738, Lydia, dau. of Thomas and Lydia (Hawkes) 
Norwood; (2) 1777, Ruth Newhall. 

1. Lydia^ (DanieP, Andrew*, DanieP, Andrew^ Robert^), 
b. Sept. 16, 1739; d. Aug. 1, 1828; m. Jan. 15, 1767, Allen Breed 
(4). 

2. Daniel^ (Daniel^, Andrew*, Daniel^, Andrew^, Robert^), 
b. Dec. 27, 1741 ; d. Mar. 29, 1816; m. Nov. 5, 1765, Lydia, dau. 
of Elisha and Jane (Breed) Newhall. Res. New Ipswich. 
Children : 

5. i. Jacob, b. Oct. 24, 1766. 

6. ii. Daniel, b. Mar. 3, 1768. 

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7. iii. Lydia, b. June 9, 1769; d. Dec. 11, 1826; m. Feb. 25, 1796, 

Ebenezer Brown (J. 2). 

8. iv. Joel, b. July 22, 1771. 

9. V. Polly, b. May 7, 1773. 

10. vi. Thomas, b. Sept. 8, 1775. 

11. vii. David, b. Sept. 7, 1777; d. Nov. 22, 1777. 

12. viii. Betsy, b. May 26, 1779. 

13. ix. Israel, b. Mar. 11, 1781.+ 

14. X. Newel, b. Jan. 11, 1784. 

15. xi. William, b. Feb. 23, 1786. 

16. xii. Sally, b. Aug. 11, 1788. 

3. EzRA^ (DanieP, Andrew*, DanieP, Andrew^, Robert^), 
b. June 8, 1745; d. Feb. 5, 1838; m. Feb. 21, 1769, Rebecca 
Kenney. Lived in New Ipswich, Jaffrey, and Alstead. Chil- 
dren : 

17. i. Ezra, b. Oct. 10, 1770. 

18. ii. Rebeckah, b. Mar. 14, 1772. 

19. iii. AzuBAH, b. Dec. 3, 1773. 

20. iv. Aaron, b. Apr. 1, 1782. 

21. V. Elijah, b. Mar. 18, 1784. 

22. vi. Baruch, b. Sept. 19, 1786. 

23. vii. Asa, b. May 17, 1788. 

4. Elijah^ (DanieP, Andrew*, DanieP, Andrew^, Robert^), 
b. June 22, 1746; d. May 18, 1778; m. May 18, 1769, Rebecca 
Blanchard. Children : 

24. i. Rebecca, b. Jan. 1, 1771. 

25. ii. Patty, b. July 19, 1773. 

William' (Daniel", Andrew', Daniel', Andrew', Robert'), b. May 20, 
1749; d. Sept. 28, 1809; m. May 31, 1770, Betty Townsend. 

13. Israel^ (DanieP, DanieP, Andrew*, DanieP, Andrew^, 
Robert^), b. Mar. 11, 1781; d. Apr. 20, 1825; m. Nov. 8, 1804, 
Susanna, dau. of Supply and Susanna Wilson (4). Children: 

26. i. Israel Norwood, b. July 23, 1805. 

27. ii. Frederick, b. July 29, 1807. 

28. iii. Addison, b. June 11, 1809. 

29. iv. Edward, b. June 20, 1811. 

30. V. Supply W., b. 1813; d. Mar. 8, 1889. 

Levi' (William', Danief, Andrew^ Daniel', Andrew', Robert*), b. Dec. 
18, 1780. 

Leonard' (Levi', William", Danief, Andrew*, Daniel', Andrew', Rob- 
ert'), b. 1825; m. Mary S., dau. of Nathaniel Manly [d. Dec. 2, 1898]. 

31. Franklin Leonard^ (Leonard^ Levi^ William^ Dan- 
ieP, Andrew*, DanieP, Andrew^, Robert^), b. in Rindge, Dec. 
17, 1852; d. Mar. 18, 1905; m. Dec. 15, 1875, Louisa Roxa 
Foskett (3). Res. in New Ipswich. Children: 

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32. i. Albert Franklin, b. Sept. 12, 1877; m. Elsie A. Woodward 

[d. May 19, 1907]. One child, Arlene Antoinette, b. Apr. 
10, 1906. 

33. ii. Mary Louisa, b. Oct. 18, 1879; m. Albro L. Balch (5). 

34. iii. George Ernest, b. Sept. 24, 1882; d. June 28, 1890. 

35. iv. Nellie A., b. Oct. 8, 1884; m. Sept. 28, 1904, Charles H. 

Clark. One dau., d. Aug. 14, 1906. 

36. V. Frederic L., b. Feb. 22, 1887; m. Jan. 5, 1910, Ruth Edna, 

dau. of Aaron F. Whitney of Ashby, Mass. 
2)7. vi. Willis Foskett, b. May 5, 1890. 

MANSUR. 

Robert^ Mansur, m. June 6, 1670, widow Elizabeth Brooks [d. June 
3, 1694/5]. Res. in Charlestown, Mass. He is believed to have been the 
father of John, but the evidence is not quite conclusive. 

John' (Robert'), m. (1) Boston, Apr. 24, 1695, Mary Mirick; (2) 
Woburn, Mass., June 2, 1701, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Hannah 
(Cleveland) Henshaw [b. July 30, 1678]. Res. in Charlestown, Mass. 

John' (John=, Robert'), b. Nov. 10, 1705; m. Dec. 31, 1732, Hannah 
Lovejoy of Andover, Mass. Res. in Andover and Dracut, Mass. He 
served in the French and Indian wars. 

William* (John^ John^ Robert'), b. Dracut, Jan. 1, 1737; d. 1808; 
m. 1762, Isabella Harvey [b. Dracut, 1739; d. Dec. 27, 1826]. He removed 
before 1762 from Dracut to that part of Wilton which became Temple, 
being one of the first settlers in that town, and he there passed his life. 
His name is on the list of the fifty-six men who marched from Temple 
in response to the Concord alarm in 1775, and he served later in the 
company of Capt. Gershom Drury. 

1. EzRA^ (William^ John^ John^ Robert^), b. Apr. 19, 
1771 ; d. June 15, 1834; m. 1803, Susan Treadwell of Peterboro 
[b. about 1783; d. Nov. 27, 1835]. He succeeded to the family 
homestead in Temple, but passed a few of his last years in 
New Ipswich. Children : 

2. i. Mary Hay, b. Feb., 1804; d. Nov. 3, 1850; m. Mar. 4, 1829, 

Peter Durant of Mt. Vernon. Res. Townsend, Mass. 

3. ii. Samuel Crombie, b. Sept. 12, 1805; d. Costa Rica, Central 

America, 1845. 

4. iii. Eliza Cunningham, b. Oct. 28, 1807; d. 1898; m. Sept. 18, 

1826, Orlando Marshall (1). 

5. iv. Helen Maria, b. Aug. 11, 1809; m. May 1, 1834, Jonathan L. 

Prescott of Epsom. Res. Bristol. 

6. V. William Earle, b. Aug. 2, 1811.+ 

7. vi. Susan, b. Oct. 17, 1813; m. Sept. 21, 1843, Ovid D. Barnes. 

8. vii. Nancy, b. Feb. 17, 1816. 

9. viii. James Monroe, b. Aug. 12, 1818; d. Apr. 27, 1838. 

10. ix. Horace, b. Dec. 15, 1821; m. May, 1846, Abby Leighton of 
Dover. Res. Sacramento, Cal. 

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11. X. George Bradley, b. Aug. 2, 1823; m. June, 1850, Mary Wheeler 

of Concord. Res. at Chicago, 111. 

12. xi. Sarah, b. Dec. 31, 1826; d. Dec. 22, 1852; m. June 28, 1848, 

Albert Brown of Springfield, Vt. 

13. xii. Abby, b. May 2, 1830; d. Aug. 16, 1858; m. July 28, 1856, 

George M. Cavis of Bristol. 

6. William Earle^ (Ezra^, William*, John^, John", Rob- 
ert^), b. Aug. 2, 1811; d. Sept. 25, 1862; m. Oct. 6, 1835, Lii- 
cinda, dau. of Dea. Parker Maynard of Jaffrey [b. June 2, 
1816; d. July 27, 1897]. He came to New Ipswich in his 
youth, was employed for a few years in the "Waterloom" fac- 
tory, and later, after his marriage, for several years conducted 
a hotel at High Bridge. About 1850 he removed to the Center 
Village and was proprietor of the hotel upon the Turnpike 
east from the corner store until 1856. On the outbreak of the 
Civil War he disregarded his age of fifty years and enlisted in 
the 6th New Hampshire Regiment, was wounded in the sec- 
ond battle of Bull Run, and a month later died of the wound 
at Fairfax, Va. Buried in New Ipswich. Children : 

14. i. James Parker, b. Apr. 17, 1837; d. Apr. 17, 1858. 

15. ii. Helen M., b. Sept. 3, 1839; m. Sept. 15, 1860, Fred A. Brooks 

(35). 

16. iii. Abby L., b. Sept. 10, 1841; d. Mar. 9, 1912; m. Feb. 16, 1862, 

Edwin Woods [b. Mar. 13, 1834; d. July 21, 1901]. Chil- 
dren : i. Harry L. Woods, h. May 15, 1865 ; m. Jan. 29. 
1891, Edith G. Putnam. Children : Fred Mansur Woods, 
b. Dec. 20, 1892; Arlene Putnam Woods, b. June 7, 1896. 
ii. Herbert Mansur Woods, b. Oct. 17, 1868; a druggist in 
Everett, Mass. 

17. iv. Maria E., b. Jan., 1844; d. July 25, 1845. 

18. V. Frank R., b. Feb. 29, 1848; d. Sept. 13, 1848. 

MARSH. 

1. Joseph Ellery Foxcroft Marsh, son of Dea. Shubael 
and Elizabeth (Foxcroft) Marsh, b. Aug. 23, 1816; d. Oct. 26, 
1904; (seventh in descent from George who came to Charles- 
town, Mass., in 1635 from Hingham, England) ; m. May, 1841, 
Sarah C. Smith, a Quaker. He came to New Ipswich in 1875 
and bought the "Silas Cragin place," where he passed the re- 
mainder of his life. Child : 

2. i. J. Ellery F., Jr., b. Jan. 20, 1846.+ 

2. J. Ellery F., Jr., b. Jan. 20, 1846; m. Oct. 20, 1869, Eliza- 
beth, dau. of Theodore and Sarah E. (Hill) Perkins of Lynn, 

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Mass. [d. June 4, 1904]. Mr. Marsh came to New Ipswich 
in 1877, was first clerk at the corner store ; then proprietor for 
several years; town clerk 13 years; postmaster; for two terms 
a member of the State Legislature. In 1895 he returned to 
Lynn, where he resides. Child : 
3. i. Ella Frances. 

MARSHALL. 

Benjamin^ Marshall, b. at Marblehead, Mass.; d. June 18, 1795; 
m. Sibylla, dau. of Moses and Sibylla (Plympton) Johnson. 

MosES^ (Benjamin^), b. at Holliston, Mass., Dec. 15, 1775; m. Lucy 
Campbell. He was one of the early settlers of Dublin, a manufacturer of 
waterwheels and made the first wheel used in the Bank Village mill. 

1. Orlando^ (Moses^ Benjamin^), b. in Dublin, Jan. 28, 
1805; d. Jan. 13, 1869; m. Sept. 18, 1826, Eliza Cunningham 
Mansur (4). Mr. Marshall came to New Ipswich in his boy- 
hood and spent his life, save three years at Winchendon, Mass., 
in Bank Village, being master mechanic in the mill of that vil- 
lage. Children : 

2. i. Maria Augusta, b. Mar. 20, 1829.4- 

3. ii. Eliza Ann, b. June 29, 1831.-|- 

4. iii. Granville, b. Oct. 7, 1833; d. Mar. 14, 1855. 

5. iv. Isabella M., b. Sept. 18, 1836; d. Aug. 13, 1855. 

6. V. Harriet Ellen, b. Dec. 20, 1838.+ 

7. vi. Mary Jane, b. July 20, 1843; m. (1) Aug. 15, 1862, Henry 

Ames Blood (8) ; (2) Robert J. Tabraham. 

8. vii. Lucy Emogene, b. Oct. 6, 1844; d. Apr. 25, 1911; m. May 19, 

1863, Orrin Tillson. 

9. viii. Edward Orlando, b. July 15, 1847. He succeeded to his 

father's position in the mills and keeps the family home. 

2. Maria A.^ (Orlando^ Moses^, Benjamin^), b. Mar. 20, 
1829; m. Mar. 20, 1850, Stephen F. Rossiter of Claremont. 
Children : 

i. Kate Maria Rossiter, b. Dec. 28, 1850; d. July 14, 1889. 
ii. Marshall S. Rossiter, b. Oct. 3, 1852; d. Dec. 17, 1899. 
iii. Ida Belle Rossiter, b. June 28, 1854. 

iv. Harriet F'. Rossiter, b. Mar. 9, 1864; m. George F. Lewis of 
Naugatuck, Conn. One child. 

3. Eliza Ann* (Orlando^ Moses^ Benjamin^), b. June 29, 
1831 ; m. Oct. 28, 1852, Charles W. Tufts of Dunkirk, N. Y. 
Children : 

i. Ellen M. Tufts, b. Sept. 3, 1857; m. (1) White; (2) 

Frank H. Whiting, 
ii. Carrie Tufts. 

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6. Harriet Ellen* (Orlando^, Moses^, Benjamin^), b. Dec. 
20, 1838 ; m. Oct. 9, 1856, G. F. Tindall of Cleveland, O. Child : 
i. Harry Brown Tindale, b. Mar. 26, 1859. 

MELVIN. 

John' Melvin, b. in Scotland about 1653; d. Aug. 11, 1726; m. (1) 
Hannah, dau. of John and Mary (Brown) Lewis [b. about 1655; d. May 
23, 1696] ; (2) pub. Aug. 27, 1696, Margaret Shanesberg. He came to 
Charlestown, Mass., as early as 1676, and removed thence to Concord, 
Mass., soon after his second marriage. 

Jonathan' (John'), b. May 29, 1688; d. Feb. 11, 1737; m. Feb. 28, 
1714, Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah (Smedley) Hartwell [b. July 
28, 1694]. Res. in Concord. 

Eleazer= (John'), b. June 28, 1703; d. Oct. 18, 1754; m. Mary, dau. 
of Nathaniel and Ruth (Meriam) Stow [d. Nov. 20, 1754]. He lived in 
Concord, and was a famous fighter against the Indians. He was in the 
company of Capt. Lovewell at the fight well known as "Lovewell's fight," 
and was one of the nine members who, out of the entire number of 
thirty-three, received no injury. An account of the contest in his hand- 
writing is preserved in the Newberry Library, Chicago, 111. He was a 
lieutenant at the reduction of Louisburg. Five of his children came to 
New Ipswich. Probably there were several others. 

1. JosiAH^ (Jonathan^, John^), b. June 14, 1727; m. Mar. 3, 
1757, Lydia^ Barrett (James*, Benjamin^, Humphrey^, Hum- 
phrey^) [b. June 6, 1738; d. 1800]. It is not quite certain that 
this descendant of the first marriage of the pioneer John Mel- 
vin was ever resident in New Ipswich ; possibly he was a non- 
resident landholder. But a comparison with the Concord rec- 
ords makes it seem possible that he came several 3^ears later 
than his cousins from the second marriage, and lived a few 
years, 1774-78, in the north part of the town, while the younger 
line had settled in the southern division. Tradition is silent 
concerning him. 

2. Nathaniel^ (Eleazer^, John^), b. Oct. 12, 1740; m. Dec. 
6, 1770, Abigail Lakin of Groton, Mass. He came to New 
Ipswich about 1765, and settled in the southeast corner of the 
town on the farm long after occupied by members of the Rus- 
sell family, (44, N. L. O.) He gave Revolutionary service at 
the time of the Concord alarm, and later in the companies of 
Capts. Joseph Parker and Josiah Brown. His name disappears 
from the town records in 1786. 

3. Sarah^ (Eleazer^, John^), b. Mar. 17, 1743; d. May 24, 
1814; m. Nov. 27, 1766, Jonathan Davis (1). 

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4. Mary^ (Eleazer^, John^), b. Apr. 9, 1745; d. Mar. 22, 
1807; m. Jan. 1, 1765, James Chandler (1). 

5. David^ (Eleazer^, John^), b. May 31, 1747; d. Mar. 16, 
1834. His name is found on record in New Ipswich for fifteen 
years, 1769-84; and he was among those who left the town for 
Cambridge on the opening day of the Revolutionary contest, 
and also at Bunker Hill. Still the location of his home is not 
evident, although it was probably in the southeastern portion 
of the town near his brothers. Perhaps he Ha ed with them, 
having no separate home, as no mention is found of his having 
married. He was one of those who embraced the Shaker be- 
lief and petitioned to be released from payment of the tax for 
the support of the minister. He finally left the town and joined 
the community of Shakers at Harvard, Mass., and there after 
many years closed his life, after which he was characterized 
by his fellows as "a. very earnest believer, but very fond of 
joking." 

6. JoHN^ (Eleazer^, John^), b. Apr. 11, 1749; m. Lois, be- 
lieved to be the dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Heald) Hos- 
mer [b. July 24, 1746]. He also marched on the alarm of April, 
1775, and he has been credited with service on Bunker Hill, 
but since the only official record supporting this is that name 
upon the roll of a company enlisted a considerable distance 
westward of New Ipswich, on which roll the name is marked 
"D"* June 17," the natural belief is that the John Melvin who 
was taxed in New Ipswich until 1787, and who served in Capt. 
Joseph Parker's company in 1776, was the one who came to 
town sixteen years before that date and lived on the same farm 
as his brother Nathaniel. He owned land in Lancaster, Mass., 
in 1792, and while he probably joined the Shaker community 
for a time, apparently his sojourn there was not permanent. 
A "David Melvin, 2d" who died in Lancaster at the age of 
fifteen may perhaps have been a son of John and Lois, or pos- 
sibly of David, if he had married before adopting the Shaker 
belief. 

The Melvin name perished from town before the close of 
the eighteenth century. 

MILES. 

JoHN^ Miles, d. Concord, Mass., Aug. 26, 1693; m. (1) Sarah 

fd. July 18, 1678] ; (2) Feb. 10, 1679, Susannah Rediat. Res. in Concord, 
Mass. 

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John' (John*), b. May 20, 1680; d. Aug. 23, 1725; m. Apr. 16, 1702, 
Mary Prescott. Res. in Concord. 

JoHN=' (John% John'), b. Dec. 24, 1702; d. prob. Feb. 4, 1781; m. Eliza- 
beth [b. about 1704; d. May 5, 1782]. 

1. Abel* (John^, John^, John^), b. Sept. 9, 1733; d. Dec. 6, 
1814; m. Feb. 26, 1756, Lydia, dau. of Capt. Daniel* and Eliza- 
beth (Minot) Adams (Joseph^, John-, Henry^). He came from 
Concord to New Ipswich about 1771, and settled where the 
road now ends on the Ramsdell farm east from Whittemore 
Hill, (70, A. D.,) where he lived until his death. Children : 

2. i. Lydia, b. Feb. 20, 1757; m. Feb. 25, 1800, David Rumrill. 

3. ii. Betty, b. Dec. 4, 1758; d. Jan. 3, 1798; m. Dec. 11, 1783, John 

Shattuck (10). 

4. iii. Polly, b. July 8, 1760 ; d. Nov. 14, 1804, unm. 

5. iv. Rebecca, b. Jan. 3, 1762; m. Jan. 21, 1781, Levi Mansfield. 

6. V. Abel, b. Oct. 17, 1768; m. Nov. 10, 1794, Betsy Shepley. 

NEWHALL or NEWELL. 

Thomas' Newhall d. May 25, 1674; m. Mary [d. Sept. 25, 1665]. 
He was an early settler in Lynn, Mass., and in 1638 he vi^as allotted thirty 
acres of land in that part of the town which is now Reading. 

Thomas' (Thomas'), b. 1630 or earlier; d. Apr., 1687; m. Dec. 29, 
1652, Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Potter [d. Feb., 1686/7]. He is said to 
have been the first child born in Lynn. He held the ofifice of ensign. 
His property at the time of his death amounted to nearly £700. 

Joseph' (Thomas', Thomas'), b. Sept. 22, 1658; d. Jan., 1705/6; m. 
probably in 1678, Susanna, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar of Lynn 
[b. Mar. 26, 1659]. Seven years after his death she m. Benjamin Simonds 
of Woburn. He represented the town in the General Court and often 
held other honorable and responsible positions. Like his father he was 
an ensign. 

Ebenezer" (Joseph', Thomas', Thomas'), b. June 3, 1693; d. June 22, 
1766; m. 1718, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph' (Joseph', Allen', Allen') and 
Sarah (Farrington) Breed [b. Oct. 6, 1695; d. Feb. 7, 1770]. He was a 
clothier, and he too held the family office of ensign. 

1. Ebenezer^ (Ebenezer*, Joseph^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. 
Dec. 9, 1725 ; d. 1783 ; m. Dec. 25, 1755, IVIary Newhall [b. about 
1731 ; d. IVIar. 20, 1826], very possibly the widow of his cousin 
Elijah^ (Elisha*, Joseph^) who had died the preceding year, 
and if so, she was dau. of Thomas and Mary (Baker) Cheever. 
He came from Lynnfield to New Ipswich in 1780 and owned 
what has since been known as the "Newhall farm," (76, A. D.,) 
where he lived only three years. He was, in accordance with 
his desire, buried in his orchard. Children : 

2. i. Onesimus, b. Oct. 12, 1756.+ 

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3. ii. Mehitable, b. Sept. 17, 1758; d. Dec. 21, 1821. 

4. iii. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 29, 1760. 

5. iv. Elizabeth, b. July 26, 1763. 

6. V. Elijah, b. Mar. 9, 1766.+ 

7. vi. Lois, b. Mar. 20, 1768; m. Nehemiah Stratton (3). 

8. vii. Ezra, b. Sept. 2, 1770; m. Eunice . Removed to Acton, 

Mass. 

9. viii. William, b. Aug. 23, 1772. 

2. Onesimus® (Ebenezer^, Ebenezer*, Joseph^, Thomas^, 
Thomas^), b. Oct. 12, 1756; d. Apr. 16, 1833. The name of his 
first wife, who died 1786, does not appear, but he m. (2) Lydia 
. He served through the entire time of the Revolutionary- 
War in either the army or in naval service, failing to have a 
part at Bunker Hill only because his company did not arrive 
until the engagement had ended, doing duty in Rhode Island 
and at Ticonderoga ; while serving upon a privateer so wounded 
in the face as to cause a severe permanent distortion, and for a 
brief time being a prisoner at Newfoundland. He came to New 
Ipswich at the close of the war and succeeded to the ownership 
of the Newell farm. Children : 

Ebenezer, b. Aug. 5, 1789. He graduated from Harvard 
College in 1818. 

Samuel, b. Nov. 26, 1791 ; m. Adeline . One son, Samuel, 

d. Feb. 6, 1832, aged 5 months. 

Seth, b. Feb. 3, 1794.+ 

Sarah, b. Mar. 18, 1796; d. Groton, Mass., Dec. 4, 1873, unm. 

Mary, b. June 11, 1798; m. (1) Harris; (2) Jan. IS, 

1845, Peter Shumway of Oxford, Mass. 

15. vi. Lucy, b. Sept. 2, 1800. 

6. Elijah^ (Ebenezer^, Ebenezer*, Joseph^, Thomas^, 
Thomas^), b. Mar. 9, 1766; d. Aug. 7, 1851; m. (1) Hannah 
Gill [b. about 1763; d. Jan. 21, 1830] ; (2) Elizabeth, dau. of 
Jonathan Locke of Ashby, Mass., and widow of Thomas Heald 
(9) [b. 1770; d. May 25, 1843]. He lived upon the "Newell 
farm," (76, A. D.,) or near that place in 77, A. D., until about 
1828, when he removed to the corner house just south from 
the town-house, and there passed his later years. Children : 

16. i. William, b. July 28, 1790.-}- 

17. ii. Hannah, b. Feb. 2, 1792; d. Mar. 25, 1792. 

18. iii. Nancy, b. Feb. 12, 1794; d. June 18, 1858, unm. 

19. iv. James, b. Aug. 5, 1795.+ 

20. v. Hannah, b. 1797 or 1798; d. Mar. 30, 1862; m. June 4, 1835, 

Oilman Ames (3). 

21. vi. Clarissa, b. Dec. 25, 1799; d. Feb. 9, 1861; m. May 7, 1845, 

Dea. Asa Symonds of Hancock. 

22. vii. Louisa, b. Aug. 7, 1802; d. July 19, 1860, unm. 

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12. Seth'^ (Onesimus^, Ebenezer^, Ebenezer*, Joseph^ 
Thomas^ Thomas^), b. Feb. 3, 1794; d. Apr. 9, 1867; m. Han- 
nah Kemp [b. about 1795; d. Aug. 12, 1862]. Soon after his 
marriage he settled near the Mason line upon 186, A. D., where 
most of his children were born, and then removed to the 
"Chickering house," opposite the house which is now the Con- 
gregational parsonage, which was his home for about twenty 
years. Children : 

Milton P., b. Feb. 24, 1823 ; d. Feb. 27, 1823. 

Lucy Ann, b. about 1825; d. June 18, 1853; m. Stephen Pea- 
body of Danvers, Mass. 

Sarah C, b. about 1827 ; d. Aug. 14, 1886 ; m. E. W. Hayes. 

Maria C, b. about 1829; d. Sept. 10, 1850, unm. 

Harriet Atwood, b. 1830; d. Jan. 30, 1872; m. John W. Shep- 
ard of New Bedford, Mass. One son who died in youth. 

28. vi. Mary Jane, b. about 1832; d. 1908; m. Warren Bushby of 

Peabody, Mass. 

29. vii. Philena, b. about 1834; d. about 1894; m. Sylvester Adams, 

a dentist in Boston. 

16. William'^ (Elijah®, Ebenezer^, Ebenezer*, Joseph^ 
Thomas^ Thomas^), b. July 28, 1790; d. Dec. 26, 1845 ; m. Dec. 
6, 1814, Catherine Foster [b. about 1793; d. Nov. 15, 1875]. 
He appears to have lived with or near his father in the south 
part of the town until about 1823, and afterward for a time 
in the nearest house to that of his father at the town-house 
corner, on the road to Smith Village. Children : 

30. i. Mary Kendall, b. July 22, 1815 ; d. Sept. 3, 1826. 

31. ii. Rebecca Foster, b. June 12, 1817; d. Aug. 11, 1848, unm. 

19. James^ (Elijah®, Ebenezer^, Ebenezer*, Joseph^, Thom- 
as^, Thomas^), b. Aug. 5, 1795; d. Apr. 16, 1853; m. June 17, 
1832, Abigail Rhoads (5). He left New Ipswich soon after 
reaching his majority. For a time he drove a stage between 
Boston and Keene, but in his later years he was the proprietor 
of a stable in Boston doing a livery, cab, and hack business. 
Child: 

32. i. Henry Clay, b. Mar. 9, 1843.+ 

32. Henry Clay^ (James^, Elijah®, Ebenezer^, Ebenezer*, 
Joseph^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Mar. 9, 1843; d. Dec. 11, 1909; 
m. (1) Sept. 18, 1876, Georgiana, dau. of Luther and Mary C. 
(Corey) Clark [b. July 28, 1854; d. Feb. 2, 1899] ; (2) Jan. 15, 
1902, Jennie M., dau. of Willard and Lizzie C. (Derby) Page 
of Leominster, Mass. He was a meat dealer and a prominent 

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citizen of Ashburnham, Mass., of which he was a selectman 
for about ten years, assessor nearly thirty years, and also a 
representative in the Legislature. Children : 

33. i. Nellie Abigail, b. Feb. 2, 1905. 

34. ii. Albert Henry, b. May 21, 1906. 

35. Joseph Newhall, b. about 1780; d. Feb. 24, 1862; m. 

Elizabeth F. [b. about 1783; d. Jan. 17, 1856]. His name 

is borne upon the tax-lists of New Ipswich from 1803 until 
his death. He was before 1820 the first landlord of the tavern 
in the Center Village on the Turnpike, just east of the corner 
store, and the home of his later years was the house directly 
opposite Union Hall. But his relationship to the family re- 
corded above does not appear. Children : 

36. i. Mary Caroline, b. Oct. 7, 1812; d. Oct. 9, 1812. 
2>7. ii. Joseph Fisk, b. about 1815 ; d. Mar. 21, 1817. 
38. iii. Helen M., b. Oct. 8. 1818; d. Jan. 27, 1889; m. July 8, 1847, 
Ephraim F. Fox (25). 

NICHOLS. 

Richard^ Nichols, d. 1674; m. Anna [d. 1692]. He was a set- 
tler in Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1648, and removed thence to Reading, 
Mass. 

JoHN^ (Richard'), b. 1651; d. 1721; m. Abigail, dau. of Dea. Thomas 
Kendall [b. about 1655; d. 1721]. He lived in Reading, Mass. 

Richard' (John', Richard'), b. 1682; m. 1706, Abigail Damon. Res. 
in Reading. 

John'' (Richard^ John^ Richard'), b. 1711; m. 1733, Joanna, dau. of 
James and Mary Nichols (?). He succeeded to her father's house in 
Reading. 

John'' (John^ Richard^ John^ Richard'), b. 1736; d. 1819; m. 1760, 
Bethiah, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Abigail (Bickford) Burnap. He suc- 
ceeded to the family home. 

Kendall' (John°, John', Richard', John', Richard'), b. 1776; m. Han- 
nah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Damon) Symonds [b. 1767]. He 
removed to Sharon. 

1. Symonds'^ (KendalP. John^, John*, Richard^, John^, 
Richard^, b. about 1798; d. Aug. 19, 1885; m. Oct. 18, 1818, 
Harriet Gregg [b. 1802; d. Mar. 12, 1892]. He came to New 
Ipswich in middle life and soon made his home in the house 
still known by his name, situated on the southern side of the 
Turnpike next eastward from the stable of the tavern long 
known as Clark's Hotel. Children: 

2. i. Harriet L. E., b. 1820; d. 1896; m. William J. Greenman 

[b. Dec. 13, 1821; d. Mar. 18, 1909]. He was a cigar maker 
in New Ipswich. Children : i. Georgiana Greenman, b. 
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about Aug., 1848; d. Feb. 26, 1850. ii. William Silas Green- 
man, b. 1852; d. May 15, 1875. 

3. ii. Louisa, b. about 1822; d. Oct. 26, 1843. 

4. iii. Andrew Symonds, b. about 1824; d. Nov. 14, 1855, unm. He 

removed to California in the early years of gold mining 
there, and made that state his home. 

5. iv. Clarissa, b. Apr. 2, 1828; d. Jan. 1, 1903; m. Henry Otis 

Preston (52). 

6. V. Sarah J., b. about July, 1834; d. Jan. 4, 1903. 

NUTTING. 

John' Nutting, d. Mar. 13, 1676; m. Aug. 28, 1650, Sarah, dau. of 
Stephen Eggleton. He came from County Kent, England, to America a 
little earlier than 1650, and settled at Woburn, Mass., v^'here he married. 
He removed to that part of Chelmsford which is now Westford, and 
thence, about 1661, to Groton, where his house was one of the garrison 
houses. He was the tirst one killed by the Indians in their destructive 
attack upon the town. 

John' (John^, b. Woburn, Mass., 1651; d. 1717 or later; m. (1) 

1674, Mary ; (2) Mrs. Maria Parker. He returned to Groton after 

the Indians' attack, and there passed his life. His children were of the 
first marriage. 

Ebenezer'' (John'), b. Groton, Mass., 1666. He removed from his 
native town before 1707 and settled in Cambridge, Mass., where he was 
known as the "learned blacksmith." Later he became a doctor. He 
represented the town in the General Court. 

Daniel' (John', John'), b. about 1680. 

John' (Ebenezer', John'), m. (int. Westford, Mass., Mar. 23, 1754,) 
Hannah, dau. of John and Anna (Chamberlain) Read [b. Feb. 15, 1723; 
d. Dec. 21, 1814]. 

Ezekiel' (Daniel', John', John'), b. 1720. 

Thomas' (John', Ebenezer', John'), b. Westford, Dec. 10, 1758; d. 
Plymouth, Dec. 28, 1813; m. (int. Westford, Aug. 31, 1781,) Sybil, dau. 
of Jona and Hannah (Bulkeley) Prescott [d. Oct. 29, 1831]. He lived 
many years in Westford, where his children were born, but in 1812 he 
removed to Plymouth, N. H., where he was a farmer and tanner. He 
served in the Revolution, enlisting at least three times. 

EzEKiEL^ (Ezekier, Daniel', John', John'), b. 1751.+ 

1. JoNAS^ (Thomas*, John^, Ebenezer^ John^), b. Oct. 15, 
1783; d. Apr. 23, 1842; m. Sept. 7, 1805, Mary Spaulding (20). 
He lived in Ashburnham, Mass., on the farm previously owned 
by his father-in-law, but so near the New Ipswich line that his 
social relations, including those of school and church, were 
with New Ipswich, and he is here presented as though he were 
legally resident in the town. Children : 

3. i. Jonas, b. May 11, 1806.+ 

4. ii. Sally, b. Sept. 20, 1808; d. May 17, 1890; m. Apr. 2, 1835, 

Ezekiel Nutting (2). 

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5. iii. Phineas S., b. 1810; d. Jan. 1, 1830, unm. 

6. iv. Hiram, b. Nov. 1, 1812.+ 

7. V. Mary, b. about Nov., 1815; d. Aug. 6, 1816. 

8. vi. John, b. Nov. 6, 1817.+ 

2. EzEKiEL« (EzekieF, EzekielS DanieP, John^, John^), b. 
1806; d. June 19, 1891 ; m. Apr. 2, 1835, Sally Nutting (4). He 
came from Groton, Mass., to New Ipswich at about the time of 
his marriage, and passed his life as a farmer on the northerly 
part of XV: 3, S. R. Children: 

9. i. Charles P., b. June 13, 1836.+ 

10. ii. George Henry, b. about 1837; d. July 4, 1864. He enlisted in 

the 13th New Hampshire Regiment, and died at Washing- 
ton, D. C, from a wound received at Cold Harbor, Va. 

11. iii. Mary Jane, b. 1843; m. Sept. 10, 1862, John H. Whitney (23). 

12. iv. James Francis, b. about Feb., 1846; d. Jan. 15, 1862. He en- 

listed in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment, and died of 
disease at Annapolis, Md., while in service. 

3. Jonas" (Jonas^, Thomas*, John^, Ebenezer^, John^), b. 
May 11, 1806; d. June 20, 1873; m. (1) Aug. 29, 1828, Lucy 
Sylvester (5); (2) 1864, Mrs. Sophia Hayden [d. Apr. 28, 
1881]. He remained in Ashburnham until 1837, when he re- 
moved to Smith Village and after the death of Isaac Appleton 
bought his property at the northern end of the village and 
there made his home until 1869. The Appleton house, however, 
after a few years he removed several rods down the hill to its 
present position, and replaced it with the larger and more 
modern house now occupying the place. He was a farmer, 
and also did a very considerable business for those days in the 
manufacture of wooden chairs in connection with the sawmill 
and gristmill also dependent upon the waterpower below the 
bridge. The home of his later years was in the Center Village, 
where he bought the house opposite the Barrett mansion, long 
occupied by Moody Adams. At the outbreak of the Civil War 
he became active in the enlistment of soldiers for the New 
Ipswich and Rindge company in the 6th New Hampshire Regi- 
ment. He had previously been a captain in the militia, and he 
was commissioned lieutenant in this company and, despite his 
age, did active service for some months. Children : 

13. i. Laura M., b. June 12, 1829; d. Dec. 17, 1898; m. June 19, 

1851, Joseph Sylvester Wetherbee of Rindge (1). 

14. ii. Mary Louisa, b. Aug. 20, 1831 ; d. Dec. 29, 1907 ; m. Apr. 26, 

1853, Augustus C. Wheeler (119). 

15. iii. John Chauncey, b. Aug. 5, 1833.-(- 

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16. iv. George P., b. Mar. 6, 1836; d. Memphis, Tenn., Mar. 20, 1874, 

unm. He served for a time in the Civil War. He after- 
ward followed various lines of business in many different 
parts of the country, and died while on his way to Cali- 
fornia. 

17. v. Charles S., b. July 30, 1838; d. Roanoke Island, N. C, Mar. 

29, 1862. He enlisted with his father in the 6th New 
Hampshire Regiment, and died of disease while in service. 

18. vi. Henry William, b. Oct. 20, 1840.+ 

19. vii. Allen A., b. Sept. 25, 1842; d. Washington, D. C, June 9, 

1863, unm. He served in the Civil War in the 2d Massa- 
chusetts Regiment, and was shot while on picket duty. 

20. viii. Augusta H., b. Dec. 20, 1846; d. Boston, Mass., May 20, 

1884; m. Feb. 25, 1880, William Lesure. 

6. HiRAM^ (Jonas^, Thomas*, John^ Ebenezer^, John^), b. 
Nov. 1, 1812; d. Aug. 28, 1857; m. (1) Dec. 6, 1832, Asenath 
Tenney (22) ; (2) Nov. 2, 1847, Mrs. Minerva Nelson [d. Den- 
ver, Colo., about 1881]. He remained in or near New Ipswich 
until 1842, living some years at Smith Village in the house 
long owned by Russell Farwell, nearly opposite the school- 
house, but a little farther north. At the age of thirty he re- 
moved to Illinois, settling where the town Preemption now is. 
Five years later he removed to Fairfield, Iowa, in 1849 to Des 
Moines, Iowa, whence a year later he, with his family, crossed 
the plains to California, being nearly five months upon the 
way. After two years' labor in the mines he became a farmer 
at Bloomfield, Cal., where he passed the last five years of his 
life. Children : 

21. i. Mary Asenath, b. Sept. 8, 1833; d. Nov. 22, 1873; m. (1) 

Nov. 4, 1849, Daniel Hickman [d. Nov. 16, 1850]; (2) 
Robert Bailey [d. Jan., 1891]. She removed to California 
with her father, and her first husband died soon after their 
arrival there. She had nine children of her second mar- 
riage. 

22. ii. Rebecca Hildreth, b. Dec. 6, 1835; m. (1) Apr. 15, 1852, 

George Woodson [d. Mar. 19, 1869] ; (2) 1870, Frank Ball 
[d. Apr., 1902]. She had nine children of her first mar- 
riage and one of her second. 

23. iii. Horace Clark, b. July 14, 1837; d. May 9, 1908; m. Dec. 6, 

1860, Sarah Woodson. Three children. 

24. iv. Laura Maria, b. Dec. 6, 1849; m. Bailey. She is a 

widow with no living child. 

25. v. Frank Augustus, b. Aug. 15, 1854; d. in Colorado, Apr., 

1882, having been run over by a team. 

8. JoHN^ (Jonas^ Thomas*, John^, Ebenezer^, John^), b. 
Nov. 6, 1817; d. Mar. 5, 1876; m. (1) Oct. 10, 1839, Cynthia, 

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dau. of Abel and Zinthia (Sylvester) (22) Davis of Winchester 
[b. Jan. 31, 1816; d. June 18, 1867] ; (2) 1870, Mrs. Elizabeth 
(Davis) Hosley, a cousin of his first wife. He was a farmer 
on the Simeon Wright farm at the foot of Binney Hill, near 
the school-house of District No. 6, (98, N. L. O.,) for several 
years after 1845, and later on the next farm to the east, long 
occupied by Joseph Tenney. At about the time of his second 
marriage he removed to Richmond, and was engaged in the 
pail business with his sons until his death. Children : 

26. i. George Phineas, b. 1840; d. in infancy. 

27. ii. John Phineas, b. 1840; d. in infancy. 

28. iii. Cynthia Ann, b. Oct. 19, 1841; d. Mar. 16, 1888; m. 1865, 

David Amos [d. July, 1905]. Res. Petaluma, Cal. Children: 
i. Edwin William Amos. ii. Elmer John David Amos. iii. 
Ellen Cynthia Margrett Amos. iv. Anna May Amos. 

29. iv. Mary Eliza, b. May 17, 1844; m. (1) Apr. 30, 1865, John 

Adams, a blacksmith in Ashburnham, Mass., and Winches- 
ter, and a grandson of William Adams (W. 41) ; (2) Delos 
Thomas of Worcester, N. Y., who d. soon. Res. Brooklyn, 
N. Y. Children : i. Harry Willard Adams, ii. George 
Wesley Adams. 

30. V. John Phineas, b. Nov. 11, 1846.+ 

31. vi. Oliver Jonas, b. Aug. 9, 1848.+ 

32. vii. Laura Maria, b. June 23, 1851; d. Framingham, Mass., 1889; 

m. Oct., 1874, Frederic Barrett. Res. Framingham, Mass. 
Children : i. Frederick Eugene Barrett ; res. Denver, Colo, 
ii. Robert Edward Barrett; res. New York city. 

33. viii. Jennie Adelia, b. Apr. 7, 1856; m. George Leander Sprague 

of Richmond. Children : i. Vere Nutting Sprague ; res. 
Denver, Colo. ii. George Leroy Sprague; res. New Bed- 
ford, Mass. 

9. Charles P.^ (Ezekiel^ Ezekiel^, Ezekiel*, DanieP, John^, 
John^), b. June 13, 1836; d. Mar. 9, 1895; m. Sarah J. Manley. 
He served in the Civil War in the 4th New Hampshire Regi- 
ment, and was severely wounded at Petersburg, Va, He 
passed most of his later life as a farmer on the "William Taylor 
farm" across the road from the town farm, (XV : 3, S. R.,) and 
the "Zachariah Parker farm," later occupied by Timothy Carl- 
ton, (XHI : 3, S. R.) Children : 

34. i. Sarah Lilie Josephine, m. Frank M. Dow. Res. Saugus, 

Mass. 

35. ii. IzziE May, b. 1868; d. 1879. 

36. iii. Gertrude M., b. 1869; d. 1886. 
27. iv. George F., b. 1872. 

38. V. Maud A., b. 1873. 

39. vi. Wallace S., b. 1874. 

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40. vii. Minnie C, b. 1876. 

41. viii. Lewis, b. 1877. 

15. John Chauncey'^ (Jonas®, Jonas^, Thomas*, John^, 
Ebenezer^, John^), b. Aug. 5, 1833; d. Dec. 12, 1898; m. June 
2, 1857, Maria Stone (34). He served during the Civil War in 
the 4th New Hampshire Regiment, and was made lieutenant 
on the day that he was mustered out of service. He afterward 
was a farmer in Leominster, Mass. Children : 

42. i. Jennie Maria, b. Apr. 24, 1860; m. May 14, 1890, Austin 

Presby. 

43. ii. William John, b. Mar. 25, 1862; m. Mar. 25, 1900, Gertrude 

M. Jarvis. Child : i. Howard Sterling, b. Jan 21, 1901. 

44. iii. Edward Herbert, b. July 6, 1869; m. Nov. 2, 1896, Caroline 

L. Rugg. He has been a selectman of Leominster for 
several years. Children : i. Gladys Berly Catherine, b. 
Mar. 3, 1898. ii. Doris Althea. b. Jan. 16, 1900; d. Aug. 16, 
1901. 

45. iv. Charles Allen, b. Nov. 11, 1873; m. Apr. 20, 1904, Alice E. 

Merriam. Children : i. John Lyman, b. June 1, 1905. ii. 
Charles Edward, b. Aug. 16, 1906. 

46. V. Franklin Stone, b. Jan. 26, 1877. 

18. Henry William'^ (Jonas®, Jonas^, Thomas*, John^, 
Ebenezer^, John^), b. Oct. 20, 1840; m. Jan. 22, 1868, Annette 
M. E. Bemis of Worcester, Mass. He is proprietor of a stable 
in Worcester. Children : 

47. i. Walter Bemis, b. Dec. 22, 1870. 

48. ii. Harriet Maude, b. Nov. 14, 1874. 

49. iii. Frederic Temple, b. Sept. 21, 1877. 

30. John Phineas^ (John^, Jonas^, Thomas*, John^, Ebene- 
zer^, Johni), b. Nov. 11, 1846; m. Elizabeth H. Bullock 
of Richmond. He removed to Richmond in 1870 and was en- 
gaged in the manufacture of pails for several years, but the 
shop being burned he went to Lyme and entered the lumber 
business. In 1891 he removed to Winchester, where he has 
been a successful farmer and dealer in live stock. He has rep- 
resented the town in the Legislature and has been called to 
other positions of responsibility and trust. Children : 

50. i. Victor Phineas, b. June 10, 1875. 

51. ii. Walter Asa, b. Oct. 21, 1885. 

31. Oliver Jonas'^ (John^, Jonas^, Thomas*, John^ Ebene- 
zerS John^), b. Aug. 9, 1848; d. June 24, 1889; m. Dec. 2, 1873, 
Clara L. Wetherbee (3). He was engaged in the manufacture 
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their shop he removed to Peterboro and carried on the same 
industry until his death, caused by diphtheria, his four children 
dying of the same disease at nearly the same time. Children : 

52. i. Ora May, b. Apr. 10, 1876; d. May 19, 1889. 

53. ii. John Guy, b. Sept. 16, 1877; d. June 18, 1889. 

54. iii. Stella Louise, b. Oct. 3, 1879; d. June 17, 1889. 

55. iv. Myrta Clara, b. Nov. 15, 1880; d. Apr. 2, 1882. 

56. V. Fred Oliver, b. Dec. 21, 1886; d. June 16, 1889. 

OBEAR. 

Richard* Obear, bapt. Nov. 21, 1641; m. 1671, Abigail Woodbury [b. 
about 1655]. He was son of John and Elizabeth (Bucher) Obear of 
Abbotsburg, near Southampton, County Hampshire, England, a descendant 
of a French Huguenot, the earlier form of the name being "de Auburt." 
He came to America in 1662, and settled in that part of Salem, Mass., 
which afterward became Beverly. 

Richard^ (Richard*), m. Woodbury. Res. in Beverly. 

^^ Josiah' (Richard', Richard*), b. Beverly, 1718, or 1719; m. (1) 1741, 

y Jtlgiwrah, dau. of Dea. Jonathan Kimball of Wenham, Mass. ; (2) 1763 

Hannah Haskell. He removed from Beverly to Wenham in 1739. His 

descendants still occupy the "Old Ober House," built about 1680, and 

held by the family since 1747. 

1. JosiAH* (Josiah^, Richard^, Richard^), b. Aug. 29, 1747; 
d. Feb. 17, 1820; m. (1) 1772, Phebe, dau. of Dea. Jonathan 
Kimball of Wenham, Mass. [d. 1782] ; (2) 1802, Abigail, dau. 
of Abram Carlton of Lunenburg, Mass. [b. 1770; d. Oct., 1863]. 
He came from Wenham to New Ipswich at some time between 
1782 and 1788, and entered business as a shoemaker on the 
north side of the old "country road" not far from the store of 
David Hills, but in a few years he bought the Daniel Foster 
house, just north of the site of the central graveyard, which 
was his home during the rest of his life. He kept a daily 
journal with a record of public events, especially deaths, which 
continued by his family has furnished the writer of this vol- 
ume many desired facts not elsewhere recorded. Children : 

2. i. William, b. 1773 ; d. 1825. 

3. ii. Samuel, lost at sea while yet a boy. 

4. iii. Sally, b. 1778; d. unm. 

5. iv. Thomasine, b. 1782. 

6. v. Julia Ann, b. 1804; d. 1889; m. Mar., 1831, Charles Chickering 
(8). 

7. vi. Abigail Jane, b. 1806; d. Sept. 15, 1853, unm. 

8. vii. Clark Hopkins, b. Feb. 25, 181 1.+ 

8. Clark Hopkins^ (Josiah*, Josiah^ Richard^, Richard^), 
b. Feb. 25, 1811; d. Apr. 11, 1888; m. June, 1848, Lydia A. 

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Swasey [b. July 7, 1820, in that part of Meredith which is now 
Laconia]. He passed his entire life, except a few years of his 
early manhood, in his native town, living in the house which 
was the home of his childhood until it failed to afford protec- 
tion from the winter. He was a public school teacher in neigh- 
boring towns for a considerable period, and his wife for so long 
a period before and after her marriage that she was known in 
the surrounding region as "teacher" by an entire generation. 
He was a farmer, but was also largely occupied in insurance 
business, as deputy sheriff, and as superintendent of schools. 
He was interested in the militia of the state and passed 
through the lower offices to that of lieutenant-colonel. Chil- 
dren: 

9. i. Annabel Clark, b. June 25, 1852; m. Aug. 21, 1873, George 
F. Conant, a civil engineer. Children : i. Francis Obear 
Conant, b. Oct. 12, 1874; he graduated from Amherst Col- 
lege; he is a real estate dealer at Brookhaven, Miss. ii. 
Annabel Henrietta Conant, b. Feb. 9, 1876; d. July 23, 1876. 
iii. Clark Carlton Conant, b. May, 1877; d. Oct. 18, 1885. 
iv. Alice F. Conant, b. Oct. 17, 1878; m. Howard S. Knowl- 
ton, an electrical journalist, v. Clarabel Adelia Conant, b. 
Mar. 4, 1884; d. Oct. 28, 1885. vi. Hope Adgate Conant, b. 
Aug. 4, 1891 ; m. Thomas Walsh. 
10. ii. Francis A., b. July 7, 1857; m. Sarah J., dau. of Charles and 
Helen Jenkins of Mason. He is a letter carrier at Nashua. 
Children : i. Harold Clark, b. June 21, 1881 ; he graduated 
from Harvard University in 1905 ; he spent two years in 
Europe, and has since been in a publishing house of New 
York city. ii. Alice M., b. Feb. 12, 1883; she graduated 
from Smith College in 1905, and continued her studies at 
Columbia University, from which she received the degree 
of A. M. in 1907 ; she is a teacher in New York city. iii. 
Donald Francis, b. Oct. 25, 1894. 

PAGE. 

John' Page, b. about 1586; d. Dec. 18, 1676; m. Phebe [b. about 

1590; d. Sept. 25, 1677]. He came from Dedham, England, in 1630 and 
settled in Watertown, Mass. 

John' (John'), b. Watertown, 1630; m. May 12, 1664, Faith Dunster 
[d. Apr. 3, 1699]. His home during the greater part of his life was in 
his native town, but for a few years about 1660 to 1676 he res. in Groton, 
Mass. He is said to have represented his town in the General Court. 

Jonathan' (John', John'), b. June 24, 1677; d. Oct. 10, 1751; m. Mary 
. Res. in Groton. 

Joseph* (Jonathan', John^ John'), b. Oct. 22, 1714; d. Mar. 20, 1799; 
m. Nov. 21, 1739, Abigail, dau. of Daniel and Abigail Shedd of Groton 

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[d. Apr. 26, 1812]. He res. in Groton until his late years, when he re- 
moved to Rindge. He was a lieutenant. 

Daniel" (Joseph', Jonathan', John^ John'), b. July 18, 1745; d. Sept. 
14, 1831; m. Feb. 9, 1768, Abigail Johnson [d. Aug. 26, 1819], He re- 
moved from Groton to Rindge earlier than 1780. 

1. Nathan'' (Daniel^, Joseph*, Jonathan^, John^, John^), b. 
probably in Rindge about May, 1779; d. Sept. 4, 1856; m. Dec. 
27, 1808, Betsey, dau. of Jeremiah and Martha Towne [b. about 
1779; d. May 27, I860]. He came to New Ipswich about 1823 
and purchased the Dea. Chandler farm, (XIII : 2, N. L. O.,) at 
the summit of the elevation since known as Page Hill and in 
its cultivation passed a life of exceptionally constant industry 
even for those days. Children : 

2. i. LUTHER.+ 

3. ii. John. 

4. iii. Lemuel. 

2. Luther'^ (Nathan^, DanieP, Joseph*, Jonathan^, John^, 
John^), m. [b. 1817; d. Sept. 5, 1858]. Children: 

5. i. Charles M., b. 1854. 

6. ii. George W., b. 1856; m. Nellie F. Goodrich. 

7. iii. Adaline L. 

PARKER. 

This name has been borne upon the New Ipswich records during 
nearly its entire history, but there is no reason to believe that the numer- 
ous citizens thus designated are of one family. Apparently five families 
are represented, as shown below. 

PARKER (Abraham). 

Abraham' Parker, b. about 1609; d. Aug. 12, 1685; m. Nov. 18, 1644, 
Rose Whitlock [d. Nov. 30, 1691]. He is believed to have been a native 
of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, whence he came to New England 
and had settled at Woburn, Mass., in 1644. He removed to Chelmsford, 
Mass., about 1653, and there passed his remaining years. 

Moses' (Abraham'), b. about 1657; d. Oct. 12, 1732; m. June 19, 
1684, Abigail, dau. of Richard' Hildreth of Chelmsford. Res. in Chelms- 
ford. 

Aaron' (Moses', Abraham'), b. Apr. 9, 1689; d. Dec. 17, 1772; m. 
(1) Aug. 12, 1712, Abigail Adams; (2) Dorothy Fletcher. He was a 
farmer in the part of Chelmsford which is now Westford, where he was 
selectman for several years. 

Samuel^ (Aaron^ Moses', Abraham'), b. Jan. 1, 1717; d. Aug. 7, 
1795; m. (1) Jan. 22, 1738/9, Sarah, dau. of Joshua' Fletcher of Westford 
[b. May 29, 1719; d. Oct. 12, 1&46] ; (2) May 12, 1748; Mary (Proctor) 
Robbins, dau. of John' (John') Proctor of Chelmsford, Mass. [d. Nov. 2, 
1757] ; (3) Hannah, widow of Ephraim Fletcher. 

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1. Joseph^ (Samuel*, Aaron^, Moses^, Abraham^), b. May 
20, 1742; d. Sept. 22, 1807; m. July 18, 1763, Susannah, dau. of 
Zachariah^ (Joshua*) and Susannah (Fassett) Fletcher [b. 
Oct. 24, 1743; d. 1812; m. (2) Lieut. Jonathan Robbins of 
Plymouth, N. H.]. He came to New Ipswich about 1766, and 
settled first near the Temple line on the "Stickney farm," lately 
for many years the property of Stephen W. Wheeler, (44, 
N. D.) Later he removed to the farm long the property of 
the Fox family, (XII : 3, S. R.,) and thence one lot southward 
to the Chandler farm, (XII : 4, S. R.) He did worthy service 
in the Revolution, responding to the first alarm and later being 
the efficient captain of a company largely from New Ipswich 
and rising to the rank of major. Children : 

5. i. Joseph, b. July 25, 1766; d. Sept. 25, 1766. 

6. ii. Joseph, b. Aug. 13, 1767.+ 

7. iii. Zachariah, b. Oct. 17, 1770.+ 

8. iv. Amos, b. Mar. 24, 1773. He removed to Lempster. 

9. V. Susannah, b. Sept. 21, 1774; d. 1781. 

10. vi. Asa, b. Jan. 3, 1777. 

11. vii. John, b. Mar. 30, 1779. 

12. viii. Betty, b. Mar. 17, 1783. 

13. ix. Sarah, b. Mar. 27, 1785; d. Preemption, 111., Dec. 19, 1854; m. 

Sampson Tenney (7). 

14. X. Lydia, b. Apr. 27, 1789. 

2. Leonard^ (Samuel*, Aaron^, Moses^ Abraham^), b. 

Nov. 10, 1745 ; m. Mary . His name first appears upon 

the New Ipswich tax-lists at the same time as that of his 
brother Joseph, but as he had not then attained his majority 
it is perhaps uncertain whether he was allowed the rights of 
manhood at an early age, or his uncle bearing the same name 
was briefly a citizen of the town. Records and tradition are 
alike silent concerning him save in respect to his Revolution- 
ary service and his children. He is known to have ultimately 
removed from town. He marched to the April alarm in 1775, 
was a member of his brother's company in 1776, in the com- 
pany of Capt. Brown in 1777, of Capt. Fletcher in 1778, and in 
the latest military expedition organized in the town to meet 
the attack from the north in 1780. Children: 

15. i. Leonard, b. June 28, 1769. 
Elias, b. May 17, 1771. 
Abel, b. May 13, 1773. 
Polly, b. July 3, 1775. 
Sarah, b. May 24, 1778. 
Rebecca, b. Apr. 8, 1782. 

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17. 


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18. 


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19. 


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Parker (Abraham) 

3. Jonathan^ (Samuel*, Aaron*, Moses^, Abraham^), b. 
Mar. 28, 1751; d. Rindge, Mar. 19, 1820, unm. He passed the 
greater part of his life in New Ipswich. He was somewhat 
eccentric, but maintained the military reputation of the family 
by service in the companies of Capts. Brown and Stephen 
Parker, and by an enlistment in 1780 until the close of the war. 

It seems proper in this place that to the record of the loyal 
service of the three brothers just named a brief mention should 
be added of a fourth son of Samuel*, not resident in New 
Ipswich, who gave equally faithful labor in the days of the 
nation's birth. 

4. Abel^ (Samuel*, Aaron^ Moses^ Abraham^), b. Mar. 
25, 1753, was one of the soldiers stationed at Cambridge in 
the first of the Revolutionary strife, and was wounded at Bun- 
ker Hill. Later he served at Ticonderoga and elsewhere in 
New York, and also in Rhode Island. He held the office of 
lieutenant. Afterward he resided in Jaflfrey, where he was a 
leading citizen. He represented that town in the Legislature 
and Constitutional Convention, was judge of probate, and a 
Presidential elector. Two of his sons were graduates of Dart- 
mouth College and prominent citizens : Edmund, of Amherst 
and Nashua, representative from both towns and speaker of 
the House, judge of probate, and a leading man of business; 
and Joel of Keene, chief justice of the Superior Court of New 
Hampshire, and professor of Law at Harvard University. 

6. Joseph*^ (Joseph^, Samuel*, Aaron^, Moses^, Abraham^), 
b. Aug. 13, 1767; d. Mar. 14, 1825; m. May 1, 1792, Sarah, 
dau. of Simeon and Sarah Wright [b. Oct. 2, 1769]. He lived 
in the same neighborhood as his father and brother Zachariah, 
very probably in the "Underwood house," situated midway 
between their homes upon the road now long discontinued 
formerly passing a short distance southerly of the house built 
by James L. Chandler and long his place of residence. About 
1802 he removed from New Ipswich to Lempster, where he 
passed his life as a farmer. Children : 



21. i. 


Sally. 


22. ii. 


Joseph. 


23. iii. 


Zachariah. 


24. iv. 


Benjamin, b. Aug. 24, 1798. -|- 


25. V. 


JONAS. 


26. vi. 


Almena. 


27. vii. 


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28. viii. William Bateman. 

29. ix. George Washington. 

7. Zachariah^ (Joseph^, Samuel*, Aaron^, Moses^, Abra- 
ham^), b. Oct. 17, 1770; d. 1855; m. Nov. 19, 1796, Margaret, 
dau. of William and Margaret Clary [b. May 2, 1778; d. June 
4, 1808]. He was a farmer on the Rindge road just west from 
the crossing of the Fox Brook, (XIII : 4, S. R.,) where he was 
also one of the early manufacturers of crude potash from the 
abundant store of ashes purchased at a low price from the 
surrounding farmers. He removed to Ludlow, Vt., in 1823 
or earlier. Children : 

30. i. Zachariah, b. Sept. 21, 1797; m. Apr. 8, 1823, Dolly Wood. 

He apparently removed from New Ipswich at about the 
same date as his father. 

31. ii. Cynthia, b. Jan. 30, 1799; m. Jan. 21, 1819, Timothy Fletcher 

of Ashburnham, Mass. 

32. iii. Harvey, b. Jan. 25, 1801. 

33. iv. John, b. Jan. 28, 1803. 

24. Benjamin^ (Joseph®, Joseph^, Samuel*, Aaron^, Moses^, 
Abraham^), b. Aug. 24, 1798; d. Dec. 18, 1845; m. Sept. 9, 
1824, Olive, dau. of Timothy Nichols of Lempster [b. 1799]. 
He succeeded to his father's farm in Lempster, where he was 
also a maker of potash. He was a prominent citizen, holding 
the offices of selectman and representative. Children : 

34. i. Emily L., m. Ransom P. Beckwith. Res. in Claremont. 

35. ii. Hiram, b. July 3, 1830; m. Oct. 11, 1854, Helen G., dau. of 

Charles and Anna (Beckwith) Moore of Lempster [b. June 
16, 1836]. He succeeded to the family farm, and also in 
effect to the official duties of his father. Four children. 

36. iii. HosEA Washington, b. May 30, 1833; m. May 30, 1861, 

Lovisa, dau. of Mark and Lovisa (Curtis) Southgate of 
Bridgewater, Vt. [b. Nov. 18, 1831; d. Sept. 14, 1904]. He 
graduated from Tufts College in 1855, studied law, and has 
practiced for many years in Claremont. He has also been 
active in educational and other local interests, and in po- 
litical movements of state and nation, having held a seat in 
the National Congress. One daughter. 

PARKER (Nathan). 

Nathan* Parker, m. Mary . Res. at Andover, Mass. 

John' (Nathan"), b. Dec. 20, 1653; m. May 24, 1687, Hannah Brown 
[d. May 26, 1734]. 

Benjamin' (John*, Nathan'), b. June 10, 1693; d. Dec. 31, 1732; m. 
Sept. 19, 1727, Sarah Chadwick of Boxford, Mass. [d. Mar. 31, 1779]. 

Asa' (Benjamin', John^ Nathan"), b. Sept. 24, 1729; d. May 27, 1820; 
m. Feb. 27, 1752, Sarah Marbel. Res. at North Andover, Mass. 

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Aaron" (Asa\ Benjamin', John^ Nathan'), b. June 2, 1774; d. Feb. 2, 
1822; m. Jan. 1, 1801, Lydia Bates [b. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 17, 1779; 
d. Aug. 10, 1864]. Res. in Cambridge, Mass. 

1. Benjamin'' (Aaron^, Asa*, Benjamin^, John^ Nathan^), 
b. Apr. 15, 1804; d. Nov. 17, 1883; m. (1) Jan. 7, 1830, Cathe- 
rine, dau. of Maj. Zachariah Hall of Chelsea. Mass. [b. Med- 
ford, Mass., Sept. 8, 1795; d. Woburn, Mass., Mar. 23, 1840] ; 
(2) Mary Ann, dau. of William and Hepzibath Tucker of 
Andover, Mass. [b. Apr. 25, 1817]. He lived in Maiden and 
in Woburn, Mass., but in 1856 he removed to Temple, and 
thence five years later he came to New Ipswich and settled 
upon the "Chickering farm," (22, N. D.,) where he passed his 
remaining years, occupying the house upon the eastern side 
of the brook. Children : 

2. i. Catherine Emerson, b. Oct. 15, 1830; m. Jan. 23, 1854, Harry 

S. Hill of Lynn, Mass. Children : i. Henrich Ernest Hill, 
b. Nov. 15, 1854; m. Lizzie Allison, ii. Catherine Maude 
Hill, b. Sept. 1, 1859; m. Thomas Henry Brewer. 

3. ii. Benjamin, b. Mar. 31, 1832.+ 

4. iii. Conant Sawyer, b. Jan. 22, 1834; d. infancy. 

5. iv. Aaron Hall, b. Aug. 6, 1836.+ 

6. V. Emily Jane, b. Dec. 7, 1842; m. (1) Oct. 27, 1863, William 

Wallace Hawkes of Lynn, Mass. [d. Apr. 12. 1872] ; (2) 
Nov. 7, 1888, William B. Gould of Lynn [d. Aug. 9, 1900]. 
Child: i. Mabel Parker Hawkes, b. Aug. 7, 1864; d. Feb. 
20, 1886. 

7. vi. Conant Alonzo, b. Aug. 16, 1844.4- 

8. vii. Wilbur Bates, b. Mar. 16, 1846.+ 

9. viii. Arthur Francis, b. Sept. 10, 1847. + 

10. ix. George Franklin, b. May 4, 1849.+ 

3. Benjamin^ (Benjamin^, Aaron^, Asa*, Benjamin^, John^, 
Nathan^), b. Mar. 31, 1832; d. Mar. 2, 1899; m. July 31. 1856, 
Caroline Elizabeth McKown of Boston [b. Oct. 18, 1835; d. 
Jan. 12, 1905]. He was a tailor in Boston, living successively 
in Charlestown and Roxbury. Children : 

11. i. Nellie Hall, b. June 25, 1857; m. Nov. 11, 1878, William H. 

Tobey. Children : i. Charles W. Tobey. b. July 22, 1880. 
ii. Marion Isabel Tobey. iii. Mildred Parker Tobey. iv. 
Doris Emerson Tobey. 

12. ii. George Wright, b. Oct. 18, 1859; unm. He is a stock broker 

in Boston. 

13. iii. Charles Lincoln, b. Aug. 21, 1862.+ 

14. iv. Ralph Eugene, b. Aug. 18, 1872.+ 

5. Aaron Hall'^ (Benjamin*^, Aaron"', Asa*, Benjamin^, 
John^ Nathan^, b. Aug. 6, 1836; d. Jan. 1, 1909; m. Edith 

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Kurtz of Boston. He came to New Ipswich at about the same 
time as his father, and commenced the practice of dentistry 
in the Center Village, having also an office in Greenville. 
After several years of very successful practice he removed his 
business to Boston. Children : 

15. i. Austin H. He is a dentist in the West. 

16. ii. Marion. 

17. iii. Eleanor. 

7. CoNANT Alonzo'^ (Benjamin^, Aaron^, Asa*, Benjamin^, 
John2, Nathan^), b. Aug. 16, 1844; d. Sept. 5, 1913; m. Dec. 
27, 1864, Rosetta Amelia, dau. of George and Lavinia (Whit- 
comb) Jones [b. Mar. 28, 1847; d. Mar. 2, 1904]. He has lived 
in Bank Village and later in Greenville in the employ of the 
Columbian Manufacturing Company. Children : 

18. i. Frederic Conant, b. June 7, 1866; m. Dec. 14, 1893, Sanara 

E. Kelley. Res. Taunton, Mass. 

19. ii. Edith Emogene, b. Apr. 25, 1868; m. Apr. 25, 1894, Arthur 

L. Sunbury. Res. Ashby, Mass. 

20. iii. Harry James, b. May 1, 1870; m. Nov. 1, 1893, Jeanette (Far- 

quher) Green. Res. Methuen, Mass. 

21. iv. Willis Whitcomb, b. Oct. 6, 1882; m. Mar. 10, 1904, Lana B. 

Flanders. Res. Taunton, Mass. 

8. Wilbur Bates'^ (Benjamin^, Aaron^, Asa*, Benjamin^, 
John^, Nathan^), b. Mar. 16. 1846; m. Dec, 1904, Louise How- 
land. Child : 

22. i. HowLAND, b. Sept. 25, 1905. 

9. Arthur Francis^ (Benjamin*', Aaron^, Asa*, Benjamin', 
John2, Nathan^), b. Sept. 10, 1847; m. June 11, 1873, Celia Rus- 
sell of Lynnfield, Mass. Children : 

23. i. Alice Francis, b. Jan. 1, 1875; m. Jan. 1, 1895, Walter D. 

Griffin. One son. 

24. ii. Emily Russell, b. Apr. 4, 1882; m. Sept. 18, 1906, J. W. 

Franklin McDonald. 

10. George Franklin'^ (Benjamin^, Aaron^, Asa*, Benja- 
min^ John2, Nathan^, b. May 4, 1849; m. Feb. 16, 1875, Mary 
Helen Rowd of Wrentham, Mass. Children : 

25. i. Walter Henry, b. Mar. 26, 1877.-f- 

26. ii. Olive Derby, b. Jan. 8, 1885. 

13. Charles Lincoln* (Benjamin'^, Benjamin^ Aaron^, 
Asa*, Benjamin', John^, Nathan^), b. Aug. 21, 1862; m. Apr. 
25, 1888, Elizabeth Wade. He is a stock broker in Boston. 
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27. i. Harold Lincoln, b. June 11, 1890. 

14. Ralph Eugene^ (Benjamin^ Benjamin®, Aaron^, Asa*, 
Benjam^n^ John^, Nathan^), b. Aug. 18, 1872; m. Oct. 28, 1896, 
Ethel, dau. of William George and Hattie Patten (Clark) 
(18) McKown. He is a stock broker in Boston, and has his 
home in New Ipswich on the Supply Wilson farm, (35, N. D.) 
Children : 

28. i. Donald Clark, b. Oct. 31, 1897. 

29. ii. Daphne, b. Sept. 24, 1900. 

25. Walter Henry^ (George Franklin^, Benjamin®, 
Aaron^ Asa*, Benjamin^ John^, Nathan^), b. Mar. 26, 1877; 
m. Apr. 25, 1907, Sarah P. Gushing. Child : 

30. i. Helen Gushing, b. Dec. 30, 1908. 

PARKER (Obadiah). 

1. Obadiah Parker, b. Groton, Mass., Apr. 19, 1730; d. Oct. 

5, 1816; m. Ruth [b. Jan. 5, 1732; d. Feb. 5, 1818]. He 

was son of Obadiah and Hannah Parker of Groton. He came 
to Mason in 1751 and settled upon one of the western range 
of lots in that town, building his house within a few rods of 
the New Ipswich line and thus becoming a near neighbor of 
Jonas Wheeler (3), who had settled upon 5, A. D. It is not 
certain that he ever was a citizen of New Ipswich, but his re- 
lations across the town line were so numerous that his name 
should have a place here. The births of the first seven of his 
ten children are found upon the New Ipswich records, and his 
name appears upon the tax-list during nearly his entire life. 
He may almost be termed the father of Mason, as he was a 
leading Proprietor, was the chosen agent for obtaining the 
incorporation of the town, and was authorized to call the first 
town meeting, at which he was chosen moderator and select- 
man, which offices he held in later years, as also that of repre- 
sentative. Children : 

2. i. Hannah, b. July 18, 1754; m. Mar. 15, 1774, James Wilson. 

3. ii. Phineas, b. May 11, 1756; m. Dec. 8, 1779, Elizabeth Swan. 

4. iii. Obadiah, b. Dec. 17, 1758; d. Jan. 27, 1763/4. 

5. iv. Grace, b. Aug. 19, 1761; d. Sept. 5, 1761. 

6. V. Sam Stevens, b. Oct. 17, 1763. 

7. vi. Ruth, b. Sept. 9, 1765. 

8. vii. Sampson, b. Oct. 11, 1767; d. Mar. 18, 1818. 

9. viii. Grace, b. June 2, 1770. 

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10. ix. Obadiah, b. Feb. 18, 1772 ; d. about 1830. He graduated from 

Harvard College in 1799, and passed his life as a teacher 
in Massachusetts and New York. 

11. X. Joel, b. July 11, 1775. 

PARKER (Samuel 1st). 

1. Samuel^ Parker, b. about 1729; d. Nov. 26, 1806; m. (1) 
Abiah Cook [b. about 1728; d. Sept. 15, 1786] ; (2) Apr. 15. 
1792, Sarah, widow of Abner Howe of Brookfield, Mass. [b. 
about 1736; d. Dec. 30, 1795]. He is said to have been born 
in Groton, Mass., and was probably a descendant of James 
and Elizabeth (Long) Parker, but his lineage has not been 
determined. His early manhood was passed in Lunenburg, 
Mass., where six of his children were born, but at about the 
age of thirty-three he came to New Ipswich, remaining about 
twenty-five years, but passing his later years in Jafifrey. He 
is said to have lived upon the western part of the "Champney 
farm," (VI : 1, S. R.,) but during his residence in town the 
farm near the South burying-ground, (XI : 4, S. R.,) seems to 
have been occupied by a resident bearing the same name, thus 
causing some uncertainty regarding location of residence, and 
also, perhaps, in the names of his children. The records of 
his family, as given by the historians of the different towns 
of his residence, differ very widely, but the following seems 
to be best authenticated. Children : 

2. i. Abigail, b. June 11, 1752; d. Feb. 11, 1790; m. Nov., 1778, 

Ebenezer Champney (1). 

3. ii. Phebe, b. Dec. 26, 1753; m. Benjamin Bancroft of Rindge. 

Four children. 

4. iii. Samuel, b. Aug. 9, 1755. -f- 

5. iv. Asa, b. Aug. 6, 1757.-|- 

6. V. Ebenezer, b. July 15, 1759.-|- 

7. vi. Eunice, b. Apr. 16, 1761; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Eli Ames of 

Groton, Mass. 

8. vii. Nathan, b. May 6, 1763; unm. 

9. viii. Mercy, b. July 3, 1765; m. 1791, Benjamin Champney (2). 

10. ix. Daniel, b. Dec. 18, 1766.-|- 

11. x. Lucy, b. Oct. 25, 1768; d. about 1787. 

12. xi. Amos, b. Mar. 1, 1771; d. Feb. 27, 1797; m. Ruth . 

4. Samuel^ (Samuel^), b. Aug. 9, 1755; m. Sarah Bullard 
of Dublin [d. Jan. 20, 1816]. He res. in Stoddard. Children: 

13. i. Sarah, m. Mar. 25, 1804, Caleb Farrar (15). 

14. ii. Phebe, b. about 1782; d. Nov. 20, 1848; m. (1) Jonas C. 

Champney (11); (2) 1826, Ephraim H. Farrar (17). 

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15. iii. Samuel, b. about 1787; d. Oct. 3, 1812. 

16. iv. Luther. He was a teacher in Boston. 

17. V. Abigail, b. about 1795 ; d. Mar. 24, 1863. 

There were other children of whom no record has been found. 

5. Asa2 (Samuel^), b. Aug. 5, 1757; d. Apr. 13, 1838; m. 
Lucy, dau. of Oliver and Mary (Stockwell) Gould [b. about 
1764; d. Nov. 8, 1844]. He removed to Jaffrey as early as 
1800, and until that time he seems to have lived upon the 
Champney farm, probably succeeding his father in its occu- 
pancy. Children : 

18. i. Asa, d. 1819. He removed to Cuba. 

19. ii. Oliver. He removed to Baltimore, Md. 

20. iii. Nathan, b. 1794; d. 1851. He removed to Baltimore, Md. 

21. iv. Abner Howe, b. 1796. He removed to Guiana, S. A. 

22. v. Lucy, b. 1796, unm. Res. in Jaffrey. 

23. vi. Abigail Champney, b. 1799; d. 1859. 

24. vii. Mary Stockwell, b. 1801 ; d. 1841. 

25. viii. Eliza, b. 1803 ; unm. Res. in Jaffrey. 

26. ix. Abiah Cook, b. 1808; d. 1873. 

27. X. Edwin Llewellyn, b. 1811; d. 1868; m. Cassanda Lewsdale. 

Removed to Baltimore, Md. 

6. Ebenezer2 (SamueP), b. July 15, 1759; d. Feb. 16, 1804; 
m. Dec. 12, 1790, Lydia Richardson (4). He succeeded Sam- 
uel Heywood as tavern-keeper in the house since occupied by 
the Preston family, opposite the Baptist church. Children : 

28. i. Betsy, b. Nov. 27, 1891. 

29. ii. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 17, 1795. 

10. Daniel^ (Samuel^), b. Dec. 18, 1766; m. Jenny Coch- 
ran of Peterboro. He removed to Jafifrey in early manhood, 
and thence to Waitsfield, Vt., about 1800. Children : 

30. i. Daniel, b. 1798; d. Glover, Vt., Feb. 6, 1850. He graduated 

at the University of Vermont in 1826. He was a Congre- 
gationalist minister. 

31. ii. Ithamar. 

He had three other children of whom no record has been 
found. 

PARKER (Samuel 2d). 

1. Samuel Parker, m. Zeruiah . It is thought most 

probable that this owner of the Parker name is designated in 
the former history of the town as the first resident upon XI : 
4, S. R., unless the grantee of the lot, David Nevins, himself 
lived upon it for a short period, of which no evidence appears. 
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Parker mentioned above have been confounded. Neither the 
town records nor tradition have yielded further information, 
except in the official list of his children. In that record the 
name of his wife is by no means certainly to be read as given 
above. Children : 

2. i. Agnes, b. Feb. 4, 1761; d. Sept. 16, 1766. 

3. ii. Samuel, b. Aug. 27, 1762; d. Aug. 24, 1775. 

4. iii. Sarah, b. Nov. 21, 1764. 

5. iv. Zeruiah, b. Jan. 21, 1767. 

6. V. Anne, b. Apr. 27, 1769. 

7. vi. Sampson, b. Apr. 2, 1771. 

8. vii. Reuben, b. Dec. 11, 1773; d. Aug. 7, 1775. 

PARKER (Thomas). 

Thomas^ Parker, b. 1605; d. Aug. 12, 1683; m. Amy [d. Jan. 

15, 1690]. He came from England in 1635, and settled at Lynn, Mass., 
whence he removed to Reading, Mass., where he was deacon in 1644. He 
was also selectman. He seems to have been a kinsman of Abraham, but 
the claim that they were brothers is not generally accepted. Probably 
they were not more nearly related than cousins. Capt. John^ Parker, 
in command at the battle of Lexington in 1775, was of this family, by 
the line Thomas\ Hananiah^ John', Josiah^ 

Nathaniel^ (Thomas*), b. May 16, 1651; m. 1677, Bethia, dau. of 
John and Bethia (Cowdrey) Polly of Roxbury, Mass. [b. Feb. 12, 1659; 
d. Aug. 23, 1748]. Res. in Reading. 

Stephen' (Nathanier, Thomas'), b. Apr. 21, 1692; m. 1713. Elizabeth 
Batchelder. 

Stephen* (Stephen', Nathaniel, Thomas'), b. Newton, Mass., Aug. 
20, 1714; m. Abigail Wright. He resided for a time in Roxbury, Mass., 
and removed thence to Shrewsbury, Mass. 

1. Stephen^ (Stephen*. Stephen^, Nathaniel-, Thomas^), b. 
Shrewsbury, Mar. 8, 1738; d. July 4, 1814; m. (1) Dec. 17, 1760, 
Mary Morse; (2) Hannah (Morse) Hitchcock. He came to 
New Ipswich in 1765, and settled near the Temple line on 36. 
N. D., his house probably being at the south end of that lot, 
on or near an obliterated path, perhaps never a legal highway, 
extending from the home of John Cutter, (32, N. D.,) to that 
of Simeon Gould, (40, N. D.) He removed to Nelson before 
the close of the Revolutionary War. and later to Walpole, 
where he died. His name appears very frequently in Revolu- 
tionary records, beginning with the roll of men who marched 
from New Ipswich in April, 1775, and continuing nearly to 
the close of the contest. He was captain of a company mostly 
enlisted in New Ipswich and Peterboro. He was a selectman 
at Nelson and also a member of the Committee of Safety. 
Children : g^o 



Parker (Thomas) 

2. i. Jonathan, b. 1764. 

3. ii. Almorin, b. 1764. 

4. iii. Stephen, b. Mar. 22, 1766. 

5. iv. Molly, b. Aug. 7, 1768. 

6. V. Nehemiah, b June 25, 1770. 

7. vi. Hezekiah, b. May 16, 1772. 

8. vii. Elijah, b. Aug. 31, 1776.+ 

8. Elijah® (Stephen^, Stephen*, Stephen^, NathanieP, 
Thomas^),!). Aug. 31, 1776; d. Aug. 26. 1858; m. June 14, 1814, 
Sally, dau. of Rev. Aaron Hall [b. about 1783; d. 1875]. He 
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806, studied law, and 
in 1813 entered upon a successful practice at Keene, where 
he remained until his death. Children : 

9. i. David Hall, b. 1815; d. 1868; m. Elizabeth Britten. 

10. ii. Mary Morse, b. 1817; m. Joel, son of Abel" Parker (Samuel', 

Aaron^ Moses^ Abraham^). 

11. iii. Elijah Wellman, b. 1819; d. infancy. 

12. iv. Henry Elijah, b. Apr. 17, 1821 ; d. Nov. 7, 1896. He gradu- 

ated from Dartmouth College in 1841, was a pastor in Con- 
cord for twenty years, and served in the Civil War as 
chaplain of the Second New Hampshire Regiment. After 
1866 he was professor of Latin in Dartmouth College. 

13. V. Horatio G., b. 1823. He was a lawyer in Boston. 

14. vi. Charles Edward, b. 1826. He was arj architect in Boston. 

PERRY. 

JoHN^ Perry, b. London, England, 1613; m. Joanna, dau. of Joseph 
Holland. Came to America about 1665 and settled at Watertown. 

John" (John^). b. England; d. before 1725; m. Dec. 13, 1667, Sarah, 
dau. of John and Mary (Cassell) Clary [b. Oct. 4, 1647; d. Oct. 11, 1730]. 

John' (John', John^, b. Mar. 3, 1670; d. before 1730; m. July 9, 
1693, Sarah, dau. of William and Mary (Marblehead) Price of Water- 
town. Res. Cambridge. 

James" (John', John^ John'), b. Cambridge, Feb. 27, 1711/12; m. 
Lydia . Res. Cambridge. 

John^ (James", John', John*, John'), bapt. Jan. 19, 1755; d. Rindge, 
Aug. 7, 1834; m. (1) Feb. 28, 1775, Persis, dau. of Josiah and Sarah 
(Mead) Mizer of Watertown; (2) Nov. 22, 1781, Abigail, dau. of Jason 
and Abigail (Whit) Bigelow of Marlboro, Mass. [d. Sept. 11, 1818]; 
(3) Feb. 17, 1820, Lucy, dau. of Isaac Weston [d. Jan. 15, 1857, ae. 98]. 

1. Chauncey*' (John^, James*, John^, John^, John^), b. Feb. 
8, 1788; d. Mar. 2, 1875; m. June 4, 1818, Abigail Stearns (10). 
They removed from Rindge to New Ipswich in 1823. Chil- 
dren : 

3. i. John Philander, b. Feb. 23, 1819.-f- 

4. ii. Albert, b. Dec. 17, 1820.-f- 

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5. iii. Isaac Stearns, b. Sept. 19, 1822.+ 

6. iv. Maria, b. Aug. 31, 1824; d. Apr. 20, 1902. 

7. V. Chauncey, b. June 4, 1826.+ 

8. vi. Timothy, b. Nov. 7, 1829.+ 

9. vii. Hervey, b. Apr. 23, 1831 ; d. May 19, 1831. 

10. viii. Orpha Fidelia, b. Nov. 6, 1832; d. Mar. 8, 1856. 

2. Jason Bigelow'^ (John^, James*, John^, John^ John^), b. 
Sept. 27, 1801; d. Feb., 1883; m. Nov. 11, 1828, Sally, daii. of 
Supply and Sally (Scripture) Wilson. Children : 

11. i. Mary, b. Mar. 18, 1830; m. Dana S. Walker (18). 

12. ii. Eliza, b. Aug. 3, 1831; m. Julius A. Hale. 

13. iii. Susan, b. Apr. 11, 1833; m. Washington Whittemore. 

14. iv. John Wilson, b. Apr. 17, 1835; m. Mary V. Cutter. 

15. V. James Bigelow^, b. Aug. 13, 1837; m. Arlette Tuttle. 

16. vi. Harriet, b. Sept. 22, 1839; m. Walter M. Flanders. 

17. vii. Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1842; m. Walter M. Flanders. 

18. viii. Jason Stanley, b. Jan. 8, 1847; d. Sept. 4, 1909; m. Elsie A. 

Page. 

19. ix. Jane Sophronia, b. Jan. 8, 1847. 

3. John Philander'^ (Chauncey®, John^, James*, John^, 
John^, John^), b. Feb. 23, 1819; d. July 30, 1886; m. (1) Caro- 
line Thacher of Yarmouthport, Mass. ; (2) 1869, Emma Rusch 
[b. at Elsinore, Denmark; d. Jan. 12, 1911]. Although ham- 
pered by very imperfect sight, Mr. Perry graduated at Dart- 
mouth College, 1842; some years afterward he was settled as 
pastor of the Swedenborgian church in Yarmouthport, Mass., 
remaining there eighteen years. The later years of his life 
were passed in New Ipswich, "the place most dear to him." 
Children : 

20. i. John Cromwell, b. Dec. 29, 1870; m. Feb. 21, 1899, Esther 

C. Skinner. Res. Los Angeles, Cal. Children : i. Alice 
Winslow, b. Dec. 13, 1899. ii. Emilie Rusch, b. Mar. 18. 
1901. iii. Esther Parsons, b. Apr. 26, 1903. iv. John Wor- 
cester, h. July 28, 1909; d. Apr. 25, 1910. 

21. ii. Chauncey Rusch, b. May 6, 1872; m. June 21, 1896, Helen 

Mabel Tuttle. He is a structural engineer. Children : i. 
John Tuttle, b. Aug. 6, 1897. ii. Helen Margaret, b. Nov. 4, 
1898. iii. Chauncey Valentine, b. Aug. 26, 1900. iv. George 
Nelson, b. June 21, 1905. 

22. iii. Emilie Ste.^rns, b. Dec. 18, 1873. Graduated from the Boston 

Normal Art School, 1900. At the present time residing as 
artist at Los Angeles, Cal. 

4. Albert^ (Chauncey", John^, James*, John^, John^, 
John^), b. Dec. 17, 1820; d. at New Ipswich, June 17, 1862; 
m. May 12, 1853, Sarah B. Mills. He was pastor of the Con- 
gregational church in Stoughton, Mass., 1850-56, then failing 

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health compelled him to relinquish his pastorate and he spent 
the remainder of his life in New Ipswich. Children : 

23. i. Mary Alice, b. Apr. 27, 1854; d. Apr. 12, 1883. 

24. ii. Herbert Mills, b. Nov. 7, 1855 ; d. May 8, 1898. Graduate of 

Harvard College, 1880. 

5. Isaac Stearns'^ (Chauncey®, John^, James^ John^, John^, 
John^), b. Sept. 19, 1822; d. May 2, 1865; m. 1851, Fidelia 
Taft, dau. of Clark Raymond of Winchendon, Mass. [d. Sept., 
1898]. A Congregational minister. Children: 

25. i. Arthur Cecil, b. Apr. 10, 1852; m. May 2, 1872, Anna Marga- 

ret Owen. Two children : Raymond Lee, Arthur Cecil, Jr. 

26. ii. Ella Evangeline, d. 1875. 

27. iii. Flora Adeline, b. Oct. 1, 1855; m. H. S. Sawin. Two daugh- 

ters. 

28. iv. Hattie Fidelia, b. Aug. 15, 1857; d. July, 1906; m. D. W. 

Bennett. 

29. v. Carrie Maria, d. in infancy. 

30. vi. Albert Joseph, b. July 16, 1861 ; m. Jessie Moore. 

31. vii. Alice Josephine, b. July 16, 1861 ; d. in infancy. 

32. viii. James Raymond, b. Apr. 20, 1863; m. Cora Wood. 

7. Chauncey^ (Chauncey®, John^, James*, John^, John^, 
John^), b. June 4, 1826; d. Oct. 10, 1912; m. June 4, 1857, 
Martha Frances Loring [d. Sept. 7, 1889]. Mr. Perry was 
admitted to the bar in the state of New York in 1853, and 
located in Brooklyn, where he ever afterward resided. In 1857 
with his younger brother Timothy he formed the law firm of 
C. & T. Perry. He was for many years a member of the city 
board of education, and judge of the city police court. Chil- 
dren : 

Zi. i. Albert Loring, member of the firm of C. & T. Perry. 

34. ii. Frederic Thatcher, engaged in gold mining in Oregon. 

35. iii. Edward Mills, connected with the law department of the 

Title Guarantee and Trust Co. of New York. 

36. iv. Annie Perry, d. in infancy. 

Z7. V. Elizabeth Harrington, has been one of the city board of 
education. 

8. Timothy^ (Chauncey**, John^, James*, John^, John^, 
Johni), b Nov. 7, 1829; d. Apr. 18, 1909; m. Jan. 15, 1861, 
Charlotte Thorne, dau. of William and Permelia (Thorne) 
Horton. For some years Mr. Perry taught in the public 
schools and later in the Academy of New Ipswich and won 
the lasting allegiance of his pupils. In 1857 he was admitted 
to the bar in Brooklyn, N. Y., and entered into partnership 
with his brother under the firm name of C. & T. Perry, making 

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a specialty of the examination of titles to real estate. Since 
the death of the two brothers the firm is continued by their 
sons, but under the old firm name. Mr. Perry took a promi- 
nent part in the progressive movements of the city, and was 
valued as a counsellor and advisor. Children : 

38. i. George Henry, b. Aug. 9, 1862; m. June 28, 1901, Sarah E., 

dau. of Jonas P. Davis. 

39. ii. Carrie Maria, b. Apr. 28, 1864; m. Feb. 22, 1893, Frank E. 

Fountain. 

40. iii. Charles Elihu, b. Aug. 24, 1866; d. Dec. 31, 1908; m. Oct. 

24, 1895, Lillie V. Wilson. One daughter. 

41. iv. May, b. Sept. 2, 1868. 

42. V. Jennie, b. Sept. 2, 1870. 

43. vi. Nellie, b. Oct. 28, 1872. 

44. vii. Frank Jason, b. Jan. 9, 1875; m. Sept. 12, 1903, Mabel Burke. 

Two children. 

45. viii. Louise, b. Mar. 14, 1877; m. Feb. 21, 1899, James B. Crane. 

Two sons. 

46. ix. Florence, b. Aug. 28, 1879. 

47. X. Belle Horton, b. Jan. 19, 1882. 

PHELPS. 

George^ Phelps, b. Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England, about 1606; 
d. May 8, 1687; m. (1) 1637, Phillury, dau. of Philip Randall [d. Apr. 
29, 1648]; (2) Widow Frances Dewey [d. Sept. 27, 1690]. He came to 
New England in 1630 and settled at Dorchester, Mass. He removed to 
Windsor, Conn., in 1635, and remained there until about 1670. 

Abraham^ (George^), b. Jan. 22, 1642; d. Jan. 25, 1728; m. July 6, 
1663, Mary, dau. of Humphry and Mary (Hull) Pinney [b. June, 1644; 
d. July 25, 1725]. He res. at Windsor, Conn., where he held the office of 
captain. 

Abraham' (Abraham^ George'), b. Mar. 6, 1665/6; d. Aug., 1733. 
Res. at Windsor and Canton, Conn. 

Abraham^ (Abraham', Abraham^ George'), b. Canton, Conn., 1690. 

Henry" (Abraham^ Abraham', Abraham^ George'), b. probably at 
Canton, Conn. ; m. Sarah . Res. at Sutton, Mass. 

Henry" (Henry", Abraham'', Abraham', Abraham^ George'), b. Aug. 
13, 1752; m. Aug. 19, 1777, Lu^y, dau. of Edward and Ruth Putnam [b. 
June 2, 1760; d. Apr. 25, 1848]. Res. at Sutton, Mass. 

Simeon' (Henry', Henry", Abraham^, Abraham', Abraham^ George'), 
b. Sept. 11, 1791; d. Aug. 6. 1842; m. (1) Mar. 4, 1820, Lavina, dau. of 
Caleb and Judah Putnam [b. about 1799; d. Jan. 15, 1827]; (2) Maria 
. He res. at Sutton, Mass. 

1. Lorenzo Corydon Beman^ (Simeon^ Henry®, Henry^ 
Abraham*, Abraham^, Abraham^, George^), b. Apr. 21, 1826; 
d. July 27, 1898; m. (1) IVIary J. IMiller of Peterboro [b. about 
1832; d. Jan. 13, 1852] ; (2) Oct. 17, 1854, Helen Maria, dau. 

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of Joel and Sylvia (Leete) (Thomas) Judkins [b. June 23, 
1835]. The early years of his manhood were passed in Peter- 
boro, whence about 1850 he came to New Ipswich, the home 
of his remaining life. For several years he was express mes- 
senger from New Ipswich to Boston, driving the passenger 
stage to Greenville. Afterward he had a livery stable, and 
later a stage route between Greenville and Peterboro, and also 
between New Ipswich and Wilton. Children : 

2. i. Lucy J. M., b. Aug. 8, 1851 ; d. Feb. 24, 1852. 

3. ii. Harrie a., b. May 31, 1858; d. Aug. 20, 1862. 

4. iii. Wilbur Leete, b. Aug. 28, 1867; m. Apr. 26, 1892, Abbie 

Louise Balch (4). He is proprietor of a store in the build- 
ing at the corner of the Turnpike and the street past the 
Baptist church, for many years known as the site of the 
corner store. He has represented the town in the Legisla- 
ture, and for nearly twenty years has been town clerk and 
town treasurer. 

PIERCE. 

1. Stephen^ Pierce, b. in New Ipswich about 1738 (?); 
d. 1819, ae. 81 ; m. Jan. 1, 1765, Lydia Whitney of Mason [b. 
1743; d. 1806]. Children: 

2. i. Lydia, b. Jan. 24, 1768. 

3. ii. Stephen, b. Jan. 4, 1770. 

4. iii. Olive, b. Sept. 11, 1771; d. Sept. 29, 1775. 

5. iv. David, b. Oct. 22, 1773. 

6. V. Olive, b. Oct. 15, 1775. 

7. vi. Lucy, b. Sept. 26, 1777. 

8. vii. Abijah, b. Aug. 27, 1779. 

9. viii. Rebecca, b. July 12, 1782. 

10. ix. Nathan, b. Sept. 5, 1784. 

11. X. Joseph, b. Apr. 24, 1787.-f 

11. Joseph^ (Stephen^), b. Apr. 24. 1787; d. Apr. 22, 1872; 
m. 1811, Eleanor Gordon, dau. of Francis and Margaret 
(Watts) Mitchell [b. Nov. 25, 1792; d. Mar. 28, 1872]. He 
was constant in attendance at church on the Sabbath and also 
at the weekly prayer meeting. It was said of him that he had 
walked to religious service a distance that would have en- 
circled the earth nearly three times. Children : 

12. i. Eleanor A., b. Apr. 25, 1812; m. Apr. 10, 1844, Nathan 

Wetherbee. 

13. ii. Mary Ann H., b. Aug. 3, 1813; m. Jan. 23, 1839, Aaron S. 

Bucknam (12). 

14. iii. Lydia Elmira, b. June 6, 1815 ; m. Mar. 1, 1843, Charles M. 

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15. iv. Margaret A., b. May 21, 1817; d. Dec. 3, 1828. 

16. V. Olive R., b. Mar. 22, 1819; m. William J. Winch. 

17. vi. Elizabeth S., b. Oct. 11, 1821; d. Nov. 11, 1828. 

18. vii. Stephen J., b. Feb. 11, 1824; m. Maria Spaulding. 

19. viii. Emily P., b. Jan. 27, 1826; m. May 6, 1846, Lysander E. 

Russell. 

20. ix. Richmond B., b. May 3, 1828; m. Mary J. Morse. 

21. X. Margaret M., b. Aug. 12, 1830; d. Nov. 7, 1877. 

22. xi. Lucy Maria, b. Aug. 23, 1832; m. W. B. Frizzell. 

2Z. xii. Charles M., b. Apr. 5, 1835; d. Mar. 1, 1868; m. June 30, 
1860, Sarah E. Howe (2). 

PILLSBURY. 

William' Pillsbury, b. June 19, 1586 ; m. June or July, 1641, Dorothy 
Crosby. He came to New England about 1640, and settled at Dorchester, 
but removed to Newbury, Mass., in 1651. 

Moses' ( William'), b. 1645; d. 1701; m. (1) Mar., 1668, Susannah, 
dau. of Lionel Worth; (2) Priscilla . 

Moses" (Moses% William'), b. of 1st m., July 4, 1672; d. Mar. 24, 
1738; m. [pub. Feb. 5, 1698] Abigail Rolf. 

Ezra' (Moses', Moses°, William'), b. Apr. 16, 1703; d. 1797; m. Nov. 

10, 1727, Hannah, dau. of Henry Hale [b. May 8, 1709]. 

Ezra' (Ezra', Moses', Moses", William'), b. Apr. 18, 1740; d. Sept. 15, 
1820; m. Nov. 29, 1759, Martha Bayley of Roxbury, Mass. He was one 
of the first settlers at Weare, N. H., where he lived and died. He was a 
selectman, and he gave Revolutionary service. 

Joseph" (Ezra°, Ezra^ Moses', Moses^ William'), b. Newbury, July 

11, 1762; d. Jan. 26, 1841; m. Elizabeth Perkins of Weare [b. about 1768; 
d. Sept. 21, 1855]. He was a farmer at Wendell, where he died. He also 
served in the Revolution. 

1. Benjamin Q? (Joseph®, Ezra^, Ezra*, Moses^, Moses^, 
William^), b. New London, Dec. 29, 1804; d. Mar. 10, 1888; 
m. Sept. 27, 1832, Tamar IVEarble of Ashburnham, Mass. [b. 
about 1803; d. Mar. 29, 1889]. He was a farmer in Fitchburg, 
Mass., and Ashby, Mass., until 1840, when he came to New 
Ipswich and purchased the last farm in the town upon the road 
from Dr. Stillman Gibson's southerly to Ashby, (78, A. D.,) 
on which he wrought successfully for fifteen years. He was 
a leading citizen of that neighborhood and was a selectman, 
although on account of the location of his home arrangements 
were made by which his children attended school in Ashby, 
to which town he removed about 1856. Children : 

2. i. Mary W., b. Oct. 4, 1834; m. May 18, 1854. J. Cushing Whit- 

ney, who succeeded to the occupancy of her father's farm. 

3. ii. Eliza C, b. Feb. 4, 1836; m. Jan. 4, 1858, Robert G. Bartlett. 

4. iii. Charles Whitney, b. July 28, 1839; m. Dec. 31, 1861, Lucy 

J. Booth of Ashby, Mass., in which town he is a farmer. 
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Children : i. Levi Burr, b. Dec. 24, 1862 ; d. Dec. 24, 1866. 
ii. Maria A., b. Aug. 22, 1864; m. Apr. 1, 1884, George R. 
Jaquith (4). iii. Merrick D., b. Sept. 21, 1866; m. Oct. 19, 
1887, Lulu E. Alden; child, Blanche Louise, b. Nov. 27, 
1891. iv. Martha U., b. Dec. 31, 1867; m. Nov. 29, 1888, 
W. R. Burnap of Ashby. v. Laura F.. h. June 30, 1869; d. 
Nov. 22, 1886. vi. Frank R., h. Feb. 19, 1871. vii. Carl C, 
b. Aug. 2, 1880 ; d. July 2, 1882. 

POLLARD. 

Thomas' Pollard, d. Apr. 4, 1724; m. Nov., 1692, his cousin, Mary 
Farmer [d. May 3, 1725]. He was son of William and Mary (Farmer) 
Pollard of Coventry, Warwickshire, England. He came to New England 
about the time of his marriage, and passed his life as a farmer in Billerica, 
Mass. He had fifteen children. 

Joseph^ (Thomas'), b. May 3, 1702; d. about 1780; m. Abigail, dau. 
of Nathaniel and Hannah (Walker) Hill of Billerica [b. Apr. 9, 1714]. 
Res. in Nottingham West, (now Hudson, N. H.,) and Westford, Mass., 
whence he is said to have come to New Ipswich ; but probably this was 
not the case ; at least the town records give no indication of his residence, 
unless possibly for a short time in 1771-72. 

L Joseph^ (Joseph^, Thomas^), b. May 4, 1737; m. 1754, 
Ruth, dau. of Josiah and Susanna (Jaquith) Burge of Westford, 
Mass. [b. 1739]. He came to New Ipswich in 1764 and settled 
on the farm at the end of the road long owned by James Barr 
and later by William Wheeler, (64, N. L. O.) He removed 
to Keene about 1786, and thence to Plymouth, Vt. Children: 

3. i. Joseph, b. about 1760. He left town a few years after at- 

taining his majority. 

4. ii. Ruth, b. Dec. 4, 1767; d. June 22, 1801; m. Mar. 8, 1787, 

Timothy Fox, Jr. (2). 

5. iii. James, b. Oct. 9, 1769. 

6. iv. Moses, b. Feb. 29, 1772; d. Sept. 7, 1849; m. Jan. 4, 1796, 

Abigail Boynton (21). He removed to Plymouth, Vt., and 
there made his home. One of his children was Hon. James 
A., of Windsor, Vt., for many years superintendent of the 
State Prison. 

7. V. Susanna, b. Sept. 15, 1774; d. Aug. 15, 1847; m. Feb. 5, 1798. 

David, son of Aaron^ and Tabitha (Upton) Felt of Tem- 
ple [b. Oct. 31, 1777; d. Ludlow, Vt., Oct. 7, 1852]. 

8. vi. Sarah, b. Jan. 1, 1777. 

2. Benjamin^ (Joseph^, Thomas^), b. about 1742; d. about 
1776; m. Apr. 2, 1768, Mercy, dau. of Joseph* (Thomas^) and 
Dorothy Adams of Concord, Mass. [b. Jan. 25, 1746]. He 
came to New Ipswich with his brother or a little later, and 
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church and the Dix tavern upon the spot now occupied by the 
Lee house. Its location, a little east from the brook, can still 
be determined. His widow married Jonas Whiting and their 
daughter, Mercy Whiting, occupied the house for many years. 
Children : 

9. i. MiLLY, b. June 15, 1774; d. 1777. 

10. ii. Thomas Mifflin, b. Dec. 2, 1776; m. 1804, Fanny, dau. of 
Aranah and Hannah (Leffingwell) Waterman. He lived in 
Enosburg, Vt., until 1833, when he removed to Missouri. 

PORTER. 

1. Charles^ Porter, b. 1797 in Bradford, Mass.; d. New 
Ipswich, Dec, 1857 ; m. Susan Rogers of Newburyport [d. 
New Ipswich, about 1893]. He lived on Meeting-house Hill 
just above John Bucknam's. He was a shoemaker. Children : 

2. i. Hannah Merrill, b. 1826; m. E. Chase Brooks. 

3. ii. Charles Carroll, b. 1828; removed to Westford 1849. Was 

a cigar maker. 

4. iii. George Henry, b. 1838; lived in various places, in Greenville 

in later years; was a painter; m. Anna M. Babcock [b. 1839]. 

5. iv. Albert L., b. 1844; d. ae. two and one-half yrs. 

PRATT (John). 

John' Pratt was of Maiden, Essex County, England. 

Richard^ (John'), bapt. in Maiden, Parish of All Saints, June 29, 
1615; left Gravesend Nov. 20, 1635; d. 1691; m. Mary . 

John' (Richard^ John'), b. Charlestown, Mass., 1655; d. June 3, 1708. 

Thomas* (John^ Richard^ John'), m. June 24, 1724, Lydia Lynde. 

Phineas' (Thomas^ John^ Richard', John'), b. Aug. 29, 1740; m. 
(1) Mar. 8, 1764, Elizabeth Sargent; (2) Apr. 28, 1782, Phebe Upham. 

1. Phineas*^ (Phineas^, Thomas*, John^, Richard^, John^), 
b. June 16, 1766; d. Jan. 19, 1848; m. Feb. 6, 1788, Joanna" 
Bucknam [b. Sept. 11, 1769; d. July 26, 1843]. Children: 

2. i. Phineas, b. May 23, 1789; d. Dec. 9, 1865; m. Nancy Batchel- 

ler (26). Graduated at Bowdoin College; was a clergyman. 

3. ii. Elizabeth or Betsy, b. Apr. 17, 1791 ; d. Sept. 2, 1867 ; m. 

Sept. 29, 1811, Rev. Thomas Fletcher (85). 

4. iii. Joanna, b. Apr. 21, 1793 ; d. Apr. 23, 1878 ; m. Breed. 

5. iv. Hannah, b. Nov. 12, 1795; d. June 1, 1847. 

6. V. Lucinda, b. Apr. 15, 1798; d. Apr. 19, 1879. 

7. vi. Narcissa Tweed, b. Oct. 15, 1800; d. July 20, 1885; m. May 

22, 1823, Stephen Brooks (5). 

8. vii. Rebecca, b. Nov. 16, 1803 ; d. Aug. 12, 1829. 

9. viii. John Otis, b. June 21, 1805; d. May 20, 1808. 

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10. ix. Louisa, b. Oct. 21, 1807 ; d. Jan. 23, 1892. 

11. X. Mehitable, b. Oct. 11, 1810; d. July 20, 1844; m. July 17, 1838, 

James Bucknam (13). 

12. xi. Appha Maria, b. Dec. 21, 1812; d. Sept. 14, 1872; m. Almond 

Packard. 

PRATT (Joshua). 

Joshua^ Pratt came over in the third ship "Ann" in 1623, and was 
among the forefathers at Plymouth ; m. Bathsheba Fay. 

Thomas" (Joshua^), settled early at Watertown. Took the Freeman's 
oath, May 22, 1747. 

Ephraim' (Thomas', Joshua^), b. at Sudbury, Nov. 1, 1687; m. 1708, 
Martha Wheelock. "He d. in Shutesbury May, 1804, ae 116. At the time 
of his death he could count 1500 descendants." 

Ephraim* (Ephraim', Thomas^ Joshua^), m. Abiel Leonard. 

MosEs' (Ephraim*, Ephraim', Thomas^ Joshua'), b. Aug. 12, 1765; d. 
June 4, 1855; m. Patty Banks. 

L WiLLARD** (Moses^, Ephraim*, Ephraim^, Thomas^, 
Joshua^), b. Nov. 8, 1803; d. Jan. 3, 1859; m. Feb. 16, 1828, 
Sophronia Goodspeed [d. Dec. 4, 1894]. Removed to New 
Ipswich, 1850. Children : 

2. i. Mary A., b. Sept. 16, 1830; m. Slocum Colman. 

3. ii. Laura E., b. July 26, 1832; m. Joel Colman. 

4. iii. Sophronia C., b. Sept. 18, 1833 ; m. Stephen Brooks. 

5. iv. Catharine W., b. Nov. 20, 1835 ; m. Philander Colman. 

6. v. Charles H., b. July 14, 1838; m. Abbie W. C. Simonds (6). 

7. vi. David F., b. June 30, 1840; m. Helen Weston. 

8. vii. Otis P., b. May 12, 1842 ; m. Emma C. Ball. 

9. viii. Louisa L., b. May 27, 1844; m. William Hawkins. 
10. ix. Edward W. C, b. Sept. 15, 1853. 

PRATT (Reuben). 

Reuben' Pratt came from Westboro, Mass., to Fitzwilliam in 1768; 
d. Jan. 21, 1807, ae. 62; m. Ruth Williams. 

Joseph' (Reuben'), b. Aug. 19, 1769; d. July 5, 1857; m. Dec. 3, 1792; 
Sarah Hunt of Sudbury, Mass. 

Reuben' (Joseph^, Reuben'), b. Sept. 22, 1793; d. Sept. 18, 1852; m. 
Nov. 9, 1815, Ruth Howe Stone [b. June 25, 1793; d. Nov. 10, I860]. 

1. Warren* (Reuben^, Joseph^, Reuben^), b. Nov. 17, 1820; 
d. Apr. 1, 1909; m. (1) Susan C, dau. of Artemas and Mary 
(Chaplin) Beard [b. Nov. 9, 1822; d. Aug. 16, 1853] ; (2) Aug. 
17, 1854, Seraph A., dau. of Noah and Sophia (Nichols) Miles 
[b. Apr. 20, 1833; d. Aug. 10, 1887]. He came from Fitzwil- 
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sight worked for a time as a carpenter, and then for thirty- 
years was a manufacturer of cigar boxes at the mill on Starch 
Factory Brook. He was representative in 1885-87. Children : 

2. i. Francis Warren, b. June 10, 1846; d. May 13, 1847. 

3. ii. Susan Maria, b. Oct. 30, 1848; d. Aug. 12, 1875; m. Fred 

Rideout. One son. 

4. iii. Abbie Frances, b. Dec. 3, 1850; d. May 12, 1886; m. Thomas 

G. Hudson. Two children. 

5. iv. William Henry, b. June 27, 1853. 

PRENTICE. 

Henry^ Prentice, prob. b. in England; d. June 9, 1654; m. (1) Eliza- 
beth ; (2) Joane . He was in Cambridge before 1640, and was 

also one of the Proprietors of Sudbury. 

Henry^ (Henry'), b. about 1651; m. Apr. 7, 1682, Mary Gove. He 
lived in Cambridge. 

Nathaniel' (Henry^ Henry'), bapt. Dec. 11, 1698; d. Dunstable, 
Mass., Feb. 27, 1737; m. 1724, Mary, dau. of Judge William Tyng of 
Nashua, N. H. He was ordained in 1718 as minister of Dunstable, where 
he seems to have passed the remainder of his life. 

William Henry* (Nathaniel', Henry^ Henry'), b. Dec. 2, 1728; d. 
Littleton, Mass., 1797 ; m. Sarah, dau. of Edward Edes of Boston. He 
was an "engineer." 

1. Nathaniel^ (William H.*, NathanieP, Henry^, Henry^), 
b. Boston, Dec. 15, 1755; d. Peterboro, N. H., Mar. 22, 1825; 
m. Anna Hoar (7). He learned the trade of a clothier in 
Westford, Mass., and came to New Ipswich, where his name 
first appears in 1777, and very soon he became a partner of John 
Warner in the "Clothier's Works and Fulling Mills" then 
recently erected on the site of the later "Waterloom" and 
"Mountain Mills" factories. Before many years he became 
sole proprietor and carried on the business until about 1800. 
He removed to Peterboro, where he passed the remainder of 
his life. Children — all probably b. in New Ipswich: 

3. i. William Henry, b. Jan. 22, 1781. -j- 

4. ii. Nancy, b. Feb. 22, 1783; m. Isaac Packard of Stoughton, 

Mass. 

5. iii. Polly, b. May 12, 1785; d. 1826; m. . 

6. iv. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 2, 1787. 

7. V. Alfred, b. Sept. 2, 1789; d. Jan. 18, 1790. 

8. vi. John, b. Feb. 18, 1791; d. Nov. 21, 1802. 

9. vii. Alfred, b. May 5, 1793. 

10. viii. Patty, b. Sept. 27, 1795; d. Apr. 15, 1838; m. Holbrook. 

11. ix. Sumner, b. Apr. 28, 1798; d. Sept. 18, 1843. 

12. X. LoNA, b. Sept. 18, 1800; d. June 18, 1846; m. Perham. 

13. xi. Lucy, b. June 20, 1803 ; d. Aug., 1806. 

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2. Henry^ (William H.^ Nathaniel, Henry^, Henry^), b. 

1763; d. Feb., 1835; m. (1) [d. soon] ; (2) Mary Read of 

Littleton, Mass. ; (3) Hannah Johnson of Andover, Mass. He 
came from Littleton to New Ipswich about 1790, but remained 
only a few years before removing to Hancock, where he was 
a clothier. In 1825 he removed to Jasper, N. Y., where he was 
a farmer, although to some extent continuing his former busi- 
ness. He had eight children, of whom only one was born in 
New Ipswich. Children : 

14. i. Polly, b. New Ipswich, July 27, 1792; m. 1831, Judge L. Ham- 

mond of Hammondsport, N. Y. 

15. ii. Jonathan Reed, b. Sept. 18, 1795; d. Feb. 23, 1880; m. Sept., 

1828, Maria J. Clark, of Bath, N. Y., d. Jan. 6, 1863. He 
was a clothier and a farmer at Jasper, N. Y. He was a 
deacon. Three children. 

16. iii. William Henry, b. June 7, 1798; m. 1829, Mrs. Pamelia 

Whittemore of Hancock. He also was a deacon. Six 

children. 
Sarah, m. 1834, Uea. Jacob Manning. One daughter. 
Hannah Asenath, m. Aug. 29, 1830, Earl Stone of Ashby, 

Mass. Res. at Jasper, N. Y., where he was a mason. Three 

children. 
Lucy Emily. 
Lydia, m. B. Franklin Hadley of Lyndeboro. Eleven children. 

3. William Henry'' (Nathaniel^ William H.*, Nathaniel^ 
Henry2, Henry^), b. Jan. 22, 1781; m. in Boston, 1804, Sally 
Whipple [b. Nov. 24, 1784]. He left his native town soon 
after attaining his majority, and entered upon a business life, 
in which he in due time won a good success. He with two 
of his sons long constituted a firm doing an extensive business 
as coal dealers. Children — all born at Boston: 

21. i. William Henry, b. Apr. 13, 1806; m. Feb. 29, 1828, Cynthia 

Kenna [b. at Boothbay, Me., Feb. 8, 1807]. He was a 
farmer at Bristol, Me. Ten children. 

22. ii. George W., b. Feb. 22, 1808; m. Aug. 5, 1845, Lydia Brownell 

of Lowell [b. Oct. 22, 1825]. He was a partner in his 
father's business. Two children or more. 

23. iii. Jane Whipple, b. Aug. 19, 1809. 

24. iv. Lucy Young, b. Dec. 25, 1810; d. Mar. 25, 1845. 

25. v. John Tyng, b. June 8, 1812; d. July 18, 1819. 

26. vi. Sarah Ann, b. Apr. 6, 1814. 

27. vii. Adaline, b. Jan. 22, 1816. 

28. viii. Theodore, b. Sept. 8, 1817; m. Nov. 12, 1844, Maria O. C. 

Wiley of Lynn [b. Apr. 9, 1824]. He was a partner in his 
father's business. One child or more. 

29. ix. Susan Tuttle, b. June 8, 1819. 

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30. X. Mary Young, b. Mar. 11, 1821. 

31. xi. Ann Sophia, b. Nov. 23, 1823. 

32. xii. Laura Wright, b. June 2, 1826. 

PRESTON. 

Roger^ Preston, b. about 1614; d. Jan. 20, 1666; m. Martha [b. 

before 1623; d. Mar. 21, 1703; m. (2) May 21, 1666, Nicholas Holt of 
Andover, Mass.]. He came to America, probably from County Kent, 
England, in 1635, and as early as 1639 he was planter and a tanner at 
Ipswich, Mass. He removed to Salem, Mass., in 1660, and there was 
licensed to "keep an ordinary." 

Samuel' (Roger'), b. 1651; d. Andover, Mass., July 10, 1738; m. (1) 
May 27, 1671/2, Susannah Gutterson [d. Dec. 29, 1710] ; (2) Sept. 24, 
1713, widow Mary Blodgett [d. Mar. 1, 1739]. Res. in Andover, Mass. 

Samuel^ (Samuel^ Roger'), b. Mar. 16, 1672/3; d. Andover, Mass., 
May 29, 1717; m. Apr. 2, 1694, Sarah Bridges [m. (2) Oct., 1722, William 
Price of Ashford, Conn.]. He was a carpenter in Andover. 

Samuel' (Samuer, Samuel', Roger'), b. 1707; d. Oct. 11, 1781; m. 
(1) Andover, Mass., Apr. 8, 1728, Hannah Bridges; (2) Sept. 2, 1756, 
widow Mary (Ivory) (Frothingham) Symes [d. before 1781]. He resided 
in Littleton, Mass., where he held the office of captain, serving in the 
French War. 

1. James^ (Samuel*, SamueF, Samuel^, Roger^), b. 1730; 

m. Mary , (probably Mary Elizabeth ,) of Littleton, 

Mass. He came to New Ipswich about 1770, and settled on 
the southern end of the mountain range, northwestwardly 
from Binney Pond, on or near 106, N. D. His name appears 
upon the tax-lists until near the end of the century, when he 
went with his son Samuel to Whitingham, Vt. No record of 
his children has been found, and the order of their births is 
uncertain. Besides those given below, there were some who 
died in infancy, and their names are not known. Children : 

James. 

Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1753; d. Mar. 30, 1845; m. Sept. 8, 1787, 

Silas Davis (5). 
Isaac, b. Mar., 1757.-|- 
Jemima, unm. 

Betsey, m. Stickney of Whitingham, Vt. 

Lydia, m. July 12, 1790; Joseph Burrows (4) of Whitingham, 

Vt. 

10. vii. Sally, m. May 12, 1792, Joseph Brown (T. 16). 

11. viii. Patty, m. May 28, 1792, Benjamin' (Benjamin*, Benjamin', 
Benjamin*, Michael', Michael', Michael') Bacon of Bedford, 
Mass. 

12. ix. Samuel, m. (1) 1797, Sukey Patch; (2) Lucy (Goldsmith) 
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his first marriage he removed to Whitingham, Vt., accom- 
panied by his parents. He served in the war of 1812. Chil- 
dren : i. Sophroiiia, b. Jan. 1, 1798. ii. George, iii. Abia- 
thar Winn. Of second marriage. 

2. Hannah^ (Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, RogerM, b. 1733; 
m. Jonathan Davis. It is stated on seemingly reliable author- 
ity that they resided in New Ipswich and that, as late as 1781, 
she was thus mentioned in her father's will. But official 
records of the bearers of that name resident in New Ipswich, 
together with the inscriptions on their gravestones and those 
of their wives still in the town, forbid the belief that any one 
recorded in this work was her husband, and she is therefore 
entered only in the family of her birth. 

3. JoHN^ (Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, Roger^), b. Littleton, 
Mass., 1739; d. Feb. 18, 1803; m. Nov. 29, 1764, Rebecca Far- 
rar (3). He served as a member of his father's company in 
the French War, and later, by less formal methods of study 
than are now demanded, he acquired such knowledge of the 
physician's duties as was then deemed necessary, and at the 
age of twenty-two came to New Ipswich, entered into practice, 
and continued the leading practitioner of the town nearly until 
his death. Despite his youth he was one of the first board of 
selectmen, and at different times he was town clerk, town 
treasurer, representative, and a member of the convention for 
framing the State Constitution. His dwelling and office were 
in the house built by him and long known as the "Seth King 
house," across the street upon the north from the site of the 
present Academy. His office, in the northwestern corner of 
the building, remained practically unchanged until within a 
few years. Children : 

13. i. Rebecca, b. July 16, 1768; d. Apr. 9, 1846; m. 1791, John 

Hubbard (1). 
John, b. Feb. 15, 1770.+ 

Samuel Farrar, b. Dec. 26, 1770; d. Mar. 6, 1771. 
Lucy, b. Dec. 3, 1771; d. Apr. 7, 1859; m. Oct. 26, 1794, 

Thomas Bancroft of Pepperell, Mass. 
Samuel Farrar, b. Aug. 10, 1773; d. Apr. 3, 1774. 
Lydia, b. Oct. 26, 1774 ; d. Feb., 1853 ; m. Nov. 3, 1799, Josiah 

Bellows. Res. at Lancaster, Mass. 

19. vii. Hannah, b. Jan. 8, 1776; unm. 

20. viii. Polly, b. Jan. 5, 1777; d. Nov. 5, 1853, unm. 

21. ix. Samuel, b. June 24, 1778; d. Mar. 4, 1852; m. Esther, dau. of 
Timothy^ (Timothy^ Abraham^ Abraham^ William') and 
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Norwalk, O., where he was proprietor of a newspaper. 
Children: i. Charles Albert, ii. Lucy, m. Wickham. 

22. X. Stephen Farrar, b. June 2, 1780.+ 

23. xi. Timothy Farrar, b. June 2, 1780; d. Dec. 4, 1857, unm. He 

was a physician practicing for a time in Rochester, N. Y., 
in Mason, and in Dover, but relinquishing his profession 
in later years. 

24. xii. Peter, b. June 20, 1782; unm. 

25. xiii. Anna, b. Aug. 10, 1784; d. Sept. 3, 1863; m. Oct. 15, 1808, 

Seth King (W. 1). 

6. Isaac® (James^, Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, Roger^), b. 
Mar., 1757; d. May 11, 1806; m. Susanna Fletcher (9). He 
succeeded to his father's farm, and like his father passed an 
uneventful life, leaving- little matter for record. Children : 

26. i. Susannah, b. Sept. 20, 1782; m. Francis B. Maxwell. 

27. ii. Hannah, b. May 15, 1784; d. Apr. 23, 1861, unm. 

28. iii. Isaac, b. June 3, 1786.+ 

29. iv. Jeremiah, b. Dec. 18, 1790.+ 

30. V. Elhanan, b. Mar. 7, 1798.+ 

31. vi. Seth, b. Nov. 10, 1803.+ 

32. vii. Lucy, b. Oct. 24, 1805; d. June 6, 1893; m. George Ramsdell 

(3). 

14. John® (John^, Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, Roger^), b. 
Feb. 15, 1770; d. Oct. 23, 1828; m. Jan. 21, 1798, Elizabeth 
Champney (9). He graduated from Dartmouth College in 
1791, studied medicine, in 1794 entered into practice with his 
father, and followed his profession in New Ipswich throughout 
his life. He lived for a time in the house built by Noah Cooke, 
upon the north side of the old country road, but upon the 
opening of the Turnpike built for his dwelling the house still 
standing on the north side of that highway opposite the tavern 
building long known as Clark's Hotel. That house, later for 
many years the home of Henry Otis Preston, was the first 
one erected in the Center Village upon the Turnpike, the home 
of Rev. Stephen Farrar at the summit of the hill, where the 
road from "Farrar's Mill" crossed, having been built long 
before the time of the Turnpike. The narrow house next 
westerly from that of Dr. Preston was also built by him for 
use as his office. He served the town as its clerk for a long 
time, and was also one of the selectmen. Children : 

36. i. Ebenezer Champney, b. May 4, 1799.+ 

37. ii. Rebecca, b. Nov. 4, 1800; d. Oct. 10, 1807. 

38. iii. John, b. Apr. 12, 1802.+ 

39. iv. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 4, 1804; d. about 1878; m. Sept. 20, 1826, 

Elisha L. Hammond. He was a builder in New Ipswich, 
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and testimony to the abiding excellence of his work is borne 
by the walls of the present Academy building, erected under 
his charge. 

40. V. Lucy, b. June 14, 1805; d. Nov. 20, 1836; m. Mar. 26, 1829, 

Francis K. Cragin (23). 

41. vi. Abigail, b. May 3, 1807; d. Feb. 15, 1886; m. Benjamin B. 

Brown [b. about 1807; d. May 13, 1832]. Child: i. B. 
Brigham Brown, h. about 1832; d. Nov. 4, 1851. 

42. vii. Maria, b. June 22, 1809; d. May 1, 1830, unm. 

43. viii. William Henry, b. Mar. 1, 1811; d. Jan. 21, 1865; m. Mary 

Catherine Swalzwelder. 

44. ix. Thomas Bancroft, b. Mar. 27, 1813.+ 

45. X. Rebecca, b. May 17, 1815; d. about 1880; m. May 18, 1836, 

Benjamin F. Whipple of Charlestown, Mass. Children: i. 
Elizabeth Antoinette Whipple, ii. Frank Preston Whipple. 
iii. Kate Whipple. 

22. Stephen Farrar*' (John^, Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, 
Roger^), b. June 2, 1780; d. Apr. 27, 1863; m. May 4, 1803, 
Hannah Kimball [b. about 1783; d. May 31, 1858]. He was 
a hatter. He lived in the Noah Cooke house, previously the 
home of his brother, Dr. John Preston. Children : 

48. i. Almira, b. Aug. 25, 1804; d. Oct. 2, 1829; m. Sept. 18, 1827, 

Jesse, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Gibson) Matthews of 
Bedford, Mass. [b. July 2, 1798; d. Sept. 11, 1875]. Res. 
at Hancock. 

49. ii. Stephen Hubbard, b. Mar. 7, 1807; d. Oct. 27, 1814. 

50. iii. Edward Francis, b. Feb. 25, 1812.-]- 

51. iv. John Hubbard, b. 1814.-]- 

52. V. Henry Otis, b. July 26, 1820.+ 

28. IsAAc^ (Isaac®, James^, Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, 
Roger^), b. June 3, 1786; d. Wilton, Sept. 29, 1869; m. (1) May 
2, 1816, Sarah Sawtelle [b. Townsend, Mass., Aug. 8, 1787; d. 
Aug. 7, 1844] ; (2) May 27, 1845, widow Hannah Foster [b. 
about 1796; d. Oct. 13, 1872]. He passed most of his life in 
New Ipswich, but continued only a few years in the same part 
of the town. Children : 

53. i. Sarah Abigail, b. July 9, 1817; d. Fitchburg, Mass., Nov. 8, 

1879; m. Nov. 29, 1840, Luke Cram [d. Fitchburg, Mass., 
Mar. 4, 1879]. He had a general store for a few years in 
what is now the Masonic building at the corner formed by 
the Turnpike and the Temple road. Later he lived in 
Fitchburg, Mass., and legally changed his name from Cram 
to Remington. Children : i. Charles A. Cram, h. Mar. 22, 
1842; d. Dec. 21, 1870; he had just fitted for the ministry, 
having graduated from Brown University and Newton 
Theological Seminary, ii. George L. Cram, b. Aug. 30, 1843. 

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iii. Walter D. Cram, b. July 14, 1846; d. Mar. 22, 1868. iv. 
Pharcellus Preston Cram, b. Apr. 14, 1852; d. Aug. 9, 1852. 

54. ii. Isaac Fletcher, b. Sept. 30, 1819.+ 

55. iii. George Palmer, b. May 5, 1822.+ 

56. iv. Charles Barrett, b. Jan. 1, 1825. + 

57. V. Samuel Appleton, b. Dec. 26, 1827; d. Wilton, Jan. 21, 1876; 

m. Apr. 18, 1848, Charlotte A. Goldsmith of Wilton [d. 
Boston, May 24, 1854]. Children: i. Oraetta M.. b. Oct. 2, 
1850; m. Aug. 6, 1868, Dr. S. L. Moore; Children: Edward 
A. Moore, b. May 29, 1869; d. about 1887 by drowning; 
Elizabeth L. Moore, b. Sept. 6, 1878 ; d. young, ii. Estella. 
d. young. 

29. Jeremiah^ (Isaac^, James^, Samuel*, Samuel^, SamueP, 
RogerO, b. Dec. 18, 1790; m. Lucy Proctor of Hollis. He lived 
in the southern part of the town until about 1840, but is not 
easily located. Children : 

58. i. Horace, m. Lucy Wood. 

59. ii. Sybil Ann, m. Samuel Meriam. 

60. iii. Jeremiah, m. Lucretia Hannaford. 

61. iv. Lucy Jane, m. John Verity. 

30. Elhanan^ (Isaac*', James^, Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, 
Roger^), b. Mar. 7, 1798; m. Wealthy Lake. He lived for a 
time on the farm afterward owned by Benjamin Wilson on 
the "old Ashby road," also in the northwestern portion of the 
town and later on or near Knight's Hill. But in middle life 
he removed to Manchester, where he was a night watchman 
in one of the mills; his last years were passed in New London. 
Children : 

62. i. Augustus E., res. New London. 

63. ii. Maria, b. about May, 1822; d. Jan. 5, 1829. 

64. iii. Martha, b. about July, 1824 ; d. Jan. 17, 1829. 

65. iv. Malissa, b. about 1827; d. June 1, 1832. 

31. Seth^ (Isaac^, James^, Samuel*, SamueP, Samuel-, 
Roger^), b. Nov. 10, 1803; d. Nov. 8, 1890; m. (1) Jane 
(Fletcher) Blanchard [b. about 1808; d. Dec. 1. 1857]; (2) 
Esther F., widow of Eben Blood of Mason [b. about 1796; d. 
Nov. 19, 1879] ; (3) Apr. 26, 1880, Sarah Weston [b. Mason, 
Aug., 1793]. He passed the early years of his manhood in the 
southern and western states, but after his marriage resided 
in Nashua, Greenville, and Mason. He followed the occupa- 
tion of a stonecutter and later was a farmer. Children : 

66. i. Seth, b. about 1840; d. Dec. 19, 1867; m. Sept. 17, 1863, Kate 

A. Fulton [d. Mar. 18, 1867]. He served four years in the 
Civil War, enlisting from Mason in the 8th New Hamp- 

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shire Regiment, in which he was a sergeant. He was 
wounded at Port Hudson and served later in the Veteran 
Battalion. He afterward lived at Greenville, where he was 
killed by a falling tree. 

67. ii. Melvina, b. Aug., 1841 ; d. Apr. 21, 1871 ; m. Abial Currier 

of Brookline. Children : i. Emma Currier, ii. Flora 
Currier. 

68. iii. George Henry, b. Nashua, Oct. 26, 1846; m. (1) 1873, Martha 

Jane Eaton of Wilton [d. Sept. 26, 1877] ; (2) Ada L. Ben- 
son of Norridgewock, Me. He was a cabinetmaker at 
Greenville, and later became a farmer at Dublin. Children : 
i. Eva M., b. Feb. 16, 1874. ii. Albert A., b. Aug. 21, 1877. 

69. iv. Albert Marcus, b. Apr. 19, 1851 ; d. Aug. 19, 1870. 

36. Ebenezer Champney^ (John®, John^, Samuel*, SamueP, 
Samuel-, Roger^), b. May 4, 1799; d. Apr. 9, 1828; m. Ruby 
Bridges. He was an apothecary in Boston. Children : 

70. i. Ellen Maria, m. George Main. 

71. ii. James Montgomery. 

72. iii. Mary Elizabeth. 

38. John'' (John*', John^, Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, 
Rogeri), b. Apr. 12, 1802; d. Mar. 5, 1867; m. Oct. 27, 1828, 
Elizabeth Smith, dau. of Abram and Elizabeth (Kidder) 
French [b. Boston, Mar. 1, 1808; d. Dec. 20, 1882]. He grad- 
uated from Harvard College in 1823, studied law, and after a 
brief period of practice in Townsend, Mass., returned to his 
native town, and there passed his after life, during the greater 
part of which he was the only lawyer in the town. The house 
of his grandfather Champney, on the old country road, was 
his home as it still is of his descendants. His office still re- 
mains at the corner between his dwelling and the Baptist 
church. He was always a prominent townsman, representing 
the town for several years in the Legislature, and holding a 
seat in the state Senate, when all the other members of that 
body were of the opposite party. He was an early advocate 
of the freedom of the slave, and was the candidate of the Free 
Soil party for representative in Congress, and also for United 
States senator. He was also an earnest advocate of the tem- 
perance movement. His place in the town is evidenced by the 
following resolutions unanimously adopted at the annual town- 
meeting following his death : 

Resolved, That in the recent death of Hon. John Preston this town 
has lost a valued citizen, one who has long been identified with most of 
the leading interests of the people, and often honored with important 
public trusts. 

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Resolved, That we remember with gratitude to God, and commend 
to young men as a worthy example, his energy and perseverance, his 
enterprising spirit, his love for his native town and country, his active 
sympathy in the cause of education and reform, his cheerful hospitality, 
and the purity of his domestic life. 

Children : 

1Z. i. John Lorenzo, b. Nov. 10, 1829; d. June 19, 1836. 

74. ii. Elizabeth Antoinette, b. Sept. 8, 1831 ; d. Feb. 28, 1837. 

75. iii. William Arthur, b. Jan. 31, 1834.+ 

76. iv. Maria A. F., b. Feb. 10, 1836; d. Mar. 18, 1851. 
n. v. Frank Whipple, b. Feb. 17, 1838.+ 

78. vi. Sarah Elizabeth, b. July 30, 1840 ; d. Mar. 26, 1842. 

79. vii. Mary Arabella, b. May 11, 1844; d. Feb. 15, 1869; m. Sept. 

17, 1867, George J.' (William T.', William^ Nathan', John^ 
Samuel^ Samuel^ Roger^) Chandler of Boston. Child : i. 
Elizabeth Antoinette Chandler, b. Feb. 8, 1869; m. Charles 
E. Simmons ; one child. 

44. Thomas Bancroft^ (John®, John^, Samuel*, SamueP, 
SamueP, Roger^), b. Mar. 27, 1813; d. about 1862; m. Oct. 3, 
1843, Sarah W. Woodberry. Children : 

80. i. William Henry, b. July 11, 1844; d. 1895, unm. He was a 

bookkeeper in Boston. 
Sarah Frances, b. Mar. 13, 1846; m. Henry F. Ames. 
Samuel Thorndike, b. Jan. 1, 1848; d. 1900, unm. He was 

a hide and leather dealer in New York city. 
Jane Rice, b. Oct. 1, 1850; d. Mar. 4, 1853. 
George Woodberry, b. Nov. 3, 1854; m. Anna Kreiling. 

50. Edward Francis^ (Stephen Farrar", John^, Samuel*, 
SamueP, SamueP, Roger^), b. Feb. 25, 1812; d. Jan. 3, 1884; 
m. Apr. 20, 1843, Mary Theresia Gold Appleton (66). He was 
a farmer on the Isaac Appleton farm upon the old country 
road, (41, N. D.,) but upon the death of his brother John re- 
turned to the home of his boyhood, and there passed his later 
years. Children : 

85. i. Mary Celestia, b. Oct. 3, 1846; m. May 25, 1873, George L., 

son of Lyman and Lucinda (Wellington) Bennett of Rindge 
[b. July 19, 1845]. He was a dentist in Winchendon, Mass., 
and removed thence to Chicago, 111. 

86. ii. Ella Theresia, b. Nov. 10, 1848; d. Aug. 8, 1863. 

87. iii. Edward Appleton, b. Oct. 13, 1852 ; d. Jan. 16, 1873. 

88. iv. Francis Eugene, b. Sept. 18, 1854; d. Jan. 4, 1889; m. Ada, 

dau. of Samuel and Parmelia (Whitney) Wheeler. 

89. v. William Arthur, b. Nov. 20, 1858; m. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 

June 5, 1884, Hattie G., dau. of Benjamin F. and Lydia F. 
(Gimman) Parks [d. Nov. 8, 1907]. 

90. vi. Guy Henry, b. July 30, 1865; d. Nov. 30, 1902; m. Wickes, 

Mont., Oct. 13, 1889, Jessie Blanche, dau. of Chancey and 
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Ellen (Grant) Stubbs. He went to Montana in 1889, and 
there made his home, living successively in Helena, Butte, 
Bigtimber, and Stevenson. He was a druggist, but was 
largely occupied by duties as a member of the Montana 
National Guard, in which he rose to the rank of captain, 
commanding companies in three different places of his resi- 
dence, and serving with that rank in the Philippine cam- 
paign of 1898-99. Child: i. Edward Chancey, b. Aug. 3, 
1892. 

51. John Hubbard'^ (Stephen Farrar^ John^, Samuel*, 
SamueP, SamueP, Roger^), b. 1814; d. Oct. 15, 1863; m. Han- 
nah Whitcomb of Boxboro, Mass. During most of his life 
he lived in the home of his boyhood. Children : 

91. i. Almira, b. Aug. 2, 1842; m. Henry Levi, son of Levi and 

Julia Ann (Adams) Willard of Harvard, Mass. [b. Sept. 
22, 1837; d. Nov. 26, 1901]. He was a farmer. He served 
in the Civil War in the 6th Massachusetts Regiment. Chil- 
dren : i. Ada Frances Willard, b. Nov. 20, 1862; d. Nov. 
8, 1904; m. Fremont S. Vining of Phillips, Me. ii. Frank 
Herbert Willard, b. July 15, 1865; m. Cora M. Price of 
Somerville, Mass. ; he is a druggist and optician at South 
Acton, Mass. iii. Alice Preston Willard, b. Feb. 13, 1880; 
m. David P. Valley, a contractor and builder at Sandring- 
ham, Ont. 

92. ii. Edward Oscar, b. July 27, 1844; m. May N. Fuller of Acton, 

Mass. He is employed by the Boston Dairy Co. He served 
during the Civil War in the 6th Massachusetts Regiment 
and later in response to a 100 days' call. Children : i. 
Alberta M., m. Hobart Mead of Acton, Mass. ii. Viola, 
m. Arthur Anderson of Nashua. 

93. iii. Herbert Edgar, b. Jan. 1, 1847; d. Feb. 27, 1908; m. Emma 

S. Symonds of Acton, Mass. He served during the Civil 
War in the 35th Massachusetts Regiment. Children : i. 
Roy S.; res. East Templeton, Mass. Two other children 
died young. 

94. iv. Florence Maria, b. Apr. 20, 1849; m. Hanson Littlefield of 

Boxboro, Mass. [d. Aug. 28, 1903]. Children: i. Ida Maria 
Littlefield, m. John McGregor, ii. Raymond Otis Littlefield; 
he has a position in the custom house, iii. Sheldon E. 
Littlefield, m. Marian Wood of Acton, Mass. iv. Guy Pres- 
ton Littlefield, m. Zina Donnie; he is a travelling salesman. 
V. Carrie Adelia Littlefield, m. John King of Maynard, 
Mass. vi. John Hubbard Littlefield; he is in the telephone 
service, vii. Harold A. Littlefield; he is engaged in the 
automobile business. 

95. V. Alice Caroline, b. July 27, 1851; d. July 27, 1883; m. Eugene 

M. Vinney of Phillips, Me. They had two sons who died in 
infancy. 

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52. Henry Otis^ (Stephen Farrar*', John^, Samuel*, Sam- 
ueP, SamiieP, Roger^, b. July 26, 1820; d. Dec. 28, 1902; m. 
Nov. 25, 1844, Clarissa Nichols (5). He went to California in 
1852 and returned in 1854, but with this exception he passed 
his life as a resident in New Ipswich, living for a time just 
outside the Center Village on 29, N. D., at the end of a short 
road extending eastwardly from the "back road" to Greenville, 
and later in the house previously mentioned as built by his 
uncle. Dr. John Preston, immediately after the opening of the 
Turnpike. He was for a period engaged with Stephen Thayer 
in the cigar business. He was postmaster for several years, 
and also held the offices of town clerk and selectman. He was 
valued by his neighbors for his helpful counsel in financial 
matters. Children : 

96. i. Ellen L., b. Aug. 18, 1845 ; m. Jan. 1, 1867, Charles E. Robin- 

son [b. June 5, 1845; d. Mar. 1, 1905]. He was a grain in- 
spector at East Boston, Mass., and at Chicago, 111., until 
1905, after which time he lived in New Ipswich. Children : 
i. Mamie Estelle Robinson, b. Aug. 17, 1870; d. July 16, 
1879. ii. Henry Otis Robinson, b. Feb. 23, 1876; m. Marga- 
ret Maloney; he is superintendent of a brick company at 
Green Ridge, N. Y. 

54. Isaac Fletcher^ (Isaac^ Isaac^ James^, Samuel*, Sam- 
ueP, Samuel-, Roger^), b. Sept. 30, 1819; d. Dec. 31, 1904; m. 
Mar. 28, 1843, Dorothy S., dau. of Asa Fiske of Dublin [d. 
Feb. 6, 1904]. He removed to Peterboro in 1847 and there 
made his home. He was a machinist for many years, and in 
his later life a farmer. Children : 

97. i. Sarah Isabell, b. Apr. 14, 1844; d. Nov. 23, 1905; m. Oct. 9, 

1870, Frank J. Shedd. Res. Peterboro. Children : i. Cora 
Belle Shedd, b. Apr. 28, 1872; d. July 15, 1884. ii. Edith 
Maude Shedd, b. Feb. 20, 1874. iii. Ernest Frank Shedd, b. 
June 13, 1877; m. May 18, 1903, Anna M. Wheeler; res. 
Winchendon, Mass. iv. Harry Preston Shedd, b. Sept. 26, 
1885; d. Jan. 29, 1886. 

98. ii. Isaac Willis, b. Feb. 6, 1847; d. Jan. 15, 1853. 

99. iii. Henry Fiske, b. Dec. 8, 1848; m. Nov. 11, 1875, Belle L. 

Bartlett. Res. Athol, Mass. He is a professional musician, 
having been a bandleader in different places, and a player 
at various summer resorts. Children : i. Alice Maria, b. 
Oct. 6, 1876; res. Millers Falls, Mass. ii. Inez Esther, b. 
Aug. 18, 1878; d. Nov. 25, 1907. iii. Nina H., b. Apr. 27, 
1880; m. June 11, 1904, Charles H. Alden; res. Orange, 
Mass. ; four children. 
100. iv. Maria Louise, b. Feb. 2, 1851 ; unm. Res. in Peterboro. 

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55. George Palmer^ (Isaac'^, Isaac®, James", Samuel*, Sam- 
ueF, SamueP, Roger^), b. May 5, 1822; d. Jaffrey, Apr. 10, 
1879; m. Nov. 4, 1847, Harriet E.^ (John", Cornelius^, Jere- 
miah^ Jeremiah*, William^, Edmund^, William^) Towne [b. 
Dec. 31, 1823] of Jaffrey. Children: 

101. i. George, b. Nov. 5, 1848 ; m. Jan. 1, 1880, Hattie M. Paige. Res. 

East Jaffrey. Children: i. John H., b. July 10, 1881; m. 
May 15, 1907, Freda Morrow May; child, Eunice E., b. Nov. 
20, 1908. ii. Dora B., b. Sept. 25, 1884; m, June 15, 1910, 
Henry C. Buckwold. iii. George I., b. June 21, 1887; m. 
Dec. 25, 1911, Frye. 

56. Charles Barrett* (Isaac^ Isaac^, James^, Samuel*, 
SamueP. SamueF, Roger^), b. Jan. 1, 1825; d. Jan. 29, 1897; 
m. July 15, 1851, Hannah Maria Chapman (6). He passed his 
life in Bank Village. Children : 

102. i. Charles Albert, b. Nov. 19, 1867; m. Mar. 29, 1892, Hattie 

A. Stiles [b. Apr., 1870]. 

103. ii. William E., b. Apr. 4, 1870; m. June 10, 1902, Eva Marion 

Davis (168). He is a farmer on the Benjamin Hoar farm, 
(V: 2, S. R.,) next east from the river on the old country 
road. He has been selectman several years. 

104. iii. Edward W., b. Mar. 24, 1874; d. Nov. 4, 1879. 

75. William Arthur* (John^, John®, John", Samuel*, Sam- 
ueP, Samuel-, Roger^), b. Jan. 31, 1834; d. Dec. 5, 1902; m. 
Apr. 6, 1859, Martha Maria, dau. of Charles and Clarissa Page 
(Bullard (J. 17) Granger. He graduated from Harvard Col- 
lege in 1854, and afterward studied law, but did not follow the 
practice of that profession. He was principal of Appleton 
Academy for twenty-eight years. Children : 

109. i. John, b. Feb. 22, 1860. He graduated from Harvard College 

in 1882. 

110. ii. Frederic, b. Mar. 17, 1863; d. Dec. 19, 1910; m. May 11, 1891, 

Lena A. Brooks (53). He first entered into mercantile 
pursuits in Boston, later was proprietor of the corner store 
at New Ipswich for a time, and after other business ac- 
tivities in Columbus, O., he became a dealer in dress goods 
in New York city, which business he followed until his 
death. Child : i. Elicabeth, b. Feb. 17, 1892. 

77. Frank Whipple^ (John^, John", John^, Samuel*, Sam- 
ueP, SamueP, Roger^), b. Feb. 17, 1838; d. Aug. 29, 1905; m. 
(1) Feb. 19, 1862, Fanny H., dau. of John H. and Catherine 
(Granger) (J. Bullard, 17) Coy [b. Oct. 3, 1840; d. Mar. 29, 
1865] ; (2) May 13, 1867, Mary F., dau. of Daniel G. and 
Randilla B. (Farmer) Murphy [b. Aug. 17, 1845]. He gradu- 

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ated from the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard Univer- 
sity in 1858. He was in the lumber business at Sharon until 
1870, was treasurer of New Ipswich Savings Bank until his 
death, and at the same time was a teacher in Appleton Acad- 
emy. He was town treasurer for twenty years, and like his 
father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, was treasurer of the 
Academy. Children : 

111. i. Katherine, b. Dec. 15, 1862. She studied at Wellesley Col- 

lege, and has been a teacher in Columbus, O. 

112. ii. William Arthur, b. Aug. 2, 1873; m. Dec. 7, 1905, Bertha T., 

dau. of Henry F. and Sarah F. (Preston) (81) Ames. He 
is a farmer and insurance agent in New Ipswich. He has 

represented the town in the Legislature. Children : i. , 

b. and d. Apr. 30, 1907. ii. William Arthur, b. Jan. 11, 1911; 
d. Apr. 5, 1914. 

113. iii. Frank Herbert, b. Oct. 17, 1874; m. Feb. 5, 1900, Mabel 

Louise Thayer (19). He studied at the Massachusetts In- 
stitute of Technology, and is now master fitter of the Wa- 
son Car Co. at Springfield, Mass. Child : i. Frank Whip- 
ple, b. June 6, 1904. 

114. iv. Herbert French, b. Aug. 11, 1882. He graduated from Har- 

vard College in 1905, has studied at Munich, Germany, and 
is now a teacher at Newport, R. I. 

PRICHARD. 

William* Prichard, d. Aug. 3, 1675 ; m. Hannah . He was of 

Lynn, Mass., in 1645, of Ipswich in 1648, and it probably was there that 
he was "clerk of the writs." About 1660 he seems to have removed to 
Topsfield, and later he was one of the earliest settlers at Brookfield, 
where he was sergeant of the militia. He and his son Samuel were killed 
by the Indians the same day. 

John' ( William'), b. 1650; d. Feb. 7, 1731; m. Mar. 1, 1681, Mary 
Towne [d. Mar. 5, 1730/1]. He was a farmer at Topsfield, where he 
seems to have had a considerable extent of land, and for a time he was at 
Ipswich. 

John' (John^ William'), b. Ipswich, Mar. 28, 1681; d. 1731 or later; 

m. Sally [d. Apr. 28, 1729]. He was in Boston in 1711, and there 

mortgaged one-half of his father's holdings. In 1719, he had a ferry at 
Portland, Me., but in 1730 he had returned to Ipswich, where he was a 
"yeoman and joiner." 

1. Paul* (John^, John^ William^), b. Sept. 5, 1721 ; d. Sept. 
29, 1785; m. Feb. 1, 1748/9, Hannah, dau. of Amos and Mar- 
garet (Cogswell) Perley [b. Jan. 8, 1730; d. Dec. 13, 1810]. 
He lived in Boxford, Mass., where he was sometimes entitled 
"house wright," and sometimes "gentleman," until 1772, when 
he came to New Ipswich, settled near the Mason (now Green- 

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ville) line on 18, N. D., and quickly became a leading citizen 
of the town, serving on the Committee of Safety and other 
important committees, and also as selectman and representa- 
tive. His wife was noted as a doctress and had no small prac- 
tice in New Ipswich and the neighboring towns, to which she 
travelled, often on snowshoes, in the severest weather. Chil- 
dren — all except youngest b. in Boxford : 

2. i. Sarah, b. 1750; d. 1755. 

3. ii. Amos, b. Aug. 25, 1752, or perhaps Sept. 7, 1751.-}- 

4. iii. Jeremiah, b. Sept. 24, 1754.-|- 

5. iv. Perley, b. June 11, 1757; d. Apr. 2, 1775. 

6. V. William, b. Sept. 19, 1759.+ 

7. vi. Sarah, b. Apr. 17, 1762; d. June 22, 1787; m. Nehemiah Strat- 

ton (3). 

8. vii. Hannah, b. Mar. 8, 1764; m. Nov. 28, 1786, David Sherwin. 

Res. Rindge, Jaflfrey, Westmoreland, Temple, and New Ips- 
wich. Thomas Sherwin, long known as the able master of 
Boston English High School, was her son. 

9. viii. John, b. Mar. 25, 1766.-f 

10. ix. Benjamin, b. 1769. -j- 

11. X. Stephen, b. 1772.-f- 

3. Amos^ (Paul*, John^, John^, William^), b. Aug. 25, 1752; 
d. Nov. 23, 1782; m. Mar. 14, 1776, Anna, dau. of Joshua and 
Hannah (Wood) Andrews of Boxford, Mass. [b. Mar. 13, 
1748; d. Jan. 1, 1798]. He was a farmer upon the next lot 
north of that of his father, (19, N. D.,) and also a carpenter 
and builder. Children : 

12. i. Anna, b. Dec. 12, 1776; d. July 31, 1838; m. Silas Cragin (5). 

13. ii. Perley, b. July 13, 1778; m. Mrs. Stone. He graduated 

from Dartmouth College in 1799, taught in Billerica, Mass., 
entered business in Baltimore, Md., started upon a voyage 
to the West Indies, and is supposed to have been lost at 
sea. One son. 

14. iii. Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1780; m. Feb. 19, 1801, Reuben Holden 

(4). 

15. iv. Sally, b. Aug. 13, 1781; d. Feb. 14, 1863; m. Nov. 15. 1801. 

Nathaniel G. Duren (Gould 16). 

16. V. Amos, b. May 19, 1783.-}- 

4. Jeremiah^ (Paul*, John^, John^, William^), b. Sept. 24, 
1754; d. Aug. 10, 1813; m. 1784, Elizabeth Smith of Hollis. 
He had just reached manhood at the beginning of the Revo- 
lutionary contest, and he served in Capt. Towne's company at 
Bunker Hill. The following year he was commissioned as 
lieutenant in the 1st New Hampshire Continental Regiment, 
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Plains for which he was given a pension. After the war he 
lived for a time in Hollis, but soon returned to New Ipswich 
and established the tanning industry long carried on near the 
foot of Meeting-house Hill, also building for his home the 
neighboring house on the north side of School street long oc- 
cupied by John P. Clark and his family. He afterward re- 
moved to V : 4, S. R., and built the house afterward the home 
of Dr. Stillman Gibson at the four corners, and about 1800 
returned to the Center Village, where he had his home in the 
house nearest to the Barrett mansion on the south. He was 
active in town matters, being elected six to eight times to 
each of the ofifices of town clerk, selectman, and representative. 
Through his efforts a company of cavalry was formed in New 
Ipswich and neighboring towns, and he was its first com- 
mander. Children : 

17. i. Jeremiah, b. Mar. 30, 1786.-1- 

18. ii. Moses, b. Mar. 18, 1789. -f 

19. iii. George Washington, b. Dec. 4, 1792.+ 

20. iv. GiLMAN, b. Nov. 22>, 1795; d. 1831. He was a merchant in 

Boston. 

6. William^ (Paul*, John^ John^ William^), b. Sept. 19, 
1759; d. July 25, 1836; m. Deidamia Cummings (16). He did 
service in the Revolution, being in the company in which his 
brother Jeremiah was a lieutenant. After his return from the 
army he occupied the farm previously that of his brother 
Amos, whose death was about at that date, twenty-five years 
or more. But on the death of his brother-in-law, Charles Cum- 
mings, who had conducted the saw and grist mills formerly 
of John Chandler, he changed his occupation and carried on 
the business of the mills, as needed by the town, until the 
"Souhegan" cotton mill secured the waterpower. He was cap- 
tain of the cavalry company which his brother had formed and 
commanded. He lost his life by accident, being thrown from 
his chaise. His wife also met with a sudden death caused by 
her clothing taking fire. Children : 

21. i. William, b. Sept. 19, 1792.+ 
AsA, b. Sept. 20, 1793.+ 
Bernard, b. Aug. 8, 1795; d. 1846. 
Deidamia, b. Mar. 18, 1797; d. Mar. 11, 1849; m. Feb. 5, 1824, 

William Johnson of Boston. 
Charles Cummings, b. Dec. 4, 1799; d. Oct. 29, 1800. 
Charles Cummings, b. July 28, 1801. + 
Francis Perley, b. Mar. 26, 1803; d. Jan. 3, 1807. 

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28. viii. Caroline, b. Feb. 4, 1805 ; d. Dec. 4, 1806. 

29. ix. Adaline, b. Mar. 30, 1807. 

30. X. Sarah, b. July 23, 1809. 

31. xi. Hartwell p., b. Jan. 8, 1812; d. Oct. 18, 1831. 

9. JoHN^ (Paul*, John^ John^, William^, b. Mar. 25, 1766; 
d. Jan. 17, 1843; m. Lovice, dau. of Josiah Wilkins [b. Apr. 
24, 1779; d. Sept. 9, 1850]. He was a carpenter and builder, 
and being unusually large and strong, was especially efficient 
in the heavy work required. He lived for some years in a 
house since destroyed by fire, in VIH: 3, S. R., on the south- 
west side of the road from Walker's turning-shop to Hodgkins' 
corner, and afterward in the Center Village. A few years were 
passed in Rindge and two of his children, the ninth and tenth, 
were born there. Children : 

32. i. John, b. Feb. 11, 1800.-1- 

33. ii. Josiah, b. Dec. 7, 1801 ; d. in early manhood, unm. 

34. iii. Stephen, b. Mar. 17, 1804; d. 1808. 

35. iv. Sumner, b. May 16, 1805; d. 1808. 

36. V. Francis Perley, b. May 8, 1807.-(- 

37. vi. Sumner, b. July 18, 1809.+ 

38. vii. William, b. Nov. 23, 1811.-)- 

39. viii. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 18, 1814.-f 

40. ix. George Washington, b. Mar. 18, 1816.-|- 

41. X. Nancy Jewett, b. June 24, 1819; d. July 15, 1856; m. Aug. 24, 

1844, Stephen D. Wheeler (137). 

42. xi. Mary Almira, b. Aug. 7, 1821; m. June 25, 1843, John A. 

Wheeler of Ashby, Mass. Children : i. Mary L. Wheeler, 
b. Sept. 13, 1844; m. June 13, 1872, James A. Goodfellow; 
two children, ii. John P. Wheeler, b. Oct. 28, 1845; d. 
Nov. 16, 1880; m. Nov., 1874, Marie L. Couroy; one daugh- 
ter, iii. William A. Wheeler, b. Nov. 15, 1846; d. Sept. 30, 
1847. iv. William A. Wheeler, b. Feb. 20, 1848; m. (1) May 
13, 1879, Mary A. Emerson of Lowell [d. Sept. 12, 1888] ; 
(2) Dec. 13, 1892, Lavinia Johnston of Nova Scotia; three 
children, v. Nancy A. Wheeler, b. Apr. 22, 1850; m. Apr. 
22, 1873, Herbert E. Carter of Swanzey; one son. vi. Nellie 
F. Wheeler, b. Aug. 30, 1851 ; m. James F. Haywood of 
Hancock; five children, vii. Abbie J. Wheeler, b. Feb. 4, 
1853; m. Apr. 29, 1876. John L. Adams of Dublin; three 
children, viii. George S. Wheeler, b. Dec. 15, 1856; m. (1) 
Nov., 1880, Nettie E. Hastings; (2) Jan. 13, 1887, Flora J. 
Ellinwood; (3) May 9, 1891, Florence N. Goss; four chil- 
dren. 

10. Benjamin^ (Paul*, John^, John^, William^), b. 1769; m. 
Oct. 4, 1789, Patty Sherwin of Townsend, Mass. He was a 
carpenter, but did not confine himself to that occupation, as 
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and also a small cotton factory. He afterward removed to 
IX : 2, S. R., building the house on the south side of the road 
occupied by William Bucknam. He removed to Bedford, 
N. H. Children: 

43. i. Alanson, b. July 8, 1792; drowned at Mason Village, 1808. 

44. ii. Bernice (a son), b. Mar. 9, 1794; m. at Bedford, and had 

children : i. Martha A. ii. Asenath. iii. Eunice, iv. Clara. 

45. iii. Cyrene. 

46. iv. Dexter. 

47. V. Benjamin. 

48. vi. SiLVA. 

11. Stephen^ (Paul*, John^, John^, William^), b. 1772; d. 
1802; m. Apr. 19, 1798, Mary Start (10). She m. (2) Jonah 
Howe, and removed to Camden, Me., taking her children with 
her. During his short married life he occupied the Dix tavern- 
house on the spot since occupied by the house of Rev. Mr. Lee, 
but probably he did not keep a tavern there. Children : 

49. i. William Start, b. Oct. 7, 1799; d. Dec. 20, 1862; m. Eliza 

Clark. Res. Bangor, Me. Children : i. William H. ii. 
Mary A. iii. Artemas H. iv. Eliza A. v. Hattie K. vi. 
George A. vii. Nathan C. viii. Clara W. 

50. ii. Mary, b. July 4, 1803 ; d. June 12, 1884. 

There were two other children of whom no record is found. 

16. Amos^ (Amos^ Paul*, John^ John^ William^), b. May 
19, 1783; d. Jan. 30, 1847; m. Janet, dau. of Eliphalet and Janet 
(McCullum) Dustin [b. Feb. 8, 1783] and great-granddaughter 
of Hannah Dustin, the heroine of the familiar Indian adven- 
ture. He lived in West Brookfield, Mass. Children : 

51. i. Caroline Dustin, b. June 1, 1812; d. May 5, 1866; m. Charles 

A. Mirick. Nine children. 

52. ii. Jane Sophia, b. July 10, 1814; d. Jan. 24, 1844; m. Samuel 

Clark. 

53. iii. George Augustus, b. Dec. 12, 1815; m. (1) Hannah Colby of 

Boston ; (2) Sally R. Farren. 

54. iv. Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 28, 1817; d. Mar. 24, 1818. 

55. v. Sarah Ann, b. May 27, 1818; m. Joseph B. Grout. Two 

children. 

56. vi. Frances Maria, b. July 10, 1823; d. Mar. 15, 1870; m. Edwin 

B. Taintor. Two children. 

57. vii. Amos Alexander, b. Feb. 26, 1826; d. Jan. 23, 1830. 

17. Jeremiah^ (Jeremiah^, Paul*, John^, John^, William^), 
b. Mar. 30, 1786; d. Jan. 30, 1866; m. Nancy Barr (3). He 
remained at his boyhood's home for several years after his 
father's death, and carried on the tanyard, but when about 
thirty years of age he removed to Concord, N. H., and after- 

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ward to Boston, but returned to New Ipswich after an absence 
of about sixteen years. After his return he lived a consider- 
able time on the "Gould farm," (43, N. D.) He was a select- 
man for three years during his first period of residence in the 
town. Like several others of his family, he was captain of 
the cavalry company. Children : 

58. i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1809; d. Apr. 10, 1842; m. Rev. 

Reuben Bates of Ashby, Mass. 

59. ii. George B., b. Nov. 28, 1810. Removed to Illinois. 

60. iii. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 29, 1812; m. Dr. Thomas H. Cochran 

[b. June 15, 1812; d. Nov. 12, 1882]. Two sons. 

61. iv. Jeremiah, b. Dec. 20, 1814; m. Helen Vila. He was a mer- 

chant in Boston. 

62. V. Henry Addison, b. Apr. 10, 1816. Res. Newton, Mass. 

63. vi. Oilman, b. Aug. 10, 1817; d. Sept. 8, 1818. 

64. vii. Emily D., b. about 1818; d. Oct. 24, 1847. 

65. viii. Charles C. 

66. ix. William Wallace. 

67. X. Martha Jane, m. Jackson Burr. 

68. xi. James B., b. about 1826; d. Dec. 30, 1850. 

69. xii. Nancy. 

18. Moses*' (Jeremiah^ Paul*, John^ John^, William^), b. 
Mar. 18, 1789; m. [int. Dec. 18, 1813] Jane Tompson Hallett. 
He was a trader in Concord, Mass., and for a long period 
sheriff of Middlesex county. Children: 

70. i. William Mackay, b. Oct. 23, 1814. 

71. ii. Frances Jane Hallett, b. Aug. 30, 1816. 

72. iii. Moses Barnard, b. Sept. 4, 1818. 
IZ. iv. Henry Oilman, b. Jan. 7, 1821. 

74. v. Elizabeth Hallett, b. Jan. 17, 1822. 

75. vi. Amelia Mackay, b. Nov. 1, 1824. 

19. George Washington^ (Jeremiah^, Paul*, John^, John^, 
William^), b. Dec. 4, 1792; d. Aug. 8, 1867; m. (1) Mar. 16, 
1817, Elizabeth Pearsons of Bradford, Vt. [d. Mar. 5, 1853] ; 
(2) Feb. 7, 1854, Mary P., dau. of Rev. David Sutherland of 
Bath. He settled in Bradford in 1812, and there passed his 
life as an honored citizen, being justice for 30 years, town 
treasurer 37 years, and also selectman and representative for 
shorter periods. He held also the military title of colonel. 
Children : 

76. i. Adeline, b. Dec. 22, 1817; m. Rev. B. B. Newton of Chelsea, 

Vt. 
n. ii. George, b. Nov. 19, 1819; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Oeorge Brooks 
of Worcester, Mass. One daughter. 

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78. iii. Moses Smith, b. Apr. 8, 1822; m. Betsey Ann True of Janes- 

ville, Wis. He graduated from the University of Vermont 
in 1841. Res. in Janesville, Wis. 

79. iv. Edward, b. Nov. 29, 1824; d. Nov. 28, 1870; m. about 1850, 

Anne Merrill of Pittsfield. Ten children. 

80. V. Amos, b. May 28, 1827; m. Augusta Dearborn. He graduated 

from the University of Vermont. Res. in Janesville. Three 
children. 

81. vi. Arthur, b. Apr. 27, 1835; d. Mar. 6, 1856. Removed to Ripon, 

Wis. 

82. vii. John Brooks Wheeler, b. Sept. 26, 1839; m. Orissa George. 

Two children. 

21. William" (William^ Paul*, Johll^ John^, William^), b. 
Sept. 19, 1792; d. Apr. 19, 1857; m. (1) Eliza, dau. of John 
and Betsey (68) (Wheeler) Butman [d. Oct. 20, 1835] ; (2) 
May 8, 1837, Sarah Dane. During the years of early man- 
hood he lived with or near his father, and was probably en- 
gaged in the business of the mills ; but in 1822 he removed 
to Antrim, where he remained several years. He is said to 
have returned to New Ipswich in 1827, but no town records 
referring to him have been found. Children : 

William H., b. about 1820; d. 1822. 

Eliza M., b. about 1821 ; d. young. 

Emily Wheeler, b. Oct. 22, 1821; m. 1847, Sumner Chamber- 
lain. 

William Barnard, b. July 30, 1825 ; m. Lydia E. Templeton. 

John Wallace, b. Feb. 4, 1829; d. Aug. 24, 1854; m. Fannie 
C. Benjamin. He was a freight conductor on the Fitchburg 
railroad, and was killed in an accident. 

George H., b. June 17, 1830. Res. Hillsboro Bridge. 

Charles H., b. Mar. 5, 1832; d. 1895. Res. Fitchburg, Mass. 

90. viii. Edward M., b. Jan. 28, 1834; m. Annis E. Rathburn. 

91. ix. Augustus Dane, b. Apr. 11, 1839. 

22. AsA« (William^ Paul*, John^, John^, William^, b. Sept. 
20, 1793; d. Aug. 31, 1858; m. Caroline Matilda Barr (7). He 
lived most of his life in the family home, the last house on 
the right of one leaving the factory village by the river road 
to Greenville. He for a time commanded the cavalry com- 
pany. Children : 

92. i. Martha Ellen, b. 1831 ; d. 1890, unm. She was a teacher. 

93. ii. Andrew W., b. 1835 ; d. 1836. 

94. iii. George M., b. 1837 ; d. 1839. 

26. Charles Cummings" (William^ Paul*, John^, John^, 
William^, b. July 28, 1801; d. 1846; m. Sybil Howe. Child: 

95. i. Deidamia, b. Mar. 13, 1845; d. July 16, 1884, unm. 

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32. JoHN« (John^ Paul*, John^, John^ WilHami), b. Feb. 
11, 1800; d. Sept. 16, 1879; m. 1818, Nancy Hall of Pepperell, 
Mass. [b. about 1803; d. Oct. 2, 1885]. He removed to Fitch- 
burg, Mass., when about 24 years old and lived on the street 
which was given his family name. He was a carpenter, and 
built the first house on the street which bears his name. 
Child: 

96. i. John, b. June 7, 1837; d. Jan. 16, 1865. He rendered service 

in the Civil War in the 15th Massachusetts Regiment and 
the 2d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, v^^as captured, and 
died in Andersonville prison. 

36. Francis Perley^ (John^, Paul*, John^, John^, Wil- 
liam^), b. May 8, 1807; d. Nov. 4, 1850; m. May 8^ 1833, Lucy 
Wood [d. Aug. 22, 1854]. He was a carpenter, living on the 
southerly road connecting the two factory villages, in the first 
house on the north side after passing the former Methodist 
church and the site of Brown's mills. Children : 

97. i. William Perley, b. Apr. 5, 1835; d. San Francisco, Cal., 

Sept. 23, 1873. 

98. ii. Sarah Lovisa, b. June 11, 1839; d. Auff. 21. 1840. 

99. iii. Lucy Anna, b. Aug. 31, 1842; m. Dec. 16, 1868, George K. 

Montgomery. Children : i. Lucy Anna Montgomery, ii. 
Florence Prichard Montgomery. 

100. iv. Sarah Lovisa, b. Nov. 26, 1845. 

101. V. Elizabeth Frances, b. Aug. 21, 1846; d. Sept. 7, 1847. 

102. vi. Mary Frances, b. June 29, 1850; d. Jan. 18, 1889; m. 

Keeney. Child : i. Perley Rockwell Keeney. 

37. Sumner'' (John^ Paul*, John^, John^, William^), b. 
July 18, 1809; d. Feb. 27, 1855; m. Sept. 28, 1834, Mary Mun- 
roe [b. Stoddard, June 28, 1814; d. Oct. 15, 1862]. He was 
an exceptionally skilful carpenter. He lived in the building 
which had previously been the starch factory on lot 37, N. D. 
Children : 

103. i. Romanzo Sumner, b. Feb. 28, 1836; m. July 15, 1863, Mrs. 

Elizabeth Shattuck. 

104. ii. Mary Jane, b. July 28, 1837; d. Oct. 23, 1893; m. June 8, 

1870, John Burbank [b. July 18, 1825; d. Dec. 30, 1890]. 
Children : i. Sumner Burbank, b. Aug. 20, 1871. ii. Emma 
Burbank, b. Feb. 16, 1875. iii. Ai'is Burbank. b. Sept. 24, 
1877. 

105. iii. Arvilla Josephine, b. Feb. 16, 1839; m. (1) Apr. 10, 1858, 

Charles H. Goulding; (2) Nov. 12, 1864, Eugene Cady. 

106. iv. Maria Adelaide, b. Apr. 3, 1841; m. Sept. 1, 1862, Webster 

M. Towne [b. Aug. 30, 1839]. Res. Fitzwilliam Depot. 

Child : i. Lillian Towne, b. Feb. 10, 1865 ; m. Lyman Bland- 

ing. 

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107. V. Adelia Ann, b. Dec. 14, 1844 ; m. Nov. 27, 1862, Lyman Bland- 

ing. 

38. William^ (John^ Paul*, John^ John^, William^), b. 
Nov. 23, 1811 ; d. Jan. 7, 1873; m. Apr. 26, 1838, Lucinda But- 
ton of Temple [d. Nov. 9, 1881]. He lived on the "Judge 
Champney farm," (VI: 1, S. R.,) in the last house now stand- 
ing on the right of one passing from the Bank Village toward 
the Congregational church. He was a farmer. He held the 
office of selectman. Children : 

108. i. Francis William, b. Feb. 14, 1851.+ 

109. ii. Maria Lucinda, b. Aug. 22, 1856; m. Jan. 12, 1875, Stephen 

Willard, son of Willard and Jane (Ware) Mansfield [b. 
Alstead, Aug. 17, 1850]. 

39. Jeremiah*' (John^ Paul*, John^ John^ William^), b. 
Feb. 18, 1814; m. Dec. 26, 1839, Elmira Page [b. June 21, 
1816]. He was a carpenter at Peterboro during the greater 
part of his life. Children : 

110. i. William Henry, b. Oct. 29, 1840; d. Nov. 28, 1904. 

111. ii. Nettie, b. May 18, 1843; m. Dec. 23, 1869, Erastus Dickinson. 

Children : i. Lee Dickinson, ii. May Dickinson. 

40. George Washington^ (John^, Paul^ John^, John^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Mar. 18, 1816; d. Nov. 1, 1879; m. Jan. 10, 1839, 
Lydia Ann Carter of Peterboro [d. Nov. 1, 1879]. Res. in 
Fitchburg and Townsend, Mass. Children : 

112. i. Arabelle a., b. Oct. 11, 1842; d. Mar. 22, 1907; m. Apr. 9, 

1862, James H. Tenney. Children : i. James E. Tenney, 
h. Apr. 2, 1863; d. Jan. 6. 1890. ii. Florence M. Tenney. h. 
Dec. 31, 1869; d. Mar. 15, 1871. iii. Grace E. Tenney. b. 
May 10, 1873; m. Oct. 6, 1897, Charles E. Harrison of 
Massillon, O. iv. Blanche M. Tenney. b. Sept. 26, 1876; 
m. Mar. 23, 1898, Frank Boutelle of Cincinnati, O. v. 
Ethel P. Tenney. b. Dec. 18, 1879; d. Jan. 6, 1884. 

113. ii. Abbie Ann, b. July 12, 1&45; m. Aug. 25, 1869, Charles H. 

Simonds. Children: i. Minnie B. Simonds, b. July 30, 
1870. ii. Alice M. Simonds, b. Dec. 23, 1873. iii. Charles 
H. Simonds, b. Jan. 25, 1881. 

114. iii. Dorothy C, b. May 24, 1849; unm. 

115. iv. George Mortimer, b. June 14, 1858. 

116. v. Hattie v., b. Feb. 14, 1862; unm. 

108. Francis William^ (William^, John^ Paul^ John^ 
John^, William^), b. Feb. 14, 1851; d. Sept. 10, 1899; m. Nov. 
25, 1875, Laura Louise Blaisdell of Chelmsford, Mass. He 
succeeded to his father's farm, and was an enthusiastic and 
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vocation, his life was much broader than his farm, and in 
recognition of his character he was called to nearly every offi- 
cial activity of the town. He was moderator, selectman, rep- 
sentative, delegate to Constitutional Convention, tax collector, 
road agent, and member of the school board, most of them 
several times. He was a leader in the Grange and a trustee 
of the Savings Bank, and in all these positions his undoubted 
integrity, his genial character, his quick perception of the wise 
course to take, and his firmness in following it through diffi- 
culties, these and other traits of character, made true of the 
last New Ipswich citizen of the family what was said of its 
first ancestor in the town, that "he was one of the most sub- 
stantial and influential citizens of his day, and his death in 
the midst of his social and official activities caused a frequent 
expression of the feeling of that the town had lost that citizen 
whom it was hardest to spare." Children : 

117. i. Effie May, b. Apr. 21, 1885. 

118. ii. Lena Frances, b. Jan. 7, 1887. 

PROCTOR. 

Robert^ Proctor, d. Chelmsford, Mass., Apr. 2S, 1697 ; m. Dec. 31, 
1645, Jane, dau. of Richard' Hildreth. He was made freeman at Concord, 
Mass., in 1643, and was one of the original settlers of Chelmsford, Mass., 
in 1654. 

Peter= (Robert'), b. 1652; d. Aug. 1, 1730; m. Jan. 30, 1689, Mary, 
dau. of James and Rebecca (Stevenson) Patterson [b. Aug. 22, 1666; d. 
Aug. 12, 1724]. Res. Chelmsford. 

John' (Robert'), b. Aug. 17, 1663; m. 1692, Miriam . Res. 

Chelmsford. 

Samuel= (Robert'), b. Sept. 16, 1665; d. Apr. 12, 1740; m. Sarah . 

He was an ancestor of Hon. Redfield" Proctor, U. S. Senator from Ver- 
mont, by the line Jabez^ Leonard'', Thomas^. 

Peter' (Peter^ Robert^, b. Aug. 14, 1694; d. Feb. 20, 1772; m. 1720, 
Hannah Harwood. He settled as a farmer in Littleton, Mass. 

Benjamin' (John^ Robert'), b. Oct. 20, 1704; d. Aug. 3, 1794; m. 
Lydia Chamberlain. 

1. Oliver* (Peter^, Peter^, Robert^), b. Chelmsford, Mar. 
25, 1721; d. Nov. 3, 1793; m. 1744, Mary, dau. of Aaron and 
Abigail (Adams) Parker of Westford, Mass. [d. 1789]. He 
was an early settler in New Ipswich, his name first appearing 
in 1751, but he remained only about ten years. He had 37, 
N. D., his house being at the northwest corner of the site of 
the first acadeiny building, (long occupied by Emerson Howe, 
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among the dwellings of that time, and was often used for 
town meetings. Children : 

3. i. Oliver, b. Apr. 25, 1745.+ 

4. ii. Aaron, b. Feb. 12, 1747; m. Feb. 17, 1774, Sally Jones of 

Milton. Removed to Rhode Island. 

5. iii. Mary, b. July 15, 1749; m. May 11, 1769, William' Proctor 

(Israel^ Gershom', Robert^). 

6. iv. Isaac, b. Jan. 23, 1751; d. 1760. 

7. V. Thankful, b. July 18, 1752; d. young. 

8. vi. Rachel, b. Aug. 18, 1754. 

9. vii. Thankful, b. May 10, 1757; d. young. 

10. viii. Sarah, b. June 21, 1762; m. June, 1780, Ephraim Warren of 

Townsend. Removed to Lanesboro, Mass. 

2. Benjamin* (Benjamin^ John^ Robert^), b. June 5, 1733; 
d. about 1817; m. Nov. 15, 1757, Rachel Pierce [d. 1823]. 
He probably passed his early manhood in Chelmsford, but 
came to New Ipswich about 1762 and remained until 1793, 
being a farmer upon 27, N. D. He seems to have removed to 
Westford, Mass., and a year or two later to have gone to 
Reading, Vt., and there to have made the home of his later 
years. Children : 

11. i. Benjamin, b. Mar. 24, 1760. 

12. ii. Rachel, b. Oct. 10, 1761. 

13. iii. Joseph, b. Mar. 14, 1763/4.+ 

14. iv. Miriam, b. Jan. 20, 1765. 

15. V. John, b. Mar. 8, 1767/8.+ 

16. vi. Lydia, b. Dec. 4, 1769. 

17. vii. Sally, b. Oct. 9, 1771. 

3. Oliver^ (Oliver*, Peter^, Peter^, Robert^, b. Apr. 25. 
1745; d. July 28, 1842; m. Feb. 15, 1776, Mary Manning of 
Billerica, Mass. [b. Aug. 6, 1748; d. Nov. 4, 1815]. Res. in 
Townsend, Mass. He served in the Revolution. 

13. Joseph^ (Benjamin*, Benjamin^, John^, Robert^), b. 
Mar. 14, 1763/4; d. Mason, Feb. 20, 1852; m. Sally Barrett. 
He entered Revolutionary service at the age of seventeen. He 
appears to have succeeded to his father's farm for a brief time, 
but not long after to have removed to Stoddard. Children : 

19. i. John, b. Apr. 22, 1791.+ 

20. ii. Sally, b. July 9, 1793; d. Feb. 11, 1821; m. Timothy Barnes 

of Washington. 

21. iii. Rebecca, b. Apr. 9, 1796. 

22. iv. Isaac, b. 1802. 

15. JoHN^ (Benjamin*, Benjamin^, John^, Robert^), b. Mar. 
8, 1767/8; d. Lunenburg, Mass., Dec. 21, 1858; m. (1) Rachel 

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Shedd ; (2) 1801, Betsey Snow of Lunenburg [b. about May, 
1775; d. Dec. 28, 1858]. His name appears on the New Ips- 
wich tax-list only in 1789. 

18. Oliver" (OIiver^ Oliver*, Peter^, Peter^, Robert^), b. 
Sept. 30, 1779; d. June 17, 1868; m. (1) Aug. 26, 1800, Sarah 
Drake of Lanesboro, Mass.; (2) Mar. 5, 1825, Polly Barber 
of Benson, Vt. He res. at Lanesboro, Mass., until about 1809, 
and afterward at Schroon, N. Y., and Shoreham, Vt. 

19. JoHN^ (Joseph^, Benjamin*, Benjamin^, John^, Robert^), 
b. Apr. 22, 1791; d. Apr. 12, 1884; m. June 2, 1818, Mary 
Whittemore of Hancock [b. May 7, 1793; d. June 2, 1870]. 
Res. in Stoddard, where all his children were born. Children : 

24. i. Harvey A., b. Oct. 22, 1827.+ 

25. ii. Abram W., b. Oct. 3, 1829.-|- 

26. iii. Amos J., b. June 10, 1831.-^- 

27. iv. Rosea, b. Dec. 8, 1832.-}- 

29. V. Stephen W., b. Oct. 29, 1834.-}- 

30. vi. Timothy, b. Apr. 4, 1838; d. Dec. 20, 1860, unm. 

31. vii. Ira H., b. Aug. 31, 1840. -|- 

32. viii. Susan M., b. Mar. 14, 1842; d. Aug. 3, 1876, unm. 

23. RoMEo^ (Oliver^ Oliver^, Oliver*, Peter^ Peter^, Rob- 
ert^), b. Shoreham, Vt, Sept. 3, 1816; m. Aug. 27, 1851, Mari- 
etta Perkins [b. Dec. 20, 1828]. Res. Fairhaven, Vt. Chil- 
dren : 

33. i. Eugene R., b. July 8, 1852.-f- 

34. ii. Ralph J., b. Sept. 19, 1863 ; d. 1883. 

35. iii. J. Ada, b. Apr. 23, 1866; d. 1893. 

24. Harvey A.^ (John®, Joseph^ Benjamin*, Benjamin', 
John^, Robert^), b. Oct. 22, 1827; d. Feb. 25, 1867; m. Mar. 
15, 1848, Lucia Avery of Peterboro. He lived for a time in 
Dublin, and during the last ten years of his life in New Ips- 
wich, at first in a house formerly standing on the old country 
road a short distance southward from the Reuben Kidder 
house of early days, and later in the Center Village. Children : 

36. i. Clara A., b. about 1851; m. June 13, 1867, Thomas W. 

Blanchard. 

37. ii. Henry. 

38. iii. Flora E., b. about 1857 ; m. June 24, 1874, John E. Leighton. 

25. Abram W.'^ (John®, Joseph^, Benjamin*, Benjamin', 
John-, Robert^), b. Oct. 3, 1829; d. Jafifrey, Oct. 5, 1867; m. 
Jan. 25, 1849, Mary Lowe of Charlestown, Mass. Children : 

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39. i. Josephine, m. (1) Frank Smith of Peterboro; (2) Holt 

of Nelson. 

40. ii. Frank. 

41. iii. LiLLA, m. Towne. Res. at East Sullivan. 

26. Amos J.'^ (John^, Joseph^, Benjamin*, Benjamin^, John^, 
Robert^), b. June 10, 1831; m. (1) Nov. 28, 1850, Margaret 
E. Livingston [d. Dec. 20, 1871] ; (2) Oct. 12, 1876, his sister- 
in-law, Maria (Messenger) Proctor [d. July 17, 1881]; (3) 
July 4, 1885, Ella Baldwin [d. July 13, 1893] ; (4) June 10, 
1896, Mrs. Augusta M. Smith. He lived for seven years of 
his married life in Canada, but about 1860 he came to New 
Ipswich, and for twenty years or more held the "Phineas 
Pratt farm," (XIV : 2, S. R.) Children : 

42. i. George A., b. July 9, 1851; m. Feb. 1, 1877, Ada Adams. Res. 

Boston and York Beach, Me. 

Ira J., b. Feb. 14, 1854; m. twice. Res. Boston. Merchant. 

Maria M., b. Mar. 8, 1856; m. Wiederbusch. Res. Cin- 
cinnati, O. 

William Ellery C, b. Aug. 22, 1858; m. Dec. 14, 1891, Nettie 
E. Berry. 

LouviE, b. July 1, 1861; d. Aug. 29, 1889; m. Alton Finney. 

Mary A., b. May 17, 1863; m. Sept. 18, 1892, Edward M. 
Messenger. Res. Winchendon. 

48. vii. John F., b. Aug. 4, 1866; m. Nov. 23, 1889, Ada M. Marshall. 

Res. Roslindale. 

49. viii. Ransom, b. May 7, 1868. 

50. ix. Mabel F., b. June 16, 1878; m. Erkhart. Res. E. Jaffrey. 

51. X. Ernest M., b. Mar. 10, 1881. Engineer. Res. Philadelphia. 

27. HosEA^ (John'', Joseph^, Benjamin*, Benjamin^ John^, 
Robert^), b. Dec. 8, 1832; d. Stoddard, July 8, 1880; m. (1) 
Oct. 11, 1856, Anna Buzzell of Acworth; (2) Nancy Davis of 
Acworth ; (3) Mary Lewis of Marlboro. Children : 

52. i. Herbert. 

53. ii. Edward C. 

54. iii. William. Res. at Hillsboro Bridge. 

55. iv. Clara. 

29. Stephen W.'^ (John^, Joseph^, Benjamin*, Benjamin^, 
John^ Robert^), b. Oct. 29, 1834; d. Aug. 4, 1862; m. (1) July 
1, 1857, Juliette C. Wooster [b. about 1830; d. Dec. 16, 1858] ; 
(2) Addie Everett. He' lived on the old country road in the 
house still standing on the "Reuben Kidder farm," (46, N. D.,) 
a little southward from the site of the house before mentioned 
as the home of his brother Harvey at the same time. 

31. Ira H.^ (John*', Joseph^, Benjamin*, Benjamin^, John^ 
Robert^, b. Aug. 31, 1840; d. Aug. 24, 1872; m. Mar. 7, 1866, 

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Maria Messenger. He also lived upon the old country road, 
near his brothers Harvey and Stephen. Children : 

56. i. Elton. 

57. ii. Clarence. Res. at Hillsboro Bridge. 

58. iii. Leon H. 

33. Eugene R.^ (Romeo^, Oliver^, Oliver^, Oliver*, Peter^, 
Peter^, Robert^), b. July 8, 1852; m. 1874, Carrie L. Foster of 
West Haven, Vt. [b. Whitehall, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1856]. He is 
a farmer upon the William Wheeler farm, (64, N. L. O.) 
Children : 

59. i. Elsie M., b. May 28, 1875 ; m. July 15, 1896, Clinton W. Max- 

well. 

60. ii. Archie R., b. Dec. 1, 1876. 

61. iii. Lena A., b. Aug. 12, 1878; m. Apr. 26, 1898, Norman V. Tilton. 

62. iv. Edward R., b. Feb. 17, 1882. 

63. V. Alice L., b. Oct. 1, 1886; m. Aug. 9, 1902, Bert A. Robbins. 

64. vi. Martha U., b. Nov. 14, 1888. 

65. vii. Charles E., b. Oct. 5, 1893. 

RAMSDELL. 

1. Amos^ Ramsdell, b. Oct. 18, 1768; d. Dec. 17, 1852; m. 
Boston, Aug. 4, 1799, Phebe, dau. of George and Relief (Brad- 
street) Henry of Lunenburg, Mass. [b. June 10, 1775 ; d. Oct. 
23, 1861]. He came to New Ipswich about 1809 and settled 
upon the Samuel Whittemore farm, just north from Whitte- 
more Hill, (1, N. L. O.,) which was his home for forty years. 
His later days were spent with his sons in Rindge. Children: 

2. i. Amos, b. June 18, 1801.-|- 

3. ii. George, b. May 7, 1803.+ 

4. iii. Daniel, b. Aug. 4, 1805.+ 

5. iv. James, b. June 26, 1807. -|- 

6. V. Reuben, b. Aug. 11, 181 1.+ 

7. vi. Phebe H., b. May 12, 1816; d. Apr. 16, 1838. 

2. Amos^ (Amos^), b. June 18, 1801; d. Mar. 5, 1862; m. 
Sept. 10, 1830, Harriet, dau. of Liberty and Betsey Wright 
of Pepperell, Mass. [b. Sept. 4, 1804; d. Oct. 5, 1874]. Soon 
after his marriage he removed to Rindge, where he was a lum- 
ber dealer and a manufacturer of woodenware. Children : 

8. i. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Mar. 16, 1837; m. Nov. 30, 1854, Joel 

Wellington of Rindge. 

9. ii. Charles Henry, b. Oct. 12, 1841; d. Feb. 22, 1864. 

3. George^ (Amos^), b. May 7, 1803; d. Oct. 1, 1890; m. 
Lucy Preston (32). He was a farmer in the south part of the 

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town, at first on the farm afterward long owned by Benjamin 
Lovett, now at the end of a short road leading eastward from 
the Ashburnham road, and later for many years at the end of 
the road on the eastern side of Whittemore Hill. He was a 
captain in the militia, and held the office of selectman for a 
few years. Children : 

10. i. George Henry, b. 1825. -f 

11. ii. Mary Jane, b. 1832; m. May 5, 1861, Rufus Putnam. 

12. iii. Lucia Maria, b. 1845; m. May 31, 1864, Charles W. Currier. 

4. Daniel^ (Amos^, b. Aug. 4, 1805; d. Nov. 11, 1877; m. 
(1) Mary Ann Symonds of Milford [b. May 22, 1807; d. June 
16, 1865]; (2) Aug. 12, 1868, Mrs. Helen W. Hale. He was 
a carpenter and also a farmer, passing his life upon the home 
farm except a few years, 1837-50, when he had the eastern of 
the two Breed farms, (80, A. D.) Children : 

13. i. Daniel Perley, b. Mar. 12, 1830; d. 1913; m. (1) Sarah J. 

Ames (13); (2) Margaret Hays. 
14 ii. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 30, 1838; d. Feb. 8, 1842. 

15. iii. Ann Elizabeth, b. Dec. 24, 1843; d. May 20, 1856. 

16. iv. William H., b. Apr. 23, 1845 ; d. Dec. 3, 1907. 

5. James^ (AmosO, b. June 26, 1807; d. Sept. 20, 1873; m. 
Nov. 16, 1837, Lucy, dau. of Abijah and Sophia (Waters) Rice 
[b. June 7, 1818]. He removed to Rindge while a young man 
and entered into business with his brother Amos. He held a 
lieutenant-colonel's commission in the militia. Children : 

17. i. James Gardner, b. July 7, 1841; d. 1913; m. Sept. 30, 1863, 

Julia Alice Carter. Res. in Philadelphia. 

18. ii. Cassius G., b. Oct. 30, 1845 ; d. 1913. Res. in San Francisco, 

Cal. 

19. iii. Eva Josephine, b. Apr. 14, 1854; m. June 17, 1874, D. W. 

White of Boston. 

20. iv. Lucy F., b. Feb. 13, 1856; d. Mar. 16, 1856. 

6. Reuben^ (Amos^), b. Aug. 11, 1811; m. Dec. 24, 1835, 
Lavina Piper, dau. of Joshua and Polly Piper Converse [b. 
May 21, 1820]. He became a manufacturer of woodenware at 
Converse Village in Rindge. Children : 

21. i. Henrietta Lavina, b. Nov. 3, 1836; d. Feb. 14, 1842. 

22. ii. Phebe Amanda, b. Dec. 19, 1839; m. Dec. 21, 1855, Edward, 

son of Stephen and Hannah (Barber) Jewett. Seven chil- 
dren. 

10. George Henry^ (George^ Amos^), b. 1825; d. 1906; 
m. Nov. 15, 1848, Sarah A. Conant (26). Children: 

23. i. Helen. 

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24. ii. Ada L., m. George Clark. 

25. iii. Ann E., m. Gardner E. Davis. 

26. iv. James B., m. July 19, 1879, Lizzie A. Roberts. 

27. V. Willis. 

28. vi. Marietta R, b. 1855; d. 1881. 

READ— REED. 

Oliver^ Read at Westford, Mass., "bought a place as an old deed 
shows together with three negroe servants, Dinah, Phyllis and Leah." 
Oliver^ (Oliver*), lived at Westford, Mass. 

1. James Oliver^ (Oliver^, Oliver^), b. at Townsend, 
Mass.; d. at Mason, May 1, 1905; m. Jan. 1, 1852, Caroline R.. 
dau. of Ephraim and Matilda (Hodgman) Hildreth; was a 
merchant at Bank Village and later at High Bridge, 1850-1872. 
Children : 

2. i. James Oliver, Jr.* (James Oliver', Oliver^, Oliver*), b. Mar. 

11, 1858. Res. in Mason; has been selectman and held 
other offices of trust. 

3. ii. Harriet C, b. Mar. 3, 1861 ; m. George E. Strout. One 

daughter. 

RHOADS. 

Henry' Rhoads, b. 1608. Res. at Lynn, Mass. 

Eleazer" (Henry*), b. Lynn, Feb. 6, 1641. 

Eleazer' (Eleazer", Henry*), m. Lynn, Nov. 21, 1710, Jemima Prebble. 

Eleazer^ (Eleazer^ Eleazer', Henry*), b. Lynn, Jan. 16, 1715; d. 
Dedham, Mass., Oct. 4, 1784. 

Eleazer^ (Eleazer^ Eleazer', Eleazer^ Henry*), bapt. Dedham, Aug. 
16, 1747; d. Feb. 24, 1821; m. Nov. 12, 1769, Abigail Graves [b. about 
1749; d. Oct. 12, 1802]. 

1. Eleazer® (Eleazer^, Eleazer*, Eleazer^, Eleazer^, Hen- 
ryi), b. Dedham, Sept. 11, 1770; d. Amherst, June 27, 1855; 
m. (1) 1794, Elizabeth Bullard [b. about 1772; d. May 2, 1836] ; 
(2) Nov. 29, 1837, Rebecca Putnam [b. about 1791 ; d. Dec. 
16, 1849]. He removed from his native town to Lyndeboro 
about 1800, and came thence to New Ipswich about 1814, 
making his home in the most southerly house of Gibson Vil- 
lage, long the dwelling of Joseph A. Gibson. He remained, 
however, only about seven years, then removed to Amherst, 
where he passed his remaining life, occupied with the varying 
activities of innkeeper, farmer, and brickmaker. While in 
New Ipswich he was one of the many who entered the enter- 
prise, then in its infancy, of cotton manufactures, and he 
joined with Loammi Chamberlain of Mason Village, (now 

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Greenville,) in the establishment of a small factory in the 
building built a few years before as a saw and grist mill and 
using the waterpower near at hand. His experience in that 
industry probably did not differ greatly from that of the 
greater part of the small factories established prior to the 
larger factories then about to appear. Children : 

2. i. Clarissa, b. Apr. 2, 1795; m. Benjamin Leavitt. 

3. ii. Catherine, b. Sept. 28, 1797 ; d. Nov. 23, 1814. 

4. iii. Lucy, b. Apr. 19, 1801; d. June 9, 1878; m. (1) Nov. 18, 1834, 

Joshua Home of Boston [b. about 1802; d. Aug. 1, 1850]; 
(2) Luther W. Nichols of Amherst; (3) Nov., 1872, James 
Chandler (R. 22). 

5. iv. Abigail, b. Aug. 3, 1804; d. Sept. 9, 1871; m. (1) June 17, 

1832, James Newhall (19) ; (2) June 27, 1854, James Chand- 
ler (R. 22). 

6. V. Moses, b. June 30, 1806 ; d. Mar. 13, 1807. 

7. vi. Warren, b. Feb. 17, 1808.+ 

8. vii. Charles, b. June 26, 1810; d. Nov. 1, 1872; m. (1) Dec. 26, 

1835, Jane Taylor [b. Jan., 1814; d. July 30, 1836]; (2) 
Jane Wiley [d. May 4, 1870]. He was a painter in Amherst. 

9. viii. Betsey, b. Oct. 9, 1811; d. young. 

10. ix. Harriet, b. May 5, 1813; d. Oct. 28, 1885; m. Feb. 25, 1836, 

Henry Tolman. Removed to Wisconsin, 1854, and thence 
to Eldora, Iowa, where she died. Children : i. Charles 
Tolman. ii. Henry Tolman. iii. Josephine Tolman. iv. 
Sarah Tolman. 

11. X. Alfred, b. Dec. 24, 1818; d. May 19, 1848, unm. 

7. Warren^ (Eleazer^, Eleazer^, Eleazer*, Eleazer^, Elea- 
zev\ Henryi), b. Feb. 17, 1808; d. Sept. 23, 1885; m. June 16, 
1837, Elizabeth Roach [d. Apr. 9, 1887]. He succeeded to 
his father's farm in Amherst. Children : 

12. i. William, b. Mar. 24, 1839.+ 

13. ii. Sarah Catherine, b. Apr. 5, 1840; d. Sept. 23, 1858. 

14. iii. David Henry, b. Dec. 24, 1845 ; m. Aug. 17, 1879, Annie Loud 

[d. Dec. 30, 1902]. 

15. iv. Albert, b. Jan. 1. 1848; d. July 10, 1903. 

12. William^ (Warren'^, Eleazer^, Eleazer^, Eleazer*, Elea- 
zer8, EleazerS Henry^), b. Mar. 24, 1839; d. May 18, 1909; 
m. (1) June 29, 1864, Susan J. Weld [d. Feb. 1. 1884] ; (2) 
Apr. 9, 1886, Clara J. Eustis [d. Apr. 9, 1891]. He succeeded 
to the family farm. Children : 

16. i. Lizzie Almy, b. Dec. 3, 1865; m. Mar. 2, 1893, Charles A. 

Ford. Res. Concord, N. H. 

17. ii. Ada May, b. Aug. 24, 1873 ; m. June 30, 1896, Fred E. Cooley. 

Res. Milford, where he is manager of Milford Machine 
Works. Child : i. Earl Eleaser Cooley, b. Sept. 5, 1898. 
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RICHARDSON. 

The early residents in New Ipswich bearing this name seem to have 
descended from two brothers who, with a third brother and four others, 
took a leading part in the settlement of Woburn, Mass. 

Ezekiel' Richardson, b. about 1602; d. Oct. 21, 1647; m. Susanna 

[m. (2) Henry Brooks of Woburn; d. Sept. 15, 1681]. He came 

from England in 1630 and after a brief sojourn in Charlestown settled 
in Woburn, where he was one of the first board of selectmen. 

Thomas* Richardson, a younger brother of Ezekiel, d. Aug. 28, 1651; 

m. Mary [m. (2) Michael Bacon, d. May 19, 1640]. He had a part 

with his brother in the founding of Woburn. 

JosiAH" (EzekieP), b. about Nov. 7, 1635; d. June 22, 1695; m. June 
6, 1659, Remembrance, dau. of William and Sarah Underwood of Con- 
cord, Mass. [b. Feb. 22, 1639/40]. In the year of his marriage he re- 
moved to Chelmsford, Mass., where he was selectman for many years, 
also town clerk and captain. 

Thomas-= (Thomas'), b. Oct. 4, 1645; d. Feb. 25, 1720/1; m. (1) Jan. 
5, 1669/70, Mary Stimpson [d. June 7, 1690] ; (2) Dec. 29, 1690, Sarah, 
widow of Thomas Patten of Billerica [d. Jan. 16, 1689/90]. He removed 
from Woburn to Billerica about 1667. He served in a futile military 
expedition to Canada by way of Albany in 1690. He was delegate to the 
General Court. 

John' (Josiah=, Ezekier), b. Feb. 14, 1669/70: d. Sept. 13, 1746; m 
Jan. 31, 1693/4, Elizabeth Farwell of Chelmsford, Mass. [d. May 9, 1722] 
Res. in Chelmsford. 

Jonathan' (Thomas=, Thomas'), b. Feb. 14, 1682/3; d. Aug. 13, 1720 
m. 1713, Hannah, dau. of John French of Billerica. Res. in Billerica. 

John" (John', Jos^ah^ Ezekiel'), b. Nov. 16, 1711; d. Aug. 28, 1764 
m. 1733, Esther . Res. in Chelmsford. 

Thomas^ (Jonathan', Thomas^ Thomas'), b. June 5, 1718; m. 1739 
Abigail, dau. of Henry and Abigail (Parker) Merrow of Woburn [b 
V18]. Res. in Reading, Mass. 

1. SiLAS^ (John^ John^, Josiah^, EzekieP), b. Aug. 2, 1734 
d. IVlar. 25, 1775; m. Dec. 28, 1769, Lydia, dau. of William* 
Fletcher of Chelmsford. He came to New Ipswich at about 
the time of his marriage and passed the few remaining years 
of his life at the foot of Kidder IVTountain, upon lot 55, N. D., 
previously owned by Archibald White. Children : 

4. i. Lydia, b. Oct. 7, 1770; m. Dec. 12. 1790, Ebenezer Parker 

(S. 6). 

5. ii. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 14, 1773. 

2. JoHN^ (John*, John^, Josiah^, EzekieF), b. Apr. 8, 1748; 
d. before Jan. 12, 1785. He came to New Ipswich at the age 
of twenty-one in the same year as his older brother Silas, with 
whom he probably lived, but his name has place on the tax- 
lists for only two years. He is said to have been a joiner. 

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3. Ebenezer^ (Thomas*, Jonathan', Thomas^, Thomas^), 
b. Apr. 14, 1754; d. Mar. 18, 1827; m. Jan. 15, 1777, Sarah, dau. 
of Jonathan and Sarah Parker [b. about 1750; d. Dec. 10, 
1836]. He lived for some years in Reading, Mass., whence he 
came to New Ipswich about 1790. He succeeded to the own- 
ership of the Ezra Towne farm, (23, N. D.) Children : 

6. i. Sarah, b. Nov. 3, 1780; m. Eliphalet Bailey. 

7. ii. Lucy, b. Aug. 10, 1782; m. May 30, 1833, John Robbins of 

Mason. 

8. iii. Jonathan, b. July 28, 1784; m. Nov. 26, 1807, Sarah Mans- 

field. 

9. iv. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 6, 1788. 

10. V. Thomas, b. Oct. 20, 1797. He succeeded to his father's farm, 

and later for some years occupied the farm at the corner 

formed by the Temple and old Wilton roads, afterward the 

home of Mark Farrar, (26, N. D.) 

Several other residents of the town, probably of this family but not 

certainly identified, are named upon the tax-list for very brief periods. 

ROBBINS. 

True' Robbins, b. Apr. 14, 1789; m. Mar. 24, 1811. Rebecca Hodgman 
[b. Mar. 6, 1792]. 

1. William Parker^ (True^), b. Aug. 14, 1812; m. Nancy 
Bucknam [d. about 1890]. Children: 

4. i. Charles L., b. Nov. 26, 1837.-f 

5. ii. Harriet, m. Aaron Winship. 

6. iii. William Otis, m. Martha J. Barrett. 

7. iv. Abbie, m. Herbert Willard of Ashby, Mass. 

8. V. Emily Anna, m. Frank Foster of Somerville, Mass. 

2. True2 (True^), b. Dec. 26, 1814; m. (1) Sarah A. Pike; 
(2) Louisa Ames. Children : 

9. i. Marcellus.-(- 

10. ii. Hattie. 

11. iii. Martin. 

12. iv. Martha. 

13. V. Henry. 

14. vi. Frank. 

3. Lewis^ (True^), b. Aug. 10, 1819; m. Emily Winship. 
Children: 

15. i. Lewis Harlan, b. May 10, 1844.-f- 

16. ii. George C, b. July 26, 1847 ; m. Elma Hodgman. 

17. iii. Fred E., b. Sept. 22, 1850; m. Julie Fletcher. 

18. iv. Lizzie E., b. May 10, 1853; m. George A. Kimball, chief 

engineer of Boston Elevated [d. Dec, 1912]. 
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19. V. Abbie L., b. Sept. 20, 1854; m. O. D. Prescott of Greenville. 

20. vi. Addie F., b. Mar. 25, 1857; m. E. C. Sargent. 

4. Charles^ (William P.^, True^), b. Nov. 26, 1837; d. 
Aug. 24, 1901 ; m. Apr. 10, 1862, Abbie J. Davis. Child : 

21. i. Addie A., b. at Townsend, Mass., Dec. 12, 1867; m. (1) 1885, 

F. H. Arnold, Jr.; (2) July 19, 1895, Lauriston M. P. Hardy. 

9. Marcellus T.3 (True^ True^), d. Nov. 20, 1909; m. (1) 
Lizzie Peckins of Ashburnham ; (2) Nov. 6, 1875, Viola 
Florence Fish. Child : 

22. i. Ida W., m. Sept. 18, 1901, Edward R. Wheeler (173). 

15. Lewis Harlan^ (Lewis^, True^). b. May 10, 1844; d. 
Feb. 3, 1907; m. (1) Dec. 17, 1867, Abbie E. Wheeler (181); 
(2) Georgianna M. Hayward. Children : 

23. i. Melville, b. Oct. 31, 1868. 

24. ii. Edith, b. July 28, 1878. 

ROGER. 

David' Roger, d. 1879; m. Janet Bone [d. 1881]. He was a gardener 
in Ayrshire, Scotland. He came to America in 1874 and resided in Miller- 
town, N. Y. 

1. James^ (Davidi), b. Aug. 18, 1841, Kirkmichael, Ayr- 
shire, Scotland ; m. June, 1867, Margaret Neil [d. June 10, 
1913]. He was a clerk in Birmingham, England, and entered 
the railway service in 1866, being station master at Rosslyn 
Castle near Edinburgh for thirty-one years. He was ordained 
an elder in the Established Church (Presbyterian) of Scot- 
land in 1878 and elected a member of the General Assembly 
in 1896. He came to America in 1897 and has since resided 
in New Ipswich, where he has a duck farm and has given 
faithful service as a member of the school board and a super- 
intendent of the Congregational Sunday School and a deacon. 
Children : 

2. i. Mary Ramsay, b. Apr. 3, 1868; d. Mar.. 1906; m. Alex Mair. 

3. ii. Jessie, b. Oct. 28, 1870; m. John Borland. 

4. iii. David, b. Jan. 10, 1873. Res. in New Ipswich. 

5. iv. Alice Isabel, b. June 10, 1875 ; m. John C. Cochrane. 

6. V. Marian Traver, b. July 30, 1879; m. Berkley T. Larrabee. 

7. vi. James, b. July 30, 1884. 

RUMRILL. 

Very few records relating to this family in New Ipswich have been 
found, and the earlier records are not all complete. It is believed, how- 
ever, that the brief statement which follows is practically correct. 

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Simon' Rumrill, b. about 1663; d. Apr. 13, 1705; m. Feb. 3, 1690, 
Sarah Fairman. He was an early settler in Enfield, Conn., where he died. 

Simon" ( Simon'), b. July 26, 1696; d. before 1732. He removed to 
Westford, Mass., and bought land there in 1727. He was one of a com- 
pany of "snowshoe-men" serving against the Indians, and one of the relief 
party sent after Lovewell's fight in 1725. 

1. David^ (Simon^, Simon^), d. about 1803. He came to 
New Ipswich about 1763 and settled on the John Knowlton 
farm on the Ashburnham road, (76, A. D.,) where he made his 
permanent home. He served in the company of Capt. Stephen 
Parker in the Stillwater campaign of 1777. The name of his 
wife has not been found. He is said to have had fifteen chil- 
dren, but the names of only five of them have been found and 
of only one of that number is the date of birth accurately 
known. Children : 

2. i. Simon, b. July 1, 1767; m. (1) Jan., 1790, Joanna Kemp; (2) 

1801, Hannah Perry. He removed to Charlestown soon 
after his first marriage, and there had eight children. 

3. ii. Joseph. He removed to Townsend, Mass. 

4. iii. David, b. probably about 1774; d. Sept. 2, 1861; m. (1) prob. 

Lydia [b. about 1780; d. Sept. 1, 1820]; (2) 

[b. about 1773; d. Oct. 27, 1857]. He passed his life after 
arriving at maturity as a farmer near the Rindge line, a 
mile south from the northwestern corner of the town, (138, 
A. D.) 

5. iv. Daniel, b. probably about 1776. His name is on the tax-list 

of 1798, but no longer. 

6. v. Benjamin, b. probably about 1778. He was taxed in 1799 and 

1800. 

SAFFORD. 

Thomas* Safford, d. Feb. 20, 1666/7; m. Elizabeth [d. Mar. 4, 

1670/1]. He was a landowner in Ipswich, Mass., as early as 1641. 

Joseph' (Thomas'), b. about 1631; d. Aug. 29, 1701; m. Mar. 6, 1660, 
Mary Baker. Res. in Ipswich. 

Samuel' (Joseph^ Thomas'), b. July, 1678; m. Hannah . Res. 

in Ipswich. 

1. Benjamin* (SamueP, Joseph^, Thomas^), b. Aug. 3, 
1718; d. Apr. 25, 1810; m. Oct. 9, 1754, Prudence IVlelvin of 
Carlisle, Mass. [b. about 1718; d. Sept. 8, 1784]. He came to 
New Ipswich before 1754 and settled upon VII: 2, S. R., per- 
haps thirty rods south from the site of the present Congrega- 
tional church and a little west from the present road to the 
Souhegan river. He was a worthy man whose daily life tes- 
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clearly than his constant attendance at church, noticeable even 
in those early days, and still maintained when in later years 
his eyesight had failed and he groped his way along Safford 
lane and the old country road, to the meeting-house upon the 
hill. Children : 

2. i. Hannah, b. Oct. 31, 1755; m. Apr. 3, 1806, Abijah Spafford. 

3. ii. Lydia, b. Apr. 28, 1757. 

4. ill. Betsey, b. Jan. 31, 1759; m. Daniel Severance (3). 

5. iv. Lucy, b. Sept. 22, 1760. 

6. V. Prudence, b. Jan. 9, 1763; d. Apr. 1, 1848; m. Dec. 11, 1783, 

Zebedee Whittemore of Hancock [b. 1755; d. Feb. 26, 1825]. 
Res. at Marlow. 

7. vi. Benjamin, b. Dec. 21, 1764.-1- 

8. vii. Reuben, b. Oct. 28, 1767. 

7, Benjamin^ (Benjamin*. SamueP, Joseph^, Thomas^), b. 
Dec. 21, 1764; d. 1834; m. (1) Oct. 14, 1788, Hannah Wheeler 
of Concord, Mass. [b. about 1762; d. Dec. 10, 1807] ; (2) 1808, 
Lydia, dau. of James and Mary (Melville) Chandler (9) [b. 
Nov. 15, 1781; d. Feb. 5, 1844]. He lived upon the paternal 
farm until 1834, when with his family he entered the tide of 
emigration, then flowing so strongly to Illinois, but died sud- 
denly while upon his way at Roscoe, O. His family settled in 
Ouincy, 111. Children : 

Three daughters by first marriage. 

9. i. Stephen Farrar, b. July 7, 1809; d. Jan. 7, 1860; m. May 17, 

1836, Louisa Hunt [b. Oct. 11, 1812; d. Oct. 8, 1896]. Eight 
children. 

10. ii. John W., b. 1811; d. Feb. 10, 1813. 

11. iii. Hannah Chandler, b. Sept. 29, 1815; d. May 15, 1894; m. 

May 16, 1836, Homer Brown [b. 1812; d. Sept. 29, 1876]. 
One child. 

12. iv. Elizabeth Winslow, b. May 9, 1819; d. Aug. 29, 1881; m. 

Rev. Aden H. Fletcher [d. Feb. 15, 1880]. Eight children. 

SANDERS. 

1. Joseph^ Sanders, b. Aug. 17, 1764; d. Dec. 12, 1829; m. 
Betsy, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Chapman) Hall [b. Mar. 5, 
1766; d. Mar. 15, 1836]. Children; 

2. i. Annie, b. Oct. 30, 1788; d. June 12, 1877. 

3. ii. David, b. Feb. 9, 1791 ; d. June 1, 1863. 

4. iii. Joseph, b. Oct. 13, 1792; d. Nov. 28, 1876. 

5. iv. Betsy, b. Sept. 21, 1794; d. Mar. 27, 1883. 

6. v. Polly, b. July 4, 1796; d. Mar. 21, 1863. 

7. vi. Sally, b. July 15, 1798; d. Sept. 7, 1884. 

8. vii. Nathan, b. Sept. 17, 1800. -f 

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9. viii. George, b. Mar. 11, 1803.+ 

10. ix. Fidelia, b. May 11, 1805; d. Dec, 1881. 

11. X. Caroline, b. Oct. 2, 1807; d. Sept. 20, 1826. 

8. Nathan^ (Joseph^), b. Sept. 17, 1800; d. Dec. 4, 1887; 
m. June 19, 1826, Betsy, dau. of Silas and Polly (Williams) 
Shedd [b. Mar. 24, 1805; d. Dec. 6, 1887]. He was a mill- 
wright and later, while in New Ipswich, 1836-1866, was a tin- 
smith. Children : 

12. i. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 26, 1827; d. June 1, 1867; m. Nov. 

16, 1848, Dr. George Jewett of Fitchburg, Mass. 

13. ii. Caroline Elmira, b. Oct. 19, 1829; d. at Grinnell, Iowa, Jan. 

7, 1908. 

14. iii. Nathan Edwin, b. Feb. 11, 1832; d. Oct. 21, 1849. 

15. iv. Silas Luman, b. Oct. 16, 1834.+ 

16. V. Joseph Howard, b. July 20, 1836.+ 

17. vi. George Lucius, b. June 18, 1838.-)- 

18. vii. Lorenzo Preston, b. Mar. 3, 1840; d. May 25, 1842. 

19. viii. David Albert, b. Feb. 9, 1842.-|- 

20. ix. Ellen Frances, b. Jan. 12, 1845; d. Mar. 23, 1853. 

21. x. Willis, b. Mar. 9, 1847; d. Oct. 18, 1847. 

9. George^ (Joseph^), b. Mar. 11, 1803; d. Nov. 3, 1867; 
m. (1) Caroline Muzzy [b. July 30, 1804; d. Feb. 8, 1849] ; (2) 
Mrs. Susan (Wilson) Kendall, dau. of Supply and Sally (Scrip- 
ture) Wilson; (3) Charlotte Clarke. Children: 

22. i. Caroline Fidelia, b. Aug. 9, 1827; m. Charles Hastings Allen 

of Boston. 
George Augustus, b. Apr. 23, 1829. -f- 
Clarendon Muzzy, b. July 18, 1834; d. Aug. 14, 1896; m. 

Elizabeth, dau. of Josiah and Henrietta (Ordway) Davis. 
Henry Martin, b. July 27, 1836; m. Lucy Upton [d. July 31, 

1908]. 
Mary Helen, b. Feb. 10, 1840; d. Mar. 4, 1842. 
Edward Arthur, b. June 30, 1843. 
Eugene S., b. Jan. 1, 1858; d. June 23, 1865. 

15. Silas Luman^ (Nathan^, Joseph^), b. Oct. 16, 1834; m. 
Jennie Taylor. Res. Grinnell, Iowa. Children : 

29. i. Elizabeth Jewett, b. June 5, 1865 ; m. Clay Gilbert. Three 

children. 

30. ii. George Luman, b. July 4, 1869; d. Aug., 1892. 

16. Joseph Howard^ (Nathan^, Joseph^), b. July 20, 1836; 
m. Betsy Taylor. Res. Grinnell, Iowa. Children : 

31. i. Nathan Edwin, b. June 28, 1870. 

32. ii. Annie Josephine, b. Feb. 23, 1873. 

33. iii. Harry Howard, b. Oct. 4, 1874; d. Dec. 12, 1879. 



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17. George Lucius^ (Nathan^, Joseph^), b. June 18, 1838; 
m. Mary Steele. Res. Grinnell, Iowa. Children : 

34. i. William Steele, b. Jan. 30, 1873; m. Delia Andrews. Two 

sons. 

35. ii. Frank, b. about 1875; d. about 1876. 

36. iii. Charles Lucius, b. July 16, 1877. 

19. David Albert^ (Nathan^, Joseph^), b. Feb. 9, 1842; m. 
Hester Clifford. Res. Grinnell, Iowa. Children : 

37. I. Hester Elmira, b. Sept. 10, 1881. 

38. ii. Fannie Ellen, b. May 12, 1883. 

39. iii. Mary Clifford, b. Apr. 19, 1887. 

23. George Augustus^ (George-, Joseph^), b. Apr. 23, 
1829; m. Jan. 1, 1866, Narcissa M. Harvey [b. Dayton, Ohio, 
Apr. 29, 1841 ; d. at Holden, Mass., May 31, 1900]. Children: 

40. i. George I., b. June 8, 1869; d. Mar. 29, 1870. 

41. ii. Eddie I., b. June 16, 1871; d. Mar. 19, 1872. 

42. iii. Ella Lotta, b. Aug. 16, 1873. 

43. iv. Cora Narcissa, b. Feb. 18, 1877. 

SEVERANCE. 

The record of this family is very obscure, but its service in the 
Revolution forbids an omission from these pages. It is hoped that the 
statements made below are at least approximately correct. 

JoHN^ Severance, d. Apr. 9, 1682; m. (1) in England, 1635, Abigail 
Kimball [d. June 17, 1658] ; (2) Oct. 2, 1663, Susanna, widow of Henry 
Ambrose. He was a freeman in Boston in 1637, and one of the first set- 
tlers at Salisbury, Mass. He was termed a "planter," and also a "victualler 
and vintner." 

Ephraim' (John'), b. Apr. 8, 1656; m. Nov. 9, 1682, Lydia Morrill. 

Ephraim' (Ephraim", John'), b. Nov. 29, 1694. 

1. Ephraim* (Ephraim^, Ephraim^, John^), b. Ipswich, 
Mass., Nov., 1723. This is believed to have been the Ephraim 
Severance who settled at an early date on the Mansfield farm 
situated on the north road to Greenville, (14, N. D.,) as early 
as 1754; there, however, he apparently did not remain very 
long, but removed to Camden, N. H. He was one of the first 
board of selectmen elected by the town after it changed its 
name and became the first to bear the name of Washington, 
since assumed by so many towns. In old age he removed with 
his son Daniel to Topsham, Vt., where he died. There is very 
little doubt that the New Ipswich residents bearing the family 
name were his descendants, but probably the list of his chil- 
dren here presented is not complete. Children : 

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2. i. Ephraim, b. about 1749.+ 

3. ii. Daniel, b. about 1751. + 

4. iii. Ebenezer, b. about 1753.+ 

5. iv. Abel, b. about 1754.-|- 

6. V. RuFus. 

7. vi. Abigail. 

8. vii. Polly. 

2. Ephraim^ (Ephraim*, Ephraim^, Ephraim^, John^), b. 
about 1749. He was a Revokttionary soldier, and although it 
has been stated that he was killed at White Plains, the best 
authority seems to identify him as having enlisted from New 
Ipswich in the company of Capt. Isaac Farwell in 1777. He 
was wounded the following October, but was with his com- 
pany at Stillwater. His name appears on the New Ipswich 
records from 1765 to 1774. There is no evidence that he lived 
at Washington. 

3. Daniel^ (Ephraim*, Ephraim^, Ephraim-, John^), b. Gro- 
ton, Mass., about 1751 ; d. Washington, Mar. 10, 1817; m. Bet- 
sey Safford (4). He gave Revolutionary service in the com- 
panies of Capts. Towne and Smith, and on the roll of the 
former company he is said to have been at that time a black- 
smith in Washington. But if that was the case, tradition gives 
in detail his later experiences elsewhere. It tells that after the 
close of the war he went with his family to Topsham, Vt., 
then practically a wilderness, built a cabin, and began to clear 
a farm. Potatoes, being easily raised, formed a larger part of 
the table supplies. The table is said to have been merely a 
large stump left in the middle of the cabin, upon which the 
potatoes were emptied from the kettle, and then with addition 
of a little salt the meal was complete. But the hard work 
brought better times, until, as an old pioneer said in later 
years, they had "all the mush and milk they wanted." But at 
this period of secured affluence a near neighbor laid claim to 
the new farm on the grounds that Mr. Severance had an im- 
perfect title, as the claimant had known while he had watched 
the change produced by labor. The law at that time made no 
allowance for improvements, and the old soldier, too old to 
repeat the process with another farm, was made penniless. 
He returned to New Ipswich and a little more than a hundred 
years ago made his home in a house standing on the site of the 
Bullard house just north of the Barrett mansion, which was 
in so poor repair that the light of the open fire so shone 

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through the crevices as to give the house the name of the 
"town lantern." Later he lived at some point on the old coun- 
try road near Kidder Mountain. The closing years of his life 
are said to have been passed in Washington. He had eleven 
children, but the names of only four are here given. Children : 

9. i. Daniel, b. about 1780; m. Aug. 23, 1815, his cousin Abigail, 
dau. of Rufus (5). 

10. ii. Benjamin, b. 1782; d. Sept. 29, 1825; m. Betsey Dodge. After 

several years' residence in Washington he removed to Clare- 
mont, where he died. Very probably he was the Benjamin 
appearing in the New Ipswich records in 1806. 

11. iii. Nathan. He perhaps was the resident of that name shown 

on the New Ipswich records of 1814 and later, but this is 
very uncertain. 

12. iv. Abijah. He is found upon the records of about the same 

date as Nathan, and is subject to the same uncertainty. 

4. Ebenezer^ (Ephraim*, Ephraim'*, Ephraim-, John^), 
b. New Ipswich about 1753. He seems to have removed to 
Temple in early manhood, as his name is borne on the roll 
of Capt. Towne's company in 1775 as a farmer in that town. 

5. x\bel^' (Ephraim*, Ephraim^, Ephraim-, John^), b. about 
1754; d. Bradford, N. H., Aug. 26, 1842; m." Martha Bruce. 
He lived only a short time in Washington, but is said to have 
lived a time in Temple before settling in Bradford. His name 
is found in the New Ipswich records from 1777 to 1791, and is 
on the roll of Capt. Ezra Towne's company of 1775, where he 
is said to have been born in Groton, Mass., and to be a farmer 
in New Ipswich. 

The name of Abba Severance is found in the New Ipswich 
records from 1755 to 1784, and he enlisted from Temple in 
1778. 

The dates connected with members of this family in the New Ipswich 
and Temple records suggest that they moved very easily across the town 
line, and that it was sometimes almost uncertain of which town they 
were residents. 

SHATTUCK. 

William^ Shattuck, b. England, 1621 or 1622; d. Watertown, Aug. 

14, 1672; m. about 1642, Susanna [m. (2) Nov. 18, 1673, Richard 

Norcross, teacher of the Grammar School at Watertown for thirty-five 
years; d. Dec. 11, 1686]. William came from England a little later than 
1640, but in 1642 land was granted him at Watertown, where he was 
designated "a weaver," but he seems to have spent most of his time as a 
farmer. 

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John' (William^), b. Feb. 11, 1647; was drowned at Charlestown 
Ferry, Sept. 14, 1675 ; m. June 20, 1664, Ruth, dau. of John and Elinor 
Whitney of Watertown [m. (2) Mar. 2, 1677, Enoch Lawrence, and re- 
moved to Groton]. John was a carpenter at Watertown. 

Philip' ( William'), b. 1648; d. in the part of Watertown which is 
now Waltham, June 20, 1722; m. (1) Nov. 9, 1670, Deborah, dau. of 
William and Anna Barstow [d. Nov. 24, 1679] ; (2) Feb. 11, 1680, Rebecca 
Chamberlain [d. 1728]. He was an able physician and, like his father, 
a trusted man in public places. 

William' (William'), b. 1653; d. Oct. 19, 1732; m. about 1678, 
Susanna, dau. of Stephen and Susanna (Barron) Ramsdell [d. May 8, 
1723]. He was a leading citizen of Watertown, holding important offices. 
He inherited his father's "loom and appurtenances," but was also engaged 
in farming and brickmaking. 

John' (John^ William'), b. June 4, 1666; was killed by the Indians 
at Groton at the same time with his son John, May 8, 1709; m. Mary, 
dau. of James and Elizabeth (Longley) Blood [b. Sept. 1, 1672; d. Mar. 
4, 1756]. He was a farmer at Groton on the homestead of his father-in- 
law, whom the Indians had killed seventeen years earlier. 

Samuel' (John', William'), b. Watertown, 1673; d. Groton, July 22, 
1758; m. Elizabeth, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Longley) Blood [b. 
Apr. 27, 1675; d. Oct. 20, 1759]. He lived at Groton. 

Benjamin' (William', William'), b. July 30, 1687; d. Littleton, 1763; 
m. Martha, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Winship) Sherman. It has 
been claimed that he was not the son of William, as stated above, but 
of Philip', who had a son Benjamin, b. May 15. 1685, this claim being 
supported by his age at death, as given upon his gravestone. But certain 
deeds still on record seem to constitute more firmly his descent as here 
stated. He graduated from Harvard College in 1709, studied divinity 
while teaching in the "Grammar and English School" until 1715, when 
he was ordained the first minister of Littleton, in which town he passed 
the remainder of his life, although he retained his pastorate only four- 
teen years. 

Jonathan' (John', John', William'), b. June 29, 1693; d. Pepperell, 
Sept. 18, 1771 ; m. June 25, 1719, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Abigail 
(Nutting) Chamberlain [b. May 26, 1700]. At the age of sixteen the 
death of his father and older brother left him with his mother and six 
younger sisters upon the paternal farm in Groton, to which the court 
gave him a clear title ten years later. He removed to Pepperell in 1725. 

Jeremiah' (Samuel', John', William'), b. Groton, June 11, 1703; d. 
Aug. 2, 1798; m. (1) July 2, 1723, Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel and Lydia 
Parker [b. Apr. 12, 1705; d. June 8, 1789]; (2) Feb. 28, 1792, Mrs. Ruth 

Bixby. He was a blacksmith in , where he was one of the selectmen, 

and also held office of captain. 

1. William* (Benjamin^, William^, William^), b. Littleton, 
Jan. 1, 1718; d. Jaffrey, Jan., 1806; m. Nov. 20, 1750, Abigail, 
dau. of Peter and Abigail Reed of Littleton [b. 1733; d. Beth- 
lehem, N. H., Feb., 1820]. He first settled in Middletown. 
Conn., where he acquired a considerable property, but in 1750 
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a man in town matters that upon his removal to New Ipswich 
in 1769 it was "Voted, That the thanks of the town be given to 
Mr. William Shattuck for his past services as a town officer." 
His official services were evidently valued in New Ipswich, as 
he was one of the selectmen during a considerable part of the 
period of the Revolution, was a member of the Committee of 
Correspondence, and represented the town in the fifth Pro- 
vincial Congress. He is said to have been the teacher of the 
first school in the town, but as this school was established five 
years before his removal from Pepperell, it seems doubtful in 
view of his official position in that town whether this tradition 
is reliable. He served in the Revolution, although his name 
and that of his eldest son are probably confused in the records. 
But as the name appears on the roll of the New Ipswich men 
who went to resist the raid from Canada in 1780, which was 
after the death of William Shattuck, Jr., there can be no doubt 
that this man of over sixty years had a part in that expedition. 
His farm was near the South burying-ground, (XI: 4, S. R.) 
He removed to Jafifrey about 1795. The record of his children 
is uncertain, but it seems to include the following: 

2. i. Abigail, d. in infancy. 

3. ii. William, b. about 1753.4- 

4. iii. John, b. about 1757.-f- 

5. iv. Oliver, d. in infancy. 

6. V. Peter, b. in 1762.+ 

7. vi. Oliver, d. in infancy. 

8. vii. Sherman, b. Mar. 26, 1768.-|- 

9. viii. Benjamin, b. about 1771 ; m. Sally Acres of Bradford, N. H. 

He lived in Bradford and in Bethlehem, N. H., and then 
"went West." 

JoHN° (Jonathan^ John', John^ William^), b. Groton, Mar. 12, 1724; 
d. Pepperell, Dec. 31, 1807; m. Aug. 18, 1750, his second cousin, Elizabeth 
Shattuck, dau. of Jeremiah' [b. May 17, 1728; d. Apr. 9, 1805]. He was 
a farmer and leading citizen of Pepperell, being one of the selectmen and 
a member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety 
in 1774. His dau. Elizabeth m. Simeon Blanchard (2). 

David^ (Jeremiah^ SamueP, John^ William^), b. Pepperell, Feb. 19, 
1735; d. Jan. 2, 1820; m. (1) May 20, 1756, Sarah, dau. of John and 
Elizabeth (Nutting) Burt [b. June 26, 1731; d. Dec. 19, 1793]; (2) Nov. 
21, 1804, Lucy Sawtell of Groton. He was a farmer in his native town. 
His dau. Sarah, b. Nov. 22, 1762, m. Daniel Butterfield, a farmer of 
Pepperell, and her dau. Betsey, b. Aug. 8, 1806, m. William Hassall (1) 
of New Ipswich. 

3. William^ (William*, Benjamin^, William^, William^), b. 
Littleton about 1753; d. 1777; m. IVlary Dustin, a descendant 
of Hannah Dustin, the heroine of Haverhill, Mass., 1697 [m. 

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(2) Simeon Hildreth (3)]. He served in the Revolution, but 
the story of his service seems to have escaped official record. 
His name appears on the tax-list of the town only in 1774, 
and he was probably absent in service from the commence- 
ment of hostilities until his death, which is said to have been 
in 1777 in the region of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. The 
"Shattuck Memorial" states that he was in command of a com- 
pany, twenty of whom were killed at the same time, but no 
officer bearing his name is found in the New Hampshire Revo- 
lutionary Rolls. He had only one child : 

12. i. William, b. Jan. 5, 1774. -j- 

4. JoHN^ (William*, Benjamin^, William^, William^), b. 
Littleton about 1757; m. New Ipswich, Dec. 9, 1779, Polly 
Farley of Hollis. He removed to Peterboro, thence to Bakers- 
field, Vt., and thence to the West. Children : 

13. i. John, m. Polly Barnes. Lived in Bakersfield, Vt. 

14. ii. Nancy, m. Singless of Peterboro. 

15. iii. Susanna. 

16. iv. William. 

17. V. Jonathan, m. his cousin, Sally Shattuck" (Benjamin", Wil- 

liam'). 

18. vi. Brown. 

19. vii. Polly. 

20. viii. Sally. 

21. ix. Betsey. 

6. Peter^ (William*, Benjamin^, William^ William^), b. 
Littleton, 1762; d. Bethlehem, N. H., July 18, 1824; m. (1) 
Lydia, dau. of Jonathan Henney, who entered the Shaker 
community at Lebanon, N. H., in 1784 and soon died there; 
(2) Hannah Hildreth of New Ipswich, probably dau. of Ste- 
phen (2) [d. Sept. 25, 1792] ; (3) Feb. 16, 1795, Rebecca Breed 
(6) [d. Bethlehem, Apr., 1837]. He was a farmer and carpen- 
ter living upon the Tenney farm, (186, N. L. O.,) for about 
twenty years, but in 1800 he removed to Bethlehem, N. H., 
where he was a prominent citizen. Children : 

22. i. Peter, b. July 15, 1778.-}- 

23. ii. Lydia, b. Apr. 14, 1781 ; m. Samuel Jackman. Lived at Thet- 

ford, Vt. Eleven children. 

24. iii. Ruth, b. Apr. 10, 1783; m. Moses Howe. Lived at Thetford, 

Vt. Four children. 

25. iv. Abigail, b. June 9, 1786; m. Samuel P. Sweet, a farmer and 

woodcutter at Boscawen, N. H. Twelve children. 

26. V. Stephen, b. Aug. 27, 1788.-|- 

27. vi. Simeon, b. 1791 ; d. while young at New Ipswich. 

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8. Sherman^ (William*, Benjamin^, William^, William^), 
b. Littleton, Mar. 26, 1768; d. Whitefield, Vt, Nov. 5, 1837; 
m. Peterboro, Feb., 1789, Hannah, dau. of Elisha and Lucy 
(Chamberlain) Putnam [b. Sutton, Mass., Jan. 20, 1770; d. 
Bethlehem, N. H., Oct. 11, 1835]. He was a carpenter, shoe- 
maker, and farmer. He lived at New Ipswich a few years 
after his marriage and then removed successively to Hancock, 
Bradford, Jafifrey, and Bethlehem, and Whitefield, Vt. Chil- 
dren : 

28. i. Vashti, b. New Ipswich, Dec. 4, 1789; m. John Nurse, a 

farmer. 

29. ii. Richard Prentice, b. New Ipswich, Feb. 15, 1791.+ 

30. iii. Ezra, b. Hancock, Dec. 27, 1793; d. Bethlehem, July 23. 1829; 

m. Polly Whitcomb. One daughter, Lydia, who m. Ezekiel 
Gilbert. 

31. iv. Charlotte, b. Bradford, Dec. 29, 1795; m. Nov. 15, 1818, 

Alpheus Sawyer, a farmer in Whitefield. Four children. 

32. V. Oliver P., b. Bradford, Feb. 17, 1797.-|- 

33. vi. Sherman, b. Bradford, Apr. 25, 1799; d. Bethlehem, Nov. 27, 

1819. 

34. vii. Hannah, b. Bradford, Feb. 15, 1801; d. Feb., 1851, in New 

York state; m. William Eaton. Four children. 

35. viii. William, b. Jafifrey, Sept. 21, 1803.+ 

36. ix. Elisha, b. Jaffrey, Dec. 17, 1805 ; m. Emily Sawyer. 

37. X. Irena, b. Bethlehem, May 11, 1808; d. in infancy. 

38. xi. Catarna, b. Bethlehem, May 11, 1808; d. in infancy. 

39. xii. Mary, b. Bethlehem, Apr. 20, 1810; m. Amasa Briggs. 

10. John*' (John^ Jonathan*, John^ John^, William^), b. 
Pepperell, July 7, 1757; d. New Ipswich, Apr. 21, 1816; m. (1) 
Dec. 11, 1783, Betsey Miles (3); m. (2) Nov. 14, 1799, Sarah 
Potter of Rindge [b. about 1760, who survived him and m. (2) 
James Sanderson of New Ipswich. She d. Feb. 11, 1851]. He 
was a farmer and shoemaker, and in 1783 he settled in the 
northwest part of Ashby, but in 1794 he removed to New 
Ipswich, buying the farm south of the meeting-house since 
known as the "Willard farm," (VII : 3, S. R.,) where he con- 
tinued to ply both occupations. Children : 

40. i. John, b. July 10, 1785.+ 

41. ii. Abel, b. June 14, 1788.-}- 

42. iii. Daniel, b. July 10, 1790.-|- 

43. iv. Betsey, b. Apr. 6, 1792; d. Aug. 26, 1822, unm. 

44. v. Lemuel, b. Oct. 14, 1793.-H 

45. vi. Rebecca, b. July 8, 1796; d. May 4, 1817. 

11. David^ (David^ Jeremiah*, Samuel^, John^, William^), 
b. Pepperell, Jan. 5, 1765; d. New Ipswich, Mar. 22, 1826; m. 

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Dec. 25, 1786, Sybil, dau. of David and Lydia Brown of Ma- 
son [b. about 1769; d. Lowell, May 13, 1846]. He was a 
mason and farmer in Pepperell, Temple, and Mason. He lived 
a few of his later years near Kidder Mountain, on 55, N. D. 
Children : 

Charles, b. 1788; d. Woburn, Nov. 18, 1810, unm. 

Jane, b. 1789; d. New Ipswich, Feb. 22, 1820, unm. 

Francis, b. Jan. 9, 1794.-}- 

Shebuel, b. June 12, 1797.+ 

Daniel, b. June 15, 1801.+ 

Martha, b. Aug. 13, 1804; m. 1822, Luke Lane of Bedford. 

She lived in Lowell for twenty years and afterward in 

Springfield, Mass. 
Brooks, b. Dec. 5, 1805.+ 
Charles F., b. Aug. 21, 1810.+ 

12. William*^ (William^ William*, Benjamin^ William^ 
William^), b. New Ipswich, Jan. 5, 1774; d. Meriden, N. H., 
Oct. 30, 1847; m. Apr. 10, 1799, Jane, dau. of John and Eliza- 
beth (Jackman) Stevens [b. Dec. 16, 1776]. He was taken 
with his mother and stepfather, Simeon Hildreth, to Bradford, 
N. H., when only five years old, and he removed with them to 
Meriden in 1830. He was a selectman at Bradford and a dea- 
con in its church. Children : 

54. i. Simeon Hildreth, b. Apr. 9, 1800.-|- 

55. ii. Mary, b. July 13, 1801; d. June 18, 1849, unm. 

56. iii. DusTiN, b. Feb. 7, 1803; d. Meriden, Apr. 8, 1833. He was a 

grocer in Boston, and afterward in New Bedford, Mass. 

57. iv. William, b. Oct. 16, 1804. -|- 

58. V. Jane, b. Jan. 24, 1807; d. May 13, 1830, unm. 

59. vi. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1809; m. Feb. 12, 1832, Leonard Stearns, 

a scythemaker in North Enfield, N. H. Six children. 

60. vii. Elvira, b. May 17, 1811; m. Nov. 20, 1839, Benjamin Wood, 

a farmer in Lebanon, N. H. Three children. 

61. viii. Maria, b. May 21, 1813; m. Jan., 1845, George W. Stearns, 

a farmer and mechanic at Johnson, Vt. Three children. 

62. ix. Hannah, b. Feb. 22, 1815; m. Nov. 1, 1841, Cyrus Baldwin, a 

graduate from Dartmouth College in 1839, and a teacher 
in the academies at Meriden, N. H., and Palmyra, N. Y., 
successively. Six children. 

22. Peter*' (Peter^ William*, Benjamin^ William^, Wil- 
liam^), b. New Ipswich, July 15, 1778; d. Apr. 20, 1835; m. 
Lunenburg, Mass., Jan. 1, 1803, Ruxbey, dau. of Lemuel and 
Mary Whiting [b. Apr. 20, 1782; d. Oct. 23, 1851]. He was a 
farmer in Lunenburg, Canaan, N. H., and Bridgewater, Vt., 
successively, and was killed by a falling tree in the last-named 
town. Children : 

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63. i. Peter, b. Lunenburg, Dec. 19, 1804; m. Ruth H., dau. of 

Caleb Freeman of Orford, N. H. He was a leading citizen 
of Bridgewater, Vt., and one of the selectmen. Four 
children. 

64. ii. RoxEY, b. Canaan, Oct. 26, 1807; m. Sept. 1, 1835, Cyrus P. 

Forbes, a farmer at Lebanon, N. H. Six children. 

65. iii. Mary A., b. Canaan, Sept. 24, 1810; m. Mar. 19, 1833, John, 

son of William and Rachel White, a farmer at Lebanon, 
N. H. Six children. 

66. iv. Lemuel, b. Canaan, Nov. 7, 1815; m. Mar. 8, 1840, Sarah 

Ann, dau. of John C. and Harriet Abbot of Hartford, Vt. 
[b. Feb. 3, 1819]. He was a teacher at Woodstock, Vt., 
but lived a part of each year at Bridgewater. Two children. 

67. V. LuciNDA G., b. Jan. 30, 1822; m. Oct. 23, 1849, Charles A. 

Martin, a farmer at Lebanon, N. H. One child. 

26. Stephen® (Peter^ William*, Benjamin^, William^, Wil- 
liam^), b. New Ipswich, Aug. 27, 1788; m. Jan., 1816, Rachel 
Nurse of Littleton, N. H. [b. Aug. 1, 1796]. He was a farmer 
at Bethlehem. Children — all born at Bethlehem : 

68. i. Abigail S., b. Sept. 8, 1816; m. Dec. 11, 1842, W. D. Rollins 

of Bath, N. H. 

69. ii. Persis H., b. Sept. 3, 1818; d. Aug. 18, 1834; m. John Hamlin. 

Lived at Milan, N. H. One child. 

70. iii. Peter R., b. June 8, 1820; d. Feb. 25, 1850. 

71. iv. Amanda M., b. Aug. 20, 1822; m. Jan. 17, 1847, Laban Ains- 

worth of Littleton, N. H. 

72. v. John N., b. July 2, 1824; d. Aug. 13, 1825. 

73. vi. Francis B., b. Mar. 14, 1827; d. Aug. 22, 1828. 

74. vii. Charles C, b. Feb. 6, 1829. He was a farmer at Bethlehem. 

75. viii. Susanna H., b. Sept. 1, 1831. 

76. ix. MiLO F., b. Sept. 11, 1834. 

77. X. Sabrina H., b. Apr. 14, 1837. 

78. xi. William S., b. Feb. 15, 1840. 

29. Richard Prentice® (Sherman^, William*, Benjamin^, 
William^, William^), b. New Ipswich, Feb. 15, 1791; m. Abi- 
gail, dau. of Timothy and Elizabeth (Robb) Farnsworth of 
Peterboro [b. Dublin, N. H., Mar. 29, 1793]. He was a farmer 
and shoemaker in West Boscawen, N. H. Children: 

79. i. Jane White, b. Sept. 15, 1811; m. (1) Prescott Couch [b. 

May 17, 1809, d. Apr. 4, 1837]; (2) Oct. 23, 1838, John 
Simpson [b. Apr. 9, 1800]. One child of the first marriage 
and two of the second. 

80. ii. A son, b. and d. June 30, 1815. 

81. iii. Sarah Downing, b. July 11, 1817; m. Oct. 7, 1846, Samuel 

Hale, a carpenter and farmer [b. Dec. 9, 1810; d. Apr. 17, 
1854]. Two children. 

82. iv. Mary Briggs, b. June 25, 1820; m. Dec. 6, 1842, George J. 

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83. V. Timothy Farnsworth, b. Nov. 23, 1822; m. May 11, 1847, 

Permelia C. Sweatt. He was a farmer. Three children. 

84. vi. William Eaton, b. Sept. 3, 1824; m. Oct. 1, 1845, Nancy A. 

Corser. He was a printer and a stonecutter. 

85. vii. Maiah Boyden, b. Apr. 3, 1835. 

86. viii. A daughter, b. and d. Apr. 6, 1837. 

32. Oliver P.^ (Sherman^ William*, Benjamin^ William^ 
William^, b. Bradford, Feb. 17, 1797; m. 1820, Charlotte 
Whittier of Boscawen, N. H. Children : 

87. i. Oliver P., b. Feb. 7, 1821 ; m. Feb. 25, 1852, Charlotte S. Shat- 

tuck (97). 

88. ii. Jane, d. May, 1852; m. Whitcomb Nurse. 

89. iii. Joanna. 

90. iv. HULDAH. 

91. V. Cyrell. 

92. vi. Wesson. 

93. vii. Susan. 

94. viii. Franklin, d. Feb., 1854. 

35. William*' (Sherman^, William*, Benjamin^, William^, 
William^, b. Jafifrey, Sept. 21, 1803; d. Dalton, May 11, 1840; 
m. Sept. 21, 1826, Rebecca, dau. of Josiah and Lydia (Drake) 
Page [d. Aug. 31, 1840]. He was a carpenter at Littleton, 
Whitefield, and Dalton successively. Children : 

95. i. Josiah P., b. Dec. 10, 1827; m. May 28, 1854, Betsey C 

Warner. 
Lydia, b. June 26, 1829. 
Charlotte S., b. July 22, 1831; m. Feb. 25, 1852, Oliver P. 

Shattuck (87). 
Richard P., b. Oct. 23, 1833. 
Hannah, b. Nov. 14, 1835. 
George W., b. Feb. 28, 1839; d. May 6, 1840. 

40. John'^ (John^ John^ Jonathan*, John^, John^, Wil- 
liamO, b. Ashby, July 10, 1785; m. Oct. 14, 1813, Hephzibah 
Jones, dau. of Willoughby and Elizabeth (Heywood) Prescott 
[b. Sept. 20, 1784; d. Boston, Jan. 17, 1847]. He was a farmer 
and stonemason. His youth was spent in Ashby and New 
Ipswich, but in early manhood he spent a few years in Con- 
cord and Lincoln, Mass., and then returned to the home farm, 
where his children were born. The later years of his life were 
mostly spent in Lowell, Cambridge, Concord, and Marblehead. 
Children : 

101. i. Marianne, b. Feb. 3, 1815; d. East Cambridge, May 28, 1848, 

unm. 

102. ii. Elizabeth Prescott, b. Sept. 8, 1816; d. Augusta, Ga., Apr. 

19, 1883, unm. 

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103. iii. John, b. May 28, 1818; d. Nov. 4, 1818. 

104. iv. John Henry, b. Oct. 24, 1819; m. June 13, 1849, Sarah W. 

Shattuck (118). He was a merchant in Boston. 

105. V. Caleb, b. Sept. 10, 1821 ; d. Mar. 13, 1825. 

41. Abel^ (John", John^ Jonathan*, John^ John^ Wil- 
liam^) b. Ashby, June 14, 1788; d. June 2, 1842; m. Oct. 22, 
1811, Mary, dau. of Stephen Bedlow of Ashby [d. Feb. 6, 
1867]. He was a shoemaker. He passed the early years of 
manhood in New Ipswich, where all his children except the 
youngest were born. He built for his home the house after- 
ward occupied by Silas Cragin, being the second one from the 
meeting-house southward toward the family farm. But in 
1826 he removed to Lowell, then hardly more than a small 
village, where he was actively interested in establishing prayer 
meetings and Sunday schools. Children : 

106. i. Mary Eleanor, b. July 23, 1812; m. Oct. 17, 1833, Joseph, son 

of Hugh and Elizabeth (Chase) Nahor of Litchfield [b. 
June 24, 1807]. Res. in Nashua and Lowell, Mass. He 
went to California in 1849. Six children, most of whom 
died young. One is living in California. 

107. ii. Abel Hervey, b. Oct. 3, 1814; d. Lowell, Aug. 30, 1826. 

108. iii. George, b. Nov. 6, 1816; d. May 22, 1818. 

109. iv. Harriette, b. Apr. 29, 1819; m. June 4, 1845, Caleb G., son of 

Caleb and Betsey (Clark) Weaver [b. Plymouth, Vt, Sept. 
21, 1822]. He was a furniture dealer in Lowell. Child: i. 
Caroline Isabel Weaver, b. Apr. 4, 1850; m. Oct. 21, 1886, 
Edward Stuart Cragin (60). 

110. V. George Waldo, b. May 20, 1821.H- 

111. vi. Horace Burbank, b. Mar. 20, 1825.-f- 

112. vii. Elmira, b. Oct. 23, 1830; d. Nov 7, 1906; m. Apr. 19, 1855, 

Moses A. Johnson of Lowell, Mass. Children : i. Herbert 
S. Johnson; he is a physician in Maiden, Mass. ii. Walter 
S. Johnson; treasurer of Essex Trust Co., Lynn, Mass. iii. 
Katie E. Johnson, m. Edward Plimpton, iv. Allen Johnson; 
professor of History in Bowdoin College. 

42. Daniel^ (John«, John^ Jonathan*, John^ John^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Ashby, July 10, 1790; d. Aug. 12, 1867; m. Apr. 23, 
1816, Sarah, dau. of Abraham and Rebecca (Houghton) Ed- 
wards of Ashby [d. Aug. 30, 1858]. He prepared for college 
at the Academy, but at the age of sixteen plans were changed 
and he became a merchant's clerk in Concord, Mass., where in 
a very few years he entered into business for himself, and dur- 
ing his life he was prominent in the financial affairs of the 
town. He was president of the bank for a long time. He 
represented the town in the Legislature, and was afterward a 
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113. i. Charles Henry, b. Mar. 21, 1817; d. Sept. 21, 1837. 

114. ii. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Mar. 11, 1818; d. Feb. 14, 1844. 

115. iii. Henry Livingston, b. Mar. 17, 1823; d. Apr. 4, 1892; m. Nov. 

9, 1847, Mary, dau. of Sherman and Mary H. (Worthing- 
ton) Barrett of Concord. He was a farmer in Concord. 
One dau., Kate Elisabeth. 

116. iv. Frances Jane, b. Mar. 11, 1829; m. May IS, 1849, Louis A. 

Surette, a merchant in Boston. 

117. V. Ellen Miles, b. Jan. 6, 1835; m. Mar. 12, 1862, Albert Ed- 

ward Wood. 

44. Lemuel^ (John^, John^, Jonathan*, John^, John^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Ashby, Oct. 14, 1793; d. Boston, Jan. 17, 1859; m. 
Dec. 1, 1825, Clarissa, dau. of Daniel and Sarah (White) Bax- 
ter [b. Boston, Feb. 11, 1793; d. Boston, May 29, 1871]. He 
was brought to New Ipswich when a few months old, and this 
town was his home until 1815, his farm work being varied by 
mechanical employment and the duties of a teacher. He after- 
ward taught in Detroit, Mich., was for ten years associated 
with his brother Daniel in his store at Concord, and after 1834 
he was engaged in bookselling and publishing in Boston. He 
was a pioneer in Sunday school work ; having taught in a very , 
early one in New Ipswich, organized what is believed to have I 
been the first one in Michigan, while he was at Detroit, and 
so being called upon as an expert in such matters, he aided in 
forming the first one in Concord and was its superintendent 
as long as he remained in that town. As a member of the 
school committee of Concord he originated the first system of 
school records and reports, and as a member of the city council 
of Boston and of the Legislature of Massachusetts he accom- 
plished much in establishing orderly methods. He is best 
known, however, as high authority upon statistical, historical, 
and genealogical subjects. The publication of his History of 
Concord marks an undisputed epoch in local history. He was 
a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the , 
American Antiquarian Society, and the meeting for the organi- 
zation of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society was 
held at his house. Children : 

118. i. Sarah W., b. July 30, 1827; m. June 13, 1849, John H. Shat- 

tuck (104). 

119. ii. Rebecca E., b. July 7, 1829; d. Jan. 27, 1851. 

120. iii. Clarissa B., b. Aug. 19, 1831; m. Nov. 1, 1853, Isaac F. 

Dobson of Boston. Three children. 

121. iv. Miriam S., b. Aug. 4, 1833. 

122. v. Frances M., b. Apr. 12, 1835 ; d. June 25, 1860. 

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48. Francis'^ (David®, David^, Jeremiah*, SamueP, John^, 
William^), b. Pepperell, Jan. 9, 1794; d. New Ipswich, Apr. 
8, 1842; m. Dec. 25, 1817, Polly Heald (16). He was a farmer 
and a bricklayer. For some years after his marriage he lived 
on the Heald place just east from Whittemore Hill, (12, N. 
L. O.,) and afterward in the house at the corner of the Turn- 
pike and the Starch Factory road, in the house built by Rev. 
Mr. Farrar. Children : 

123. i. Harriet M., b. Oct. 22, 1818; d. Jan. 17, 1843, unm. 

124. ii. Charles F., b. Apr. 13, 1829; d. Aug. 20, 1855, unm. 

49. Shebuel^ (David®, David^ Jeremiah*, Samuel^, John^, 
William^), b. Temple, June 12, 1797; d. New Ipswich, Sept. 19, 
1846; m. May 20, 1830, Eliza Knowlton (27). He was a farmer 
during the greater part of his life upon the Abijah Smith farm, 
(34, N. D.,) and later upon the farm north from the Gibson 
schoolhouse, (IV : 4, S. R.,) but between them he lived for 
two or three years at Smith Village in the "Felt house," after- 
ward the home of Joseph Knowlton, during which time he 
was associated with his brother-in-law, John Knowlton, in the 
ownership of the mills of the village, rebuilt by them after 
their destruction by fire. A few of his last years were spent 
in Center Village, in the Greenman house on Temple road. 
Children : 

125. i. Edward H., b. Dec. 6, 1831.-f 

126. ii. Almira Jane, b. Jan. 28, 1833; m. Apr. 23, 1861, John W., 

son of Josiah and Margaret (Whitmars) Crosby of Milford 
[b. Oct. 19, 1836; d. Mar. 13, 1898]. He served in the Civil 
War in the 5th New Hampshire Regiment, lost his right 
arm at Fredericksburg, and was promoted to rank of first 
lieutenant. He was postmaster at Milford for twenty-six 
years. Children : i. Charles Frederick Crosby, h. Feb. 4, 
1862. ii. Ada Eliza Crosby, b. May 17, 1868. 

127. iii. John Brown, b. Oct. 21, 1834; d. Aug. 9, 1863, unm. He 
served during the Civil War in the 4th New Hampshire 
Regiment, and died in service at Morris Island, S. C. 

128. iv. Eliza Ellen, b. Dec. 22, 1835 ; d. June 26, 1901 ; m. Sept. 8. 
1865, Charles Simonds. Children : i. William H. Simonds, 
b. Dec. 10, 1866. ii. John R. Simonds. b. Sept. 9, 1868. 

129. V. Harriet Frances, b. Dec. 9, 1837 ; d. Jan. 14, 1838. 

130. vi. George W., b. Dec. 18, 1838; m. July 6, 1879, Sara R. Gibson 
(25). He was a woodworker in Ayer, Mass. He served 
during the Civil War in the 6th New Hampshire Regimen'c. 

131. vii. Harrison, b. May 15, 1841.-)- 

50. Daniel'' (David^ David^ Jeremiah*, SamueP, John^, 
IWilliam^), b. Temple, June 15, 1801 ; m. (1) Boston, May 16, 

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1822, Lydia Eliot, dau. of Capt. Ebenezer Woodbury of Salem 

[d. Mar., 1842] ; (2) White of Lexington, Ky. He was 

in business in Boston, Lowell, New York, and New Orleans. 
Children : 

132. i. Frances, d. in infancy. 

133. ii. Anson, d. in infancy. 

134. iii. Helen Maria, m. James Butters of Haverhill, Mass. 

135. iv. Martha Jane, m. William Day of Bradford, Mass. 

136. V. Henry, in business with his father in New Orleans. 

52. Brooks^ (David'', David^ Jeremiah*, SamueP, John^, 
William^), b. Temple, Dec. 5. 1805; m. (1) Dec. 29, 1825, 
Sophia Searls [b. Fitchburg, Feb. 26, 1803; d. Lowell, Apr. 
24, 1830] ; (2) Nov. 22, 1831, Chloe Abbott, dau. of Capt. 
Thomas and Lydia (Abbott) Pevey [b. Oct. 6, 1806; d. Mar. 
7, 1838] ; (3) Sept. 6, 1838, Mary Marshall of Lyndeboro [b. 
Dec. 12, 1808]. He was a machinist or a factory overseer in 
Waltham, Taunton, Lawrence, and New Ipswich for twenty 
years and afterward a farmer at Bedford, N. H. Children : 

137. i. Charles Brooks, b. Mar. 31, 1827; d. New Ipswich, Apr. 16, 

1831. 
George Brooks, b. Sept. 29, 1829. 
Edward Payson, b. July 24. 1832 ; d. Dec. 25, 1832. 
Amos Blanchard, b. June 24, 1834; graduated from Williams 

College in 1856; was captain in the 11th Regiment N. H. 

Vols., and was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg. 
A son, b. Feb. 23, 1838; d. Feb. 24, 1838. 
A daughter, b. Feb. 23, 1838; d. Mar. 7, 1838. 

53. Charles F.'' (David*', David^ Jeremiah*, SamueP, 
John^ William^), b. Temple, Aug. 21, 1810; m. Sarah H. Burn- 
ham of Rumney, N. H. He was a machinist in Lowell for 
some years, afterward was a butcher in New Ipswich, whence 
he removed in 1885. Children : 

143. i. Horace C, b. Aug. 3, 1834; d. Mar. 19, 1847. 

144. ii. Henrietta M., b. May 21, 1836; m. May 23, 1859, Elisha C. 

Wheeler. He is employed in the U. S. Armory at Spring- 
field, Mass. One son. 

145. iii. Hartley M., b. Sept. 14, 1840; m. Ellen Sackett of Westford. 

He served in the 46th Regiment Mass. Vols. He is a 
commercial traveler. 

54. Simeon Hildreth^ (William^, William^, William*, 
Benjamin^ William^, William^, b. Apr. 9, 1800; d. Sharon, 
Vt., Oct. 4, 1849; m. (1) 1823, Sarah, dau. of Joshua Eaton of 
Bradford, N. H. [d. Jan., 1831]; (2) Oct. 22, 1832, Caroline 
A. Richards of Norwich, Vt. Children : 

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146. i. William B., b. Apr. 10, 1824; m. May 21, 1850, Elizabeth C. 
Richardson of Cincinnati, O. He was a journalist in Cin- 
cinnati. 

Joshua E., b. Aug. 8, 1826; d. Washington, Tex., Nov. 7, 
1853, unm. 

Sarah E., b. Mar. 22, 1829; m. June 7, 1853, Charles D. 
Peaselee. 

Helen Maria, b. Feb. 25, 1836 ; d. Dec. 26, 1854. 

Simeon Hildreth, b. Apr. 2, 1838. 

Caroline Augusta, b. Julv 24, 1840. 

Levi Richards, b. Oct. 19,"l842; d. May 20, 1845. 

153. viii. Adeline Jenette, b. Feb. 12, 1845 ; d. Nov. 16, 1849. 

154. ix. Samuel S., b. June 30, 1847; d. Apr. 19, 1848. 

155. X. Catherine L., b. June 29, 1849; d. Aug. 26, 1854. 

57. William' (William®, William^, William*, Benjamin^, 
William^, William^), b. Oct. 16, 1804; m. May 5, 1828, Delia 
Presby of Bradford, N. H. He lived in Meriden, N. H., until 
1850, and after a brief residence in Newport, Vt., he removed 
to California. Children : 

156. i. David Dustin, b. May 28, 1830. 

157. ii. Francis Willard, b. June 11, 1832. 

158. iii. John Henry, b. Oct. 28, 1833. 

159. iv. Lucy Ann, b. Sept. 1, 1835. 

160. V. Martha Jane, b. Mar. 2, 1837. 

161. vi. William Harrison, b. Mar. 27, 1840; d. Dec. 30, 1846. 

162. vii. Charles Curtis, b. Dec. 28, 1842. 

163. viii. Rodney Presby, b. Dec. 5, 1844. 

164. ix. Harriet Eliza, b. Nov. 12, 1847. 

165. X. Milton Harrison, b. Aug. 30, 1849. 

166. xi. William Carlos, b. Nov. 30, 1851. 

110. George Waldo® (AbeF, John*^, John% Jonathan*, 
John^ John^ William^), b. May 20, 1821 ; d. California, Jan. 11, 
1880; m. Lowell, July 11, 1846, Sarah Jane, dau. of Artemas 
and Ann (Bowers) Holden [b. Chelmsford, Dec. 18, 1824; d. 
Lowell, June 16, 1892]. He was a teacher at Lowell, after- 
ward a lumber dealer, held a position in the custom house at 
Boston for fifteen years, and then was cashier of the J. C. 
Ayer Co. while his health permitted. Children : 

167. i. Emma Harriette, b. Mar. 30, 1847; d. Mar. 23. 1905; m. Wil- 

liam Eliot Barrows, manager of the Welsbach Light Co. 
Four children. 

168. ii. Jennie Holden, b. May 6, 1851; m. Reginald Canning. Three 

children. 

169. iii. Mary Annie, b. Sept. 4, 1854. 

170. iv. Helen Myra, b. Aug. 2, 1859; m. Arthur M. Parent, manager 

of the Pullman Company works in Chicago. Two children, 
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111. Horace B.« (AbeP, John«, John^ Jonathan*, John', 
John^, William^), b. Mar. 20, 1825; d. June 21, 1908; m. Mary 
Frances Comins [d. June 14, 1907]. He was a prominent hard- 
ware dealer in Lowell, Mass., which business he followed for 
more than fifty years. He was a deacon and interested in 
worthy activities. Children : 

171. i. Grace Miles, b. Nov. 21, 1857; d. Aug. 1, 1864. 

172. ii. Laura Frances, b. Feb. IS, 1859; d. July 11, 1883. 

173. iii. Edward Horace, b. July 2, 1861 ; unm. 

174 iv. Bertha Comins, b. May 23, 1864; m. Frederick William Ely, 
agent of Columbian Manufacturing Co., Greenville. Chil- 
dren : i. Joseph Shattuck Ely. ii. Richard Sanford Ely. 

175. V. Amy Louise, b. Oct. 10, 1866 ; d. Nov. 22. 1868. 

176. vi. George Burbank, b. Sept. 28, 1869; m. Dec. 16, 1896, Annie 

Belle Gibson. He is professor of Geology at Vassar Col- 
lege. He has received the degree of Ph. D. from Johns 
Hopkins University. Children : i. Helen Gibson, ii. Fran- 
ces Gibson. 

125. Edward H.^ (ShebueF, David^, David^ Jeremiah*, 
SamueP, John^, William^), b. Dec. 6, 1831; m. Feb. 6, 1861, 
Lizzie A., dau. of William and Mary E. (May) Gassett [b. 
Feb. 5, 1842]. He was a cigarmaker in New Ipswich until 
about 1868, when he removed to Peterboro. Children : 

177. i. Eleonora, b. Dec. 9, 1861. 

178. ii. Gertie W., b. Sept. 5, 1864. 

179. iii. Bessie A., b. Apr. 25, 1874 

180. iv. Ernest A. (adopted), b. Aug. 27, 1883. 

131. Harrison H.^ (ShebueH, David^ David^, Jeremiah*, 
SamueP, John^, William^), b. May 15, 1841; m. 1870, Clara 
Putnam of Wilton. Children : 

181. i. Charles P., b. May 22, 1871 ; d. Oct. 6, 1872. 

182. ii. Arthur H., b. Aug. 6, 1872. 

183. iii. Marian L, b. Mar. 17, 1879. 

184. iv. George W., b. Apr. 1, 1884. 

185. Amos Franklin^ (Amos^, Zachariah®, Zachariah^, 
William*, William^, John-, William^, b. Hollis, July 9, 1832; 
d. Nov. 27, 1895; m. June 11, 1883, Mary Caroline Locke (18). 
He was son of Amos and Margaret (Ball) Shattuck, but there 
being no other New Ipswich members of his branch of the 
family his lineage is here given only in the brief form of this 
paragraph. He graduated from Amherst College in 1859, from 
Union Theological Seminary in 1862, and was pastor for some 
years, but after his marriage his home was on the Locke home- 
stead, which his wife was the last of the family to leave, until 
an attack of melancholia compelled his removal to an asylum. 

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SIMONDS. 

Samuel* Simonds, m. before 1669, Elizabeth Webster. 

Jonathan' (SamueP), b. May 8, 1678; d. Apr. 8, 1764; m. Nov. 4, 
1707, Sarah Heath, probably dau. of Josiah and Mary (Davis) Heath [b. 
June 17. 1685; d. Feb. 10, 1763]. 

Jonathan' (Jonathan', Samuel'), b. Oct. 11. 1718; m. June 2, 1742, 
Mary Follansbee, probably dau. of William and Mary (Robinson) Fol- 
lansbee [b. July 3, 1724; d. May 24. 1764]. 

Moses* (Jonathan', Jonathan', Samuel ), b. May 2, 1764; m. July 2, 
1782, Sarah Follansbee. 

1. James^ (Moses*, Jonatlian^, Jonathan^, Samuel^), b. Oct. 
7. 1802; d. Oct. 9, 1883; m. Oct. 5, 1829, Hannah, dau. of Ste- 
phen and Asenath (Shedd) Woods of Groton [b. Oct. 28, 1809 ; 
d. May 18, 1888]. His parents died when he was young and 
he had his home in Haverhill. He came to Groton in early 
manhood, and removed to New Ipswich in 1848, and purchased 
the Parker farm, (XHI : 4, S. R.,) upon which he lived until 
1856, when he removed to the Adams farm, (31, N. D.,) and 
there passed his remaining years. Children: 

2. i. Martha Ann Elizabeth, b. June 21, 1830; m. Jan. 6, 1848, 

Almon Austin Hill [b. Apr. 27, 1820 ; d. Mar. 8. 1898] ; son 
of Daniel Hill. Children : i. Mary Lizzie Hill. b. in Hollis, 
Mar. 3, 1851. ii. Nellie Maria Hill, b. in Hollis, Sept. 16, 
1856. iii. Ella Mabel Hill, b. in New Ipswich, Aug. 1, 1865. 
iv. Willard Simonds Hill, date of birth not known. 

3. ii. Mary Emeline Frances, b. July 23, 1834; d. Hollis, Jan. 7. 

1911; m. Dec. 30, 1852, Charles B. Richardson. 

4. iii. James Willard, b. June 11, 1836; d. Oct., 1906; m. June 20, 

1871, Lizzie Miller. Served in 6th N. H. Regiment. 

5. iv. Josephine Hannah Maria, b. Dec. 1, 1838; m. Dec. 31, 1868, 

William T. Bucknam (36). 

6. V. Abbie Walter Champney, b. Dec. 18. 1844 ; d. ; m. Sept. 4, 

1862, Charles H. Pratt (Joshua 6). 

7. vi. Charles Frederic, b. May 4, 1848; d. Aug. 17, 1850. 

SMITH (Abijah). 

Abijah' Smith, b. 1715 or a little later; d. Jan. 10, 1785; m. Lydia, 
dau. of Rev. John Rogers, minister at Boxford and at Leominster, Mass. 
[b. Aug. 7, 1720]. He lived at Leominster, Mass. 

1. Abijah- (Abijah^), b. Oct. 29, 1740; d. Nov. 13, 1786; 
m. 1764, Abigail Wheelock of Leominster [b. 1744; d. Dec. 4, 
1815; m. (2) Jan. 9, 1806, David Hills (1)]. He came from 
Leominster to New Ipswich at about the time of his marriage, 
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farm previously owned by Benjamin King, (34, N. D.,) now 
at the end of the road, and there he passed his life, being a 
shoemaker as well as a farmer. He had served in the French 
War, which fact tended to give him prominence when the 
Revolutionary contest arose, and he served for some months 
as a captain. Children : 

2. i. Abijah, b. June 27, 1765. + 

3. ii. Abigail, b. Jan. 5, 1767; d. May 8, 1812; m. Jan. 10, 1792, 

Ambrose Arnold of Boston. 

4. iii. Cyrus, b. Nov. 20, 1768; d. June 7, 1828; m. Nov. 13, 1794, 

Sibbel Whitney. 

5. iv. Lydia, b. Mar. 25, 1770; d. Sept. 4, 1785. 

6. V. David, b. Sept. 7, 1771; d. Gardiner, Me., Aug., 1835; m. Jan. 

17, 1795, Ruth Emerson. 

7. vi. Sally, b. May 26, 1773; m. Jan. 13, 1799, Levi Farwell, a 

farmer of Washington. Children : i. JoKn Farwell, b. Nov. 

19, 1800; d. in California, May 8, 1883; m. Charlotte ; 

five children, ii. Cynthia Farwell, b. Aug. 9, 1805 ; m. 

Eaton, iii. Levi Farwell. b. June 23, 1807 ; d. unm. iv. 
Sarah Farwell, b. Sept. 28, 1808; m. Judson Wilkins of 
Washington; two children who d. young, v. Abby Farwell, 
b. June 28, 1812; m. George Benjamin of Jaffrey ; five 
children, vi. Joseph Farwell, b. Jan. 27, 1817 ; m. Hannah 
Warren; res. in Leominster, Mass.; engaged in piano man- 
ufacture; two sons. 

8. vii. Elijah, b. Oct. 10, 1774; d. Sept. 23, 1849. He was a hatter at 

Troy, N. Y. Child : i. George. 

9. viii. Rebecca, b. June 14, 1776; m. William Farwell of Waltham, 

Mass. 

10. ix. Samuel, b. May 20, 1778.+ 

11. X. Betsey, b. Nov. 5, 1779; d. Sept. 16, 1786. 

12. xi. Polly, b. Mar. 6, 1781 ; d. Mar. 27, 1816. 

13. xii. Jeremiah, b. Oct. 12, 1782; d. June 10, 1808. 

14. xiii. Relief, b. Aug. 3, 1784; d. Oct. 10, 1808. 

15. xiv. Jesse, b. Sept. 30, 1785.+ 

16. XV. Lydia, b. Oct. 30, 1786; d. Oct. 28, 1849; m. Mar. 22, 1807. 

John Todd of Temple. Removed to Utica, N. Y., where he 
was a cabinetmaker. In later years removed to Mobile, 
Ala., where their children were living. Children : i. John 
Todd; he became an influential citizen and mayor of Mobile, 
ii. William Todd. iii. Samuel Todd. iv. Martha Todd, m. 
her cousin Charles Smith (20). v. Adeline Todd. 

17. xvi. Betsey, b. Oct. 30, 1786; m. Van Bruant, of Troy, N. Y. 

2. Abijah^ (Abijah^, Abijah^), b. June 27, 1765; d. Nov. 9, 
1825 ; m. Dec. 29, 1796, Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer and Sarah 
(Fay) Jones (7) [b. 1775; d. Oct. 10, 1829]. He succeeded to 
his father's business as a shoemaker and lived in the same 
house until destroyed by fire. He removed to the Center Vil- 

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lage and occupied a house then standing where the street now 
passes between the southern end of the burying-ground and 
the house near the church since built and occupied by Stedman 
Houghton. The street, when first laid out, was farther west 
than at present, taking in the land to the row of tombs now 
mostly closed. Children : 

18. i. Jeremiah, b. Sept. 5, 1797.+ 

19. ii. Jonas, b. Aug. 8, 1799.+ 

20. iii. Charles, b. Sept. 12, 180I.+ 

21. iv. Hannah, b. Apr. 19, 1804; d. July 19, 1806. 

22. V. Sally Jones, b. Nov. 9, 1806; d. Feb. 22, 1883; m. Mar. 29, 

1824, John Francis, son of George and Nancy (Tarbox) 
Verder of Townsend, Mass. [b. Apr. 20, 1800; d. Feb. 28, 
1883]. He was a tinsmith in Peterboro, and later for many 
years in Jaflfrey. Children : i. Sarah Jane Verder, b. Aug. 
20, 1825; d. Aug. 9, 1900; m. Apr. 12, 1853, John Brooks 
Shedd ; res. in Sharon and Jaffrey. ii. John Rowes Verder, 
b. Aug. 10, 1827; d. Mar. 30, 1865; m. Calista Sawyer; he 
served during the Civil War in the 21st Connecticut Regi- 
ment, was captured and confined in Andersonville prison, 
and died soon after being exchanged, as a result of his suf- 
ferings there, iii. Mary Caroline Verder, b. June 7, 1829 ; 
d. Aug. 24, 1889; m. July 17, 1858, Henry R. Stevens, whose 
first wife was her cousin Abby M. Smith (38) ; he was a 
coal dealer in Boston; two sons. iv. Albert Smith Verder. 
b. July 20, 1831; d. Apr. 7, 1906; m. May 1. 1854, his cousin 
Priscilla M. Whitcomb ; he served in the Civil War in the 
6th New Hampshire Regiment, and one year in the Reserve 
Corps ; he was severely wounded at Antietam ; res. at Jaf- 
frey and later at Vineland, N. J. ; he was a harnessmaker ; 
one daughter, v. Myra Jones Verder, b. May 4, 1834; d. 
July 29, 1894; m. Dec. 2, 1853, Harvey E. Kidder; res. at 
East Jaffrey; seven children, vi. Charles William Verder, 
b. July 3, 1838; d. Apr. 7, 1906; m. May 24, 1863, Mrs. 
Elizabeth Sarah (Chadwick) Heald; he was a carpenter at 
East Jaffrey; he served during the Civil War in the 14th 
New Hampshire Regiment. 

23. vi. Lefy a., b. July 13, 1809 ; d. July 7, 1841 ; m. Nov. 17, 1828, 

Silas Whitcomb. He was a shoemaker in New Ipswich and 
Townsend in succession. Child : i. Priscilla Martha Whit- 
comb, b. Dec. 2, 1831; m. May 1, 1854, her cousin Albert 
Smith Verder. 

24. vii. Albert, b. July 20, 1812; d. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 5, 1831. 

25. viii. William, b. Apr. 29, 1816; d. Mobile, Ala, Oct. 2, 1843. 

26. ix. Edward, b. July 15, 1818; d. New Orleans, La., Feb. 6, 1846. 

He had conducted a successful china and glassware business 
in Mobile, Ala. 

10. Samuel^ (Abijah^, Abijah^), b. May 20, 1778. He was 
a merchant in Philadelphia and in New York city. Children : 

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28. i. Adon, b. Mar. 26, 1874; m. (1) Hunt; (2) Martha 

(Todd), his cousin and widow of Charles Smith (20). Res. 
New York city. 

29. ii. Delia Maria. 

30. iii. Jane. 

31. iv. Sydney. 

32. V. Charlotte. 

15. Jesse^ (Abijah^, Abijah^), b. Sept. 30, 1785; d. Mar. 8, 
1852. Res. Gardiner, Me. Children : 

33. i. Cyrus. 

34. ii. Edwin. 

35. iii. Olive. 

36. iv. Rachel. 
2>1 . V. Charles. 

38. vi. Abby, m. Henry R. Stevens, a coal dealer in Boston. Chil- 

dren : i. Henrietta F. Stevens, b. 1852. ii. Charles E. 
Stevens, b. Feb. 14, 1854. 

18. Jeremiah* (Abijah^, Abijah^, Abijah^), b. Sept. 5. 1797; 
d. July 4, 1872; m. Apr. 16, 1829, Betsey Spear (20). While 
yet a young man he bought the place of Ebenezer Fletcher, 
the largest house in Smith Village, situated just north of the 
bridge, and made it his home for the rest of his life. For more 
than twenty years he had a thriving country store in the same 
building. He was a prominent citizen in many respects, as 
is evidenced by the village coming to be known by his name, 
which is still perpetuated in the postoffice established long 
after his death. He was selectman for fifteen years, town 
treasurer eighteen years, and representative four years. He 
had an interest in military afTairs and rose to the rank of 
colonel in the militia. Children : 

39. i. Jane, b. Oct. 19, 1835 ; d. Feb. 19, 1842. 

40. ii. Jane, b. Nov. 18, 1843; d. Feb. 4, 1844. 

41. iii. Marcia, b. Jan. 4, 1845 ; d. Aug. 9, 1845. 

19. Jonas* (Abijah^, Abijah^, Abijah^), b. Aug. 8, 1799; d. 
Sept. 15, 1832; m. Apr. 17, 1820, Lucy Bennett [b. Feb. 24, 
1795; d. Mar. 3, 1863]. He lived at Troy, N. Y., and later at 
Manchester, Vt. Children : 

42. i. Daniel Bennett, b. Aug. 17, 1821. -|- 

43. ii. Hannah Lowell, b. Sept. 15, 1823; d. 1839. 

20. Charles* (Abijah^, Abijah^, Abijah^), b. Sept. 12, 1801; 
d. Jan. 19, 1852; m. his cousin Martha Todd, dau. of John and 
Lydia (Smith) (16) Todd. He was the first of the family to 
remove to the South, whither he went on account of his health. 
He entered mercantile business in Mobile, Ala., and amassed 

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a considerable property. A few of the last years of his life 
were spent at Tampa, Fla. His widow m. (2) her cousin Adon 
Smith (28). Children: 

44. i. Charles Edward, b. about 1839; unm. He studied in Rens- 

selaer Polytechnic Institute, and served as an engineer in 
the Confederate Army. After the close of the war he 
studied law at Columbia College and practiced in Kansas 
and in New York city. 

45. ii. Helen, b. 1841; m. Theodore F. W. Taylor. 

46. iii. Albert, d. young. 

47. iv. William, d. young. 

48. V. Samuel Todd, b. June 27, 1849; d. May 8, 1850. 

42. Daniel Bennett^ (Jonas*, Abijah^ Abijah^, Abijah^), 
b. Aug. 17, 1821; d. Mar. 9, 1848; m. May 16, 1843, Mary H. 
Goodale [b. May 12, 1824]. He was a farmer at Hillsboro. 
His widow m. (2) George Jones of Hillsboro. Children : 

49. i. Orlena C, b. Mar. 30, 1846; d. Jan. 10, 1875; m. Nov. 8, 1865, 

Warren Jones of New York city. 

50. ii. Daniel Bennett, b. Apr. 10, 1848; m. May, 1867, Mary E. 

Small. He was a farmer in Concord. 

SMITH (John). 

JoHN^ Smith, b. about 1579, with wife Isabella, lived in Watertown 
at an early date, but removed to Lexington, where he d. July 12, 1639, 
and his widow d. just three months later. 

Thomas^ (John'), believed to be the son of John', b. about 1600; d. 
Mar. 10, 1693; m. Mary, dau. of William Knapp. He came to America 
in 1635, and was admitted freeman in 1637, probably living in Lexington at 
that time. 

Thomas' (Thomas^ John'), b. Aug. 26, 1640; d. at Lexington, Dec. 
25, 1727; m. Jan. 19, 1663, Mary, dau. of James Hosmer of Concord 
[b. about 1655; d. Oct. 1, 1719]. He removed to Lexington from Wey- 
mouth in middle life. 

Benjamin^ (Thomas^ Thomas^ John'), b. Lexington, Sept. 24, 1689; 
d. Dec. 9, 1779; m. (1) July 9, 1713, Martha Comee [d. Nov. 19, 1749]; 
(2) May 3, 1750, Mrs. Esther Green. He was a leading citizen of Lex- 
ington and was selectman for twelve years. 

Benjamin" (Benjamin*, Thomas', Thomas', John'), b. July 29, 1714; 
m. Nov. 17, 1734, Anna Parker, who survived him and d. at Waltham, 
June 10, 1768. His life was passed at Lexington. 

Benjamin' (Benjamin", Benjamin*, Thomas', Thomas^ John'), b. 
Mar. 11, 1741; m. Mary Lee; was the third of his name who was born, 
lived, and died in Lexington. 

David' (Benjamin®, Benjamin", Benjamin*, Thomas', Thomas^ John'), 

b. Sept. 29, 1776; m. (1) Foster; (2) May 7, 1807, Rachel, dau. of 

Ephraim and Sarah (Burgess) Whitney [b. Apr. 10, 1783]. He lived in 
Ashby. 

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1. Ira^ (David^ Benjamin®, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Thom- 
as^ Thomas-, John^), b. Oct. 24, 1813; d. Oct. 3, 1887; m. Dec. 
6, 1843, Hannah P., dau. of Francis B. and Hannah (Preston) 
Maxwell. He was a farmer and in early manhood came to 
New Ipswich and soon settled near the south line, (A. D. 76), 
where he lived for more than twenty years, when he removed 
to Milford, which was his home for the rest of his life. Chil- 
dren : 

2. i. Frank Ira, b. Apr. 9, 1846.+ 

3. ii. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 26, 1848; m. Sept. 3, 1866, Jennie, 

dau. of Joseph and Mary Tilson of New Ipswich. He is a 
janitor in Weymouth, Mass. 

2. Frank Ira^ (Ira^, David^, Benjamin®, Benjamin^, Benja- 
min*, Thomas^, Thomas^, John^), b. Apr. 9, 1846; m. (1) at 
Amherst, N. H., Nov. 26, 1869, Esther M. Fuller; (2) Nov. 24, 
1884, Martha J. Emerson, dau. of Timothy and Sarah (Foster) 
Emerson of Barnstead, N. H. [b. Oct. 1, 1848]. He fitted for 
college in New Ipswich Appleton Academy, taught for several 
years, then after due study entered into practice as a veter- 
inary surgeon in Milford, N. H., and removed to Rochester, 
N. H., in 1880, where he has since resided. He was chosen 
representative from his ward in 1898, and high sheriff of the 
county in 1906. Children — all of the first marriage : 

4. i. Esther. 

5. ii. Frank W. 

6. iii. Mary E., m. Charles Malley of Boston. 

SPAULDING. 

Edward^ Spaulding, d. Feb. 26, 1670; m. (1) Margaret [d. Aug., 

1640] ; (2) probably in 1642, Rachel [d. about 1670]. Accompanied 

by his wife and two or more children he came to America, probably from 
Lincolnshire, England, about 1619, remaining briefly in Virginia, then to 
Barbadoes for some years, but settling about 1634 at Braintree, Mass., 
where he was made freeman in 1640. He was one of the early Proprie- 
tors of Chelmsford, Mass., in 1653, and was upon the first board of 
selectmen of that town. 

Andrew^ (Edward'), b. Nov. 19, 1652; d. May 5, 1713; m. Aug. 30, 
1674, Hannah, dau. of Henry' Jefts of Billerica, Mass. [d. Jan. 21, 1730]. 
He was his father's youngest son, but received the paternal home by 
bequest. He was a deacon. 

Andrew' (Andrew^ Edward'), b. Mar. 25, 1678; d. Nov. 7, 1753; m. 
Feb. 5, 1701, Abigail Warren [d. May 12, 1768]. He passed his life in 
his native town, and like his father, he held the office of deacon. 

Henry' (Andrew', Edward'), b. Nov. 2, 1680; d. Apr. 4, 1720; m. 
about 1703, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Lund of Dunstable [b. Sept. 29, 
1684]. 

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1. Andrew* (Andrew^ Andrew^ Edward^), b. Dec. 8, 1701 ; 

d. July 1, 1768; m. (1) Hannah [d. Feb. 11, 1744]; (2) 

Nov. 26, 1745, Mehitable Chandler (W. 1), widow of Robert 
Crosby. He lived in that part of Chelmsford which was set 
off to form Westford. He was one of the Masonian grantees 
of New Ipswich, and is said to have had a dwelling-house upon 
the southeast corner of XII : 1, S. R., which was one of the 
lots assigned him, and he is also said to have owned XI : 3, 
S. R., long occupied by his kinsmen. The duration of his res- 
idence in New Ipswich is uncertain. His name is upon the 
list of original members of the church formed in 1760, and it 
is found upon the tax-lists from the incorporation of the town 
until 1764, but it may have been only as a non-resident land- 
owner. It seems probable that his advancing years soon left 
little vigor for pioneer labors, so that he chose to return to 
Westford. His name upon the tax-list cannot be certainly dis- 
tinguished from that of his son Andrew, who certainly suc- 
ceeded to his land in due time. 

2. James* (Andrew^ Andrew^, Edward^), b. Oct. 27, 1714; 

d. about 1790; m. (1) Anne [d. May 24, 1770] ; (2) Jan. 

15, 1771, Eunice Fassett of Westford [d. Mar., 1812]. He 
came from Westford to New Ipswich only about three years 
before his death, and it is doubtful whether he did not return 
to his previous home for many years, even before the close of 
that brief period. His place of residence during those years is 
uncertain. His wife died in New Ipswich. 

Henry* (Henry', Andrew', Edward'), b. Nov. 22, 1704; d. Apr. 29, 
1792; m. (1) Feb. 1, 1725, Lucy Proctor [d. June 1, 1742]; (2) Apr. 27, 
1743, Marah Adams. He resided in Chelmsford. He served in the relief 
expedition to Fort William Henry in 1757. 

Thomas' (Henry', Andrew', Edward'), b. July 30, 1707; d. Aug. 13, 
1795; m. Mary Adams [b. July 1, 1707; d. Oct., 1788]. He res. in Chelms- 
ford. 

3. Andrew^ (Andrew*, Andrew^, Andrew^ Edward^), b. 
Jan. 6, 1729; m. Mar. 25, 1757, Abigail Martin of Pepperell, 
Mass. He came from Westford to New Ipswich, probably at 
about the time of his father's death, but appears to have re- 
mained only a few years before removing to Plainfield. Chil- 
dren : 

6. i. Andrew, b. May 9, 1758.-|- 

7. ii. Hannah, b. Mar. 26, 1760; d. about 1807; m. Moses Chase 

of Cornish. Removed thence to Waitsfield, Vt. 

8. iii. Benjamin, b. Mar. 24, 1762.-|- 

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Abel, b. Dec. 28, 1764.+ 

Jonas, b. Oct. 23, 1767.-|- 

Abigail, b. May 27, 1770; d. Mar. 9, 1849; m. Dec. 25, 1798, 
Jonathan Huggins [d. Sept. 29, 1848]. Res. in Cornish, 
except during a few years' residence in Craftsbury, Vt, 
about 1820. 

Noah, b. Aug. 27, 1772.+ 

Nathan, b. June 20, 1774; d. June 28, 1778. 

4. James^ (James^ Andrew^, Andrew^, Edward^), b. Aug. 
31, 1748; d. June 6, 1832; m. (1) Sept. 26, 1769, Hannah Bar- 
ron [b. July 17, 1747; d. Sept. 3, 1814] ; (2) Abigail, widow of 
John Wilkins [d. Mar. 3, 1841]. In his early manhood he 
settled in Lyme, but according to tradition was so dissatisfied 
with his associates that he removed to Ashburnham, Mass., 
and settled upon the elevated range terminating in Watatic 
Mountain at so short a distance from the state line that his 
social relations were with his New Ipswich neighbors, and his 
children were allowed to attend the neighboring New Ipswich 
school. He attended church in New Ipswich for sixty-five 
years, although he did not live within the town limits until 
after his second marriage, when he lived upon his wife's land, 
(VII : 3, S. R.) He served in the Revolution at the time of 
the Concord alarm, and later in 1777. Children : 

14. i. Jonathan, b. Aug. 23, 1770.-}- 

15. ii. James, b. Jan. 17, 1772.-}- 

16. iii. Hannah, b. Sept. 26, 1774; d. Aug. IS, 1854; m. Abel Pres- 

cott of Groton, Mass. [d. Sept. 18, 1841]. 

17. iv. Amy, b. July 29, 1775 ; d. Sept. 10, 1780. 

18. V. Betsey, b. Aug. 10, 1778; m. Nathan Jones [d. May 14, 1842]. 

She had earlier gone with her youngest son to Salt Lake, 
Utah. 

19. vi. Nathan Barron, b. Apr. 30, 1780. -j- 

20. vii. Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1781; d. May 1, 1854; m. Sept. 7, 1805, 

Jonas Nutting (1). 

21. viii. Isaac, b. July 8, 1783.+ 

22. ix. Phineas, b. Jan. 16, 1785; d. Oct. 8, 1800. 

23. X. Sally, b. July 15, 1787; d. about Sept. 1, 1857. 

24. xi. Joseph, b. Aug. 5, 1791. -^ 

Samuel' (Henry*, Henry^ Andrew^ Edward*), b. about Feb. 1, 
1726/7; d. Sept. 11, 1797; m. May 3, 1753, Sarah, dau. of Samuel and 
Mary (Parker) Woods [b. Mar. 8, 1730; d. Apr. 10, 1815]. He was an 
early settler at Merrimack, and was a lieutenant in the Revolution. 

Daniel" (Henry\ Henry^ Andrew^, Edward*), b. June 21, 1746; d. 
1805; m. (1) June 8, 1769, Hannah Putnam; (2) Mary Butterheld. He 
.settled early in Merrimack, and enlisted several times in the Revolution. 



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5. Thomas" (Thomas*, Henry^ Andrew^, Edward^), b. 
Carlisle, Mass., Aug. 28, 1737; m. (1) Aug. 29, 1757, Rachel 
Chandler (W. 3) ; (2) Betty Blood of Marlborough, Mass. 
He came to New Ipswich about 1760 and settled a little west 
from the present site of Smith Village, (XI : 3, S. R.,) long 
occupied by his descendants. Children : 

27. i. Levi, b. Westford, Mass., Nov. 18, 1758.+ 

28. ii. Rachel, b. 1761. 

29. iii. Thomas, b. 1763; m. 1813, Sarah Champney. 

30. iv. Stephen, b. 1766.+ 
,-<Jl. V. Lydia, b. 1768. 

/ 32. vi. Ruth, b. Dec. 26, 1769; d. Jan. 17, 1853; m. Zebedee Taylor 
(12). 

33. vii. Lucy, b. 1772. 

34. viii. Haskell, m. Sally Richardson. 

6. Andrew^ (Andrew^, Andrew*, Andrew^, Andrew', Ed- 
ward^, b. May 9, 1758; d. Apr. 19, 1846; m. Sept. 1, 1782, 
Sarah Jewett [d. Oct. 26, 1841]. He removed to West Wind- 
sor, Vt., where he cleared a farm upon which he passed his 
life. Children : 

35. i. Nathan, b. May 15, 1784; d. Mar. 3, 1799. 

36. ii. Junius, b. Aug. 29, 1786; d. Apr. 7, 1853; m. 1808, Elizabeth, 

dau. of Eleazer Jordan. He was a Methodist minister in 
Maine, and later settled in Bridgewrater, Vt. Nine children. 

37. ii. Sally, b. Jan. 12, 1788; d. Sept. 22, 1868; m. June 22, 1820, 

Josiah Whitney. Res. Wolcott, Vt. 

38. iv. Zebina, b. Jan. 20, 1790; d. Apr. 15, 1810, unm. 

39. V. Abial, b. Apr. 5, 1792; d. Apr. 26, 1872; m. (1) Mar. 3, 1814, 

Abigail Mack of Woodstock, Vt. [d. Oct. 14, 1858]; (2) 
Mrs. Martin H. Vaughn. He succeeded to his father's 
farm, and there passed his life. Nine children. 

40. vi. Sylvia, b. Apr. 6, 1794; m. Jan. 19, 1823, Seth Hubbell. Res. 

Wolcott, Vt. 

41. vii. Alvah, b. June 21, 1798; d. Sept. 5, 1799. 

8. Benjamin*' (Andrew^, Andrew*, Andrew^, Andrew^, Ed- 
ward^), b. New Ipswich, Mar. 24, 1762; d. May 11, 1838; m. 
Mar. 18, 1790, Azubah Gates. He removed from Plainlield 
to Craftsbury, Vt., about 1805, and there made his home until 
death. He was a soldier, doing his part at the time of the 
Concord alarm and also in the defense of the Western frontier 
in 1780. Children: 

42. i. Simeon, b. Feb. 26, 1791; d. Aug. 27, 1866; m. Dec. 3, 1815, 

Betsey Chamberlain [d. May 4, 1868]. He removed to 
Havana, O., and thence to Roxana, Mich. Seven children. 

43. ii. Noah, b. Plainfield, Oct. 14, 1792; d. Nov. 3, 1875; m. Apr. 

17, 1817, Phebe Pendell of Saratoga, N. Y. [b. May 6, 
1790; d. Feb. 9, 1880]. Res. in Craftsbury and Glover, Vt. 
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He was a teacher and also a farmer, and in many ways 
a prominent citizen. He served in the war of 1812. 

44. iii. Laura, b. Oct. 28, 1794; m. Nov. 17, 1812, Asher Percival. 

Res. at Glover, Vt. 

45. iv. Lemira, b. Apr. 8, 1796; d. Mar. 13, 1838; m. Aug. 20, 1816, 

Eleazer Record. 

46. v. Permelia, b. May 9, 1798; m. Feb. 22, 1817, Frederick Delano. 

Res. at Milton, O. 

47. vi. Benjamin Delano, b. Jan. 14, 1800; m. June 10, 1830, Judith 

Gale Wood [b. Apr. 12, 1810; d. Oct. 30, 1864]. Res. at 
South Albany and Glover, Vt. Five children. 

48. vii. Delight, b. Nov. 28, 1801 ; d. Jan. 7, 1864 ; m. Dec, 1828, 

Henry Babcock. 

49. viii. FiNETTE, b. Jan. 4, 1804; d. Dec. 18, 1815. 

50. ix. Lucy, b. Nov. 19, lSD6; m. Apr. 17, 1828, Nathaniel Larrabee. 

Res. at Craftsbury, Vt. 

9. Abel*^ (Andrew^ Andrew*, Andrew^, Andrew^, Ed- 
ward^), b. New Ipswich, Dec. 28, 1764; d. June 16, 1845; m. 
Hannah Chase [b. Dec. 27, 1769; d. Mar. 8, 1832]. He resided 
at Cornish, but as early as 1795 removed to Waitsfield, Vt., 
where he remained more than twenty years, then removing to 
Middlebury, Vt., and in 1819 to Norton, O., where he died. 
He rendered service in the Revokition. Children : 

51. i. MicAH, b. June 7, 1791; d. about 1875; m. Apr. 6, 1819, 

Wealthy Pratt. He removed about 1830 to Norton, O., 
where he was a teacher of vocal music. Nine children. 

52. ii. Prudence, b. July 7, 1792; m. Feb. 25, 1816, Jeremiah Pearson 

of Berlin, Vt. 

53. iii. Mary Chase, b. May 23, 1795 ; m. Feb. 1, 1815, Ebenezer 

Baker. Res. Bradley, Mich. 

54. iv. Chase, b. Jan. 25, 1798; d. Jan. 8, 1804. 

55. V. Martha, b. July 6, 1800 ; d. Jan. 12, 1804. 

56. vi. Parnal, b. Nov. 25, 1802; d. Jan. 8, 1810. 

57. vii. Chase, b. Apr. 18, 1805; d. Jan. 25, 1810. 

58. viii. Martha, b. Sept. 11, 1808; m. Sept. 24. 1829, Matthew Thomp- 

son. Res. at Elkader, Iowa. 

10. JoNAS^ (Andrew^, Andrew^ Andrew^, Andrew^, Ed- 
ward^), b. New Ipswich, Oct. 23, 1767; m. Sarah Simonds of 
Rutland, Vt. He settled in Cornish, but before 1800 he re- 
moved to Waitsfield, Vt., and thence about 1830 to Delaware 
County, O. Children : 

59. i. Franklin, m. Patience Munson. Res. in Delaware County, O. 

60. ii. Ira, b. Apr. 3, 1794; d. 1837; m. Mar. 16, 1820, Matilda Ellis 

[b. June 20, 1793]. He was a farmer in Delaware County, 
Ohio. 

61. iii. Abigail, is said to have m. and to have res. in Middlebury, Vt. 

62. iv. Lyman, b. 1800; d. Nov., 1886; m. Betsey Farwell. Res. 

Windsor, Vt. Six children. 
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64. vi. Stephen, b. Feb. 15, 1803; d. Oct. 25, 1859; m. Olive 

[b. about 1803; d. May 7, 1863]. Res. at Waitsfield, Vt. 
Fourteen children. 

65. vii. Orinda, b. 1806; d. Sept., 1808. 

66. viii. Polly, b. Feb., 1810; d. Mar. 23, 1810. 

67. ix. Martha Almira, b. Sept. 8, 1811; m. Mathing. 

68. X. Mary A., b. Sept. 8, 1811; m. Calvin Griffith. 

12, NoAH^ (Andrew^, Andrew*, Andrew^, Andrew^, Ed- 
ward^), b. Aug. 27, 1772; d. 1836; m. 1810, Parthenia Root 
[d. about 1851]. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical 
School in 1800, and soon after removed to Ohio, where he fol- 
lowed the practice of his profession in Marietta, and later in 
Delaware County. Children : 

69. i. Rodney, was a banker in Bureau County, 111. 

Eliza, m. Spelman, a lawyer in Hardin County, O. 

Helen Mar, m. Robinson. 

Lyman, graduated from Wesleyan University, Delaware, O., 

studied law and removed to the West. 
Clare, d. aged seven years. 
Hannah, d. aged two years. 
There were several other children who died while young. 

14. Jonathan® (James^, James*, Andrew^, Andrew^, Ed- 
wardO, b, Westford, Mass., Aug. 23, 1770; d. Jan. 3, 1823; 
m. 1791, Milly, dau, of Capt, James Bennett of Ashby, Mass, [b. 
1772; d. Nov, 2, 1853], Soon after his marriage he settled in 
Lempster, where he remained twenty years clearing his farm, 
and teaching the town school each winter during his early years 
in the place. He was a prominent man in town affairs, both 
civic and military. He returned to Ashburnham in 1812, but 
soon was disabled by paralysis. Children : 

75. i. Sew ALL, b. Apr. 18, 1792; d. Apr. 5, 1843; m. 1820, Abigail 
Oilman of Underbill, Vt., where he resided. He served in 
the War of 1812. 

76. ii. Hosea, b. Dec. 27, 1794; d. Oct. 12, 1864; m. Jan. 20, 1820, 
Lucy, dau. of John Kidder of Ashby, Mass, He settled in 
Jericho, Vt., where he was prominent in business and in 
various official positions. He had three sons, two of whom 
died unmarried, and the third was a successful banker in 
Burlington, Vt. 

77. iii. James, b. Sept. 11, 1796.+ 

78. iv. Alva, b. June 11, 1798; d. Apr. 19, 1856; m. Jan. 28, 1818, 
Lydia Taylor. He conducted a large lumber business at 
Luzerne, N. Y. He had nine children, most of whom set- 
tled in New York or Wisconsin. 

79. v. Nathan Perley, b. Mar. 27, 1800; d. Jan. 23, 1850; m. Mabel 
Bently of Jericho, Vt. 

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80. vi. Emily, b. June 14, 1802; m. Feb. 18, 1822, Eber Bartlett of 

Jericho, Vt. 

81. vii. Amasa Adams, b. May 15, 1806; d. July 23, 1839; m. Jan. 10, 

1833, Isabel L. Hyde. Two daughters. 

82. viii. Mary, b. Mar. 1, 1809; m. 1828, L. Woodward of Jericho, Vt. 

83. ix. Sophia, b. New Ipswich, Sept. 17, 1814; m. Harvey Hatch of 

Jericho, Vt. Res. at Hadley, N. Y. 

15. James^ (James^, James*, Andrew^, Andrew^ Edward^), 
b. Lyme, Jan. 17, 1772; d. Dec. 10, 1847; m. Jan. 6, 1796, 
Sally, dau. of Moses Fairbanks of Dedham, Mass. He set- 
tled in Lempster near his brother Jonathan. Children : 

84. i. Hannah, b. Nov. 27, 1797; m. 1816, Marshall Rogers. Res. 

at Lempster and Marlboro. 

85. ii. GiLMAN, b. Sept. 9, 1798 ; d. Aug. 28, 1799. 

86. iii. Sally, b. Sept. 8, 1800; m. Roderick Way. 

87. iv. Betsey, b. Jan. 29, 1802 ; d. Mar. 10, 1807. 

88. v. Vesta, b. Jan. 12, 1803; d. July 1, 1867; m. (1) Frederick A. 

Blood of Boston [d. Aug. 4, 1840] ; (2) Artemas Wright. 

89. vi. Clement, b. Aug. 26, 1804; d. May 7, 1856; m. (1) Lucinda 

Stowell of New Ipswich [d. Apr., 1835] ; (2) Hannah 
Youngman. He removed to Wisconsin after his second 
marriage. One daughter. 

90. vii. James B., b. May 9, 1806 ; d. Oct. 20, 1836. 
1. viii. Phineas Barron, b. Aug. 9, 1807; d. 1849; m. Hannah 

Darling. He was a farmer in Goshen, removed thence to 
Nashua, and in 1849 started on the overland route to Cali- 
fornia, but was lost near Colorado River. He is supposed 
to have been killed by the Indians. 

92. ix. Solomon, b. Feb. 7, 1809; m. Dec. 27, 1839, Mary M. Fletcher. 

Two sons. 

93. X. Louisa, b. Dec. 10, 1810; m. June 4, 1834, Dennis Potter. Res. 

Hillsboro. 

94. xi. Harriet Eceline, b. Apr. 18, 1812 ; d. in Acworth ; m. 

Tracy. 

95. xii. Lorenzo, b. Jan. 1, 1814; m. Mary Ann Sandy of Goshen. 

Three daughters. 

96. xiii. Sophronia, b. Apr. 25, 1818; m. June 25, 1840, Nathaniel 

Shattuck of Groton, Mass. 

97. xiv. Albert, b. Jan. 8, 1821 ; m. Dec. 6, 1840, Mercy A. Keyes. 

Res. Charlestown. Two daughters. 

19. Nathan Barron*' (James^, James*, Andrew^, Andrew^, 
Edward^, b. Ashburnham, Mass., Apr. 30, 1780; d. May 17, 
1861; m. (1) Dec. 8, 1807, Sophia Fisk [b. July 5, 1786; d. 
Feb. 24, 1844] ; (2) 1844, Mrs. Sophia Hazeltine. He was a 
Vermont physician, and practiced in Randolph, Montpelier, 
and Hardwick. Children : 

98. i. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 3, 1810; d. Sept. 6, 1841. 

99. ii. Myra Ann, b. Feb. 1, 1812; d. June 25, 1844. 

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100. iii. Laura Ann, b. May 12, 1815 ; m. Oct. 6, 1842, Edwin R. Mer- 

rill. Res. in Philadelphia. 

101. iv. Mary Ann Louisa, b. June 1, 1815; d. Oct. 11, 1844. 

102. V. James Monroe, b. Aug. 25, 1818; d. Oct. 29, 1823. 

103. vi. George Washington, b. Apr. 6, 1820; d. Aug. 3, 1825. 

104. vii. George Fisk, b. Aug. 4, 1822.+ 

105. viii. James Monroe, b. Apr. 14, 1825 ; d. Aug. 28, 1826. 

21. Isaac® (James^, James*, Andrew^, Andrew-, Edward^), 
b. Ashburnham, Mass., July 8, 1783; d. Aug. 4, 1871; m. (1) 
Apr. 28, 1808, Lydia Brown [b. about 1780; d. Feb. 6, 1836] ; 
(2) Apr. 27, 1837, Mrs. Martha Leighton Parker of Westford, 
Mass. [d. Nov. 16, 1876]. He passed his life in New Ipswich, 
living for nearly fifty years on the road from the Congrega- 
tional church to Smith Village, in the first house west from 
the Newhall house formerly standing at the corner. Children : 

106. i. William Safford, b. Mar. 4, 1809.+ 

107. ii. JosiAH Worcester, b. Nov. 14, 1810.+ 

108. iii. Phineas Brown, b. Oct. 14, 1815.+ 

24. Joseph** (James^ James*, Andrew^, Andrew-, Ed- 
ward^), b. Ashburnham, Mass., Aug. 5, 1791 ; d. St. David's, 
N. B., about 1830; m. (1) about 1806, Betsey Hastings; (2) 
about 1810, Rebecca Nichols [d. 1856]. He was a brickmaker 
in New Brunswick. There were two children of the early 
first marriage, both of whom died in early infancy. Children 
of the second marriage : 

109. i. Joseph Stillman, b. Apr. 30, 1811; d. Mayfield, Cal, 1883; m. 

about 1832, Clara A. Chase. He lived in Maine until 1863, 
and during his later years in California. Eight children. 

110. ii. Benjamin, b. Mar. 27, 1814; d. Dec, 1882, unm. 

111. iii. William, b. Aug. 27, 1819; d. about 1844, unm. 

112. iv. Rebecca Caroline, b. Sept. 11, 1822; d. July 1, 1893; m. 

Tertulla Richardson. 

113. V. Stephen, b. Mar. 28, 1824; m. Mar. 4, 1857, Mary O. Berry. 

He went to California in 1852 and spent four years as a 
miner. He then returned to the East, and for twenty 
years was proprietor of a livery stable and stage route in 
Milltown, Me., and later was a farmer in Alexander, Me. 
Two daughters. 

114. vi. John, b. 1826; d. 1856. He went to California in 1851, and 

died on his return. 

25. IsAAC^ (SamueP, Henry*, Henry^, Andrew^, Edward^), 
b. Merrimack, Aug. 20, 1765; d. June 2, 1830; m. (1) Apr. 9, 
1795, Mary Ritter [d. Apr. 27, 1808] ; (2) Nov. 2, 1809. Mrs. 
Mary (Flynn) Colburn of Milford. He learned the tanner's 
trade in Hollis, and for several years followed that occupation 

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with Jeremiah Prichard in the old tanyard at the foot of 
Meeting-house Hill. But about 1800 he removed to Wilton. 
Children : 

115. i. Isaac, b. Feb. 1, 1796.+ 

116. ii. Moses, b. Mar. 10, 1797.+ 

117. iii. Charles, b. Nov. 4, 1798.+ 

118. iv. Harvey, b. Oct. 8, 1800; d. unm. 

119. V. Aaron, b. Dec. 28, 1803; d. in infancy. 

120. vi. Lyman, b. Dec. 6, 1806; d. Oct. 5, 1854, unm. 

121. vii. Mary, b. June 24, 1810 ; d. Aug. 20, 1848 ; m. Prescott Kimball 

of North Chelmsford, Mass. 

122. viii. Emma, b. July 12, 1813; m. Oct. 5, 1830, David Whiting of 

Wilton. 

123. ix. Orpah, b. July 5, 1816; m. (1) Feb. 24, 1839, John Mack [d. 

Oct. 27, 1840]; (2) Sept. 5, 1844, Sewall G. Mack, her 
brother-in-law. Res. Lowell, Mass. 

26. Daniel^ (DanieP, Henry*, Henry^, Andrew^, Edward^), 
b. Merrimack, Aug. 18, 1787; d. Jan. 9, 1840; m. Jan. 2, 1812, 
Abigail Brown (J. 12). He was a farmer, succeeding to the 
farm of his father-in-law, (30, N. D.) He was also a brick- 
maker. Children : 

124. i. Abby Frost, b. Nov. 6, 1812; d. Aug. 19, 1840, unm. 

125. ii. Eliza Field, b. Aug. 20, 1814; d: July 26, 1870; m. Jan. 19, 

1848, Benjamin Hale of Rindge. 

126. iii. Benjamin Daniel, b. Apr. 25, 1815 ; m. Sept. 13, 1846, Sarah 

F. Marston. Res. at Rumney. Three children. 

127. iv. Ebenezer Brown, b. Oct. 26, 1817 ; m. Oct. 12, 1845, Samantha 

Field. He was a brickmaker at East Somerville, Reading, 
and Everett, Mass. Three children. 

128. V. Almira Stevens, b. Oct. 30, 1819; m. Apr. 2, 1851, Dr. 

Solomon Blood of Hollis. 

129. vi. Samuel, b. Mar. 6, 1821 ; m. Aug. 27, 1848, Betsey Marston. 

Res. at Lowell, Mass. Two children. 

130. vii. James Chandler, b. May 31, 1823; d. Nov. 29, 1887; m. Dec. 

26, 1847, Sarah B. Richardson. Res. at Oshkosh, Wis. Two 
children. 

131. viii. Mary Ann, b. Apr. 16, 1825; d. Mar. 29, 1847; m. May 15, 

1845, Benjamin Hale of Rindge. 

132. ix. Charles, b. Feb. 1, 1827; m. Sept. 5, 1862, Sarah E. (Holt) 

Greenough. Res. at Rumney. Three children. 

133. X. George Putnam, b. Sept. 24, 1828; d. Feb. 8, 1867; m. Jan. 

29, 1852, Sarah Whitney. Four children. 

134. xi. Sarah Jane, b. Mar. 6, 1830; d. Aug. 19, 1867; m. Nov. 11, 

1852, Edward F. Parker. Res. at Reading, Mass. 

27. Levi^ (Thomas^, Thomas*, Henry^, Andrew^, Ed- 
wardO, b. Westford, Mass., Nov. 18, 1758; d. Dec. 31, 1822; 
m. Aug. 25, 1784, Mrs. Rebecca Robbins [b. about 1766; d. 

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May 31, 1821]. He was a farmer at Stoddard, but three years 
before his death he removed with his youngest son to Fairfax, 
Vt. Children: 

135. i. Stephen, b. Aug. 27, 1786. 

136. ii. Levi, b. Sept. 15, 1788. 

137. iii. Thomas, b. Sept. 13, 1790. 

138. iv. Ami, b. Mar. 3, 1793. Removed to New York state. 

139. v. Haskell, b. May 31, 1797. 

30. Stephen*' (Thomas^, Thomas*, Henry^, Andrew^ Ed- 
ward^), b. 1766; d. Feb. 27, 1826; m. about 1797, Lucy Farns- 
worth (16). He succeeded to his father's farm, (XI: 3, S. R.) 
Children : 

140. i. Isaac, b. about 1798; m. twice. He was a piano maker at 

Saratoga, N. Y. 

John, b. about 1800; d. Feb. 8, 1807. 

Lucy, b. about 1802; d. Apr. 4, 1817. 

Oilman, b. about 1804; d. Sept. 19. 1842, unm. He was killed 
by his insane brother Charles. 

Charles, b. about 1806; d. in insane asylum after 1847, unm. 

SoPHRONiA, b. about 1808; m. Dec. 5, 1839, Phineas Carpen- 
ter of Belvidere, Vt. 

146. vii. John, b. 1810; d. Mar. 11, 1811. 

147. viii. Henry, b. 1812; d. July, 1814. 

148. ix. Almira, b. June 19, 1816; d. Aug. 14, 1887; m. Jan. 19, 1847, 

Joel B. Hildreth (13). 

149. X. Ruth, b. about 1818; d. about 1834. 

77. James^ (Jonathan^, James^, James*, Andrew^. Andrew^, 
Edward^), b. Lempster, Sept. 11, 1796; d. Aug. 11, 1874; m. 
(1) Oct. 14. 1819, Sophia, dau. of John Kidder of Ashby. Mass. 
[b. Aug. 21, 1800; d. Feb. 20, 1854]; (2) Jan. 6, 1859, Caro- 
line, dau. of Hezekiah and Lucy (Hale) Wetherbee [b. Graf- 
ton, Vt., July 3, 1807]. He volunteered with his brother 
Sewall to meet the requisition for soldiers in 1814. and lost 
his hearing from a severe sickness while in service. He passed 
the greater part of his life on the Jonas Woolson farm, (IV : 
3, S. R.) Despite his deafness he rendered valuable aid in 
gathering facts for the town history published in 1852. Chil- 
dren : 

150. i. James Monroe, b. May 19, 1824; d. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 6, 

1854, unm. 

151. ii. Harriet, b. Dec. 9, 1826; m. Mar. 16, 1848, Elbridge H. 

Amsden. 

152. iii. Oeorge, b. Dec. 16, 1828; d. Jan. 11, 1893; m. Sept. 17, 1857, 

Rosamond (Varney) Nichols. He was a printer in St. 
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during which he served in the 9th Massachusetts Regiment. 
Afterward he returned to his previous business in San 
Francisco, Cal., where he died. Child : i. James Garfield, 
b. Sept. 7, 1858; d. 1910; m. Frances Phelps. Res. San 
Francisco, Cal. 

153. iv. Henry, b. Feb. 25, 1830; m. Feb. 26, 1852, Sarah O. Jaquith. 

Two children. 

154. v. Emily Pingree, b. Aug. 30, 1835; m. Dec. 14, 1854, George 

Greenwood. Res. at South Gardner, Mass. 

155. vi. Maria Houghton, b. Nov. 7, 1837; d. Oct. 24, 1854. 

104. George Fisk'^ (Nathan B.®, James^ James*, Andrew^, 
Andrew^, Edward^), b. Aug. 4, 1822; m. Oct. 6, 1844, Joanna 
M., dau. of Samuel Small of Alton. He was eng-aged in 
journalism, having been connected with the Boston Traveller 
for more than forty years, and afterward with the Boston 
Globe. Children : 

156. i. Mary Ann Louisa, b. July 7, 1845 ; d. Mar. 14, 1846. 

157. ii. Charles Hanson, b. Apr. 4, 1849; m. May 17, 1885, Emma 

G. Redding. He was also a journalist in the service of both 
of the papers with which his father had been connected. 

158. iii. Laura Ann, b. Feb. 19, 1852; m. Dec. 10, 1873, Samuel S. 

Holton. 

159. iv. Clara Ella, b. Oct. 16, 1853 ; d. Oct. 8, 1854. 

160. V. George Albert, b. Feb. 14, 1855; m. Sept. 23, 1891, Caroline 

Symmes. He has been connected with the Boston Post. 
One child. 

161. vi. Frank Brigham, b. Dec. 28, 1856; m. Dec. 1, 1886, Anne L. 

Howard. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1881. 
He became proprietor of a teacher's agency in Boston. Two 
children. 

106. William Safford'^ (Isaac®, James^, James*, Andrew^, 
Andrew^, Edward^), b. Mar. 4, 1809; d. July, 1884; m. Dec. 
2, 1841, Harriet B. Nettleton of Montpelier, Vt. He gradu- 
ated from Marietta College in 1839, and after teaching several 
years was ordained as an evangelist. He preached and taught 
in various places in Ohio for ten years, and then returned to 
the East. Children : 

162. i. William Abiel, b. Oct. 12, 1842; d. Apr. 9, 1845. 

163. ii. Harriet Loanda, b. June 6, 1844; m. Isaac A. Allen. 

164. iii. William Abiel, b. Mar. 2, 1846; d. Jan. 10, 1884; m. July 29, 

1870, Georgia Davidson. He entered Dartmouth College 
but did not complete the course of study before entering 
Bangor Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 
1870. He was for two years a missionary in Western 
Turkey, and later had pastorates in Maine and Massachu- 
setts. He had two children, who died in infancy. 

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107. JosiAH Worcester^ (Isaac^, James^, James*, Andrew^, 
Andrew^, Edward^), b. Nov. 14, 1810; m. Nov. 29, 1832, Eve- 
line Wright [b. Dunstable, Mass., Sept. 24, 1810]. He resided 
in Pepperell, ]\Iass., and removed thence to Ancora, N. J. 
Children : 

165. i. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Oct. 11, 1833; m. Feb. 22, 1853, Henry 

Wood. 

166. ii. Ellen Maria, b. Aug. 16, 1835; d. Aug. 16, 1885; m. June 11, 

1861, Josiah T. Wilson of Brighton, Mass. 

167. iii. Harriet Annette, b. May 7, 1838; m. Dec, 1855, David B. 

Shattuck. 

168. iv. Ann Frances, b. Nov., 1839. 

169. V. Sarah Brown, b. Jan. 10, 1843. 

170. vi. Mary Harriet, b. Jan. 16, 1849. 

108. Phineas Brown^ (Isaac®, James^, James*, Andrew^, 
Andrew^, Edward^), b. Oct. 14, 1815; d. Beloit, Wis., Nov. 1, 
1864; m. Lydia Gould Fisk. He was a furniture dealer in 
Boston and removed thence to Byron, 111., and Beloit, Wis. 
Children : 

171. i. Alfred Foster, b. Sept. 28, 1849; m. Sept. 28, 1874, Stella E. 

Perry. Res. Beloit, Wis. 

172. ii. Charles Washburn, b. Aug. 12, 1851 ; m. Dec. 27, 1876, Jen- 

nie B. Maxwell; d. Jan. 3, 1896. Res. Chicago, 111. 

173. iii. Ann Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1855 ; m. Ernest E. Evans. Res. 

Byron, 111. 

115. IsAAc^ (Isaac*', SamueP, Henry*, Henry^, Andrew^, 
Edward^), b. New Ipswich, Feb. 1, 1796; d. May 14, 1876; m. 
May 1, 1828, Lucy, dau. of Nathan Kendall of Amherst [b. 
Dec. 13, 1796]. The home of his youth was in Wilton, whither 
his parents had removed about 1800, but at the age of seven- 
teen he went to Amherst and began his mercantile life as a 
clerk in a country store. He removed to Nashua in 1826 and 
became not only an eminently successful merchant, but for 
twenty-five years was deeply interested in railroad matters. 
He held many responsible positions in business circles, in- 
cluding the presidency of the Nashua Bank and of the Concord 
Railroad. He was a selectman of the town, and later an al- 
derman of the city, and he represented Nashua in the Legisla- 
ture and Constitutional Convention. He also had a seat in 
the Governor's Council. He accumulated an estate approach- 
ing one million dollars, and at the time of his death was said 
to be the most wealthy man in the state. The benevolent 
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of $10,000 each to New Ipswich, Wilton, and Amherst, the 
three towns of his residence before establishing himself in 
Nashua, and he also remembered the Academy of New Ips- 
wich with a gift of $5,000. Children : 

174. i. Edward Francis, b. May 5, 1831; d. Aug. 30, 1837. 

175. ii. Isaac Henry, b. Mar. 13, 1840; d. Aug. 30, 1844. 

116. MosES^ (Isaac*^, Samuel^, Henry*, Henry^, Andrew^, 
Edward^), b. New Ipswich, Mar. 10, 1797; d. 1879; m. May 
29, 1823, Anna Hunt, dau. of John Kimball of Wilton [b. Aug. 

4, 1800; d. May 16, 1864]. He was a tanner, living upon the 
paternal home in Wilton. Children : 

176. i. Edward Henry, b. Mar. 12, 1825. + 

177. ii. Isaac Kimball, b. July 21, 1826. 

178. iii. William Ritter, b. Apr. 8, 1828.+ 

179. iv. John Augustine, b. May 29, 1837.+ 

117. Charles^ (Isaac®, Samuel^, Henry*, Henry^, Andrew^, 
Edward^), b. Nov. 4, 1798; d. Feb. 15, 1880; m. Dec. 25, 1827, 
Lydia J., dau. of Samuel Burns of Milford [b. Jan. 13, 1806; 
d. Mar. 23, 1861]. He was a trader in Wilton. Children: 

180. i. Harriet Burns, b. Feb. 18, 1829; d. Feb. 8, 1887; m. Nov. 27, 

1856, Corydon D. Keyes of Hancock [d. Apr., 1863, in the 
army]. 

181. ii. Abby Frances, b. Aug. 28, 1834; m. Nov. 27, 1856. Charles 

H. White. Res. in Wilton. Four children. 

182. iii. Elias Herrick, b. July 5, 1836; d. Feb. 2, 1889, unm. 

183. iv. Charles Carroll, b. May 4, 1838; m. May 7, 1868, Emma 

C. Parkhurst of Wilton. He served during the Civil War 
in the 45th Massachusetts Regiment. Two children. 

184. V. Lucy Kimball, b. Mar. 12, 1840; m. Mar. 21, 1860, Gardner 

Blanchard. Res. at Wilton. 

185. vi. Mary Ritter, b. Jan. 3, 1842; m. Feb. 1, 1866, Asa Blanchard 

of L3Tideboro. Three children. 

176. Edward Henry^ (Moses'', Isaac^, SamueP, Henry*, 
HenryS, Andrew^, Edward^), b. Mar. 12, 1825; m. (1) Apr. 

5, 1849, Lucy Ann Fletcher [b. Nov. 11, 1826; d. Feb. 13, 
1859] ; (2) Aug. 20, 1860, Anna Holt of Lyndeboro [b. about 
1838; d. Dec. 2, 1860] ; (3) Dec. 6, 1861, Harriet S. Holmes of 
Londonderry [b. about 1838; d. May 22, 1866]; (4) Jan. 27, 
1873, Judith C. Walker of Fryeburg, Me. [b. July 29, 1834; d. 
Sept. 28, 1895]. Res. in Nashua, where he was engaged in 
banking and railroad interests. After retiring from such ac- 
tivities he was occupied in collecting New Hampshire histori' 
cal documents. Children : 



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i. 


187. 


ii. 


188. 


iii. 


189. 


iv. 


190. 


V. 


191. 


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Spaulding 

George Edward, b. Mar. 26, 1850; d. Nov. 30, 1860. 

Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1851; d. Dec. 8, 1860. 

Henry Moses, b. May 15, 1854; m. Mrs. Eleanor (Lindsay) 

Keller. 
Waldo Ritter, b. Dec. 12, 1856; d. Dec. 4, 1860. 
Isaac, b. Feb. 3, 1859; d. Dec. 22, 1860. 
Elizabeth Combs, b. Dec. 12, 1862; m. Sept. 28, 1887, Charles 

R. Buddy. Res. at Dallas, Tex. 

192. vii. Harriet Ritter, b. Mar. 26, 1866. 

178. William Ritter^ (Moses^, Isaac®, SamtieP, Henry*, 
HenryS, Andrew^, Edward^), b. Apr. 8, 1828; d. Dec. 29, 1891; 
m. Aug. 1, 1850, Mary A. Ham [b. Rochester, Aug. 4, 1831]. 
He was a merchant in Lawrence, Mass., and also treasurer of 
the Lawrence Savings Bank, director of the Pemberton Bank, 
and director of the Concord Railroad. Children : 

193. i. William Ritter, b. Dec. 29, 1853; m. Nov. 13, 1878, Etta 

L. Leach. Three children. 

194. ii. Anna Elizabeth, b. Oct. 8, 1856; m. May 28, 1887, Dr. E. F. 

McQuesten of Nashua. Three children. 

195. iii. Abbie Kimball, b. Sept. 14, 1858; d. Dec. 14, 1888; m. June 

11, 1885, Elmer W. Eaton of Nashua. 

196. iv. Mary Ritter, b. May 13, 1861. 

197. v. Charles Edward, b. Mar. 8, 1863; m. Mar. 15, 1888, Ida L. 

Dawson. 

198. vi. Josephine Mabel, b. Aug. 31, 1872. 

179. John Augustine* (Moses^, Isaac*^, SamueP, Henry*, 
Henry^ Andrew^, Edward^, b. May 29, 1837; m. (1) Oct. 13, 
1859, Josephine E. Eastman; (2) Nov. 24, 1878, Anna M. 
Learned. Res. in Nashua, where he was a trader and after- 
ward a banker, and also a leading citizen in public life, holding 
the offices of mayor, representative, senator, and Presidential 
elector. Children : 

199. i. William Edward, b. Dec. 30, 1860; m. May 29, 1889, Forest 

Dexter. He is a bank cashier in Nashua. Two children. 

200. ii. Harry Eastman, b. June 11, 1862; d. Sept. 6, 1862. 

SPEAR. 

1. William^ Spear, b. about 1727; d. 1805; m. (1) Mar- 
garet Boyd, probably dau. of Samuel and Margaret Boyd [b. 

Topsfield, Mass., Aug. 22, 1725] ; (2) Letti . He came 

to New Ipswich about 1762, and settled less than a quarter- 
mile south from the spot later to be occupied by the "Pepper- 
mint tavern," (61, N. D.) The road past his dwelling from 
the home of Ephraim Adams, built at about the same time on 

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the extreme southern end of the same lot, has long disap- 
peared. Children : 

2. i. Samuel, b. May 14, 1755.+ 

3. ii. William, b. Dec. 11, 1759; d. 1787. 

4. iii. Margaret, b. June 25, 1762; m. Blodgett. 

5. iv. Hannah, b. Dec. 29, 1765; m. Nov. 26, 1789, Ephraim Hall. 

6. V. Lydia, b. Apr. 25, 1768; m. June 2, 1795, Richard Pratt. 

7. vi. Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1770; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Joel Hildreth. 

8. vii. Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1775.+ 

2. Samuel^ (William^), b. May 14, 1755; d. Cavendish, Vt., 
Mar. 10, 1813; m. Lydia Walker [b. Sept., 1763]. He was 
the only child of the first wife, who died when he was an 
infant, and from an early age until after the Revolution his 
home was with her relatives at Londonderry. He enlisted in 
1776, and a second time afterward; his entire military service 
apparently covered nearly three years. He made his home 
in New Ipswich from 1780 to 1790, but the location of his 
abode is uncertain. He died at Cavendish, Vt. Children : 

9. i. Lydia, b. Oct. 15, 1783; d. Nov. 5, 1783. 

10. ii. Dorothy, b. May 29, 1785. 

11. iii. Samuel Boyd, b. Mar. 26, 1787. 

12. iv. Selene, b. and d. 1789. 

13. v. Eben, b. Sept. 21, 1790; d. 1791. 

14. vi. Eben, b. and d. 1792. 

15. vii. Alva, b. 1793; m. Sarah W. Bullard. 

16. viii. Sally, b. and d. 1796. 

17. ix. Charlotte, b. 1797. 

18. X. Eben, b. 1799. 

19. xi. Otis, b. 1802. 

8. Joseph^ (William^), b. Oct. 2, 1775; d. Aug. 14, 1818; 
m. June 21, 1801, Elizabeth Adams (29). He succeeded to 
the paternal farm. Children : 

20. i. Betsey, b. Apr. 22, 1802; d. May 6, 1885; m. Apr. 16, 1829, 

Jeremiah Smith (A. 18). 

21. ii. Lyman, b. Jan. 30, 1804.+ 

22. iii. LuciNDA, b. Mar. 6, 1806; d. May 7, 1891; m. July 2, 1829, 

Ebenezer P. Edwards (1). 

23. iv. Joseph A., b. Feb. 6, 1808.+ 

21. Lyman^ (Joseph^, William^), b. Jan. 30, 1804; d. July 
30, 1874; m. Apr. 22, 1830, Almerine, dau. of Joel and Olive 
Kingsbury of Keene [b. about Sept., 1808; d. Apr. 6, 1869]. 
His home after his marriage was the dwelling-house now 
standing at the foot of the Meeting-house Hill, on the north- 
ern side of the short street leading westward to the buildings 
long used as a slaughter-house. Children : 

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24. i. Joseph Thurston, b. Sept. 14, 1833; d. Aug. 23, 1872; m. (1) 

Dec. 25, 1861, Melissa Phelps Clark of Russell, Mass. [d. 
about 1885; m. (2) Walter Burns of Boston]. He served 
in the Civil War, first for nine months as lieutenant in the 
46th Massachusetts Regiment, and later for a hundred days 
holding the same rank. 

25. ii. Emily Pierce, b. Mar. 29, 1837; d. Nov. 20, 1907; m. Apr. 

25, 1877, Horace Atwell of Grafton [d. May, 1888]. One 
child who died in infancy. 

26. iii. Mary Kingsbury, b. Nov. 17, 1839; m. Jan. 6, 1861, Henry 

P. Wells of Bristol [b. July 24, 1837]. He was a farmer in 
South Wentworth for more than forty years, and removed 
thence to West Rumney in 1908. Children : i. Mary Etta 
Wells, b. Jan. 26, 1863 ; m. Nov. 20, 1882, Joshua Colburn of 
Wentworth; four children, ii. Amy Estelle Wells, b. Sept. 
16, 1865; m. Dec. 20, 1888, Albert Duncklee of Groton ; four 
children, iii. Fred Stephen Wells, b. Oct. 6, 1869; m. Nov. 
3, 1897, Myrtie Ena Hills of Boynton, P. Q. ; two children, 
iv. Lettie Grace Wells, b. Dec. 2, 1874; m. Aug. 14, 1894, 
Job Colburn of Wentworth ; three children, v. Alice Al- 
merine Wells, b. June 22, 1878; m. Dec, 1903, Eugene 
Cyrus Downing of Wentworth ; two children. 

27. iv. Henry Adams, b. Oct. 1, 1849.+ 

23. Joseph A.^ (Joseph^, William^), b. Feb. 6, 1808; d. 
Jan. 11, 1848; m. Emily Pierce of Temple [b. about 1811; d. 
Mar. 30, 1837]. His brief married life was passed in Center 
Village. Children : 

28. i. Joseph Augustine, b. about 1836. Soldier in Civil War in 

Co. D, 8th Regt. N. H. Vol. 

29. ii. Edward Henry, b. Mar., 1837. 

27. Henry Adams* (Lyman^, Joseph^, William^), b. Oct. 
1, 1849; d. Feb. 25, 1906; m. (1) Jan. 3, 1871, Susan Eliza 
Bailey of Wiscasset, Me. [d. about 1895] ; (2) July, 1897, Mrs. 
Emma J. (Wood) Curless. He was a locomotive engineer on 
the Fitchburg Railroad for twenty-three years, and during his 
later years of labor a stationary engineer. Res. Greenville, 
Ayer, Mass., Charlestown, Mass., and finally Everett, Mass. 
Children : 

30. i. Maude, b. Oct. 25, 1873; d. June 6, 1888. 

31. ii. George Henry, b. Feb. 10, 1876; m. Janet Neil. Res. Maiden, 

Mass. Three children. 

32. iii. Joseph Bailey, b. Jan. 21, 1881 ; m. Leta Burden. Res. Mai- 

den, Mass. 

33. iv. Annie Blinn, b. Jan. 29, 1884; m. June 3, 1908. 



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START. 

William' Start, d. Nov. 26, 1754; m. (1) Oct. 14, 1717, Mercy Figg 
[d. July 8, 1725] ; (2) Feb., 1726, Deborah Loud [d. Jan. 24, 1758]. He 
was a mariner residing at Ipswich, Mass. 

1. George^ (William^), b. Aug. 24, 1718; d. about 1783; 
m. IVIay 15, 1744, Sarah, dau. of Capt. John Wilds of Tops- 
field, Mass. He was a tailor at Boxford, IVIass., but removed 
to Topsfield in 1750 and came to New Ipswich about 1763, 
settling upon 18, N. D., probably. The length of his residence 
in New Ipswich is uncertain, as the identity of his name and 
that of one of his sons makes the evidence of town records 
indefinite, but apparently he removed to Temple before 1775, 
and was selectman there in 1776. Children: 

2. i. Sarah, b. July 4, 1745; d. July 1, 1784; m. Daniel Stratton (1). 

3. ii. William, b. Mar. 24, 1747.+ 

4. iii. George, b. Dec. 16, 1748.+ 

5. iv. John, b. Feb. 12, 1751.+ 

3. William^ (George^ William^), b. Mar. 24, 1747; d. Feb. 
11, 1781; m. Keziah Bullard (4). He came to New Ipswich 
at about the same time as his father, and occupied 26, N. D., 
till his death. He responded to the Concord alarm in 1775, 
and was a sergeant in the company of Capt. Briant in 1777. 
Children : 

6. i. Sarah, b. Aug. 28, 1769; d. 1784. 

7. ii. William, b. Mar. 29, 1771 ; d. Aug. 17, 1789. 

8. iii. Lucy, b. Aug. 4, 1773 ; d. July 23, 1780. 

9. iv. George, b. Feb. 5, 1776; d. Dec. 11, 1842; m. Dec. 23, 1802, 

Susan Wood of Pepperell, Mass. He removed to Camden, 
Me. Tvv^elve children. 

10. v. Mary, b. Mar. 28, 1778; d. Sept. 20, 1851; m. (1) Apr. 19, 

1798, Stephen Prichard (11) ; (2) Jonah Howe, with whom 
she removed to Camden, Me. Eleven children. 

11. vi. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 29, 1780; d. Feb. 22, 1846; m. Nov. 20, 

1802, Betsey Mansfield [d. Nov. 7, 1844]. Removed to 
Camden, Me., where he was a farmer. He was a deacon. 
Eight children. 

4. GEORGfe^ (George^, William^), b. Dec. 16, 1748; d. about 
1824; m. Mary Tucker (11). He was a farmer upon 35, N. D., 
during the greater part of his life, but a few years after 1800 
he removed to Bakersfield, Vt., and some years later to Ly- 
sander, N. Y., where he died. Children : 

12. i. Moses, b. 1770; d. about 1854; m. Jan. 1, 1795, Peggy Gould 

of Temple. Removed about 1802 to Bakersfield, Vt. Nim 
children. 

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13. ii. Mary, b. May 1, 1771; d. Sept. 23, 1834; m. July 21, 1796, 

Robert Nicholas. Nine children. 

14. iii. Sarah, b. 1775; d. Dec. 24, 1873; m. Nov. 11, 1802, Peter 

Powers of Temple, in which town she lived until about 
1818, when they removed to Bakersfield, Vt., where she died. 

15. iv. Amos, b. 1777; d. in War of 1812. 

16. v. Lucy, d. in infancy. 

17. vi. Relief, b. May 1, 1783; d. 1844; m. Samuel P. Hull of Fair- 

field, Vt. Five children. 

18. vii. William, b. Oct. 1, 1785; m. Anne Spaulding. Removed to 

Vermont, where they lived at Bakersfield, Fairfield, and 
Sheldon, in which last town she died. Four or more chil- 
dren. 

19. viii. George, b. Feb. 25, 1787; d. Oct., 1853, at Lysander, N. Y., 

where he had lived. Three children^ - 

20. ix. John, b. Mar. 8, 1790; d. 1861; m. 1812^1 Martha Taggard. He 

was a blacksmith in Baldwinsville, N. Y., and in Burr Oak, 
Mich., in which last place he died. Six children. 

21. X. Isaiah, b. Aug. 19, 1792; d. 1872; m. 1831, Sarah Ervine. He 

was a farmer in Baldwinsville, N. Y. 

5. JoHN^ (George^, William^), b. Feb. 12, 1751; m. about 
1778, Jane, dau. of Daniel Emery of Jaffrey [d. before 1824]. He 
remained in New Ipswich but a short time after reaching 
manhood, but removed to Temple and there passed his life, 
serving, however, during the Revolution with his earlier 
friends in the companies of Capts. Towne and Briant. Chil- 
dren : 

22. i. John, b. 1779; d. Aug. 1, 1850. Res. Norfolk, N. Y. Six 

children. 

23. ii. William, b. 1782; d. Waterford, N. Y., 1837; m. about 1808 

Elizabeth Stratton (13). He removed from Temple to 
Londonderry in 1830. Ten children. 

24. iii. Sally, b. 1784; d. 1841; m. Oliver Shattuck. Nine children. 

25. iv. Noah, b. 1785; d. 1860; m. (1) 1814, Sarah Jaquith; (2) 1830, 

Clara Barker. Seven children. 

26. v. Lucy, b. 1788; d. Jericho, Vt., 1831; m. 1810, Nathan Hale. 

Seven children. 

27. vi. Daniel S., b. 1793 ; d. Feb. 25, 1855 ; m. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 7, 

1824, Lucy Buss [d. 1872]. He was a farmer and merchant 
at Troy and Brunswick, N. Y., in which last town he and 
his wife died. Three children. 

28. vii. George, b. 1795 ; d. about 1803. 

29. viii. Elizabeth, b. 1798; m. 1819, Prentice Farnsworth. Three 

children. 

STEARNS. 

Members of two families bearing this name have been residents in 
New Ipswich, and the relationship between these families is not known. 

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Isaac, the founder of one family, made a bequest of ten pounds to "my 
kinsman, Charles Stearns," the founder of the other New Ipswich family. 
The "three brothers" tradition is familiar in these families, their names 
being given as Isaac, Daniel, and Shubael, the Charles above named and 
Nathaniel (the head of a third family) being considered sons of Shubael. 
But this is uncertain, and the two New Ipswich families are considered 
separately. 

STEARNS (Isaac). 

Isaac* Stearns, birth not known ; d. June 19, 1671 ; m. 1622, Mary, 
dau. of John and Margaret Barker of Stoke, Nayland, Suffolk, England 
[d. Apr. 2, 1677]. He came to Salem, Mass., in company with Gov. 
Winthrop and many others, in 1630, and soon settled in Watertown, where 
he was one of the first settlers and was admitted freeman in 1631. He 
was selectman for several years. 

John' (Isaac^), b. perhaps in England, 1623, and perhaps in Water- 
town, 1631; d. Mar. 5, 1668; m. (1) 1653, Sarah, dau. of Isaac and 
Sarah Mixer of Watertown [d. June 14, 1656] ; (2) Dec. 20, 1656, Mary, 
dau. of Thomas and Mary (Learned) Lothrop of Barnstable, Mass. [b. 
Oct. 4, 1640; m. (2) Capt. William French of Billerica]. He was one of 
the first settlers at Billerica. 

John' (John", Isaac'), b. Billerica, May, 1654; d. Oct. 26, 1728; m. 
(1) Sept. 6, 1676, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Mary (Warren) Bigelow 
[b. June 1, 1657; d. Apr. 19, 1694]; (2) Apr. 22, 1696, Joanna, widow of 
Jacob Parker and dau. of Thomas, Jr., and Joanna (Shepherdson) Call 
[d. Dec. 4, 1737]. 

John' (John^ John^ Isaac'), b. Billerica, Nov. 16, 1686; d. Aug. 2, 
1776; m. 1715, Esther, dau. of Capt. Edward Johnson of Woburn, Mass. 
[d. Apr. 13, 1786]. 

Isaac' (John^ John^ John^ Isaac'), b. June 16, 1722; d. Apr. 23, 1808; 
m. Feb. 11, 1748, Sarah, dau. of Obed and Elizabeth Abbot of Bedford, 
Mass. [b. Apr. 22, 1729; d. Jan. 9, 1815]. He was a highly respected 
citizen of Billerica, served as a soldier in the French war, and was elected 
to the Legislature as representative and as senator, and was otherwise 
prominent in church, town, and colonial matters. His son was father of 
Onslow Stearns, governor of New Hampshire 1869-70. 

Isaac' (Isaac', John^ John', John', Isaac'), b. June 13, 1750; d. Apr. 
29, 1807; m. Dec. 18, 1777, Mary, dau. of Jessaniah' (William', Joseph', 
Simon^ Simon') and Mary (Hosley) Crosby of Billerica [b. May 16, 
1754; d. Oct. 24, 1839]. He removed to Ashburnham in 1778 and there 
made his home until his death. He was a Revolutionary soldier, respond- 
ing to the Concord alarm and having a part in the siege of Boston, the 
battle of Bunker Hill, and the capture of Ticonderoga accomplished under 
Ethan Allen. Children : 

1. i. Betsey, b. Aug. 31, 1778; d. New Ipswich, Nov. 6, 1854, unm. 

2. ii. Isaac, b. Mar. 12, 1780; d. June 16, 1781. 

3. iii. Isaac, b. Oct. 28, 1781.-f 

4. iv. Mary, b. Feb. 19, 1783; m. Apr. 29, 1805, Job Davis (J. 1). 

5. v. Jesse, b. Aug. 29, 1784.+ 

6. vi. Sarah, b. Feb. 4, 1786; m. Dec, 1846, Job Davis (J. 1). 

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7. vii. Martha, b. Oct. 19, 1787; m. Apr. 8, 1818, Capt. Sewall Fiske 

of Weston, Mass., son of Nathan and Mary (Stearns) 
Fiske, and grandson of Isaac" and Sarah (Abbot) Stearns. 

8. viii. Orpah, b. May 19, 1789; d. Mar. 9, 1866; m. 1827, Joel Davis 

(24). 

9. ix. John, b. Mar. 11, 1791; d. Sept. 10, 1824, unm. 

10. X. Abigail, b. Jan. 31, 1793; d. Apr. 14, 1853; m. June 5, 1818, 

Chauncey Perry (1). 

11. xi. Alice, b. July 11, 1796; d. May 24, 1822. 

3. IsAAc'^ (Isaac^, Isaac^ John*, John^, John^, Isaac^), b. 
Oct. 28, 1781 ; d. Dec. 30, 1863 ; m. Nov. 7, 1822, Belinda, dan. 
of Stephen and Sarah Bedlow. He lived in Rindge for fifteen 
years after his marriage and then removed to New Ipswich, 
which was the home of his remaining years. He lived upon 
76, A. D. Children : 

12. i. Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1823; d. Feb. 12, 1824. 

13. ii. Isaac, b. Sept. 24, 1825; m. Oct. 21, 1852, Elizabeth C. Duryea. 

He was principal of public schools at Hempstead, N. Y., 
for many years, retiring from teaching in 1895 and making 
his home in New York city. Three children. 

14. iii. Sarah Whitney, b. Dec. 24, 1827; d. Aug. 7, 1874, unm. 

15. iv. Albert, b. Dec. 20, 1833. + 

5. Jesse'^ (Isaac®, Isaac^, John*, John^, John'-^, Isaac^), b. 
Aug. 29, 1784; d. Nov. 18, 1866; m. June 6, 1811, Lucinda 
Davis (26). He was a successful school teacher for more than 
twenty years, thus coming to be usually designated as "Master 
Jesse." He was acquainted with the methods of the land 
surveyor of early days, when the entire professional outfit 
consisted merely of a compass and chain, a pair of dividers 
and a Gunter's scale, and performed such service of that kind 
as the region required. For a long period he was a farmer 
upon lot 7, N. L. O., upon which he built a barn in which 
he took great satisfaction as being the largest barn in the 
town, that of his neighbor, Dr. Stillman Gibson, which had 
previously held that honor, but has since been destroyed by 
fire, being just one hundred feet in length, which measure- 
ment the new structure exceeded by five feet. He passed the 
later years of his life in the house on the road to Smith Vil- 
lage situated opposite the site of the First Baptist church, 
since occupied as a summer home by his grandson, John W. 
Cummings. Two of his four sons entered the ministerial pro- 
fession, and three daughters married ministers, two of them 
serving in the foreign missionary field. Children : 

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16. i. Jesse George Davis, b. Feb. 24, 1812; d. Nov. 1, 1882; m. 

June 27, 1843, Lucy Murdock of Rutland, Mass. He grad- 
uated from Amherst College in 1836, was a tutor in that 
college for a brief period, and then entered the Andover 
Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1842, 
and entered upon a pastoral service of thirty-three years, 
included in two pastorates, one of twenty-four years at 
Billerica, Mass., and the other of nine years at Clearwater, 
Minn. He had official oversight of the schools of Billerica 
for a considerable time and was also chosen to represent 
the town in the Legislature. The closing years of his life 
were passed in Zumbrota, Minn. 

17. ii. Eveline Lucinda, b. Feb. 16, 1814; d. Mar. 27, 1850; m. Nov. 

14, 1835, Rev. Samuel S. Tappan [b. 1809; d. 1890]. Two 
children. 

18. iii. JosiAH Milton, b. June 17, 1818.-1- 

19. iv. Isaac Crosby, b. Feb. 28, 1820.-f 

20. V. Abigail Mary, b. July 24, 1822 ; d. Nov. 16, 1895 ; m. Oct. 28, 

1847, Rev. Seneca Cummings. She was educated at Mt. 
Holyoke Seminary and was then a teacher until her mar- 
riage, after which she was in the missionary service in 
China for eight years. Her feeble health compelled her 
return to America and, her husband dying soon after, she 
passed her remaining years an invalid in New Ipswich. 
Three children. 

21. vi. Lucy Estabrook, b. Apr. 16, 1826; d. July 10, 1883; m. Sept. 

6, 1852, Rev. Charles Hartwell. She graduated from Mt. 
Holyoke Seminary in 1849, and her life after marriage was 
spent in missionary service at Foochow, China, where she 
died. Seven children. 

22. vii. John Newton, b. May 24, 1829. -|- 

15. Albert^ (Isaac^ Isaac^ Isaac^ John*, John^ John^ 
Isaac^), b. Dec. 20, 1833; d. Apr. 21, 1914; m. June 3, 1858, 
Martha Louisa Snow. He served upon the police force of 
Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1854 to 1870, excepting nearly three 
years' army service in the Civil War. Afterwards resided in 
Syracuse, N. Y., engaged as superintendent of chemical works. 
While upon the police force he was promoted to the position 
of captain ; and entering military service as captain in the 
131st New York Regiment, he rose to the rank of major, 
and also did good service as provost marshal and judge in 
Louisiana. His loyalty to the home of his youth is shown 
by his gift of the sum of $5000, to be held for the support of 
an annual course of free lectures. Children : 

23. i. Martha Cordelia, b. May 24, 1859; d. Dec. 28, 1863. 

24. ii. Flora Elizabeth, b. Aug. 20, 1861; m. Oct. 9, 1888, David 

C. Holton, M. D., of Brooklyn. 

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25. iii. Gertrude Louisa, b. May 21, 1866; m. Aug. 26, 1896, John 

R. Morey of Burnt Hills, N. Y. Two children. 

26. V. Albert Wesley, b. Sept. 3, 1868; d. Nov. 13, 1873. 

27. vi. James Herbert, b. Sept. 25, 1874; m. Dec. 29, 1897, Abbie 

Lenore, dau. of John B. Grover of Red Bank, N. J. He 
graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology, 1896, and 
is a mechanical engineer at McKeesport, Pa. 

18. JosiAH Milton* (Jesse^, Isaac®, Isaac°, John*, John', 
John^, Isaac^), b. June 17, 1818; d. June 12, 1853; m. Elyria, 
O., May 24, 1847, Freelove Philips Mclntyre [d. 1880]. He 
graduated from Marshall College, Pa., 1844, studied theology 
at Cincinnati, O., and after a brief service as a home mis- 
sionary in Indiana returned to New England, and held two 
brief pastorates at Lunenburg, Vt., and Brentwood, N. H., 
before his death. His widow came to New Ipswich soon after 
his death and resided in the Widow Everett house, now the 
Congregational parsonage, until her marriage to Charles Bos- 
well of West Hartford, Conn., in 1861. Children: 

28. i. Flora Pierpont, b. Aug. 17, 1849; m. Aug. 17, 1871, Rev. 

Marcellus Bowen, a missionary to Turkey. Two children. 

29. ii. Charles Cummings, b. Dec. 10, 1850; m. Sept. 20, 1875, Sophie 

Dickerman Putnam Seymour. He graduated from Yale 
College in 1872, and from Union Theological Seminary in 
1875. He is a teacher, and has had professorships in Doane 
College, Crete, Neb., and in Hartford Theological Seminary. 
Five children. 

30. iii. George Milton, b. Apr. 12, 1852; m. Nov. 26, 1877, Annie 

McArthur Thompson from Stirling, Scotland. He gradu- 
ated from Yale College in 1874, and from Union Theologi- 
cal Seminary in 1877. He was a professor in Washburn 
College, Topeka, Kan., for some years, and then entered 
business as a banker at Port Richmond, N. Y. Three chil- 
dren. 

19. Isaac Crosby* (Jesse^, Isaac^ Isaac^, John*, John', 
John^, Isaac^), b. Feb. 28, 1820; d. Sept. 6, 1910; m. (1) Nov. 
28, 1845, Lucy T. Wheeler (117) ; (2) Aug. 19, 1860, Amanda 
P., dau. of James Grover of Bethel, Me. [b. Mar. 19, 1834; d. 
Dec. 31, 1872] ; (3) Nov. 30, 1873, Arvilla L., sister of his sec- 
ond wife [b. Mar. 13, 1836]. He was educated at New Ips- 
wich Academy, became a teacher and surveyor, and succeeded 
to his father's farm. About 1855 he left town and was for a 
time associated with his brother John, a publisher in Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., but later removed to Zumbrota, Minn., which was 
thereafter his home. He was a dealer in real estate, and 
held various official positions, including service in the Legis- 

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lature, the chairmanship of the county board, and a long 
period upon the town school board. Children : 

31. i. Abby Marietta, b. Sept. 22, 1848; d. May 29, 1860. 

32. ii. Lucy Eveline, b. May 10, 1852; m. Jan. 18, 1872, Dr. Edward 

L. Mellins of Dorchester, Mass. One son. 

33. iii. Isaac Orlando, b. Sept. 5, 1874; d. Nov. 13, 1874. 

34. iv. Clarence Grover, b. June 16, 1877. He is a photographer at 

Zumbrota. 

22. John Newton^ (Jesse^, Isaac^, Isaac^, John*, John*, 
John^, Isaac^), b. May 24, 1829; d. Apr. 21, 1896; m. 1854, 
Matilda C. Loring. He was educated at New Ipswich Acad- 
emy, taught for a little while, and then remo\'ed to New York 
city, where he soon was actively engaged in temperance ac- 
tivities, having a leading place in the formation of the Na- 
tional Temperance Society and being its publishing agent. He 
was also engaged in the management of other publications, 
being the "Robert Merry" of "Merry's Museum," which he 
established together with S. G. Goodrich, long known as "Pe- 
ter Parley." Child: 

35. i. Nellie Grant, b. Jan. 18, 1864; m. Rev. J. W. Morey. 

STEARNS (Charles). 

Charles^ Stearns, birth not known; m. (1) Hannah [d. June 

30, 1651] ; (2) June 22, 1654, Rebecca, dau. of John and Rebecca Gibson 
of Cambridge. He was admitted freeman at Watertown, Mass., in 1646, 
and seems to have made his home in that town until 1681, when he sold 
his land there to his son Samuel and removed to that part of Lynn which 
is now Lynnfield. 

JoHN^ (Charles'), b. Jan. 24, 1657; d. Feb. 22, 1722; m. (1) 1681, 
Judith, dau. of George and Elizabeth (Crispe) Lawrence [b. May 12, 
1660]; (2) Apr. 2, 1713, Mary, dau. of Richard and Mary (Brooks) Nor- 
cross of Watertown [b. July 10, 1663]. He lived within the limits of 
Lexington. 

George' (John^ Charles'), b. 1688; d. June 26, 1760; m. Oct. 23, 1712, 
Hannah, dau. of Dea. Jonathan and Abia (Bartlett) Sanderson of Cam- 
bridge, Mass. [b. May 31, 1689]. He lived in the West Precinct of 
Waltham, Mass. 

David* (George', John", Charles'), bapt. Sept. 29, 1717; m. (1) Aug. 
26, 1741, Bethia (Mansfield) Stimson of Weston, Mass. [b. Jan. 22, 1723] ; 
(2) Apr. 9, 1761, Dorothy Fullam [d. a widow Aug. 17, 1790]. He lived 
in Weston, Mass. 

Nathan" (David*, George', John^ Charles'), b. June 1, 1747; d. Oct. 
2, 1808; m. (1) Mar. 23, 1772, Lucy, dau. of John and Thankful Rice 
[b. Sudbury, Mass., Mar. 10, 1753; d. Aug. 22, 1782]; (2) Dec. 11, 1787, 
Mary Dunton. He lived in Sudbury for a few years, but afterward for 
a long period in Weston. 

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1. Leonard^ (Nathan^, David*, George^, John^, Charles^), 
b. 1788; d. Weston, Mass., 1834; m. Sarah Colbiirn of Lincoln, 
Mass. He came to New Ipswich about 1809, and became a 
farmer at Davis Village, living in the house now owned by 
William Davis at the corner on the west side of the road 
from Hodgkins' corner. He also had a store in the wing of 
the house. He resided in Ashburnham, Mass., for a short 
time about 1824, but returned to New Ipswich, which was his 
home until his removal to Weston, Mass., about 1833. The 
record of his family is very imperfect. Children : 

2. i. Leonard, d. in New Orleans, La. 

3. ii. William C, b. Aug. 7, 1813 ; d. Feb. 19, 1815. 

4. iii. Samuel L, b. 1815; d. Aug. 8, 1816. 

5. iv. Sarah, b. Feb. 25, 1817; d. young. 

6. V. Joseph Colburn, b. Jan. 31, 1819; d. at Lynn, Mass. 

7. vi. Julia, d. Bedford, Mass. ; m. Vincent. 

8. vii. Albert, d. Lincoln, Mass. 

9. viii. Richard Hall, b. Ashburnham, Mass., Dec. 25, 1824.+ 

10. ix. George, d. Boston, Mass., Jan. 30, 1910. 

11. X. Elizabeth, d. New Ipswich. 

9. Richard Hall'^ (Leonard*^, Nathan^, David*, George^, 
John^, CharlesO, b. Dec. 25, 1824; d. Aug. 16, 1909; m. Louisa 
Maria Waterman of Boston. In early life he entered mer- 
cantile life in Boston, in which his ability and success are 
amply evidenced by the present position of the house of R. H. 
Stearns & Co., which has developed from the little store 
founded by him in 1847. His energy, however, was by no 
means confined within commercial lines, as he was for many 
years superintendent of the largest Sunday school in the city, 
later a deacon of the Old South church, for a long time presi- 
dent of the City Missionary Society, and generally prominent 
in religious activities. Children : 

12. i. Frank Waterman, b. Nov. 8, 1856. -(- 

13. ii. William Foster, b. Apr. 18, 1859.+ 

14. iii. Richard Hall, b. Apr. 25, 1862; m. Apr. 12, 1908, Frances 

Gould of Brooklyn, N. Y. He is engaged in the business 
of the family firm. 

12. Frank Waterman^ (Richard HalP, Leonard^, Nathan^, 
David*, George^ John^, Charles^, b. Nov. 8, 1856; m. Feb. 
26, 1880, Emily Williston, dau. of William Smith Clark, pres- 
ident of the Massachusetts Agricultural College [b. June 9, 
1856]. He graduated from Amherst College in 1878, and en- 
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as head of the firm. He is a trustee of his Alma Mater. Chil- 
dren : 

15. i. Foster Waterman, b. July 29, 1881 ; m. June 22, 1905, Martha, 

dau. of Prof. John E. Genung of Amherst College. He 
graduated from Amherst College in 1903, received the de- 
gree of A. M. from Harvard College in 1906, and graduated 
from the General Theological Seminary in 1909. He is 
rector of Christ Church, Sheffield, Mass. 

16. ii. Emily Williston, b. July 18, 1884. 

17. iii. Louisa, b. Jan. 6, 1886; m. Jan. 6, 1906, Francis Prescott of 

Newton, Mass. Three children. 

13. William Foster*^ (Richard HalF, Leonard^, Nathan^ 
David*, George^ John^ Charles^), b. Apr. 18, 1859; m. May 
19, 1886, Fanny Stearns, dau. of William Smith Clark, presi- 
dent of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. He gradu- 
ated from Amherst College in 1882, and later from Hartford 
Theological Seminary. He has been pastor at Hartford, Vt., 
and Marlboro, Mass., now at Norfolk, Conn. Children : 

18. i. Douglas Clark, b. Mar. 23, 1893. 

19. ii. William Foster, b. July 18, 1900. 

STICKNEY. 

William' Stickney, b. Frampton, Lincolnshire, England, bapt. Sept. 

6, 1592 ; d. Rowley, Mass., buried Jan. 25, 1664/5 ; m. Elizabeth . He 

came to America probably in 1637, and was one of the original settlers in 
Rowley, of which he was an influential citizen, being a selectman and also 
having the rank of lieutenant. 

Amos= (William'), b. in England, 1635; d. Aug. 29, 1678; m. June 24, 
1663, Sarah Morse [d. Dec. 7, 1711; m. (2) Stephen Acreman]. He was 
a weaver in Newbury, where he died. 

Benjamin' (Amos^ William'), b. Newbury, Apr. 4, 1673; d. Rowley, 
Mar. 5, 1765/6; m. (1) Jan. 16, 1701, Mary Palmer [b. about 1673; d. 
1747] ; (2) Oct. 2, 1750, widow Mary Morrison, who m. (3) Samuel 
Duty of Rowley. Benjamin was a farmer in Rowley. 

Joseph' (Benjamin', Amos', William'), b. Oct. 8, 1705; d. Mar., 1756; 
m. (1) Dec. 26, 1727, Jane, dau. of Capt. Samuel and Elizabeth (Hale) 
Pickard [b. Mar. 5, 1704] ; (2) Nov. 7, 1737, Hannah, dau. of Samuel and 
Hannah Goodridge [b. Newbury, Feb. 1, 1712; d. Nov. 4, 1806; m. (2) 
James Barker]. He was a farmer in Boxford, Mass., and also had a saw- 
mill. He was a deputy sheriff. 

1. Joseph^ (Joseph*, Benjamin^, Amos^ William^), b. June 
23, 1733; d. Apr. 20, 1818; m. Oct. 5, 1758, Anna Sloss [d. 
Newfane, Vt., Feb. 13, 1825]. He was a tailor in Boxford, 
Mass., for a time, but about 1744 he removed to New Ipswich. 
He settled upon 44, N. D., where he remained as late as 1805, 

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when his name disappears from the tax-list, and his home is 
uncertain. He perhaps, like his wife, spent his later years in 
Vermont, but he was buried in New Ipswich. He went to 
Nova Scotia as a soldier in 1754, and he may have served in 
the Revolution, but more probably the name upon the rolls is 
that of his son. Children : 

2. i. HiTTE, b. June 10, 1760; d. June 10, 1848, at the home of a 

son in Antrim ; m. Swain. Eight children. 

Joseph, b. Apr. 13, l762.-\- 

WiLLiAM, b. Feb. 5, 1765.+ 

Moody, b. about 1767; d. Nov. 15, 1820; m. Aug. 7, 1794, Sally 
Barrett. He succeeded to his father's farm. 

Anna, b. Mar., 1770; d. 1828; m. Mar. 11, 1790, Nathaniel 
Hodgkins (3). They settled in Belvidere. Vt. 

Jane, b. Apr. 10, 1772; m. Feb. 16, 1800, Daniel Stratton (6). 

Oliver, b. Feb. 27, 1775 ; d. Rindge, 1812. After leaving New- 
Ipswich he changed his name to Hall, and settled in Provi- 
dence, R. I., where he married and had four children. 

3. Joseph*' (Joseph^, Joseph*, Benjamin^, Amos^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Apr. 13, 1762; d. Andover, Vt., Apr. 3, 1848; m. 
Feb. 27, 1800, Anna Hosmer of Mason [b. about 1773 ; d. Feb. 
19, 1851]. They removed to Andover, Vt., about 1806. He 
served in the Revolution in Capt. Briant's company, and also 
on the march to Royalton. Children : 

9. i. Lizzie, b. Jan. 2, 1801 ; m. John B. Manning of Mt. Tabor, Vt. 

10. ii. Eliza, b. Dec. 12, 1802 ; married Barnard Carlton. 

11. iii. George W., b. Oct. 25, 1804; m. Roxalane Barton 

12. iv. Joseph H., b. Oct. 8, 1811; m. Achsah E. Haseltine. 

4. William^ (Joseph^, Joseph*, Benjamin^, Amos^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Feb. 5, 1765; d. Rindge, June 17, 1839; m. Jane, dau. 
of Simeon Fletcher (11). He removed to Rindge about 1790. 
Children : 

13. i. William, b. June 1, 1790; d. May 13, 1854; m. July 5, 1818, 

Amy Peat. He settled in Edminster, N. Y., and there 
passed his life. Eight children. 

14. ii. Thomas, b. Jan. 9, 1792; m. Feb. 8, 1835, Sarah Alden. He 

was a successful merchant in Troy, N. Y., until he became 
insane. 

15. iii. Charles, b. Dec. 31, 1793; m. (1) June 6, 1822, Sarah A. 

Baxter [d. June 20, 1824]; (2) Sarah M. Crandall. He 
was a merchant in Troy, N. Y. Five children. 

16. iv. Jane, b. Feb. 8, 1796; m. Oct. 6, 1825, Norman M. Hopkins. 

They removed to some point in New York. Five children. 

17. V. Asa, b. Nov. 28, 1797; d. Nov. 28, 1799. 

18. vi. Asa, b. Apr. 22, 1800; m. Nov. 29, 1826, Malina Emerson. 

He was a farmer and stonecutter in Rindge. Five children. 

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19. vii. Nancy, b. July 22, 1801 ; d. Oct. 31, 1819. 

20. viii. Lyman, b. Feb. 10, 1804; d. Jan. 9, 1840; m. Sarah Smedley. 

He lived in Troy, N. Y. One child. 

21. ix. Mersylvia, b. Feb. 11, 1806; m. Thomas Symonds of Rindge. 

Three children. 

22. X. Warren, b. Aug. 11, 1808; d. Sept. 30, 1843, unm. He re- 

moved to New Orleans, La., where he was a stonecutter. 

23. xi. Alfred, b. Mar. 10, 1812; d. 1858; m. Jan. 9, 1839, Hannah M. 

Parsels. He went to New Orleans, La., where he was a 
stonecutter and master builder for twenty years, but re- 
turned to Rindge and became a farmer for two or three 
years before his death. Seven children. 

STONE. 

SiMON^ Stone, bapt. Much Bromley, County Essex, England, Feb. 9, 
1585/6; d. Sept. 22, 1665; m. (1) Aug. 5, 1616, Joan, dau. of William 
Clarke [b. about 1597] ; (2) about 1654, Sarah, widow of Richard Lump- 
kin of Ipswich, Mass. He came to America with wife and five children 
in 1635, and settled at Watertown, Mass. He was a selectman and deacon. 

Simon' (Simon'), b. 1631; d. Feb. 27, 1708; m. Mary, dau. of John 
Whipple of Ipswich, Mass. [b. 1634; d. June 2, 1720]. He represented 
Watertown in the General Court for nine years. He was also a selectman 
and deacon. He was one of the Proprietors of Groton, Mass., but prob- 
ably never lived there. 

Simon' (Simon', Simon'), b. Sept. 8, 1656; d. Dec. 19, 1741; m. 1686, 
Sarah, dau. of Matthias' Farnsworth [b. about 1664; d. Sept. 16, 1731]. 
He removed to Groton, as early as 1694, and there held town offices and, 
like his ancestors, was a deacon. 

John' (Simon', Simon'), b. July 23, 1658; m. Dec. 7, 1698, Sarah 
(Nutting), widow of Matthias' Farnsworth [b. May 29, 1663]. Res. in 
Groton, Mass. 

Simon" (Simon', Simon", Simon'), b. 1686; d. Oct. 22, 1746; m. Sarah 

[d. May 30, 1767]. He was active in the setting off of Harvard as 

a separate town, and was prominent in its affairs. He too was a deacon. 

Joseph" (Simon', Simon", Simon'), b. Mar. 8, 1702; d. Sept. 10, 1777; 
m. May 9, 1728, Mary Prescott [b. Apr. 29, 1711; d. Sept. 5, 1793]. Res. 
in Groton, Mass. 

John" (John', Simon', Simon'), b. Sept. 23, 1699; m. Dec. 22, 1722, 
Elizabeth Farwell. Res. in Groton, Mass. 

James" (John', Simon', Simon'), b. Jan. 23, 1701; d. Feb. 28, 1783; 
m. Dec. 28, 1726, Mary Farwell. Res. in Groton, Mass., where he was a 
deacon. 

1. Elias^ (Simon*, Simon^ Simon^, Simon^), b. Apr. 2, 
1728; m. before 1756, Sarah Sawyer [d. 1806]. He came from 
Harvard, Mass., to New Ipswich as early as 1762, and seems 
to have remained about three years, but his place of residence 
has not been determined. He is said to have had two children 
in Harvard, and in New Ipswich the following children: 

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7. i. Simon, b. Nov. 18, 1762. 

8. ii. Sarah, b. Nov. 18, 1762. 

9. iii. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 15, 1764. 

Jonas' (Joseph\ Simon', Simon^, Simon*), b. Nov. 11, 1737; d. Apr. 
26, 1816; m. May 23, 1765, Rebecca' Fletcher (Timothy', Paul', William^ 
Robert'), of Westford, Mass. [d. Jan. 26, 1824]. He res. in Groton, Mass. 

2. Nathaniel^ (John*, John^, Simon^, Simon^), b. Sept. 27, 

1733; m. Thankful . He came to New Ipswich about 1764 

and located upon the farm first occupied by Joseph Stevens, 
and in later years by the Supply Wilson family, (35, N. D.) 
He was a citizen of the town for nearly twenty years, and his 
position as a leader is clearly indicated by his election as a 
selectman in 1767, and later representative in the third year 
in which that officer was chosen, and still more by his mem- 
bership in the Committee of Inspection, Correspondence, and 
Safety. It is, therefore, somewhat strange that no record of 
his life after leaving this town has come to light, and that 
tradition is silent concerning him. Children : 

10. i. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 4, 1764. 

11. ii. Jonas, b. Feb. 7, 1767. 

12. iii. Noyce, b. June 3, 1769. 

13. iv. Isaac, b. Aug. 7, 1771; m. Grace Whiting [b. about 1773; d. 

Nov. 4, 1807]. She was buried in the old graveyard on the 
hill, where one of the most tasteful monuments in the yard, 
"Erected by her Children to the memory of the best of 
mothers," is the only remaining token of that branch of the 
family. 

14. v. Thankful, b. July 25, 1773. 

15. vi. David, b. Apr. 8, 1775. 

16. vii. Asa, b. Mar. 24, 1778. 

17. viii. Nathan, b. May 4, 1780. 

3. JoEL^ (James*, John^, Simon^, Simon^), b. May 1, 1742; 
m. Groton, Mass., Jan. 31, 1765, Eunice Holden. He removed 
from Groton to Rindge, and in 1790 came thence to New 
Ipswich and remained until 1797. The location of his home 
is uncertain. Children : 

18. i. Joel, b. 1765 ; m. Abigail McCall. He removed to Luzerne, 

N. Y. He followed the ancestral tendencies and was a 







deacon 


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4. JoNAS^ (Jonas^, Joseph*, Simon^, Simon^, Simon^), b. 
Mar. 5, 1766; d. Oct. 18, 1853; m. Relief Heyward [b. Sept. 

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9, 1770; d. May 27, 1848]. He came to New Ipswich upon 
attaining his majority, and passed his life as a farmer on the 
farm first owned by Abraham and Jesse Carlton, (85, A. D.) 
During the last eighteen years of his life he was totally blind. 
Children : 

23. i. Jonas, b. June 5, 1799; m. Dec. 27, 1823, Sally Farnsworth 

(24). He removed to St. Lawrence county, N. Y. 

24. ii. Relief, b. Jan. 28, 1801. 

25. iii. William H., b. Feb. 20, 1803. He removed to St. Lawrence 

county, N. Y. 

26. iv. Nathan, b. May 2, 1805.+ 

27. V. Silas, b. May 29, 1806. He removed to St. Lawrence county, 

N. Y. 

28. vi. ZiMRi, b. Sept. 27, 1809; d. Mar. 20, 1859, unm. 

29. vii. Timothy, b. Aug. 9, 1813 ; d. Apr. 8, 1814. 

30. viii. John P., b. Jan. 25, 1815; d. Mar. 13, 1840, unm. 

5. Jesse® (Jonas^, Joseph^ Simon^, Simon^, Simon^), b. 
Oct. 21, 1768; m. Susanna Kendall. He came from Groton to 
New Ipswich in 1792 and remained three years. His place of 
residence is uncertain, but it seems that he was with his 
brother Jonas who seems not to have been married until a 
later date. Child : 

31. i. Jesse. 

6. Timothy® (Jonas^, Joseph*, Simon^, Simon^, Simon^), 

b. Jan. 22, 1773; m. Lydia . He came from Groton to 

New Ipswich in 1794, and remained until 1800, during which 
time were born the following children : 

32. i. ZoA, b. Dec. 31, 1797. 

33. ii. Isaac Newton, b. Dec. 23, 1799. 

26. Nathan'' (Jonas®, Jonas^, Joseph*, Simon^, Simon-, 
Simon^), b. May 2, 1805; m. Oct. 1, 1833, Betsy Blanchard 
(18). He succeeded to his father's farm, where he resided 
until about 1862 when he removed. He was a selectman. 
Children : 

34. i. Maria, b. July 27, 1836; d. Mar. 28, 1913; m. June 2, 1857, 

John C. Nutting (15). 

35. ii. Jane, b. Oct. 19, 1839; d. Jan. 5, 1859. 

36. iii. Laura, b. May 9, 1843. 

37. iv. Ellen, b. May 17, 1846; d. Aug., 1865. 

38. v. Charles N., b. Dec. 21, 1851. 

39. vi. Mary, b. Dec. 15, 1854; d. Dec. 10, 1855. 



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STRATTON. 

Two apparently distinct families bearing this name have been repre- 
sented in New Ipswich, but the one descended from the emigrant Samuel 
Stratton of Watertown, Mass., contains nearly the entire number. The 
smaller family, appearing some years later and descended from John 
Stratton, also of Watertown, very probably is akin to the first, but if 
such is the case the relationship is unknown. 

STRATTON (Samuel). 

Samuel' Stratton, b. 1592; d. Dec. 25, 1672; m. Alice . He 

with his wife came to Watertown, Mass., about 1647, and lived there until 
his death. 

Samuel= (SamueP), m. Mar. 25, 1651, Mary Frye [d. Oct. 27, 1674]. 
He settled at Concord, Mass. 

Samuel' (SamueP, Samuel'), b. Mar. 5, 1660; d. Nov. 30, 1717; m. 
Nov. 28, 1683, Elizabeth, dau. of Francis^ (Robert') and Elizabeth 
(Wheeler) Fletcher [b. Aug. 24, 1663; d. Apr. 18, 1762]. 

Samuel* (Samuel^ Samuel", Samuel'), b. Concord, 1684; m. Jan. 19, 
1709/10, Sarah Allen. 

Hezekiah* (SamueP, SamueP, Samuel'). Nothing except the name 
Hezekiah has been found connecting SamueP and Eleazer^ 

Joseph* (SamueP, SamueP, Samuel'), b. Concord, Jan. 31, 1696; m. 
Jan. 31, 1717, Rachel, dau. of Joseph and Rachel Wooley of Concord [b. 
June 14, 1698]. Res. at Concord. 

Hezekiah' (Samuel*, SamueP, Samuel", Samuel'), b. Sept. 8, 1714; 
m. Dorothy, probably dau. of Daniel and Dorothy (Dakin) Hubbard [b. 
Mar. 24, 1718/19; d. May 30, 1763]. Two or three of his sons were in 
New Ipswich for a time. 

Samuel' (Samuel*, SamueP, Samuel", Samuel'), b. Concord, Jan. 1, 
1720/21 ; m. 1748, Mary Eaton of Worcester, Mass. Res. for a time at 
Rutland, Mass. 

Eleazer" (Hezekiah*, SamueP, Samuel", Samuel'), b. Northfield, Mass., 
Apr. 30, 1722 ; m. Lydia, dau. of Caleb Allen. 

Jonas' (Joseph*, Samuef, Samuel^ Samuel'), b. Sept. 18, 1732; m. 
Elizabeth, dau. of Ephraim* and Elizabeth (Heywood) Hartwell. Res. at 
Concord. 

1. Daniel*^ (Hezekiah^, Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, Sam- 
uel), b. Concord, Oct. 13, 1743; d. July 22, 1832; m. (1) Sarah 
Start (2) ; (2) 1785, Sarah, dau. of Caleb and Elizabeth Brown 
Warner [b. Mar. 27, 1753; d. Oct. 5, 1825]. He came to New 
Ipswich about 1767 and settled upon Knight's Hill, (9, N. D.) 
He served in the Revolution, at least by responding to the 
alarm of April, 1775, and he is said to have had military ex- 
perience ten years earlier in the garrison at Fort Halifax. 
Children : 

5. i. Sarah, b. May 15, 1771; d. May 27, 1790, unm. 

6. ii. Daniel, b. Mar. 23, 1773.+ 

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7. iii. John, b. Nov. 26, 1775; d. Jan. 28, 1842; m. Charlotte Frink. 

He was a millwright and remained in New Ipswich a few 
years after his majority. But his name disappears from 
the records in 1799, and he soon after removed to Oxford, 
N. Y., where he was a successful farmer and millowner. 
He had ten children. 

8. iv. Asa, b. Nov. 8, 1777 ; d. Nov. 9, 1802. 

9. V. Dolly, b. Mar. 13, 1780; d. Oct. 26, 1780. 

10. vi. Dolly, b. Dec. 1, 1781; m. Dec. 21, 1806. Jonathan Webber. 

11. vii. Lucy, b. Jan. 16, 1784; d. Apr. 29, 1784. 

12. viii. William, b. Jan. 17, 1786.+ 

13. ix. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 17, 1786; d. 1864; m. about 1808, William 

Start (23). 

14. X. Lydia, b. Dec. 7, 1787. 

15. xi. Polly, b. July 5, 1789 ; d. Apr. 17, 1790. 

16. xii. Jeremiah. -)- 

2, Hezekiah*' (Hezekiah^, Samuel*, SamueP, Samuel-, 
Samuel^), b. July 24, 1746; m. Eunice Hayward. Tradition 
makes him resident in New Ipswich for a short time, prob- 
ably at about the time of his brother Daniel's arrival in the 
town, but if so he did not remain. He went to Maine and 
settled at Winslow, the site of Fort Halifax, where his brother 
Daniel had served only two or three years before. 

3. Nehemiah" (Hezekiah^, Samuel*, Samuel^, Samuel^, 
SamueP), b. Jan. 15, 1759; m. (1) Sarah Prichard (7); (2) 
Lois Newhall (7). His name appears upon the New Ipswich 
tax-lists from 1780, when he became twenty-one years of age, 
until 1795, at about which time he removed to Albion, Me. 
His place of residence is uncertain, but it is probable that it 
was near that of his brother in the Knight's Hill neighbor- 
hood, the early settled portion of the town. Apparently, how- 
ever, his arrival in town was some years before he reached 
his majority, as he gave Revolutionary service in the com- 
panies of Capts. Josiah Brown, Stephen Parker, and Robert 
Fletcher in 1777 and 1778. In 1781 he enlisted for three years 
or during the war. Record of only two children has been 
found. Children : 

17. i. Sally, b. Feb. 5, 1786. 

18. ii. Hannah, b. June 18, 1787; m. (1) Sprague; (2) 1818, 

Stephen Wheeler (72). 
Ebenezer" ( Samuel", Samuel*, Samuel', SamueP, Samuel*), b. Rut- 
land, Mass., Nov. 2, 1751 ; m. Tabitha Davis. Removed to Rindge. 

Asa® (Eleazer^ Hezekiah*, Samuel', SamueP, Samuel*), b. Northfield, 
Mass., Sept. 8, 1758; m. Lucy Woodbury. He served in the Revolution, 
being present at the surrender of Burgoyne. 

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4. Lydia^ (Jonas^, Joseph*, Samuel^, SamueP, SamueP), b. 
Concord. Mass., June 21, 1769; d. Mar. 28, 1849; m. (1) Apr. 
22, 1794, Caleb Campbell (2) ; (2) May 9, 1805, Abner Chicker- 
ing (1). 

6. Daniel^ (Daniel®, Hezekiah^, Samuel*, SamueP, Sam- 
ueP, SamueP), b. Mar. 23, 1773; d. Oct. 11. 1853; m. Feb. 16, 
1800, Jane Stickney (7). He occupied the paternal farm for 
a time, but removed to Newfane, Vt., about 1807, and his 
descendants may still be found in that town and region. Of 
his eight children record of only one, who was born in New 
Ipswich, has been found. Child : 

21. i. Asa, b. Jan. 29, 1805. 

12. William'' (DanieP, Hezekiah^, Samuel*, SamueP, Sam- 
uel^, SamueP), b. Jan. 17, 1786; m. Jan. 10. 1815, Esther Rood. 
He settled in Herkimer County, N. Y., where he married. 
He was a wheelwright. Child : 

22. i. William Warner, an only son, d. 1849, leaving one son, 

William H.; res. at Simeon, Neb. 

16. Jeremiah'^ (DanieP, Hezekiah^, Samuel*, SamueP, Sam- 
ueP, SamueP), b. about 1794; m. Abigail, dau. of Jesse Spauld- 
ing of Chelmsford, Mass. [b. about 1798; d. May 10, 1847]. 
He lived upon the paternal farm until 1827, and then or soon 
after removed to Winchendon, Mass. Children : 

23. i. George Edwin, b. June 29, 1823. 

24. ii. Charles. 

25. iii. Elbridge. 

26. iv. Caroline. 

Ebenezer' (Ebenezer", Samuel*, Samuel*, Samuel', Samuel*, Samuel*). 

19. Raymond^ (Ebenezer^, SamueP, Samuel*, SamueP, 
SamueP, SamueP), b. Rindge, Apr. 6, 1790; d. Sept. 14, 1838; 
m. Dec. 16, 1816, Mary J., dau. of John and Sarah (Brooks) 
Bonner of Hancock [b. July 23, 1789; d. Oct. 15, 1878; m. (2) 
Oliver Prescott of Jafifrey], He lived during the latest years 
of his life in the "Appleton House" on the Turnpike opposite 
the end of School street. Child: 

29. i. Susan M., m. O. P. Prescott of Fredonia, N. Y. 

20. Seth' (Asa^ Eleazer^, Hezekiah*, SamueP, SamueP, 
SamueP), b. Northfield, Mass., Aug. 29, 1792; m. Freedom 
Helton [b. 1797; d. Jan. 13, 1890]. He was a wheelwright in 
the Center Village, and his home was a house formerly stand- 
ing on the west side of Barrett street, just below the old grave- 
yard on the hill. Children : 

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30. i. An infant, d. Jan. 5, 1829. 

31. ii. Edward. He married, and had a son and perhaps other chil- 

dren. Child: i. Charles R.; he lived for a time at Nashua, 
and removed thence to Lowell. 

32. iii. Sarah Elizabeth, m. Nov. 11, 1873, Allen Ripley. Removed 

to California. 

27. Stillman^ (Ebenezer^ Ebenezer^, SamueP, Samuel*, 
SamueP, Samuel^, Samuel^), b. Feb. 17, 1814; d. Oct. 22, 1853; 
m, Dec. 29, 1837, Maria, dau. of Capt. Amos and Eunice (Spof- 
ford) Keyes of Rindge [m. (2) Capt. Harvey Wyman of 
Winchendon, Mass., and d. July 1, 1856]. He lived for some 
years in Winchendon, but about 1839 settled upon the Barrett 
farm, (1 : 2, S. R.,) which w^as his home nearly or quite until 
his death. Children — all b. in New Ipswich: 

34. i. Susan Jane, b. Nov. 2, 1839; d. Oct. 19, 1898; m. Apr. 16, 

1861, William L. Woodcock of Winchendon, Mass. Six 
children. 

35. ii. James Stillman, b. Jan. 4, 1841; d. Sept. 16, 1862. He served 

in the Civil War in the 21st Massachusetts Regiment, and 
was killed at Antietam. 

36. iii. Etta Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1844; m. George W., son of Abijah 

and Lucretia (Stearns) Eddy, a merchant in Ashburnham, 
Mass. 

37. iv. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 17, 1846; m. June 17, 1869, Caroline 

E., dau. of James and Asenath (Worry) Groves of Port- 
land, Me. He served in the Civil War in the 25th Massa- 
chusetts Regiment, and lost one leg at Roanoke Island, but 
served through the war in the Veteran Reserve Corps. Res. 
at Portland, Me., and Maiden, Mass. Seven children. 

38. v. Emma Frances, b. Feb. 18, 1853; m. Dec. 21, 1882, Frederick, 

son of Emory and Rebecca L. (Spear) Lord of Orange, 
Mass. Res. at Orange and Dorchester, Mass. Two children. 

28. George^ (Ebenezer^, Ebenezer'', Samuel^, Samuel*, 
SamueP, SamueP, SamueP), b. Mar. 31, 1818; d. Nov. 13, 
1896; m. Apr. 8, 1841, Sarah J. Holton [b. Oct. 28, 1817; d. 
Aug. 9, 1870]. Immediately after his marriage he settled in 
New Ipswich near the Rindge town line on 140, A. D., and 
he lived there for many years. Children : 

39. i. G. Frederick, b. about 1845; m. Apr. 6, 1869, Martha, dau. 

of William and Priscilla (Blodgett) Moore of Jaffrey [d. 
Nov. 23, 1873]. He remained in New Ipswich for some 
years after his marriage, living at or near his father's home. 

40. ii. Emogene A., b. Nov. 28, 1859; d. Aug. 9, 1870. 



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STRATTON (John). 

John' Stratton, b. 1642; d. Watertown, Mass., 1691; m. Mary, dau. 
of Thomas and Mary Smith of Watertown. He was in the expedition to 
Quebec in 1690. 

Thomas' (John'), b. 1670; m. Dorcas, dau. of Thomas Maxwell of 
Boston. 

David' (Thomas', John'), b. Watertown, 1708; m. Hannah Smith. 

Jonas* (David', Thomas', John'), b. Waltham, Mass., July 14, 1746; 
d. 1797; m. Anna Barnard of Bolton, Mass. [b. Feb. 6, 1755]. He has 
eleven children, one of whom, Jonas, was the father of Henry D. Stratton, 
one of the founders of the Bryant & Stratton Business College. 

1. Barnard^ (Jonas^ David^ Thomas^ John^), b. Stow, 
Mass., Aug. 25, 1796. He res. in or near Bank Village in 1826 
and 1827, but more definite information is lacking. He had 
two or more children. Children : 

2. i. Levi. 

3. ii. Martha. 

SYLVESTER. 

The form of this name in Colonial days was Silvester, an orthography 
still maintained by some branches of the family. 

Richard' Silvester, d. Sept., 1663; m. (1) Emeline , who died 

later than Sept., 1651, when she acknowledged a sale of land; (2) Naomi 
Torrey [d. Nov., 1668]. He came to America in the Winthrop fleet of 
1630, and settled in Weymouth, where he was made freeman in 1634, but 
later was fined and disfranchised for attempting the organization of a 
second church in the town. After this he chose a new home in a location 
now included in the town of Marshfield. Apparently he was possessed 
of a goodly property for those times. 

John' (Richard'), b. Mar., 1635; d. Aug. or Sept., 1706; m. Sarah 
. He lived near the line between Scituate and Marshfield, Mass. 

Joseph' (John', Richard'), bapt. Mar. 31, 1674; d. soon after Aug., 

1744; m. Mary . He appears to have passed his life on his parental 

farm. 

Joseph' (Joseph', John', Richard'), bapt. Oct. 15, 1727; d. Aug. 21, 
1818; m. Feb. 14, 1755, Bradbury Hatch [b. about 1739; d. June 11, 1807]. 

1. Lemuel Hatch^ (Joseph*, Joseph^ John^ Richard^), b. 
Mar. 1, 1762; d. Jan. 12, 1845; m. Jan. 5, 1786, Zinthia, dau. of 
John and Rachel (Hall) Tilden [b. Nov. 8, 1766; d. Sept. 26, 
1801]. He came from Marshfield or its immediate vicinity 
to New Ipswich in 1815, and became a farmer living upon a 
road now traced with difficulty, but then extending from 
Governor's Hill to Ashby, (90, A. D.,) where he remained 
until his death. He was known as "Capt. Sylvester," but as 

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tradition makes him a seafaring man, very probably he held 
no larger command than that of a small coasting vessel. Chil- 
dren — b. in Marshfield, Mass. : 

2. i. ZiNTHiA, b. Oct. 13, 1786; m. Dec. 31, 1812, Abel Davis of 

Winchester. 

3. ii. Stephen Tilden, b. Feb. 27, 1790.+ 

4. iii. Deborah, b. Nov. 2, 1793. 

5. iv. Lucy, b. Sept. 30, 1808; d. Apr. 20, 1862; m. Aug. 29, 1828, 

Jonas Nutting (3). 

6. v. CHARLES.-f- 

3. Stephen Tilden^ (Lemuel H.^ Joseph*, Joseph^ John^ 
Richard^), b. Feb. 27, 1790; d. Oct. 11, 1861; m. (1) Apr. 13, 
1814, Eliza Stimson of Ashburnham, Mass. [b. Nov. 8, 1787; 
d. Apr. 8, 1847] ; (2) Nov. 25, 1852, Abi A. Adams [b. Feb. 2, 
1793]. Apparently he came to New Ipswich about the same 
time as his father and lived upon the same farm until his 
father's death, being its owner during the latter portion, at 
least, of their joint occupancy. The later years of his life 
were passed in Smith Village, where he occupied a part of 
the house at the corner of the road entering the village from 
the east, and facing southward toward the school-house. He 
was there occupied in repairing shoes and other activities 
suited to the bodily infirmities of his later years. Children : 

7. i. Stephen Merrick, b. Jan. 18, 1815; d. May 5, 1816. 

8. ii. Stephen, b. Apr. 27, 1817.-f- 

9. iii. Merrick, b. May 5, 1819.+ 

10. iv. Delany, b. Jan. 20, 1821 ; d. Sept. 3, 1841. 

11. V. Edwin, b. Sept. 13, IS23.+ 

6, Charles^ (Lemuel H.^ Joseph^ Joseph^, John^, Rich- 
ard^), m. Nancy . He was a mechanic in Ashburnham, 

Mass., where at least three of his children were born, but he 
died in middle life. His widow and younger children lived 
several years in Smith Village. Children : 

12. i. A son, d. in Boston in middle life. 
Nancy Amanda, bapt. Oct. 9, 1836; d. in Fitchburg, Mass.; 

m. (1) Foster; (2) Chute. 

Augustus Eaton, bapt. July 23, 1843; d. in Boston while a 

young man. 
Mary Louisa, bapt. July 23, 1843. 
Adrianna, d. in Ayer, Mass. ; m. Phillips. 

8. Stephen^ (Stephen T.^ Lemuel H.^ Joseph*, Joseph^ 
Johns Richard^), b. Apr. 27, 1817; d. Oct. 24, 1871; m. (1) 
Eliza Ann, dau. of Joseph and Nancy (Conant) Wetherbee of 

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Rindge [b. July 29, 1819; d. Jan. 10, 1851] ; (2) May 12, 1853, 
Phebe Jane Hutchinson [b. about Jan., 1819; d. Sept. 8, 1864] ; 
(3) Augusta P., dau. of James and Parna (White) Bennett, 
and widow of Hiram Sewell Buttrick of Rindge [b. July 21, 
1830]. He was a woodworker in various lines at Smith Vil- 
lage, owning in his later years the "red shop" above the 
bridge, now occupied by Edwin F. Blanchard. Children : 

17. i. Harriet Adelaide, b. about 1844; m. Nov. 25, 1869, Clarence 

D. Proctor. 

18. ii. George Barrett, b. about Sept., 1846; d. Mar. 24, 1851. 

19. iii. Stephen Alden, b. Aug. 21, 1848.+ 

20. iv. William Hutchinson, b. Aug. 18, 1854. 

21. V. Mary Elizabeth, b. about 1859. 

22. vi. George Morris, b. May 30, 1861; d. Mar. 24, 1863. 

9. Merrick'^ (Stephen T.^ Lemuel H.^, Joseph*, Joseph', 
John^, Richard^), b. May 5, 1819; d. Oct. 23, 1850; m. Delany, 
dau. of Abel and Zinthia (Sylvester) (2) Davis of Winchester 
[m. (2) Oct. 14, 1852, David Mosman of Westminster, Mass.]. 
He was a mechanic in Smith Village. Children : 

23. i. Henrietta, b. about 1844; d. at Fitchburg, Mass., about 1871; 

m. Barnes. 

24. ii. Lowell M., b. about 1846; d. about 1870. He worked in a 

chair factory at Westminster, Mass. 

11. Edwin^ (Stephen T.®, Lemuel H.^, Joseph*, Joseph'. 
John^, Richard^), b. Sept. 13, 1823; d. Aug. 21, 1877; m. Emily 
H. Foster of Ashburnham, Mass. [d. about 1898]. He lived 
in Ashburnham, Mass., and later in Winchendon, Mass. Chil- 
dren: 

25. i. Fred. He studied to enter the ministry, but his health for- 

bade, and he died at Lincoln, Neb., aged about twenty-five. 

26. ii. Emily F., b. June 9, 1854; d. June 21, 1869. 

19. Stephen Alden^ (Stephen'^, Stephen T.^, Lemuel H.^, 
Joseph*, Joseph', John^, Richard^), b. Aug. 21, 1848; m. Mar. 
16, 1875, Mary Louise Haskell of Fitchburg, Mass. He 
studied in the medical department of Boston University, 
graduated in 1875, and entered practice at Newton Center, 
Mass., where he now lives. Children : 

27. i. Carl Alden, b. Aug. 13, 1879. He graduated from Harvard 

College, and is assistant general manager of Boston Subur- 
ban Electric Company. 

28. ii. Philip Haskell, b. Oct. 6, 1880. He graduated from Harvard 

College, studied medicine, and is in practice with his father. 



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TAYLOR. 

William^ Taylor, probably born in England, d. Dec. 6, 1696; m. 
Mary, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Goldstone) Meriam [d. Dec. 10, 1699], 
who came with her parents from Hadlow, Kent, England, in 1638. He 
first appears on the records of Concord and his "house Tot" adjoined the 
land of John Meriam, probably his brother-in-law, at "Meriam's corner," 
since noted as the point where on the nineteenth of April, 1775, the re- 
treating British troops were attacked by the Provincials approaching on 
a different road from that taken by the British soldiers, and the dis- 
orderly fight began. 

Abraham' (William'), b. Concord, Nov. 14, 1656; d. June 19, 1729; 
m. Dec, 1681, Mary Whittaker [b. Mar., 1662; d. Feb. 18, 1756]. He 
seems to have passed his life as a blacksmith in his native town, and to 
have occupied his father's "house lot." 

Abraham" (Abraham^, William'), b. Jan. 11, 1682/3; m. (1) Dec. 9, 

1706, Sarah Pellet [d. before 1718] ; (2) Mary . He was a yeoman, 

and had a considerable portion of the farm of his grandfather in the 
Bedford portion of Concord. Before 1718 he removed to Dunstable and 
settled in that part of the town which was separated from Massachusetts 
by an authoritative location of the disputed New Hampshire line. 

David^" (Abraham^ William'), b. Jan. 31, 1698/9; m. Hannah . 

He lived in Bedford. 

Samuel' (Abraham^ Abraham^ William'), b. Concord, Oct. 1, 1708; 
d. Dunstable, Oct. 23, 1792; m. 1733, Susanna Perham of Chelmsford [d. 
Oct. 14, 1798]. He was a prominent citizen of Dunstable, "active in town 
and church, a justice of the peace and a deacon." He had eleven children, 
two of whom were among the early settlers in New Ipswich. He owned 
land in the town, but is believed never to have been a resident upon it. 

1. Amos* (Abraham^, Abraham^, William^), b. Dunstable, 
Sept. 10, 1725; m. May 21, 1747, Bridget Martin. He was the 
youngest child of Abraham^ and Mary, instead of the son of 
Samuel*, as assumed in the former history. He settled near 
the geographical center of the town upon the farm long known 
as the "Bucknam farm," (XII: 2, S. R.,) and was a member 
of the church at the time of its formation. But he seems to 
have removed soon after. He removed from Hollis to Brook- 
line in 1772, and thence to Stoddard, where his name appears 
upon the earliest tax-list in 1784. He responded to the Revo- 
lutionary call of April, 1775, and he was a member of the 
company of Capt. Reuben Dow from Hollis, which company 
was at Bunker Hill. Children: 

4. i. Amos, b. Dunstable, Sept. 7, 1748. 

5. ii. Edmund, b. Dunstable, May 4, 1750; m. Hepzibah, dau. of 

John and Mary (Whitcomb) French of Nelson [b. Hollis, 
Jan. 31, 1752]. He settled at Cavendish, Vt. 

6. iii. Bridget. 

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7. iv. Abraham. 

8. V. Isaac. 

9. vi. Ephraim, b. about 1765. 

Jonathan* (David', Abraham^ William'), b. Bedford, Feb. 27, 1729; 
d. Ashburnham, Oct. 21, 1815 ; m. Concord, Aug. 29, 1754, Mary Jones 
[d. Dec. 21, 1811]. He lived in Bedford until 1769, when he removed to 
Ashburnham, where he was a very prominent citizen holding important 
town offices. "During the Revolution his public service was conspicuous." 
He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, and had a seat 
in the Provincial Congress which assembled at Concord in 1774, 1775, and 
1776. Although he was by no means a young man, he bore a musket to 
Concord in April, 1775. 

2. Reuben^ (Samuel*, Abraham^, Abraham^ William^), b. 

Mar. 8, 1736; d. May 9, 1813; m. Lucy [b. about 1738; d. 

July 1, 1814]. He came to New Ipswich about 1757 and set- 
tled at almost the exact center of the town upon the lot next 
east from that of his uncle ; his lot, (XI : 2, S. R.,) previously 
owned by his father, was occupied by members of his family 
for considerably more than a century, but now, like the ad- 
joining farm, has passed into the possession of the twentieth- 
century settlers from Finland. Children : 

10. i. Lucy, b. Jan. 10, 1762; d. Mar. 23, 1825; m. July, 1781, Allen 

Breed (17). 

11. ii. Reuben, b. Feb. 14, 1764.+ 

12. iii. Zebedee, b. Nov. 14, 1765.-|- 

13. iv. Rachel, b. Dec. 13, 1767. 

14. v. Aaron, b. Dec. 13, 1769; d. Dec. 26, 1769. 

15. vi. Hannah, b. Dec. 24, 1770; d. Mar. 2, 1774. 

16. vii. James, b. Oct. 21, 1772. 

17. viii. William, b. May 16, 1781.-|- 

18. ix. Hannah, b. Feb. 5, 1784; d. Oct. 23, 1835; m. May 30, 1802, 

Joseph Davis (43). 

3. Thaddeus^ (Samuel*, Abraham^ Abraham^, William^), 
b. Apr. 10, 1744; d. Sept. 11, 1825; m. 1767, Bridget, dau. of 
Josiah Walton [b. 1746; d. Jan. 22, 1831]. His name appears 
upon the New Ipswich record in 1776, and his fifth child, born 
in 1777, is the first whose birth is there recorded. He settled 
near the southwest corner of the town, (97, A. D.,) where he 
passed his life. Children : 

19. i. Thaddeus, b. Oct. 25, 1768; d. Feb. 11, 1864. He removed 

to Grafton, Vt., and there had a family. 

20. ii. Rachel, b. Nov. 8, 1770; m. June 7, 1791, Stephen Brooks (1). 

21. iii. John, b. Feb. 26, 1773; m. Dec. 5, 1798, Sally Jones. 

22. iv. Catherine, b. Feb. 16, 1775; d. Jan. 6, 1831; m. Sept. 19, 1799, 

Edmond Jones. 

23. V. Mary, b. June 22, 1777; m. Aaron Brooks. 

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24. vi. Susannah, b. June 5, 1779; m. Apr. 30, 1801, Jonas Barrett, Jr. 

25. vii. Samuel, b. Oct. 12, 1781.+ 

26. viii. Oliver Swain, b. Dec. 17, 1784; d. Apr. 19, 1885; m. Katherine 

G. . He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1809 and 

from Dartmouth Medical School in 1813. He was a suc- 
cessful preceptor of the Academy for three years, and after- 
ward entered upon the practice of medicine at Auburn, 
N. Y., where he resided until his death at the age of one 
hundred years and four months. 
21. ix. Hepzybeth, b. Sept. 8, 1789 ; d. Dec. 8, 1839 ; m. June 16, 1814, 
Benjamin B. Williams (8). 
Jonathan" (Jonathan*, David', Abraham', William'), b. May 29, 1755; 
m. Sarah Taylor. She lived in Canada, and he made his home there for a 
time, and then removed to Ashburnham, Mass., where he made his home. 
He served in the Revolution. 

11. Reuben^ (Reuben^, Samuel*, Abraham^, Abraham^, 
William^), b. Feb. 14, 1764; d. Mar. 13, 1804; m. Dec. 26, 1791, 
Nabby Breed of Nelson, who m. (2) Alexander Parker of 
Hillsboro. He removed to Hancock about 1780, and thence 
twenty years later to Washington, where he died. Children : 

29. i. Lucy, b. Nov. 27, 1793; d. Nov. 30, 1882; m. Nov. 25, 1813, 

Caleb Campbell (3). 

30. ii. MiLLY, b. Feb. 6, 1795; d. Hillsboro, 1819; m. Zebediah Shat- 

tuck. 

31. iii. Charles, b. July, 1797; d. Jan. 4, 1850. He resided in the 

Davis Village neighborhood for a few years after attain- 
ing his majority. 

32. iv. Nathaniel, b. Oct., 1798. Res. at Hillsboro. 

ZZ. V. James, b. June 17, 1800; d. South Boston, Mass., 1872. 

34. vi. Sylvia, b. Jan. 1, 1802; d. D"ec. 28, 1856; m. Oct. 5, 1819, David 

Campbell of Acworth. 

35. vii. Hiram, b. Sept. 3, 1803; m. (1) Feb. 23, 1829, Phebe Shattuck 

of Hillsboro [d. May 17, 1839] ; (2) Mrs. Malinda C. Piper 
of Danvers, Mass. Res. Newton, Mass. Two children. 

12. Zebedee^ (Reuben^, Samuel*, Abraham^, Abraham^, 
William^), b. Nov. 14, 1765 ; d. Dec. 14, 1845 ; m. Mar. 17, 1796, 
Ruth, dau. of Thomas and Rachel Spaulding (32). He suc- 
ceeded to the family homestead, and passed his life there. 
Children : 

George, b. Feb. 12, 1797.-^- 

SopHiA, b. Dec. 10, 1798. 

AsENATH, b. Nov. 18, 1800; d. July 24, 1827. 

Ruth, b. May 12, 1802; d. July 24, 1882; m. Sept. 15, 1841, 

William Bucknam (11). 
MiLLY, b. Feb. 8, 1804; m. Apr. 2, 1829, Roby Fletcher (74). 
SoPHRONiA, b. June 2, 1806; m. 1832, Curtis Shedd. 
Reuben, b. Apr. 10, 1809.-]- 

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43. viii. Henry, b. July 31, 1811; d. Apr. 12, 1885, unm. 

44. ix. Lucy, b. Jan. 17, 1816; d. Dec. 17, 1896; m. Aug. 2, 1847, 

Russell Farwell. 

17. William^ (Reuben^ Samuel*, Abraham^, Abraham^ 
William^), b. May 16, 1781; d. June 6, 1870; m. Feb. 21, 1805, 
Betsey Davis (44). He was a farmer upon the farm next east 
from the town poor-farm, (XV : 3, S. R.,) for nearly twenty 
years, after which he removed to the New Ipswich colony at 
Denmark, Iowa. He remained, however, only a few months, 
and after his return lived at Davis Village on XII: 1, S. R., 
where his house is still standing, being the first upon the east 
side of the road entering the village from the south. But he 
went back to Denmark, Iowa, a few years before his death. 
Child: 

45. i. Lucy K., b. May 18, 1808; d. Sept. 10, 1897; m. June 10, 1830, 

William Brown (12). They removed to Denmark, Iowa, 
being one of the first four families forming a New Ipswich 
colony in that place. 

25. Samuel*' (Thaddeus^ Samuel*, Abraham^, Abraham^, 
William^), b. Oct. 12, 1781; d. Jan. 4, 1864; m. 1805, Persis, 
dau. of Enos and Mary (Whitmore) Jones [b. Nov. 20, 1781 ; 
d. Sept. 1, 1869]. He succeeded to his father's farm, occupy- 
ing it until 1843, when he moved to Smith Village, and passed 
his remaining years in the more northerly of the two houses 
built at about that time by himself and son Charles on the 
north side of the river near the waterpower first utilized at 
that time. Children : 

46. i. Emily, b. June 27, 1806; d. Feb. 17, 1886; m. May 5, 1825, 

Joseph Brooks (6). 
Warren, b. June 2, 1808; d. Mar. 15, 1826. 
Laura, b. July 16, 1810; d. Aug. 14, 1890: m. May 2, 1827, 

Flavel Wilder. 
Cynthia, b. Oct. 11, 1812; d. Mar. 30, 1816. 
Hartwell J., b. Jan. 27, 1815.+ 

51. vi. Fanny G., b. Apr. 9, 1817; d. Dec. 12. 1892; m. May 9, 1839, 
Peter Swallow, a farmer at Dunstable, Mass., and afterward 
in business at Worcester, Mass. Child : i. Ellen H. Swal- 
low, b. Dec. 3, 1842; d. Mar., 1911; m. Prof. Robert Rich- 
ards of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; she 
graduated from Vassar College, studied in the Massachu- 
setts Institute of Technology, and became a professor of 
Sanitary Chemistry in that institution. 

52. vii. Charles, b. Mar. 21, 1820. -f- 

53. viii. Olive A., b. Sept. 12, 1825; d. Mar. 13, 1865; m. Dec. 31, 1846, 
Charles Wilson (35). 

54. ix. George W., b. May 20, 1828.+ 

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28. Jonathan^ (Jonathan^, Jonathan*, David^ Abraham^ 
William^), b. July 16, 1792; d. Apr. 23, 1874; m. May 7, 1818, 
Sarah Wheeler (65). He was a farmer for nearly twenty 
years near the south line of the town, (88, A. D.,) and in 1834 
removed to Smith Village, where he made the home of his 
remaining years in the most southerly house of the village, 
now occupied by Alfred A. Woodward. Children : 

55. i. Sarah W., b. Mar. 25, 1819; d. Aug. 17, 1892; m. Oct. 26, 

1842, William R. Knowlton (49). 

56. ii. Mary, b. Oct. 9, 1821; d. July 22, 1902; m. Nov., 1849, Orren. 

son of David (54) and Susannah (49) Wheeler. 

57. iii. David M., b. June 7, 1827 ; d. Jan. 18, 1853. 

58. iv. Lydia M., b. Nov. 23, 1829; d. Feb. 5, 1873. 

59. v. Hannah C, b. June 12, 1832; d. Dec. 23, 1909; m. Nov. 20, 

1855, Eastman C. Long. 

60. vi. Elizabeth H., b. Aug. 2, 1835 ; d. Feb. 25, 1914. 

36. George^ (Zebedee*', Reuben^, Samuel*, Abraham^, 
Abraham^, William^), b. Feb. 12, 1797; d. Sept. 30, 1842; m. 
Relief Nichols [b. 1804; d. Feb. 2, 1842]. He learned the 
blacksmith's trade in New Ipswich, and about 1834 he re- 
moved to Enosburg, Vt., where he was a farmer while also 
continuing his trade. Children : 

61. i. George Newton, b. 1826; d. young. 

62. ii. Thomas Scott, b. 1828; m. Mary Brown. Removed to Den- 

mark, Iowa, and there made his home. 

Eleanor Sophia, b. 1829; m. Silas Rice. Removed to Iowa. 

William, b. Dec. 21, 1830; m. Sophronia Sophia Isbell. Re- 
moved to Iowa. 

Harriet Newell, b. 1833 ; m. Dr. John Rice. Removed to 
Iowa. 

Emily Asenath, b. 1835; m. Henry Prescott. 

James, b. 1838; d. young. 

42. Reuben^ (Zebedee®, Reuben*^, Samuel*, Abraham^ 
Abraham^, William^), b. Apr. 10, 1809; d. Nov. 19, 1892; m. 
Oct. 19, 1842, Elizabeth F. Fletcher (186). He succeeded to 
the family farm and there passed nearly all his life. He was 
a deacon. Children : 

68. i. Martha Fidelia, b. Apr. 25, 1844; m. Mar. 25, 1873, Lucien 
B. Downing, a druggist at Hanover, N. H. [b. Oct. 7, 
1838]. Children: i. Mary A. Downing, b. Apr. 22, 1874; 
m. Oct. 23, 1900, Roy J. Ward. ii. Arthur T. Downing, b. 
Oct. 22, 1877; m. Sept. 2, 1903, Mabel R. Moore, iii. Nellie 
R. Downing, b. May 25, 1879; d. Sept. 6, 1880. iv. Lillie 
B. Downing, b. May 25, 1879; d. Sept. 15, 1880. v. Bessie 
F. Downing, b. Aug. 11, 1881. vi. Herbert H. Downing, b. 
May 18, 1883. 

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69. ii. Mary E, b. Oct. 2, 1850; m. Apr. 16, 1878, Warren B. Max- 

well, a doctor at Grafton, Mass. 

70. iii. Harriet Lilian, b. Apr. 21, 1854; d. Jan. 27, 1859. 

50. Hartwell J.^ (Samuel^, Thaddeus^ Samuel*, Abra- 
ham^ Abraham^ William^), b. Jan. 27, 1815; d. Dec. 30, 1854; 
m. Oct. 4, 1842, Harriet Wilson (20). He removed to Den- 
mark, Iowa, where he was a farmer. Children : 

71. i. Jane W., b. Aug. 20, 1843; m. Silas Luman Sanders. 

72. ii. William, b. May 28, 1848; d. Sept. 29, 1851. 
IZ. iii. Charles E., b. Dec. 22, 1850; d. Aug. 17, 1852. 

74. iv. Eugene H., b. Oct. 23, 1853; m. Mary . He graduated 

from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is an 
architect at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 

52. Charles'^ (Samuel^, Thaddeus^ Samuel*, x^braham^, 
Abraham^, William^), b. Mar. 21, 1820; d. Apr. 12, 1905; m. 
(1) Dec. 23, 1841, Harriet N. Weston [b. Nov. 3, 1820; d. Mar. 
29, 1867] ; (2) Nov. 27, 1872. Mrs. L. Gipson. He was a car- 
penter and he also first utilized the waterpower just above 
Smith Village, building the shop still in service on the western 
road from the south burying-ground to the village, and there 
manufacturing cane-seat chairs until the competition of the 
larger establishments made a continuance of the work imprac- 
ticable. He made his home for a quarter-century in the house 
opposite the shop, then removed to the Center Village and 
passed his remaining years in the second house southward 
from the Barrett mansion, now occupied by his oldest daugh- 
ter. He was a leader in the church and held the office of dea- 
con. Children : 

75. i. Charles Clinton, b. Nov. 27, 1842; d. Oct. 17, 1861. 

76. ii. Harrietta M., b. July 16, 1844. She was teacher many years. 
n. iii. Myron, b. July 31, 1846.+ 

78. iv. Marianna, b. Feb. 17, 1849; d. Feb. 26, 1851. 

79. V. Emma, b. Feb. 20, 1854; m. Sept. 3, 1878, Frank H. Hardison 

[b. Sept. 3, 1849]. He is state Insurance Commissioner of 
Massachusetts. Res. Wellesley Hills, Mass. Children : i. 
Matie L. Hardison, b. Jan. 9, 1880. ii. Charles Taylor 
Hardison, b. Aug. 22, 1883; d. Sept. 28, 1906. iii. Helen E. 
Hardison, b. June 29, 1886. 

80. vi. Carrie, b. Jan. 22, 1857 ; d. Aug. 25, 1886 ; m. July 2, 1883, S. 

Fred Maynard [d. June 23, 1886]. He was a farmer in 
Wilton. Child: i. Daniel P. Maynard, b. Nov. 2, 1884; 
m. Oct., 1912, Susan Perry. 

54. George W.'^ (Samuel**, Thaddeus^, Samuel*, Abraham^, 
Abraham^, William^), b. May 20, 1828; m. Nov. 22, 1885, Eliza- 
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[b. Aug. 23, 1834; d. Mar. 14, 1883]. A carpenter and builder. 
Res. successively in New Ipswich, Greenville, and Rindge, but 
since 1892 in Winchendon, Mass. Children : 

81. i. Clarence George, b. June 27, 1858; m. about 1890, Christine 

Anderson [d. about 1905]. He graduated from the Worces- 
ter, Mass., Technical Institute, and was successively super- 
intendent of mechanical work in Charlotteville, Va., and 
in the State University of Michigan, in which latter place 
he also studied dentistry and received his professional de- 
gree in 1902, then entering practice. Later he has been 
manager of a sash and blind factory at Manchester. 

82. ii. Adella L., b. May 19, 1862. 

83. iii. Mabel Lauretta, b. July 16, 1872; d. Feb. 11, 1874. 

84. iv. Erwin Hartwell, b. May 17, 1876. He studied medicine at 

the University of Michigan, graduating in 1900. He is in 
practice at Pittsfield, Mass. 

71 . Myron^ (Charles'^, Samuel'', Thaddeus^, Samuel*, Abra- 
llam^ Abraham^, William^), b. July 31, 1846; m. Oct. 7, 1869, 
Elizabeth P. Crosby. He has been in the service of the Boston 
& Maine Railroad since early manhood, and is now its real 
estate agent. He is also treasurer of New Ipswich Appleton 
Academy. Children : 

85. i. Fanny G., b. Sept. 1, 1870; d. Feb. 22, 1879. 

86. ii. Harriet M., b. May 16, 1872; m. Nov. 1, 1899, Archibald 

Eagleson. Children : i. Gratia Elisabeth Eagleson, b. 
May 31, 1901. ii. Esther Margaret Eagleson, b. Oct. 22, 
1904. iii. Gordon Taylor Eagleson, b. Feb. 27, 1906; d. Oct. 
18, 1907. 

87. iii. Albert C, b. Mar. 18, 1875; d. June 11, 1876. 

88. iv. C. Ralph, b. Dec. 14, 1877 ; m. June 30, 1906, Irma E. Wing. 

89. V. Warren C, b. June 17, 1880; m. Nov. 28, 1905, Amy L. Brain. 

Child: i. Elizabeth L., b. Aug. 17, 1907. 

90. vi. Philip W., b. July 4, 1885; m. Sept. 6, 1913, Lena Walker 

(57). 

TENNY. 

Thomas* Tenny, b. about 1614; d. Dec. 20, 1699/1700; m. (1) Ann 

[d. Sept., 1657]; (Z) Feb. 24, 1658, Elizabeth, widow of Francis 

Parrat. He was one of the party of twenty people under the leadership 
of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers which left Rowley, Yorkshire, England, in 1638, 
and arrived in Salem, Mass., in December of that year, but in a few 
months removed a few miles to the north and founded the town of Row- 
ley. He was prominent in the activities of the new town, being a select- 
man and holding other responsible positions. He spent his last years 
in Bradford, and there died. 

John' (Thomas'), b. Dec. 14, 1640; d. Apr. 13, 1722; m. (1) Feb. 
26, 1663, Mercy Parrat, his stepsister [b. July 23, 1646; d. Nov. 27, 1667] ; 

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(2) Dec. 2, 1668, Susannah, dau. of Humphrey and Elizabeth Woodbury 
of Beverly [b. Feb. 4, 1648; d. Apr. 9, 1716]. He was a leading citizen 
in the town of Bradford, being one of its first board of selectmen, and 
also a deacon. 

Samuel' (John', Thomas^), b. Nov. 20, 1665; d. Feb. 3, 1747/8; m. 
(1) Abigail, dau. of Dea. Joseph and Abigail (Trumbull) Bailey of 
Bradford [b. Mar. 9, 1671/2; d. Nov. 29, 1689]; (2) Dec. 18, 1690, Sarah, 
dau. of Capt. Joseph and Sarah (Swan) Boynton of Bradford [b. Jan. 
11, 1671/2; d. Apr. 3, 1709]; (3) Jan. 26, 1710/11, Hannah, dau. of Samuel 
Moody of Newbury [b. Jan. 4, 1669; d. Oct. 29, 1745]. Like his father, 
he was leader in the town and church, holding official position in both. 

Samuel' (Samuel', John', Thomas'), b. Dec. 17, 1697; d. 1777; m. 
(1) Jan. 5, 1719/20, Sarah, dau. of William and Martha (Cheney) Wor- 
cester of Bradford [b. Feb. 11, 1697/8]; (2) Dec. 28, 1749, Elizabeth 
Fales of Bradford. He removed to Littleton, Mass., about 1727, and was 
a farmer of that town. 

William" (Samuel*, Samuel', John", Thomas'), b. Bradford, Jan. 20, 
1721; d. Mar. 7, 1804; m. Sarah Proctor. He was a farmer in Littleton, 
Mass., owning much land near Magog Pond. 

Oliver" (Samuel*, Samuel', John", Thomas'), b. Littleton, Sept. 12, 
1736; d. Dec. 30, 1787; m. June 15, 1763, Sarah Reed of Littleton [d. Jan., 
1803]. He succeeded to the paternal farm. 

1. Joseph^ (William^ Samuel*, SamueP, Jolin^, Thomas^), 
b. July 18, 1746; d. Apr. 5, 1842; m. Pepperell, Mass., Feb. 7, 
1774, Elizabeth Parker [b. May 9, 1755 ; d. June 16, 1831]. His 
name first appears on the tax-list of New Ipswich in 1783, 
and he passed the rest of his life as a farmer upon lot 89, A. D., 
except a few of his last years at the closely neighboring home 
of his son Sampson, His wife in her early years was a woman 
of exceptional beauty, but nervous ailments, not then recog- 
nized, produced lamentable peculiarities in later years, and 
she was greatly feared by some of her neighbors as a danger- 
ous witch. He did good service in the Revolution, marching 
upon the Concord alarm, and serving later in the companies 
of Capts. Briant and Brown. Children : 

3. i. Joseph, b. Aug. 13, 1775. -|- 

4. ii. Benjamin, b. about 1778. -|- 

5. iii. William, b. Mar. 20, 1780.-}- 

6. iv. Betsey, m. James Emerson of New Ipswich. Children : i. 

Julia Emerson, ii. Maria Emerson, iii. George Emerson. 
iv. Elisabeth Emerson, v. Luther James Emerson. 

7. v. Sampson, b. Oct. 24, 1786.+ 

8. vi. Elijah, d. young. 

Three other sons whose names are unknown died young. 

2. John® (Oliver^, Samuel*, SamueP, John^, Thomas^), b. 
Littleton, Mass., Dec. 4, 1769; d. Mar. 10, 1849; m. Mar. 12, 
1793, Lucy Reed of Littleton [b. July 9, 1770; d. May 26, 

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1872]. He lived for some years in Ludlow, Vt., whence he 
came to New Ipswich about 1818 and settled upon lot 19, 
N. D., previously occupied by his father-in-law, Nathaniel 
Reed, where he lived for a time and then removed to Temple. 

3. Joseph^ (Joseph*^, William^, Samuel*, SamueP, John^, 
Thomas^, b. Aug. 13, 1775; d. Aug. 23, 1866; m. Sept. 8, 1799. 
Judith Adams [b. 1774; d. May 11, 1855]. He was a farmer, 
his farm including parts of 186, N. L. O., and XII : 4, S. R. 
Children : 

11. i. Clarissa W., b. Aug. 26, 1800; m. Nov. 30, 1820, Benjamin I. 
Brown. She lived in New Ipswich, and afterward in 
Townsend. Children: i. Clarissa Brown, b. 1821; unm. 

ii. Emily Brown, b. 1823 ; m. Adams of Townsend, 

Mass. iii. Arvilla Brown, b. 1825 ; m. Adams of 

Townsend, Mass. iv. Charles Brown, b. 1827. v. George 

Brown, b. 1830. vi. Serena Brown, b. 1832; m. Sher- 

win. vii. Mary Ann Brown, b. 1835. Others not recorded. 

Emily, b. Jan. 12, 1805 ; d. Apr. 27, 1808. 

Arvilla, b. July 18, 1807; d. Mar. 22, 1881; m. Aug. 19, 1831, 
Seth Chandler (26). 

Joseph A., b. Sept. 1, 1812.+ 

George, b. June 27, 1817 ; m. Fanny Adams. 

4. Benjamin'^ (Joseph^ William^, Samuel*, SamueF, John-, 
Thomas^), b. about 1778; m. Mar. 23, 1806, Polly, dau. of 
Oliver Richardson of Billerica. Child : 

16. i. Martha, b. Mar. 29, 1808; m. Dec. 13, 1825, Enoch Foster of 

Tewksbury, Mass. 

5. William'^ (Joseph**, William^, Samuel*, Samuel^, John^, 
Thomas^), b. Mar. 20, 1780; d. Oct. 7, 1845; m. Mary Butter- 
field of Chelmsford, Mass. [b. Westford, Mass., Feb. 5, 1782: 
d. Westford, June 29, 1871]. He was a farmer in New Ipswich 
for some years, but removed about 1825 to Preemption, 111. 
Children : 

17. i. Sampson, b. Oct. 15, 1805.-f 

18. ii. Mary, b. July 6, 1806; d. Palmer, Mass., Aug. 21, 1889; m. 

Oct. 18, 1825, Horace Clark of Medfield, Mass. [d. Palmer, 
Dec. 24, 1874]. Eleven children. 

19. iii. Harriet, b. Aug. 13, 1808; d. Mar. 9, 1857; m. Jan. 1, 1834, 

Hiram Cram [b. Roxbury, Vt., 1804]. He was a lumber 
dealer in Sharon and then in Shirley, Mass. Eleven chil- 
dren. 

20. iv. LucEBA, b. May 28, 1810; d. 1815. 

21. V. Lucy B., b. Sept. 29, 1811; d. Westford, Mass., Apr. 22, 1880; 

m. Apr. 4, 1839, Amos K. Fuller [d. Dec. 8, 1888]. Res. 
Phillipston, Mass., and Lancaster, Mass. Four children. 
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22. vi. AsENATH, b. June 7, 1814; d. Aug. 25, 1845; m. Dec. 6, 1832, 

Hiram Nutting (6). 

23. vii. William Pitts, b. Nov. 17, 1816.+ 

24. viii. WiLLARD E., b. Apr. 23, 1819. He moved to California, v^fhere 

he died. 

25. ix. Samuel, b. May 27, 1821. He removed to the West in early 

manhood, and was a large grower of grain at Six Oaks, 
Minn. 

7. Sampson^ (Joseph^, William^, Samuel*, SamueP, John^ 
Thomas^), b. Oct. 24, 1786; d. Apr. 16, 1858; m. Sarah Parker 
(A. 13). He was a farmer in New Ipswich, (99, N. L. O.,) 
until 1827, when he removed to Lempster, and in 1838 to Pre- 
emption, 111. Children : 

26. i. Lyman, b. Oct. 23, 1806.+ 

27. ii. Joseph Parker, b. Aug. 14, 1808.+ 

28. iii. Almira, b. Apr. 5, 1810; d. Jan. 9, 1887; m. Apr. 28, 1828, 

William H. C. Temple of Claremont [d. Feb. 20, 1857]. Res. 
Cincinnati, O. Nine children. 

29. iv. Irene Luellen, b. Dec. 27, 1811; d. July 19, 1838; m. Aug. 10, 

1837, Rev. James H. Anderson, pastor at Monticello, III, 
where he d. 1853. 

30. V. LoviNA IvI., b. May 12, 1814; d. Apr. 24, 1880; m. Sept. 2, 

1834, Samuel Dow of Newport, N. H. Res. Galesburg, 111. 
Seven children. 

31. vi. Sampson Hale, b. June 15, 1816.+ 

32. vii. Hammon M., b. Nov. 5, 1818.-f 

33. viii. Sarah Ann, b. Mar. 21, 1821; m. Oct. 1, 1838, James E. 

Hasbrook of New York [d. Apr. 12, 1849]. She was a 
teacher until 1879 and afterward lived at Rock Island, 111. 

34. ix. Sylvia, b. Oct. 18, 1822; d. July 27, 1889; m. Oct. 17, 1839, 

Joseph Huntoon. Res. Moline, 111. Six children. 

35. X. Lydia Jane, b. June 8, 1830; d. Jan. 18, 1886; m. Aug. 29, 

1850, S. B. Harrington [d. Aug. 25, 1870]. He was a law- 
yer. Res. Beatrice, Neb. Two children. 

9. Alfred'^ (John^, Oliver^, Samuel*, SamueP, John^, 
Thomas^, b. Littleton, Mass., Jan. 27, 1808; d. Jan. 22, 1894; 
m. Nov. 27, 1834, Betsey W. Whitcomb of Boxboro, Mass. [d. 
Mar. 15, 1892]. Immediately after his marriage he came to 
New Ipswich, and settled upon lot 19, N. D. His residence 
there was not permanent, however, as he twice returned to 
his native town and there resided for a few years. After his 
second absence he purchased the "Wilson farm," (35, N. D.,) 
and there had his home until his death. He was a cooper 
in his younger days. Children : 

36. i. Alfred Reed, b. Oct. 7, 1835; m. (1) May 20, 1880, Ann Shat- 

tuck [d. Dec. 11, 1881]; (2) Aug. 13, 1884, Harriet Augusta 
Hildreth (21). He is a farmer upon one of the earliest 
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farms of the town, that of Benjamin Adams, (25, N. D.,) 

where he has passed his entire married life. His only 

child, Alfred, died on the same day as his mother, Dec. 11, 

1881. 
2>7. ii. Mary E., b. Feb. 2, 1837; m. Dec. 4, 1856, Orren Hanscomb. 

She lives in Brookfield, Mo. Six children. 
Moses W., b. Nov. 4, 1839; d. Feb. 2, 1859. 
Martha A., b. Jan. 4, 1843; m. Jan. 4, 1863, Thomas Bancroft 

[d. July 13, 1885]. He was a carpenter at Pepperell. Two 

children. 
Lydia M., b. Dec. 20, 1846; d. Jan. 26, 1851. 
Charles E., b. Apr. 27, 1850; d. Sept. 29, 1850. 

10. Barnard^ (John®, Oliver^, Samuel*, SamueP, John^, 
Thomas^), b. Acton, Mass., May 15, 1809; d. at the home of 
his second son, July 13, 1898; m. Feb. 12, 1843, Harriet Wal- 
lace (2). In early years he was a cooper in Acton, Mass., 
and also for a time in Boston. He came to New Ipswich 
about 1843 and at first lived upon the farm next westward 
from that of his brother, (23, N. D.,) but later moved south- 
erly and made his home upon the Greenville road, (18, N. D.,) 
on the farm previously occupied by Daniel Jefts. Children : 

42. i. Theodore, b. July 31, 1844; d. May 24, 1873. 

43. ii. Oliver, b. July 6, 1846.+ 

44. iii. Eurania, b. June 6, 1849; d. June 10, 1851. 

14, Joseph A.* (Joseph^, Joseph®, William^, Samuel^ Sam- 
ueP, John^, Thomas^), b. Sept. 1, 1812; m. Adaline A. Billings. 
He was a liquor dealer in Worcester, Mass. Children : 

45. i. Charles Augustus.-|- 

46. ii. Eugene, b. 1878; d. about 1894. 

47. iii. Henry Allen, d. in early manhood. 

17. Sampson^ (William^, Joseph®, William^, Samuel*, Sam- 
ueP, John2, Thomas^), b. Oct. 15, 1805; d. Dec. 21, 1880; m. 
Joanna Hill [d. Stoughton, Mass., Oct. 27, 1883]. Children: 

48. i. Sampson Henry, b. July 3, 1833.+ 
Harriet Augusta, b. Mar. 4, 1835. 
Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 28, 1836; m. Augustus Davenport. 

She lived at Campello, Mass. 
Ellen Frances, b. Sept. 25, 1838; m. Thomas Bright. 
James, b. Apr. 29, 1840. 
Charles, b. Apr. 21, 1843.-|- 
Abby Maria, b. Feb. 21, 1844; d. Dec. 18, 1863. 
55. viii. William Butterfield, b. Mar. 29, 1846. 

23. William Pitts^ (William^, Joseph®, William^, Samuel*, 
SamueP, John^, Thomas^), b. Nov. 17, 1816; d. Aug. 1, 1892; 
m. May 26, 1839, Susan Abigail Robinson [b. Mar. 31, 1823; 

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d. Nov. 26, 1885]. He lived at Preemption, 111., until 1856, 
when he removed to Wabasha, Minn. With three of his sons 
he did honorable service during the Civil War. Children : 

56. i. George Willard, b. Mar. 2, 1840; m. Aug. 21, 1862. He 

served in the 10th Minnesota Regiment during the Civil 
War. Five children. 

57. ii. Susan A., b. Dec. 25, 1841 ; d. June 27, 1842. 

58. iii. Samuel Stillman, b. Aug. 1, 1843. Res. Wabasha, Minn. 

He served in the 1st Minnesota Regiment during the Civil 
War and was wounded at Gettysburg. 

59. iv. AsENATH A., b. Oct. 5, 1845; m. July 3, 1862, Stone. 

Res. Winona, Minn. Two children. 

60. V. William Pitts, b. Oct. 21, 1847.+ 

61. vi. Mary Ellen, b. Dec. 9, 1849; d. aged two years. 

62. vii. Mary Ella, b. June 3, 1852; m. Hammond. Res. Sleepy 

Eye, Minn. 

63. viii. Sarah Lovina, b. Aug. 24, 1854; m. Welch. Res. La 

Crosse, Wis. Ten children. 

64. ix. RoxANA LucEBA, b. Oct. 19, 1856; m. Smith. One son. 

65. X. Clara Belle, b. Mar. 3, 1859; unm. Removed to San Fran- 

cisco, Cal. 

66. xi. Charles Hackett, b. Feb. 5, 1861. -|- 

67. xii. Velora Elias, b. Aug. 4, 1863. Removed to California. 

68. xiii. Eddie, b. Mar. 25, 1870; d. Mar. 2, 1871. 

26. Lyman® (Sampson^, Joseph®, William^, Samuel*, Sam- 
ueP, John2, Thomas^), b. Oct. 23, 1806; d. Oct. 1, 1845 ; m. Jan., 
1840, Louisa Wood of Millersburg, 111. Res. Preemption, 111. 
Children : 

69. i. Emma L., b. Mar. 25, 1841 ; m. 1858, Theodore Hasbrook. 

Res. Hebron, Neb. 

70. ii. Frances Irene, b. May 7, 1843. 

71. iii. Pamela, b. Mar. 31, 1846. 

27. Joseph Parker* (Sampson^, Joseph^ William^, Sam- 
uel*, SamueP, John^, Thomas^, b. Aug. 14, 1808; d. Dec. 1, 
1887; m. Apr. 4, 1839, Almira Ross Merryman of Berlin, 111. 
[b. Mar. 15, 1815 ; d. Jan. 22, 1863]. He was a farmer at Lemp- 
ster, N. H., Oxford, O., and near Rock Island, 111. Children: 

72. i. Sampson Merryman, b. Mar. 2, 1841. + 

73. ii. Joseph Parker, b. Dec. 13, 1842 ; d. Mar. 16, 1843. 

74. iii. Sarah Luellen, b. Mar. 28, 1844. 

75. iv. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 13, 1846. 

76. V. Marie Jeanette, b. Feb. 22, 1848. Res. Vallevista, Cal. 

n. vi. Lyman Laurie, b. Apr. 5, 1850; unm. A farmer at Ida 
Grove, Iowa. 

78. vii. Josephine Irene, b. Nov. 27, 1852; d. Nov. 17, 1870. 

79. viii. Philena Almire, b. Oct. 10, 1854; d. Nov. 15, 1870. 

80. ix. Jennie Lind, b. May 19, 1857. 

81. X. Thirza Lovina, b. Oct. 11, 1859; d. Nov. 20, 1870. 

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31. Sampson Hale^ (Sampson^ Joseph*', William^ Sam- 
uel*, SamueP, John^, Thomas^), b. June 15, 1816: d. Moline, 
111., Oct. 27, 1884; m. (1) Mar. 2, 1843, Marinda E. Jenks of 
Preemption, 111. [d. Mar. 5, 1847] ; (2) Mrs. Martha Eliot 
(Avery) Van Meter. Children : 

82. i. Sarah J., b. Dec. 29, 1843. 

83. ii. Hammon O., b. Jan. 17, 1856; m. twice. Two children. 

84. iii. Homer, b. Apr. 13, 1868; unm. Farmer at Astor, Iowa. 

85. iv. Harmon, b. Apr. 13, 1868; d. Apr. 27, 1868. 

86. V. Clara Belle, b. Jan. 17, 1870. 

32. Hammon M.^ (Sampson^, Joseph", William^, Samuel*, 
SamueP, John^, Thomas^, b. Nov. 5, 1818; d. Apr. 6, 1873; 
m. May 7, 1848, Lorette Lowther of Preemption, 111. [b. June 
9,1831]. Res. Galesburg, 111. Children: 

87. i. Florence Adaline, b. Mar. 3, 1849. 

88. ii. Helen Irene, b. Dec. 28, 1850. She graduated from Knox 

College, 1872. 

89. iii. Clara Maud, b. Jan. 3, 1853. 

90. iv. Hammon Morton, b. Aug. 3, 1862. 

91. V. Philip Eugene, b. Aug. 16, 1866; d. Aug. 8, 1867. 

43. Oliver* (Barnard^, John", Oliver^, Samuel*, Samuel^, 
John^, Thomas^), b. July 6, 1846; d. Nov. 20, 1905; m. July 6, 
1885, Ella F., dau. of Julius A. and Eliza (Perry) Hale of 
Rindge [b. Mar. 17, 1859]. He succeeded to the farm of his 
father, upon which he conducted a large milk business. Chil- 
dren : 

92. i. Hattie Ella, b. June 6, 1886. 

93. ii. Wallace Oliver, b. July 10, 1889. 

94. iii. WiLBER Hale, b. June 29, 1892. 

95. iv. Alice Florence, b. Feb. 20, 1894. 

96. v. Ruth Marion, b. Nov. 16, 1896. 

45. Charles Augustus® (Joseph A.^ Joseph^ Joseph®, Wil- 
liam^ Samuel^ SamueP, John^ Thomas^), d. 1869/70; m. 
Emeline E. Webster. He w^as a successful lumber dealer in 
Worcester, Mass. Children : 

97. i. Osgood Chandler, d. 1878. 

98. ii. Henry Allen, b. Mar. 3, 1862. He is a lawyer in New York 

city. 

48. Sampson Henry^ (Sampson^ William^ Joseph^ Wil- 
liam'', Samuel*, SamueF, John^, Thomas^), b. July 3, 1833; m. 
Eliza Ann Gurney. Children : 

99. i. EsTELLA W., b. Sept. 2, 1854; m. Oct., 1887, Frank A. Rich- 

ards. Res. Weymouth Heights, Mass. 
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100. ii. Ada R, b. Aug. 1, 1856; d. Sept. 12, 1882; m. Aug. 12, 1880, 

Wendell T. Dizer. 

101. iii. Cora L., b. Dec. 17, 1858; m. May 11, 1877, Horace Lincoln. 

Res. West Hingham, Mass. 

102. iv. Mary A., b. June 12, 1871; d. Mar. 5, 1873. 

53. Charles" (Sampson^ William^ Joseph^ William^, 
Samuel^ Samuel^ John^, Thomas^), b. Apr. 21, 1843; d. May 
11, 1897; m. Dec. 21, 1862, Sarah Maria Lunt. Res. Stough- 
ton, Mass. Children : 

103. i. Myra R, b. Nov. 2, 1866. 

104. ii. Charles R, b. Aug. 31, 1870; d. Mar. 8, 1898. 

105. iii. Sarah J., b. June 29, 1875; m. July 6, 1897, J. Lawrence 

Stratton. Res. Stoughton, Mass. 

60. William Pitts^ (William Pitts^, William^ Joseph^, 
William^ Samuel^ SamueF, John^, Thomas^), b. Oct. 21, 1847; 
m. Nov. 28, 1878, Alvira C. Colby [b. Canada, Oct. 17, 1855]. 
He removed with his father to Minnesota in 1856. He served 
during the Civil War in the 1st Minnesota Artillery. Res. 
Redwood Falls, Minn. Children : 

106. i. Roy Pitts, b. Dec. 12, 1881. 

107. ii. Julia Luceba, b. June 19, 1883. 

108. iii. LoRENA May, b. May 1, 1888. 

109. iv. Ralph C, b. Feb. 10, 1890. 

110. V. Marion Ada, b. Nov. 12, 1892. 

111. vi. Velora Lee, b. June 29, 1896. 

66. Charles Hackett" (William Pitts^, William^, Joseph", 
William^, Samuel*, SamueP, John^, Thomas^), b. Feb. 5, 1861; 
m. Feb. 20, 1884, Kate E. Sinclair. Res. Redwood Falls, Minn. 
Children : 

112. i. Susan Lida, b. Nov. 23, 1884. 

113. ii. Madge Beth, b. July 23, 1886. 

114. iii. Flossie Christine, b. June 13, 1891. 

72. Sampson Merryman" (Joseph Parker^ Sampson^, Jo- 
seph", William^, SamueP, SamueP, John^, Thomas^), b. Mar. 
2, 1841 ; m. Mar. 24, 1875, Anna Baker. He was an officer in 
the army during the Civil War. A farmer at Ida Grove, Iowa. 
Children : 

115. i. Louise May, b. Sept. 11, 1876. She is a teacher of music, 

having prepared for that work in Germany. 

116. ii. Edgar Lamon, b. Feb. 8, 1879. 

117. iii. Charles Parker, b. Nov. 13, 1882. 

118. iv. Florence Baker, b. Jan. 21, 1888. 



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THAYER. 

Thomas^ Thayer, b. Braintree, Essex, England, about 160O; d. Brain- 
tree, Mass., 1664/5; m. before 1623, Margery . He came to America 

in 1630 and settled at Braintree, where he was admitted freeman in 1636. 

Ferdinando'' (Thomas^), b. about 1625; d. Mendon, Mass., Mar. 28, 
1713; m. Jan. 14, 1652, Huldah Hayward of Braintree [d. Sept. 1, 1690]. 
In 1665 he removed from Braintree to Mendon, of which he was one of 
the largest Proprietors and where he was an honored citizen. 

Thomas' (Ferdinando', Thomas'), b. 1665; d. May 1, 1738; m. 1688, 
Mary Adams. He lived in Mendon, where he held the office of captain. 

John* (Thomas^ Ferdinando^ Thomas'), b. Sept. 17, 1706; d. later 
than 1773; m. 1733, Ruhamah Smith of Bellingham, Mass. [d. after Nov. 
26, 1747] ; (2) 1769, Mary Spencer. He lived in Mendon. 

Palatia" (John*, Thomas', Ferdinando', Thomas'), b. Nov. 22, 1739; 
d. Mar. 23, 1797; m. (1) May 27, 1762, Hannah, dau. of Aaron and 
Jemima Thayer [b. Mar. 12, 1739; d. 1790]; (2) Mar. 2, 1793, Hannah 
Blake. Res. in Mendon. 

Smith' (Palatia°, John*, Thomas', Ferdinando', Thomas'), b. Dec. 
15, 1770; d. Mar. 31, 1818; m. Sept. 14, 1793, Abigail Drake [b. Uxbridge, 
Mass., 1770; d. New Ipswich, Mar. 13, 1839]. After some years he re- 
moved from Mendon to Petersham, Mass., where he died. 

1. Stephen^ (Smith^, Palatia^, John*, Thomas^, Ferdi- 
nando^ Thomas^), b. July 24, 1803; d. Jan. 11, 1890; m. Feb. 
2, 1826, Johannah, dau. of Joab and ]\lary (Balch) Pond of 
Keene [b. Feb. 13, 1808; d. Apr. 15, 1878]. He came to New 
Ipswich at the age of twenty years and began his long and 
vigorous business activities in Davis Village, but in two years 
removed to the Center Village, where for a long time he em- 
ployed a larger number of workmen than were required for 
any other industry in that village. His cigar manufactory 
required over fifty workmen, which at that period made him 
one of the leaders of that business in the country. He also 
had a match factory with fifteen employees, a bakery, a labo- 
ratory for the production of essences and various proprietary 
articles, a lumber mill, and a country store. During the Civil 
War he established a branch house at Washington, D. C, 
which furnished a very large amount of bakery products and 
other articles desired under the existing conditions. The de- 
mands of his large business forbade any large activities in 
less personal interests, but he served the town as selectman 
and as representative, and was a trustee of the Academy dur- 
ing a large part of his life. Children : 

3. i. Joanna Pond, b. Dec. 9, 1827 ; m. July 26, 1850, Edward A., son 
of Curtis and Lucy (Merriam) Lawrence of Groton, Mass. 
[b. Feb. 25, 1823]. Res. Orange, N. J. Children: i. Lucy 
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Maria Lawrence, b. Rahway, N. J., Dec. 10, 1851 ; m. Apr. 
16, 1873, Henry Hale; res. Orange, N. J.; six children, ii. 
Lauretta Frances Lawrence, b. Stamford, Ct., Mar. 24, 
1854; d. Cliffdale, Tex., July 20, 1885; m. Mar. 12, 1874, 
George Ames, Jr. ; five children. 

4. ii. Permelia Hammond, b. Feb. 23, 1830; d. Apr. 10, 1914; m. 

Oct. 11, 1849, Noah Webster, son of Christopher and Con- 
sentany (Cummings) Farley of Brookline [b. May 5, 1822; 
d. Dec. 28, 1891]. Res. West Newton, Mass. Children: i. 
Arthur Christopher Farley, b. Mar. 13, 1851 ; m. Mar. 9, 
1881, Helen, dau. of Charles and Emily (Cutts) Judd of 
Honolulu, Hawaii [b. Mar. 5, 1862]. Res. Wellesley, Mass.; 
four children, ii. William Thayer Farley, b. Jan. 9, 1855 ; 
m. Nov. 11, 1886, Marion Adelaide Thayer (14). Res. 
Auburndale, Mass. ; with his older brother he is in the firm 
of Farley, Harvey & Co., Boston ; two children, iii. Fred- 
erick Webster Farley, b. June 29, 1859; m. Dec. 27, 1883, 
Mary Wheatie, dau. of Rev. William and Frances (Jordan) 
McDonald [b. June 6, I860]. Res. Waltham, Mass.; five 
children, iv. Walter Stephen Farley, b. May 15, 1865; d. 
Mar. 13, 1866. v. Edith Permelia Farley, b. May 22, 1867; 
m. Sept. 20, 1892, Henry, son of Edward P. and Ada 
(Holmes) Whitmore of Quincy, 111. [b. Sept. 16, 1867]; 
res. West Newton, Mass. ; two children. 

5. iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1832; d. St. Anthony's Falls, 

Minn., Mar. 27, 1857; m. May 31, 1855, George Thomas 
Russell [b. Montreal, P. Q., Sept. 14, 1832; d. Nov. 2, 1899]. 
Child: i. Mary Ettie Russell, b. Mar. 20, 1857; d. Aug. 4, 
1879. 

6. iv. Lauretta Sophia, b. Feb. 8, 1835; d. Marlboro, Mass., July 

9, 1883; m. (1) Jan. 3, 1856, William Vincent, son of 
Thomas and Mary F. Yates of New York city [b. Feb. 11, 
1829; d. June 4, 1857]; (2) Edward Otis Ballard (2). 
Child : i. William Irvin Yates, b. Apr. 30, 1857 ; d. Mar. 30, 
1862; four children of second marriage (Ballard). 

7. v. Sarah Abigail, b. Aug. 9, 1837. She graduated from Mt. 

Holyoke Seminary and has devoted her life to teaching. 
She went to Charleston, S. C, to teach the freedmen among 
the earliest of those going to the South for that purpose. 
In 1877 she went to Cape Colony, Africa, as principal of 
Midland Seminary, which she organized upon the princi- 
ples of Mt. Holyoke. She resides at San Diego, Cal. 

8. vi. Stephen Henry, b. Dec. 16, 1839.+ 

9. vii. Samuel Allen, b. Apr. 1, 1842.+ 

10. viii. Edward Arthur, b. Feb. 24, 1844. -f- 

11. ix. William Sumner, b. Nov. 19, 1845; d. Nov. 4, 1851. 

12. X. Frederick Albert, b. June 10, 1848.+ 

2. Albert Gallatin^ (Smith^ Palatia^ John*, Thomas', 
FerdinandoS Thomas^, b. June 29, 1809; d. Apr. 13, 1880; m. 
Dec. 31, 1835, Sarah Boynton (26). In his early manhood he 

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served for two years in the army with the Black Hawk expe- 
dition in the Northwest; then in 1833 he came to New Ipswich 
and made it the place of his life's activities, which, if not as 
extensive as those of his older brother, were hardly less di- 
versified, as for a time the products of his bakery were all 
known in a considerable circuit of towns, his brickyard fur- 
nished bricks of superior quality, and he was also engaged in 
blacksmithing, tailoring, tin work and basket-making. Child : 

13. i. Albert Sumner, b. Apr. 23, 1842.-(- 

8. Stephen Henry^ (Stephen^, Smith^, Palatia^, John*, 
Thomas^, Ferdinando^, Thomas^), b. Dec. 16, 1839; m. Nov. 
25, 1863, Emma Frances, dau. of James A. and Mary (Falk) 
Halsted of New York city [b. Nov. 11, 1845; d. Dec. 31, 1906]. 
He was a broker until 1899, and has since been engaged in 
literary pursuits. Res. at Tarrytown and later at Yonkers, 
N. Y. Children: 

14. i. Marion Adelaide, b. Mar. 19, 1865; m. Nov. 11, 1886, William 

T., son of Noah W. and Permelia H. (Thayer) (4) Farley. 

15. ii. Alice Emma, b. Nov. 19, 1869; m. (1) Dec. 12, 1891, Frank 

Secor, son of Amos and Mary Elizabeth Abbott of An- 
dover, Mass. [b. Feb. 27, 1856; d. May 27, 1898]; (2) 1909, 
Richard Harold Waldo. Res. New York city. One son. 

16. iii. Howard Stephen, b. Aug. 25, 1874; m. Oct. 8, 1898, Bertha, 

dau. of Dr. George and (Holman)' Cook of Tarry- 
town, N. Y. [b. May, 1877]. Res. Cleveland, Ohio. 

17. iv. Everett Henry, b. July 19, 1875; d. Mar. 31, 1905. 

9. Samuel Allen* (Stephen^, Smith**, Palatia^, John*, 
Thomas^, Ferdinando^, Thomas^), b. Apr. 1, 1842; m. Dec. 25, 
1863, IMary Hannah Adams (W. 110). He is a traveling sales- 
man living at New Ipswich. Children : 

18. i. William Adams, b. July 30, 1865.-}- 

19. ii. Mabel Louise, b. Aug. 23, 1870; m. Feb. 5, 1900, Frank Her- 

bert Preston (104). Res. Springfield, Mass. One son. 

20. iii. Grace Joanna, b. Feb. 21, 1872; m. Oct. 29, 1894, Albert Ed- 

ward Brown (J. 2). 

21. iv. Walter Stephen, b. Dec. 30, 1873.-J- 

10. EDW.A.RD Arthur^ (Stephen^, Smith^, Palatia^, John*, 
Thomas^ Ferdinando^, Thomas^), b. Feb. 24, 1844; d. Jan. 18, 
1891 ; m. Aug. 31, 1865, Margaret Jane, dau. of Levi and 
Elizabeth M. (Brickett) Palmer of Charlestown, IVLass. [b. 
Mar. 21, 1845]. He served for two years during the Civil War, 
enlisting in the 2d Massachusetts Cavalry, and afterward serv- 
ing as captain in the 1st Louisiana Cavalry. During the greater 

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part of his business life he was engaged in the publication of 
books for subscription sale. Children : 

22. i. Edith Ella, b. July 3, 1868; m. June 9, 1896, Robert Lewis, 

son of Robert Lewis and Kate (Yeager) Bodine of Phila- 
delphia, Pa. [b. Jan. 21, 1866]. Res. East Orange, N. J. 
One son. 

23. ii. Harry Edward, b. Apr. 3, 1877; d. Feb. 25, 1907. 

24. iii. Frank Palmer, b. Aug. 3, 1878. 

25. iv. Gertrude, b. May 12, 1880; d. July 17, 1881. 

26. V. Everett Sanford, b. June 21, 1882. 

12. Frederick Albert^ (Stephen^ Smithy Palatia^, John^ 
Thomas^ Ferdinando^, Thomas^), b. June 10, 1848; d. Mar. 
25, 1883; m. Sept. 14, 1876, Martha Jane, dau. of Rev. Jona- 
than and Martha Rhoda (Richardson) Herrick [b. Warner, 
N. H., Feb. 11, 1850; d. Sept. 8, 1901]. He graduated from 
Dartmouth College in 1873, and was engaged in journalistic 
work upon the New York Tribune and New York Times for 
two years, after which he entered upon preparation for the 
ministry at Bangor and Andover Seminaries. He was a pastor 
at Westboro, Mass., for two years, and afterward at Quincy, 
111., where he died. Children : 

27. i. Miriam Agnes, b. July 16, 1877. 

28. ii. Bertha Jean, b. Jan. 23, 1879; m. Apr. 18, 1896, Albert Eli- 

son, son of Charles H. and Olive M. (Snow) Flint of Wor- 
cester, Mass. [b. July 4, 1863]. Res. Worcester, Mass. Two 
children. 

13. Albert Sumner^ (Albert Gallatin^ Smith**, Palatia^, 
John*, Thomas^, Ferdinando^, Thomas^), b. Apr. 23, 1842; d. 
Mar. 9, 1907; m. May 25, 1863, Sophronia Esther, dau. of 
Bradley and Mary A. (Pierce) Simonds of Ashby, Mass. [b. 
Jan. 13, 1844]. He had a bakery in New Ipswich for some 
years, and afterward lived at West Townsend, Mass. Chil- 
dren : 

29. i. Hattie Florence, b. Oct. 14, 1864; m. May 15, 1889, James 

Henry, son of Thomas B. and Catherine (Ames) Martin. 
Res. Cambridge, Mass. 

30. ii. Nettie Agnes, b. Nov. 30, 1866; d. Arlington, Mass., Sept. 

8, 1904; m. Sept. 24, 1892, Daniel F. Hession. 

31. iii. Henry Albert, b. Mar. 10, 1878; m. Aug. 18, 1897, Olive 

Gertrude, dau. of Ivory and (Bryant) Stanchfield. 

Res. Henderson, Me. 

18. William Adams'' (Samuel Allen^ Stephen^ Smith", 
Palatia^, John*, Thomas^, Ferdinando^, Thomas^), b. July 30, 
1865 ; m. Aug. 28, 1888, Frances Amelia, dau. of Henry Adams 

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and Frances (Payson) Harrington of Westboro, Mass. Is a 
journalist in New York city. Children : 

32. i. Beatrice, b. July 14, 1891. 

33. ii. Frances Harrington, b. Dec. 29, 1898. 

21. Walter Stephen^ (Samuel Allen^ Stephen^ Smith^, 
Palatia^ John*, Thomas^ Ferdinando^, Thomas^), b. Dec. 30, 
1873; m. Annie Frances Chandler (R. 154). He is a farmer 
on IX: 2, S. R., his home being just across the road from the 
site of the third house built by Abijah Foster. He has been 
selectman. Children : 

34. i. Arthur Stephen, b. July 24, 1894. 

35. ii. Grace Deborah, b. June 17, 1905. 

36. iii. Philip Chandler, b. June 25, 1909. 

TIDDER. 

James Tidder was a resident of New Ipswich from 1764 
to 1786, his home being upon the Giles farm, afterward owned 
by Levi Blanchard and later by his son Oilman, XV: 2, S. R. 
Tradition gives nothing concerning him, and the town records 
hardly name him except on the tax-lists. But he was a loyal 
citizen, responding to the Concord alarm in 1775, and serving 
in the companies of Capts. Brown and Briant in 1777 and Cap- 
tain Fletcher in 1778. Despite the fact that his family name 
cannot be found in the standard genealogical works and is 
probably an unrecognized corruption of some other name, it 
rightly has a place in the story of the early days of the town. 
The name of his wife is unknown, and no family record has 
been found, but it may be inferred that Solomon and Molly 
Tidder, who united with the church in the last year of his 
residence here, were his children, and there can be little doubt 
that James Tidder of "Andover, Vt.," who according to the 
records of Temple married Jan. 2, 1794, Polly Patten of that 
town, was his son, as the records of Andover bear the names 
of James Tidder and James Tidder, Jr., from 1787, the year 
of the disappearance of the name from New Ipswich, until 
1799. 

TOWNE. 

William' Towne, b. 1600; m. Joanna Blessing. He came from either 
Yarmouth or Bristol, England, with his wife and several children, and set- 
tled at Salem, Mass. 

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Edmund' (William*), bapt. June 28, 1628; d. before May 3, 1668; m 
Mary, dau. of Thomas Browning [bapt. Jan. 7, 1638; d. before Dec. 16, 
1717]. Res. at Topsfield, Mass. 

William' (Edmund', William*), b. Mar. 13, 1659; d. Jan. 30, 1750; 

m. (1) Eliza ; (2) Aug. 22, 1694, Margaret, widow of John Willard, 

who had been executed for witchcraft. 

Joseph' (Edmund', William'), b. Sept. 2, 1661; d. 1717; m. Mar. 13, 
1687, Amy, dau. of Robert Smith [b. Aug. 16, 1668; d. Feb. 22, 1756]. 
Res. at Topsfield, Mass. 

Jeremiah^ (William', Edmund', William*), b. May 27, 1705; m. 
Elizabeth Towne, prob. dau. of John' (Joseph', William*) [b. Nov. 22, 
1711]. 

Benjamin' (Joseph', Edmund', William*), b. May 10, 1691; m. (1) 
Catherine, dau. of Jacob Towne, Jr.; (2) Apr. 12, 1722, Susannah Wildes 
[d. July 5, 1736] ; (3) May 2, 1738, Mary Perkins [d. Nov. 6, 1760] ; (4) 
Apr. 15, 1761, Mrs. Mary Clark [d. Dec. 11, 1782]. He was a wealthy 
and prominent citizen of Topsfield, being town clerk, selectman, and 
assessor. He had triplet sons, Ezra, Edmund and Elijah. 

Nathaniel' (Joseph', Edmund', William*), b. Topsfield, June 1, 1700; 
m. Jemima . 

Jeremiah^ (Jeremiah', William', Edmund', William*), b. Sept. 6, 
1743; d. June 10, 1830; m. (1) Sept. 26, 1765, Sarah Cree [d. June 13. 
1767]; (2) int. Oct. 31, 1769, Mrs. Martha Balch [b. about 1743; d. Apr. 
6, 1822]. He removed from Marblehead, Mass., to Rindge in early 
manhood. 

1. EzRA^ (Benjamin*, Joseph^, Edmund^, William^), b. Apr. 

30, 1736; d. Dec. 24, 1795; m. (1) Elizabeth [d. June 19, 

1767]; (2) Elizabeth (Cutter) (3), widow of Elijah Button; 
(3) Mar. 20, 1788, Keziah (Bullard) (G. 4), widow of William 
Start (3). He came from Topsfield, Mass., to New Ipswich 
about 1759, and settled in the northeastern corner of the town, 
(23, N. D.,) making that place his home until his death, which 
was caused by a wound inflicted by a hayhook unseen by him, 
while sliding down a haymow in his barn. His name has 
been especially perpetuated in town tradition, however, by 
his service in the Revolution. He was among those respond- 
ing to the call of Apr. 19, 1775, and on his arrival at Cam- 
bridge he enlisted a company of sixty-five men, more than 
half of whom were his fellow townsmen, which under his 
command bore its part at Bunker Hill, and in large degree 
remained in service until the following December. His later 
service is stated on a previous page of this book in the history 
of Revolutionary activity. After the close of his active service 
his military efficiency was recognized by his promotion to the 
rank of colonel in the state militia. Children : 

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3. i. Ezra, b. Mar. 29, 1759.+ 

4. ii. Rebecca, b. July 25, 1763. 

5. iii. Betty, b. May 21, 1765. 

6. iv. Elijah, b. Feb. 11, 1767.+ 

7. V. Nehemiah, b. Aug. 11, 1769. 

8. vi. Luther, b. May 5, 1772; d. Sept. 9, 1775. 

9. vii. Rhoda, b. Feb. 29, 1774; d. Sept. 9, 1775. 

10. viii. Rhoda, b. June 2, 1776; m. Nov. 13, 1794, Ebenezer Grain. 

11. ix. Mercy, b. May 5, 1778. 

12. X. Rachel, b. June 18, 1780; d. Nov. 2, 1780. 

13. xi. Wilder, b. 1781. 

14. xii. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 11, 1792. 

2. Edmund^ (Benjamin*, Joseph^, Edmund^, William^), b. 
Apr. 30, 1736; d. Feb. 12, 1813; m. 1765, Sarah Cummings. He 
came to New Ipswich, probably a little later than his brother 
Ezra, and settled still nearer the northeastern corner of the 
town upon the lots 15 and 16, N. D., reduced in size by the 
relocation of the eastern line of the town at the time of the 
Masonian grant. If his home was on the only spot now bear- 
ing traces of a dwelling, it was about a quarter-mile directly 
south from the northeast corner. His name appears upon the 
tax-lists 1765 to 1795. He enlisted four times during the Rev- 
olution. Children: 

15. i. Edmund, b. 1765. -|- 

16. ii. Susannah, b. Feb. 1, 1767; m. Samuel G. Sumner. 

17. iii. Anna, b. May 28, 1769; m. and removed to the West. 

18. iv. Benjamin, b. Oct. 8, 1771. -f 

19. V. Sarah, b. July 27, 1773; m. Stone. 

20. vi. Stephen, b. Feb. 10, 1775 ; m. Susan Gates. 

Francis^ (Nathaniel^ Joseph', Edmund^ William'), b. Topsfield, 
Mass., July 28, 1737; d. Aug. 11, 1811; m. Feb. 26, 1760, Phebe' (Gideon\ 
Jacob^ Jacob', William') Towne. He removed to Rindge in 1771. He 
was a soldier in both the French and the Revolutionary wars. He was 
deacon at Topsfield and at Rindge. 

Cornelius" (Jeremiah^ Jeremiah'', William', Edmund^ William'), b. 
Feb. 13, 1772; m. 1791, Hannah, dau. of Micah and Betsey (Fhilbrick) 
Chaplin of Rindge. He removed to Dublin in 1804. 

3. Ezra** (Ezra^, Benjamin*, Joseph^, Edmund^, William^), 
b. Mar. 29, 1759; d. 1831 ; is said to have m. at New Ipswich, 
June 6, 1775, Rel^c.ca. Jenks. But no official record of the 
marriage appears, and his youth makes the date rather doubt- 
ful, although at that time he was sufficiently mature to serve 
in his father's company at Bunker Hill. The company roll 
makes him only fourteen years of age at that time, but the 
birth record giving him the age of sixteen seems much more 

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worthy of credence. He became a sea captain and sailed to 
foreign parts for many years. Children : 

22. i. Eliza, b. Apr. 26, 1796; m. Joseph Morton. 

23. ii. Diana, b. Mar. 1, 1797; m. Isaac Williams of Boston. 

6. Elijah® (Ezra^, Benjamin*, Joseph^, Edmund^, Wil- 
liam^), b. Feb. 11, 1767; d. Mason, Dec. 28, 1828; m. Elizabeth 
Flagg [b. Jan. 29, 1780; d. Feb. 17, 1868]. He was an inn 
keeper in New Ipswich, near the Village Green of the early 
days, at first in the house near the present Baptist church 
which has long been known as the home of the Preston family 
and second in the Dix tavern stand which burned in 1825, and 
was replaced by the home of Rev. Samuel Lee. He was a 
shoemaker as well as host at the inn. The following state- 
ment, copied from the former town history, seems to indicate 
that he was a man having the "courage of his convictions." 

"During the early part of the century, there was very great 
political harmony in the town. In choosing governor and 
other state officers, the vote was sometimes unanimous. The 
citizens were mostly Federalists, coinciding in opinion with 
Judge Farrar, who exercised such a leading influence in both 
the town and the state. When a difference of opinion on any 
measure arose in town meeting, it was customary to appeal to 
him for his views ; and rarely, if ever, did they fail to be 
adopted, without further debate. When war again threatened 
and the embargo was laid in 1807, a Democratic party Qacobin 
as it was then called) arose, and gradually gained in strength. 
Elijah Towne is said to have been the first who avowed him- 
self to the party." Child : 

24. i. Ezra, b. Jan. 22, 1805. 

15. Edmund" (Edmund^ Benjamin*, Joseph^ Edmund^, 
William^), b. 1765; d. Mar. 6, 1815; m. (1) Eunice Spencer of 
Springfield, Vt. ; (2) Nov. 6, 1800, Polly Fitch. Children : 

25. i. Abigail, b. July 11, 1790; d. Dec, 1790. 

26. ii. Abigail, b. Oct. 8, 1791. 

27. iii. Betsey, b. July 20, 1793; d. Mar. 2, 1833. 

28. iv. Stephen, b. Feb. 14, 1795. 

29. V. Pliny C, b. May 15, 1806; d. Dec. 3, 1806. 

30. vi. Almond S., b. Mar. 31, 1813; d. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 17, 

1850. 

18. Benjamin*' (Edmund^ Benjamin*, Joseph^, Edmund-, 
William^), b. Oct. 8, 1771; d. May 15, 1845; m. 1802, Sarah 
Burt [b. Oct. 2, 1775; d. Jan. 19, 1849]. Res. in Windsor, Vt. 
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31. i. Orinda, b. Jan. 20, 1803; d. Jackson, Mich., Mar. 15, 1875; m. 

June 12, 1823, Dr. Oliver Rust. Seven children. 

32. ii. Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1804; d. Aug. 29, 1860; m. Mar. 28, 1826, 

Leonard Quimby of Thetford, Vt. Ten children. 

33. iii. Mary, b. Apr. 7, 1807; d. Montpelier, Vt., June 26, 1851; m. 

Dec. 8, 1824, Dr. Buckley O. Tyler. Six children. 

34. iv. Nahum, b. Jan. 9, 1808; d. Mar. 7, 1809. 

35. V. Dean, b. Feb. 7, 1810. 

36. vi. Benjamin, b. Sept. 12, 1812. 

37. vii. William, b. Apr. 9, 1815. 

38. viii. Emily Melissa, b. Feb. 5, 1829; d. Worcester, Mass., July 6, 

1899; m. Feb. 19, 1839, Samuel S. Ellis. 
Greene* (Francis", Nathaniel*, Joseph^ Edmund^ William'), b. May 
25, 1782; d. Apr. 23, 1857; m. Feb. 13, 1810, Lucy, dau. of Solomon Rand 
of Rindge [b. July 24, 1784]. He was a farmer in Rindge. 

21. Cornelius'' (Cornelius^, Jeremiah^, Jeremiah*, Wil- 
liam^ Edmund^, William^), b. Rindge, Apr. 18, 1803; d. June 
10, 1887; m. (1) May, 1824, Mary, dan. of Dea. John and 
Martha (Jennings) Knowlton [b. July 2, 1804; d. May 19, 
1836] ; (2) Mar. 16, 1837, Hannah, dau. of Joshua and Polly 
(Berden) Farnum [b. Nov. 22, 1798; d. Oct. 13, 1869]; (3) 
Aug. 30, 1879, Mary, widow of Ezra Carr. He spent most of 
his life in Dublin, but after his last marriage he lived upon the 
Carr place, (152, A. D.) Children: 

40. i. Cornelius K., b. Jan. 30, 1826; m. Lucy A. Seaver. Two chil- 
dren. 

John P., b. Sept. 11, 1828; m. Althea Merrill. 

Hannah C, b. Oct. 23, 1831; d. Dec. 25, 1900; m. George W. 
Chandler (R. 68). 

Mary C, b. Aug. 11, 1833; m. John Fairman. 

Albert C, b. Jan. 27, 1836; m. (1) Lucilla A. Corey of Stod- 
dard ; (2) Sylvia A. Rice. Seven children. 

45. vi. George M., b. Jan. 18, 1838; m. Delina C. Stoddard. 

46. vii. Clara F., b. Mar. 8, 1839; m. Benjamin A. Sherwin. 

39. Pliny F.^ (Greene^, Francis^, Nathaniel*, Joseph^, Ed- 
mund^, William^), b. 1828; d. 1895; m. Calista A. Brooks (21). 
He came to New Ipswich about 1853, and was employed for 
several years in the chairshop of Charles Taylor at Smith 
Village, later in Ashburnham. 

TUCKER. 

Morris' Tucker is first found on record at Salisbury, Mass., where 
he m. (1) Oct. 14, 1661, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth Stevens, 
of the first settlers of that town in 1639 [b. Nov. 2, 1639; d. Oct. 16, 
1662] ; (2) 1663, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Phebe (Buswell) Gill [b. 

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Jan. 8, 1646]. He was a cooper and also a "Planter" and a brickmaker. 
He was made a freeman in 1690. He removed to Tiverton, R. I., where 
it is said that he died. 

Joseph^ (Morris'), b. Salisbury, Feb. 20, 1671/2; d. June 30, 1743; 
m. (pub. Oct. 14, 1695) Phebe, dau. of Joseph and Martha (Dow) Page 
[b. Nov. 16, 1674; d. Dec. 29, 1736]. He lived in Salisbury and in 1735 
deeded his home there to his son Moses, receiving in consideration of the 
same an obligation to provide for his maintenance. 

1. MosES^ (Joseph-, Morris^), b. Mar. 28, 1704/5; d. Jan. 
6, 1769; m. Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 18, 1727, Johannah, dau. of 
Stephen and Mary (Hutchins) Dow [b. Haverhill, Sept. 26, 
1709]. He is mentioned as a "saddler;" but like all his fellow 
pioneers he must have been largely occupied in the clearing 
and cultivation of his land, and in documents relative to the 
division of his property, made soon after his death, he is 
styled "gentleman." He is said to have removed to Kingston, 
N. H., in 1738, but the places of birth of his children suggest 
that for some years it may have been uncertain in which of 
the two neighboring settlements, Salisbury and Kingston, he 
was a resident. And even after his removal to New Ipswich, 
which reliable and well-supported tradition locates at least as 
early as 1745, a deed given him by his near neighbor, Benjamin 
Hoar, names him as being of Kingston. But it seems certain 
that he was the third, possibly the fourth settler in New Ips- 
wich, his first home being at the southern end of VI : 1, S. R., 
on the short piece of the old country road extending downward 
from the road connecting Bank Village with the Congrega- 
tional church to the road along the river. Perhaps the vestiges 
of a cellar still visible there mark the place of that early abode. 
He later removed to II : 1, S. R., where the probable position 
of his well on the north side of the abandoned road is still dis- 
cernible. He is supposed to have won his title of captain by 
service in the French and Indian wars, and he seems to have 
commanded the first military company formed in New Ips- 
wich. He was the only inhabitant remaining unmoved during 
the general withdrawal to Townsend in 1748. He was elected 
town clerk and also first selectman at the first town meeting 
after the incorporation of the town. Although only in his 
sixty-fifth year at the time of his death he is said to have been 
the oldest person in the town. Children : 

2. i. Mary, b. Jan. 3, 1728/9. 

3. ii. Parker, b. Jan. 11, 1730; d. May 7, 1736. 

4. iii. Phebe, b. Mar. 6, 1735. 

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5. iv. Moses, b. Mar. 6, 1736. -j- 

6. V. Sarah, b. Mar. 13, 1739. 

7. vi. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 8, 1741. 

8. vii. Hannah, b. Sept. 22, 1743. 

9. viii. Reuben, b. June 19, 1747.+ 

10. ix. Joseph, b. Oct. 22, 1748.+ 

11. X. Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1751; d. 1812; m. George Start (4). 

5. Moses* (Moses^ Joseph^, Morris^), b. Mar. 6, 1735/6; d. 

1792; m. Susanna . He was a farmer, his home, (HI: 3, 

S. R.,) being south from the old country road on a road for- 
merly extending from the Chandler mills to the old Ashby 
road east from Whittemore Hill. He did worthy service in 
the Revolution, beginning with the first alarm on April 19, 
1775, and rising to the rank of lieutenant in the companies of 
Capts. Briant and Fletcher, his final service being at the Royal- 
ton alarm in 1780, in which he held that rank under Capt. 
Parker. Children : 

12. i. Moses, b. June 9, 1764. 

13. ii. Sukey, m. Jan. 14, 1790, Ithamar Wheelock (7). 

There were probably other children not found on record. 

9. Reuben* (Moses^ Joseph^, Morris^), b. June 19, 1747; 
d. June 12, 1803; m. June 4, 1771, Relief, dau. of Lieut. David^ 
(SamueP, Matthias^) and Hannah (Hastings) Farnsworth of 
Groton, Mass. [b. 1749; d. Feb. 11, 1825]. He remained in 
New Ipswich only two or three years after reaching his ma- 
jority, but removed to Townsend, Mass., where he kept a 
tavern. He held loyalist views during the Revolution, and at 
the close of the contest he removed to Nova Scotia, where he 
passed the final twenty years of his life. He was made a 
justice of the peace a short time before his death. Children: 

14. i. Relief, b. May 3, 1772; d. Sandy Cove, N. S., Feb. 1, 1825; m. 

(1) George Start; (2) John Morehouse. Children: i. 
Moses Start, ii. Charles Morehouse, iii. Reuben More- 
house. 

15. ii. Mary, b. Mar. 29, 1774; d. Digby, N. S., Apr. 5, 1858; m. 

Nov. 13, 1794, James Titus. Children : i. Charles Titus. 
ii. James Titus, iii. Relief Titus, iv. Maria Titus, v. Lucy 
Titus, vi. Reuben Titus. 

16. iii. Hannah, b. Mar. 23, 1776; d. GulHver's Cove, N. S., about 

1846; m. (1) William Smith; (2) Jacob Burns. Children: 
i. William Smith, ii. Lucy Smith, iii. Mary Burns, iv. 
Edward Burns, v. Clarissa Burns, vi. Charles Burns, vii. 
James W. Burns, viii. Robert Burns, ix. Sarah Burns. 

17. iv. Reuben, b. Jan. 6, 1778. 

18. V. David, b. Aug. 28, 1779; d. Sept. 19, 1779. 

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19. vi. David, b. Oct. 20, 1780; m. but no children. 

20. vii. Charles, b. Oct. 14, 1782; d. Marshfield, Mass., Apr. 10, 1864. 

10. Joseph* (Moses^ Joseph^, Morris^), b. Oct. 22, 1748; 
m. Mar. 26, 1772, Martha Woolson (4). Apparently he re- 
mained in New Ipswich only ten years after attaining his 
majority. Child : 

21. i. Stephen, b. Jan. 16, 1773. 

UNDERWOOD. 

The bearers of this name in New Ipswich are believed to have be- 
longed to the Underwood family of Lexington, Mass., concerning which 
the Lexington historian says : "There is great difficulty in tracing the 
genealogy of this family, both before and after they came to Lexington. 
They have left a very incomplete record, and it seems they were rather 
migratory in their habits." An error of assumed identity is possible be- 
low, but the ancestry as given seems most probable. 

Joseph^ Underwood, b. about 1615; d. Feb. 16, 1677; m. (1) Mary 

[d. Feb. 13, 1659] ; (2) Apr. 29, 1665, Mary How. He is supposed 

to have embarked at London for Virginia in 1635. He came to Hingham, 
Mass., in 1637, and removed thence to Watertown, Mass. 

Joseph^ (Joseph'), b. about 1650; d. 1691; m. Elizabeth . He 

lived at Watertown. 

Joseph' (Joseph^ Joseph'), b. May 28, 1681; m. Susan Parker. He 
was at Lexington from 1719 to 1745. 

Joshua** (Joseph', Joseph^ Joseph'), bapt. June 6, 1725; m. June 6, 
1765, Abigail Stone. He lived in Lexington. 

1. Daniel^ (Joshua*, Joseph^, Joseph^, Joseph^), bapt. Apr. 
24, 1774; m. Aug. 1, 1798, Mary Mason. He came to New 
Ipswich at about the time of his marriage, and was a farmer 
upon the southern Rindge road, his dwelling being on the sec- 
tion of the road now discontinued a little south of the house 
long owned by James L. Chandler, (10, N. L. O.) He left 
the town in 1837 or soon after. 

2. Joshua^ (DanieP, Joshua*, Joseph^ Joseph^ Joseph^), b. 
about 1800. In early manhood he built his house a short dis- 
tance to the east of his father's and there lived until his de- 
parture from the town a little before his father. 

WALKER. 

. Two families bearing this name are found among the residents in 
New Ipswich. They are believed to have descended from Capt. Richard 
Walker of Lynn, Mass., but the lines of descent are not established, 
and the two families are here presented separately. 

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WALKER (John). 

1. JoHN^ Walker, b. about 1724; d. Apr. 25, 1800; m. Sud- 
bury, Mass., June 24, 1758, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Anna 
(Allen) Goodnow [b. 1730]. He came to New Ipswich in 1760, 
it is said from Lincoln, Mass., but it seems uncertain upon 
which side of the line dividing that town from Sudbury was 
his former home. He settled upon the summit of Binney Hill, 
as yet an unbroken wilderness, on lot 100, N. L. O., and there 
made his home until his death. No record of his children has 
been found, and only two are known. Children : 

2. i. Jesse, b. about Feb., 1760. -j- 

3. ii. Anna, b. Apr. 5, 1767; d. Aug. 11, 1814; m. June 6, 1793, 

John Binney (6). 

2. Jesse^ (John^), b. about Feb., 1760; d. June 3, 1832; m. 
(1) Sarah, dau. of Isaac Hawel [b. about 1760; d. Aug. 18, 
1786] ; (2) Oct. 10, 1787, Sarah (Emerson) Spear [b. Dec, 
1762; d. Nov. 6, 1846]. He lived west of the mountain, on the 
old Rindge road, (152, A. D.) He did good service in the 
Revolution, enlisting at least five times, but as he does not 
appear to have held commission at any of these periods of ser- 
vice, it must be inferred that the title of captain which he 
bore in later years and which appears on his gravestone was 
based upon militia service. Children : 

4. i. Rebecca, b. Jan. 29, 1785 ; m. George Murphy. 

5. ii. Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 1786; m. Nov. 27, 1806, Asa Emerson, 

probably brother of her step-mother. 

6. iii. Jesse, b. about 1788; d. Apr., 1800. 

7. iv. Nancy, b. Dec. 23, 1789; d. Oct. 9, 1791. 

8. V. Betsy, b. July 5, 1791; d. Sept. 18, 1791. 

9. vi. Nancy, b. Aug. 28, 1792; d. Dec. 24, 1853; m. Sept. 28, 1833, 

David Everett Adams (W. 55). 

10. vii. Daniel, b. Mar. 17, 1794; d. Mar. 27, 1802. 

11. viii. Nabby, b. Dec. 15, 1795; d. Nov. 3, 1868; m. Dec. 23, 1823, 

Benjamin Lane [b. June 23, 1795; d. Oct. 18, 1880]. Chil- 
dren: i. Daniel Walker Lane, b. Dec. 4, 1824; d. Mar. 19, 
1892; m. Jerusha E. Bemis. ii. Sarah Lane, b. Aug. 8, 
1827; d. Jan. 13, 1828. iii. Martin B. Lane, b. Sept. 4, 1828; 
m. Carrie N. Adams, iv. George Lane, b. Sept. 23, 1829; 
m. Mary Ann Costella. v. Sarah Abigail Lane, b. Mar. 31, 
1831 ; m. Joseph Hague, vi. Mary Ann Lane, b. Apr. 5, 
1832; d. July 5, 1842. vii. Emeline Lane, b. June 20, 1834; 
d. July 13, 1854. viii. Sophronia Asenath Lane, b. Oct. 20, 
1835; d. Oct. 16, 1863. ix. Sewell Stearns, b. Aug. 28, 1838; 
m. Josephine Lovett. 

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12. ix. John, b. Sept. 16, 1797.+ 

13. X. MiLLY, b. May 9, 1799; d. June 28, 1799. 

14. xi. Belinda, b. 1801 ; d. Oct. 13, 1873 ; m. Oct. 6, 1842, Ezra Carr 

(2). 

15. xii. MiLLY, b. Mar. 3, 1803; d. Rindge, June 12, 1884, unm. 

16. xiii. Daniel, b. Mar. 17, 1805; d. 1848; m. May 6, 1830, Betsey 

Emery (5). 

17. xiv. Jesse E., b. Sept., 1807; d. Dec. 30, 1807. 

12. JoHN=^ (Jesse^ John^, b. Sept. 16, 1797; m. (1) Mary 
Stratton ; (2) Nov. 27, 1845, Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer and 
Hannah (Jewett) Colburn of Rindge. Res. Marlboro, Vt. 
Children : 

18. i. Dana S., m. (1) Arvilla Williams [d. May 25, 1853]; (2) 

Mary Perry (11). A farmer, carpenter, and stage proprie- 
tor. 

19. ii. John. 

20. iii. Charles. 

21. iv. George. 

22. V. Dotty. 

WALKER (Samuel). 

Samuel^ Walker, b. about 1615; d. Nov. 6, 1684; his wife's name is 
not known. Many claim that he was the son of Capt. Richard Walker, 
but others deny it. He came from England and was admitted to the 
church at Reading, Mass., about 1650, but removed to Woburn, Mass., 
within a few years, and there made his permanent home. He was an 
innkeeper for a time. 

Samuel^ (Samuel'), b. 1643; d. Woburn, 1703; m. (1) Sarah, dau. 
of William and Mabel (Kendall) Reed; (2) Abigail, dau. of Capt. Rich- 
ard Carter and widow of Lieut. James Fowle. He was an active man 
in different town interests, being deacon, selectman, and ensign. 

Joseph^ (SamueP), m. Sarah Wyman. 

John' (Samuel', Samuel'), b. July 2, 1665; d. Apr. 29, 1699; m. Ruth, 
dau. of Thomas and Ruth (Blodgett) Kendall. He was a farmer of 
Woburn, where his entire life was passed. 

Benjamin' (Joseph", Samuel'), m. Susannah Baldwin. 

Edward^ (John', Samuel', Samuel'), b. Oct. 7, 1694; d. Dec. 6, 1787; 
m. Esther, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Reed) Pierce. He too passed 
his life in Woburn, of which he was selectman and representative, each 
for several years. 

Benjamin* (Benjamin', Joseph^, Samuel'), m. Hannah Frost. 

Joshua' (Edward', John', Samuel', Samuel'), b. Oct. 5, 1728; d. Oct. 

2, 1798; m. (1) Hannah ; (2) Mary, dau. of James and Judith 

(Nichols) Proctor. He served in the French War, and was a captain 
in the Revolution. 

1. Zaccheus^ (Benjamin*, Benjamin^, Joseph^, Samuel^), b. 
Billerica, Mass., Mar. 12, 1748/9; d. Feb., 1832; m. (1) about 
1771, Martha Danforth of Chelmsford, Mass. [d. Ashby, Mass., 

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Feb. 22, 1801] ; (2) July, 1801, Rachel (Pitts), widow of Silas 
Bigelow (2). He appears to have lived in Chelmsford, Mass., 
in early manhood, but to have removed to Merrimack, N. H., 
which was his home during- the Revolution. Later he removed 
to Ashby, Mass., and at the time of his second marriage or 
soon after he came to New Ipswich and is supposed to have 
passed his remaining years in the "Bigelow tavern" house, 
upon which his wife had a claim. He did Revolutionary ser- 
vice, responding to the Concord alarm in 1775, and with four 
of his brothers having a part at Bunker Hill. Later he was 
commissioned lieutenant, and served until 1777. In later years 
he was styled Capt. Walker. He had a pension of $20 per 
month, which he lost in 1822 upon complaint of some of his 
neighbors, apparently as the result of a neighborhood quarrel, 
but after four years it was restored, and the amount for the 
four years was paid him. Children : 

2. i. Isaac, b. Aug. 3, 1772; m. (1) Rebecca Wallace; (2) Sarah 

Kimball. 

3. ii. Patty, b. July 7, 1774. 

4. iii. Rebecca, m. Sept. 22, 1795, Rev. Joseph Brown. 

5. iv. Hannah, b. Dec. 23, 1783; d. Dec. 1, 1835; m. 1805, Reuben 

Davis of Ashby. Children : i. Walker Davis, b. Mar. 5, 
1806; d. May 29, 1878; m. Ann Damon, ii. George Davis, 
b. Apr. 1, 1807; d. Sept. 2, 1875; m. Nancy M. White, iii. 
Charles Davis, b. Apr. 19, 1809; d. Nov. 21, 1906; m. Almira 
Hodgman. iv. Samson Davis, h. Oct. 6, 1811; d. Aug. 9, 
1896. V. Sarah Campbell Davis, h. Feb. 20, 1814; d. Apr. 
9, 1882; m. Otis Metcalf. vi. John Davis, h. June 16, 1816;*' 
d. Jan. 10, 1900; m. Eliza Ann Taylor, vii. Martha Dan- 
forth Davis, b. Mar. 10, 1819; m. Joel F. Metcalf. viii. 
Julia Ann Davis, b. May 2, 1821 ; d. Oct. 4, 1901. ix. Joseph 
Davis, b. Sept. 10, 1824. 

6. V. Danforth, b. July 26, 1785. + 

7. vi. Leffa, m. Sept. 2, 1813, Royal Stimpson. 

8. vii. David, m. Sept. 23, 1813, Milly Bigelow (10). 

9. viii. Fanny, b. about 1803; d. about 1819. 

Joshua* (Joshua°, Edward^ John^ Samuef, SamueP), of second mar- 
riage, b. Nov. 24, 1751; d. Jan. 25, 1825; m. 1775, Mary, dau. of William 
and Mary (Brooks) Whitmore of Medford, Mass. He removed from 
Woburn to Rindge when about thirty years old, and passed his life there 
as a farmer and innkeeper. 

6. Danforth^ (Zaccheus^, Benjamin*, Benjamin^, Joseph^, 

SamueP), b. July 26, 1785; d. June 4, 1863; m. 1804, Betsey 

Bigelow (10). He was a farmer in New Ipswich. Children: 

11. i. Martha Maria, b. Jan. 20, 1805; d. June, 1893; m. Dec. 5, 

1825, George Kenson [b. Mt. Vernon, Apr. 1, 1800; d. Am- 

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herst, Oct. 2, 1867]. Res. Wilton, Mt. Vernon, and Amherst. 
He was a blacksmith. Children : i. George Danforth Ken- 
son, b. Sept. 6, 1826; m. Marion Maria Sherman; res. 
Chicago, 111. ii. Eliza Ann Kenson, b. May 13, 1828; d. Oct. 
26, 1902; m. Samuel Eaton; res. Amherst, iii. Martha Jane 
Kenson, b. Mar. 19, 1830; m. Edmund E. Skinner; res. 
Reading, Mass. iv. Helen Maria Kenson, b. Apr. 9, 1835; 
d. Sept. 19, 1868; m. George W. Osgood; res. Amherst, v. 
Charles Herbert Kenson, b. Jan. 11, 1842; m. Harriet Ann 
Clark; res. Gardner, Mass. vi. Ella Georgianna Kenson, b. 
Nov. 23, 1846 ; unm. ; res. Amherst. 

12. ii. Eliza Ann, b. June 8, 1807; d. Mar. 31, 1838; m. May 19, 

1833, Moses, son of Ithamar and Jerusha (Williams) Fair- 
banks [b. Ashburnham, Mass., June 28, 1803]. Res. Wood- 
stock, Vt., and Fitchburg, Mass. He was an accountant. 
Child: i. Martha Maria Fairbanks, b. Feb. 28, 1838; d. 
Feb. 21, 1914; m. Sylvester Pierce Litchfield [d. Jan. 6, 
1898]; res. Fitchburg. 

13. iii. William Danforth, b. Dec. 23, 1809.+ 

14. iv. Silas Bigelow, b. June 7, 1812.-[- 

15. V. George Washington, b. July 28, 1814.-|- 

16. vi. Addison Augustus, b. Sept. 22, 1817.-f- 

17. vii. Frances Elizabeth, b. Apr. 5, 1819; m. June 30, 1842, Charles 

Hartshorn. 

18. viii. John Hermond, b. Sept. 24, 1821.-|- 

19. ix. Luther Barbour, b. Aug. 8, 1826.-}- 

20. X. Edward Payson, b. Oct. 22, 1832.+ 

10. Charles^ (Joshua'^, Joshua^, Edward*, John^ SamueP, 
SamueP), b. Ritidge, Nov. 21, 1795; d. Oct. 23, 1847; m. (1) 
Aug. 8, 1827, Martha, dau. of Micaiah and Elizabeth (Gallup) 
Porter of Voluntown, Conn. ; (2) Apr. 29, 1835, Hannah, dau. 
of Samuel and Sophia (Wheeler) Walker of Hollis. He grad- 
uated from Dartmouth College in 1823 and from Andover 
Theological Seminary in 1826. His first pastorate was in New 
Ipswich, where he remained until 1835. Later brief pastorates 
at Windsor, Conn., Medfield, Mass., and Wells, Me., extended 
until 1844, and then after a year abroad, he retired to a farm 
in Groton, Mass., where he died two years later. Children : 

22. i. Charles Porter, b. Nov. 12, 1828; m. Caroline Douthit. 

Child : i. Joseph Douthit, b. about 1864. 

23. ii. Henry Lankton, b. Apr. 29, 1830; d. 1872; m. Josephine 

Milnes Greenough. Children : i. Ariana Josephine, m. 

Sweet, ii. Edward Herbert. 

24. iii. Martha H., b. Mar. 18, 1837; d. Sept. 7, 1866, unm. 

25. iv. Mary Sophia, b. Feb. 25, 1839; d. Feb. 14, 1904, unm. 

26. v. Harriet Sarah, b. July 21, 1841 ; d. Sept., 1842. 

27. vi. Harriet Sarah, b. Mar. 15, 1843; d. Dec. 10, 1848. 

28. vii. Nathaniel, b. June 2, 1845; d. Aug. 3, 1861, unm. 

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13. William Danforth^ (Danforth^, Zaccheus^ Benja- 
min^ Benjamin^, Joseph^, SamueP), b. Dec. 23, 1809; d. Mar. 
2, 1883; m. Nov. 27, 1834, Mary G., dau. of John and Olive 
(Kelly) Kidder [b. Ashby, Mass., Apr. 6, 1812; d. 1897]. He 
passed his life in New Ipswich, a manufacturer of bedsteads 
on the north branch of the river between Smith Village and 
Gibson Village. Children : 

29. i. John Kidder, b. Nov. 19, 1835; d. Oct. 21, 1861. He was a 

member of the 15th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil 
War, and was killed at Ball's Bluff, Va. 

30. ii. Mary Eliza, b. Mar. 6, 1837; m. Sept. 20, 1864, Lovel H. 

Horton [d. Mar. 9, 1882]. He was a hotel-keeper at Gard- 
ner, Mass. Two children. 

31. iii. Martha Ann, b. May 10, 1839; m. Apr. 1, 1861, George M. 

Taylor. Res. at Lowell, Mass., where he was a livery and 

sale stable keeper. 
2>2. iv. William Miller, b. Nov. 16, 1841; d. June 17, 1904, unm. 

Res. Sterling, Colo., where he was a stock breeder. 
Z2,. V. Albert Francis, b. May 25, 1844.-(- 
34 vi. Louise Frances, b. Dec. 30, 1849; m. Nov. 5, 1879, Gilbert K. 

Rand of Worcester, Mass., where he is a banker. 

35. vii. Jennie Lind, b. Jan. 31, 1854; m. Feb. 21, 1878, Ernest C. 

Field. Res. Somerville, Mass., where he is engaged in 
transportation business. 

14. Silas Bigelow'^ (Danforth^, Zaccheus^, Benjamin*, 
Benjamin^, Joseph^, SamueF), b. June 7, 1812; d. Feb. 9, 1867; 
m. Jan. 23, 1845, Elizabeth Joy [b. May 4, 1818; d. Mar. 15, 
1880]. He was a farmer, and during the last twenty years or 
more of his life had the farm near Pratt Pond, the house being 
at the end of the road on the south end of XV : 3, S. R. Chil- 
dren : 

36. i. Eliza A., b. 1850; d. Nov. 18, 1874; m. Oct. 20, 1872, George 

A. Tarbell. 

37. ii. Maria A., b. 1852; d. Dec. 8, 1895, unm. 

38. iii. EuLETTA M., b. June 5, 1854; d. May 13, 1875, unm. 

39. iv. Alberto S., b. Feb., 1859; d. Apr. 21, 1878. 

15. George Washington^ (Danforth*^, Zaccheus^, Benja- 
min*, Benjamin^, Joseph^, Samuel^), b. July 28, 1814; d. Mar. 
10, 1895; m. Dec. 17, 1845, Sarah Ann Kemp [d. Jan., 1890]. 
He was a blacksmith at Amherst, where both he and his wife 
died. Children : 

40. i. Sarah Emma, b. June 16, 1848; d. Dec. 19, 1854. 

41. ii. George Kemp, b. Aug. 17, 1850; m. Hattie G. Heald. 

42. iii. Charles Mortimer, b. 1854. 

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16. Addison Augustus'^ (Danforth^, Zaccheus^, Benjamin^ 
Benjamin^, Joseph^, Samuel^), b. Sept. 22, 1817; d. Jan. 16, 
1900; m. (1) 1840, Susan Spofford, dau. of Amos and Eunice 
(Spofford) Keyes of Rindge [b. Nov. 18, 1818; d. May 3, 1842] ; 
(2) Oct. 21, 1847, Rebecca Hill, dau. of Charles and Rebecca 
Green (Robbins) Stearns of Leominster, Mass. [b. Sept. 3, 
1828; d. Apr. 17, 1900]. He was an esteemed citizen of Ash- 
burnham, Mass., where he was a manufacturer of wooden- 
ware. He was selectman several years, a director of the Ash- 
burnham Railroad and president of the savings bank. He 
served in the Civil War as captain in the 21st Massachusetts 
Regiment. Child : 

43. i. Susan Josephine, b. Apr. 20, 1842; m. Jan. 3, 1872, James 

Edward Thompson, a stationer in Fitchburg, Mass. 

18. John Hermond^ (Danforth^, Zaccheus^, Benjamin^ 
Benjamin^, Joseph^ SamueF), b. Sept. 24, 1821; d. July 13, 
1872; m. Oct. 19, 1843, Mary Leonard, dau. of Winslow and 
Mary (Leonard) Davis [b. Gardner, Mass., May 31, 1824; d. 
Oct. 23, 1904]. Res. Gardner, Mass., where he was a chair- 
maker. Children : 

44. i. Ei.izA Janette, b. Sept. 1, 1844; d. Oct. 22, 1845. 

45. ii. Henry Orlando, b. Sept. 14, 1846; m. Sept. 5, 1871, Ella Maria 

Drury [b. New York city, July 2, 1845]. Res. Idaho 
Springs, Colo. Is county clerk and register of deeds. One 
child who d. in infancy. 

46. iii. Edson Munroe, b. Nov. 26, 1851; d. Aug. 21, 1853. 

47. iv. Silas Leon, b. Oct. 26, 1853; m. July 15, 1885, Emma Cross, 

dau. of Edward and Emma (Cross) Nims [b. Keene, July 28, 
1851]. Res. Gardner, Mass. 

19. Luther Barbour'^ (Danforth*^, Zaccheus^, Benjamin*, 
Benjamin^, Joseph^, SamueP), b. Aug. 8, 1826; d. Dec. 4, 1908; 
m. (1) May 19, 1845, Silence Rebecca Collester [b. Mar. 4, 
1827; d. Oct. 27, 1866]; (2) Oct. 21, 1867, Marion Exorissa 
Stickney [b. Apr. 23, 1840]. He was a chairmaker in Gardner 
and Fitchburg, Mass. He served in the Civil War as a mem- 
ber of a brigade band in the Twentieth Army Corps and he 
was with Gen. Sherman on the "march to the sea." Children : 

48. i. Annette Isabell, b. Mar. 3, 1846; d. Oct. 27, 1875; m. but 

had no children. 

49. ii. Charles Herbert, b. Jan. 12, 1850; m. Aug. 24, 1881, Mary 

Jane Hackett. He is a house and sign painter at Danvers, 
Mass. Five living children. 

50. iii. Nellie Gertrude, b. Mar. 13, 1870; m. Sept. 16, 1886, Clinton 

G. Foskett [b. Sept. 14, 1865], an electrician at Worcester, 
Mass. Four children. 

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51. iv. Fred Stickney, b. Oct. 20, 1873; m. Anna Richardson. One 

child. 

52. V. Emma Louise, b. Apr. 10, 1879; m. Nov. 21, 1896, Arthur 

Preston Lesure [b. Sept. 19, 1871]. Res. Fitchburg, Mass., 
where he has a steam laundry. Two living children. 

20. Edward Payson^ (Danforth*', Zaccheus^, Benjamin^ 
Benjamin^, Joseph^ SamueF), b. Oct. 22, 1832; d. Sept. 27, 
1908; m. May 6, 1856, Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Nancy 
(Kemp) Gates [b. Gardner, Mass., Oct. 30, 1837]. Res. Gard- 
ner, Mass., where he was a chairmaker. He served in the 
Civil War in the 25th Massachusetts Regiment. Children : 

53. i. Alvin Edward, b. Feb. 16, 1857; d. July 13, 1896; m. Clara 

Wheeler [b. Oct. 20, 1859; d. June 21, 1898]. Res. Gardner, 
Mass. He is a printer and lithographer. Six children. 

54. ii. Eliza Gates, b. Oct. 6, 1865; d. Jan. 17, 1888; m. Oct. 6, 1886, 

Levi L. Uganst. Res. Gardner, Mass. He is a chairmaker 
and poultryman. One living child. 

55. iii. Addison Augustus, b. Mar. 7, 1867; m. Nov. 13, 1889, Minnie 

Eliza, dau. of Charles Henry and Mary (Bliss) Rice [b. 
Aug. 9, 1868]. Res. Gardner, Mass., where he is a chair- 
maker. Four living children. 

33. Albert Francis^ (William Danforth^, Danforth®, Zac- 
cheus^, Benjamin*, Benjamin^, Joseph^, SamueP), b. May 25, 
1844; d. June 8, 1913; m. Jan. 25, 1883, Ella M. (3) Balch. He 
succeeded to his father's business and now conducts the bus- 
iness of wood-turning in the same location. Children : 

56. i. Robert Balch, b. June 19, 1886; m. Sept. 5, 1914, Cora M. 

Eaton. 

57. ii. Lena Frances, b. Dec. 27, 1887; m. Sept. 6, 1913, Philip W. 

Taylor (90). 

WALLACE. 

This family is probably from Robert Wallace of Ipswich, Mass., 
1639, but a certain line commences somewhat later. 

John' Wallace, b. about 1676; d. May 20, 1763; m. (1) ; 

(2) Elizabeth , [b. about 1693; d. Jan. 25, 1765]. He res. after 1731 

in Townsend, Mass., where he was a selectman. 

John' (John'), b. about 1694; d. Sept. 30, 1777; m. (1) Sarah 

[d. Mar. 25, 1752] ; (2) Mary White of Groton; (3) 1759, Martha Pudney 
of New Ipswich. Res. in Townsend, Mass. 

Benoni^" (John', John'), d. Mar. 15, 1792; m. July 2, 1755, Rebecca 
Brown of Lynn, Mass. [d. Aug. 25, 1790]. Res. at Lunenburg, Mass. 

David' (Benoni', John', John'), b. Oct. 16, 1760; d. Jan. 12, 1842; m. 
Susannah, dau. of John and Ruth (Davis) Conn of Ashburnham, Mass. 
[b. June 16, 1762; d. Mar. 24, 1847]. He served in the Revolutionary 
War. He settled in Ashburnham in 1786, and there passed his life as a 
farmer. 

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1. David^ (David^ Benoni^, John^, John^), b. July 14, 1797; 
d. May 29, 1857; m. Roxanna, dau. of John Goen [d. Feb. 27, 
1876]. He was a clothier in Fitchbiirg for a few years in early 
life, and afterward for a considerable period he lived at vari- 
ous places in the part of New Ipswich around Smith Village, 
and his later years were spent upon a small farm in Rindge 
near the southwest corner of New Ipswich. Several of his 
children were born in New Ipswich. Children : 

2. i. Harriet, b. Sept. 18, 1821; d. Sept., 1881; m. Feb. 12, 1843, 

Barnard Tenney (10). 

3. ii. Rodney, b. Dec. 21, 1823.+ 

4. iii. David K., b. Jan. 24, 1826; m. Huldah, dau. of Charles Hart- 

well of Ashby, Mass. [d. June 23, 1874]. He was a tin- 
peddler. Res. Winchendon, Mass. 

5. iv. John A., b. Jan. 23, 1829; m. 1859, Susan Jane Drake. Res. 

New York. 

6. V. Charles E., b. Mar. 7, 1831. -f 

7. vi. George R, b. Nov. 21, 1833; d. July 10, 1874; m. Maria A., 

dau. of Nathan Woodbury of Rindge. 

8. vii. RoMANzo A., b. Sept. 29, 1836; d. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 6, 1875; 

m. June 25, 1865, Jane S. Morgan. 

9. viii. William E., b. Mar. 25, 1839; d. June 20, 1889; m. Aug. 29, 

1859, Helen A. Hayward of Fitchburg, Mass. He was an 
accountant at Fitchburg. 

3. Rodney^ (David^ David^ Benoni^ John^, John^), b. 
Dec. 21, 1823; m. (1) Dec. 1, 1853, Sophia, dau. of Thomas 
and Sophia (Shurtleff) Ingalls of Rindge [d. June 2, 1871] ; 
(2) Dec. 28, 1876, Sophia F. (Billings) Bailey of Woodstock, 
Vt. In 1852 he entered business at Fitchburg, Mass., where 
he was successively a retail and wholesale dealer in books and 
stationery, and a paper manufacturer, in all of which enter- 
prises he was eminently successful. Later he became inter- 
ested in several of the large manufacturing companies of the 
city, and was a director of several banks and insurance com- 
panies and of the Fitchburg Railroad. He was a trustee of 
Smith College. He presented a fine library and art gallery to 
the city, and was a benefactor of the needy to an extent much 
larger than was known by the general public. He held the 
office of selectman while Fitchburg was a town, was also rep- 
resentative and member of the Governor's Council, and still 
later a member of Congress. He was one of the rare men 
whose relations to their employees are such that practically 
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10. i. Herbert I., b. Feb. 17, 1856; m. Oct. 23, 1879, Amy Louise 

Upton of Fitchburg. He graduated from Harvard College 
in 1877. Res. at Fitchburg. 

11. ii. George R., b. June 20, 1859; m. Nov. 10. 1886, Nellie Maria 

Howland of Fitchburg. He graduated from the Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology. Res. in Fitchburg. 

6. Charles E.'' (David^ David*, BenonP, John^, John^), b. 
Mar. 6, 1831 ; d. Dec. 22, 1888 ; m. July 6, 1857, Elizabeth Gil- 
son of Groton, Mass. He was a cigar-maker, living for a time 
in the Center Village, and for some years at Hodgkins' corner. 
Children : 

12. i. Cora E., b. June, 1858. 

13. ii. Hattie E., b. Jan., 1860. 

14. iii. George H., b. Feb., 1861. 

15. iv. Delia D., b. Apr., 1862 ; d. July 8, 1863. 

16. V. Charles D., b. Jan., 1864. 

17. vi. Mary K, b. Sept. 1865. 

18. vii. William R., b. Nov., 1866. 

19. viii. Herbert C, b. Jan., 1872. 

WALTON. 

William^ Walton, b. about 1598; d. 1668. He was a clergyman; 
came to America about 1635, lived at Hingham and Marblehead; d. at 
Reading, Mass. 

Samuel' (William'), b. at Marblehead, June 5, 1639; m. 1674, Sarah 
Maverick. 

John' (Samuef, William'), b. Jan. 31, 1685; d. 1774. Res. South 
Reading, Mass. 

Josiah^ (John^ SamueP, William'), b. Dec. 5, 1711; d. Nov. 3, 1784; 
m. Ruth Richardson [d. June 2, 1792]. 

William" (Josiah^ John^ Samuel", William'), b. Jan. 12, 1757; d. 
Mar. 22, 1835; m. Susannah Manslield. "He was out in Lexington alarm." 

Nathan" (William', Josiah', John', Samuel', William'), b. Oct. 7, 
1779; d. June 28, 1858; m. Jan. 19, 1803, Mary Bates. 

1. Charles^ (Nathan", William^ Josiah*, John^, SamueF, 
William^), b. Aug. 6, 1817, at Rindge ; d. July 3, 1896; m. Dec, 
1842, Sarah Ann, dau. of Jeremiah and Sarah (Heald) Fisk of 
Temple. Res. in Wilder Village. "In October, 1861, he en- 
listed in Co. K, 6th Regiment, New Hampshire Vols. Two 
days later he was elected sergeant of his company. In March, 
1863, he was discharged for disability, and came home very 
much broken in health." Children : 

2. i. Sarah Charlotte, b. Oct. 12, 1843. 

3. ii. Emily Arabella, b. May 11, 1846; m. 1872, William P. Bacon. 

Res. Fitchburg, Mass. 

4. iii. Charles Herbert, b. Aug. 23, 1848; d. 1867. 

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5. iv. Millard Fillmore, b. Feb. 21, 1851; d. Feb. 3, 1895, in Kings- 

ton, Jamaica ; m. 1884, Lizzie Dunbar. 

6. V. Ella Gertrude, b. Apr. 7, 1854; m. 1875, George A. Sanders. 

7. vi. Alvah Fisk, b. Aug. 14, 1857; d. June, 1885; m. 1884, Alice 

(McConnell) Tarbell. 

WEBBER. 

1. JosiAH Webber, son of William and Hannah (Flagg) 
Webber, b. Mason, May 2, 1815 ; d. New Ipswich, July 9, 1898; 
m. (1) Dec. 8, 1836, Luseba Conant (20) ; (2) May 31, 1860, 
Elizabeth Mathes of Lee, N. H. He was the leading tailor in 
New Ipswich from 1836 until his death, and was universally 
respected and trusted. Child : 

1. i. Genevieve, b. Oct., 1861; m. 1890, Frederic Hastings. Child: 
i. Mildred Hastings, h. 1891. 

WESTON. 

John' Weston, b. 1631; d. 1723; m. Apr. 18, 1653, Sarah Fitch. He 
came from England to Salem in 1644. 

John" (John'), b. 1661; m. Mary Bryant. 

Stephen^ (John'), b. 1667; m. Sarah Townsend. 

Samuel'* (John^ John'), b. 1689; m. Joanna Upham. 

Isaac' (Stephen', John'), b. 1699; m. Elizabeth Pratt. 

Samuel^ (SamueP, John", John'), b. 1722; m. 1743, Sarah Rogers. 

John'* (Isaac^ Stephen^ John'), b. 1731; m. Mary Atwood. 

Rogers^ (Samuel*, SamueP, John", John'), b. Sept. 30, 1757, in 
Billerica, Mass.; d. Mar. 9, 1843; m. (1) Apr. 12, 1785, Deborah Lawrence 
[d. Oct. 20, 1798] ; (2) Dec, 1799, Anna Frost [d. Sept. 30, 1829] ; (3) 
1830, Rebecca Keyes [d. Aug. 15, 1830]; (4) Jan., 1831. Mrs. Lydia 
Buttrick [d. Mar. 13, 1837] ; (5) Mrs. Betsy Wright. 

James^ (John*, Isaac^ Stephen", John'), b. 1773; d. 1837; m. Rhoda 
Reed. 

Samuel' (Rogers^, Samuel*, Samuel', John=, John'), b. 1785; d. 1870; 
m. Feb. 15, 1807, Nancy Wheeler [b. Apr. 2, 1787; d. Sept. 2, 1875]. 

1. James Allan^ (James^, John*, Isaac^, Stephen-, John^), 
b. at Ashburnham, Mar. 9, 1810; d. Aug. 18, 1852; m. Dec. 24, 
1835, Elizabeth S., dau. of Charles Borman of Winchendon. 
He was a carpenter and came here from Ashburnham in 1848. 
Children : 

2. i. Harlan Marcellus, b. Nov. 4, 1836; d. Oct. 20, 1838. 

3. ii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1839; m. Nov. 27, 1862, Edwin 

J. Stearns. Two children. 

4. iii. Harlan A., b. May 9, 1844; d. June 6, 1847. 

5. iv. Ellen M., b. June 22, 1848; m. May 27, 1874, Frank E. Well- 

ington. 

6. v. Charles A., b. Apr. 29, 1850; d. Aug. 30, 1867. 

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7. George'^ (Samuel^, Rogers^, Samuel*, SamueP, John^. 
John^), b. Jan. 2, 1809; d. Sept. 10, 1887; m. Sept. 4, 1838, Re- 
becca Bailey [b. Feb. 3, 1817; d. Oct. 3, 1886]. Children: 

8. i. George S., b. Mar. 16, 1841; d. July 19, 1911. His remem- 

brance of old roads and other landmarks has been most 
helpful in the preparation of this history. 

9. ii. Henry A., b. May 10, 1847; d. Dec. 11, 1847. 

WETHERBEE. 

JoHN^ Wetherbee, d. about 1711; m. (1) Sept. 18, 1672, Mary, dau. 
of John' and Mary Howe [b. June 18, 1654; d. June, 1684]; (2) Lydia 
Moore. Res. Marlboro, Mass., and Stow, Mass. 

John' (John'), b. Mar. 26, 1675; d. about 1720; m. Catherine . 

Res. Stow, Mass. 

Hezekiah' (John% John'), d. before 1759; m. Apr. 23, 1728, Huldah, 
dau. of Thomas and Mary (Cove) Martyn [m. (2) Dea. Ephraim Pierce 
of Lunenburg, Mass.]. He removed from Marlboro to Lunenburg in 1729, 
and there lived until his death. 

John" (Hezekiah', John^ John'), b. Sept. 14, 1746; d. Mar. 31, 1838; 
m. Jan. 21, 1773, Susannah, dau. of Joseph and Deborah (Gould) Page 
[b. about 1747; d. Aug. 21, 1840]. He was a farmer in Rindge. 

Joseph' (John", Hezekiah^ John=, John'), b. Oct. 8, 1781; d. Jan. 6, 
1867; m. Jan. 23, 1810, Nancy, dau. of Zebulon and Mary (Wright) 
Conant (11) [b. Aug. 10, 1793; d. Apr. 11, 1835]. He succeeded to his 
father's farm. 

1. Joseph Sylvester" (Joseph^, John*, Hezekiah^, John^ 
John^), b. May 12, 1828; d. Jan. 20, 1890; m. June 19, 1851, 
Laura IMaria Nutting (13). He remained upon the family 
homestead twenty years after his marriage, and he was one 
of the selectmen of Rindge. After 1871 his home was in New 
rpswich, at first in Smith Village in the early home of his wife, 
and later on the Caleb Campbell farm, (IX : 2, S. R.) Chil- 
dren : 

2. i. Ellen Maria, b. Apr. 27, 1852; m. Aug., 1871, Andrew C, 

son of Samuel Robertson of Jaffrey. Res. in Rindge. 

3. ii. Clara Louisa, b. Aug. 2, 1854; m. (1) Dec. 2, 1873, Oliver 

J. Nutting (3lj ; (2) May 13, 1891, Charles W. Brown of 
Troy. 

4. iii. Charles S., b. June 10, 1857; d. Jan. 31, 1858. 

5. iv. George E., b. Oct. 19, 1858. 

6. V. Charles K, b. July 9, 1861 ; d. Mar. 30, 1862. 

7. vi. Susie, b. Feb. 19, 1863; d. Mar. 31, 1863. 

8. vii. Henry Lincoln, b. Dec. 28, 1865. 

9. viii. Hattie Augusta, b. Mar. 4, 1868. 
10. ix. Willis Grant, b. Apr. 20, 1870. 

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WHEELER. 

The Wheelers of New Ipswich are without doubt descended from 
the early settlers of Concord, Mass., bearing the same name, of whom 
Shattuck in his history of that town says "That name was originally and 
has ever been borne by more persons than any other in the town. George, 
Joseph, and Obadiah were among the first settlers, and Ephraim, Thomas, 
and Timothy came in 1639 and were heads of families. Tradition says 
they came from Wales, but it is uncertain. Their descendants have been 
so numerous, and so many have borne the same Christian name, that their 
genealogy is traced with great difficulty." This difficulty remains, but has 
been somewhat lessened by the persistent labor of later genealogists. 

The following lines of descent have been traced with great care, but 
it can hardly be expected that they are entirely free from error. It is 
hoped, however, that the errors are not serious. Apparently two of the 
emigrant ancestors are represented in New Ipswich, but their descen- 
dants have intermarried so that it has seemed best to present the two 
lines together. 

George* Wheeler, b. about 1600 ; d. 1687 ; m. Katherine , who is 

believed to have been his second wife, and who died Jan. 2, 1685. He 
was one of the founders of Concord. Five of his eight children were 
born before his removal to America. 

Thomas' Wheeler came to America in 1638 accompanied by his son 
Thomas, and also by Timothy and Ephraim, who are believed to have 
been his brothers. This entire family, except Thomas, Jr., removed to 
Fairfield in 1645. 

William' (George'), b. 1630; d. Dec. 31, 1683; m. Oct. 30, 1659, 
Hannah, dau. of WilHam and Anna Buss of Concord [b. Feb. 18, 1642]. 

Thomas' (George'), d. 1687; m. Oct. 10, 1657, Hannah Harrod (Har- 
wood). 

John" (George'), b. Mar. 19, 1643; m. Mar. 25, 1663, Sarah Larkin [b. 
1647; d. Dec. 29, 1727]. He was a deacon. 

Thomas-' (Thomas'), d. Dec. 24, 1704; m. (1) Ruth, dau. of William 
Wood; (2) Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Merriam [d. Feb. 1, 1676]; 
(3) July 19, 1677, Sarah Starnes [d. Jan. 21, 1723/4]. 

William' (William', George'), b. Feb. 8, 1665; d. May 29, 1752; m. 
Sarah [b. Feb. 22, 1668; d. Sept. 23, 1744]. 

George' (William', George'), b. about 1670; m. Aug. 14, 1695, Abigail, 
dau. of Stephen and Abigail Hosmer [b. Nov. 6, 1669; d. Dec. 27, 1717]; 
(2) Dec. 3, 1719, Abigail Smith. 

Thomas' (Thomas', George'), b. Jan. 1, 1659/60; m. Nov. 13, 1695, 
Sarah, dau. of Simon and Mary Davis [b. Mar. 11, 1665/6]. He was 
known as ensign. 

Lydia' (John', George'), b. Oct. 27, 1675; m. May 19, 1692, Timothy' 
Wheeler (below). 

Timothy' (Thomas', Thomas'), b. July 24, 1667; d. Apr. 14, 1718; 
m. May 19, 1692, Lydia Wheeler (above). 

Joseph' (Thomas', Thomas'), b. Jan. 11, 1680/1; d. Oct. 15, 1732; 
m. Apr. 10, 1705, Sarah Ball [d. June 24, 1748]. 

William' (William', William', George'), b. Jan. 9, 1693/4; m. Mercy 
[d. Feb. 17, 1760]. 

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Simon* (George', William^ George'), m. Sept. 18, 1739, Dorothy 
Wooster. 

Thomas' (Thomas', Thomas', George'), b. Aug. 4, 1696; d. 1769; m. 
Mary Broods; (2) Susannah . He was lieutenant. 

Timothy' (Timothy^ Thomas^ Thomas'), b. Mar. 8, 1696/7; m. June 
25, 1719, Abigail Roe (Munroe) of Lexington, Mass. 

Joseph' (Joseph', Thomas^ Thomas'), b. Dec. 24, 1705; m. Sarah . 

1. William^ (William*, William^ William^, George^), b. 
Concord, Dec. 21, 1732; m. Dec. 8, 1763, Grace, dau. of Joseph 
and Grace Wood [b. Dec. 1, 1741]. He lived in Concord until 
1778 or later, and came to New Ipswich before 1781, when 
his name first appears upon the tax-list, and he may have 
been a resident until the close of the eighteenth century. Chil- 
dren — six born in Concord and one in New Ipswich: 

4. i. Grace, b. May 13, 1765; d. July 16, 1789; m. Josiah Fletcher 

(21). 

5. ii. William, b. Aug. 24, 1767.-f 

6. iii. Abigail, b. Feb. 22, 1770. 

7. iv. Timothy, b. Sept. 21, 1772. 

8. V. Susanna, b. May 1, 1775. 

9. vi. Joseph, b. June 20, 1778.-f- 

10. vii. Polly, b. Apr. 23, 1783; m. Timothy Wheeler. 
Josiah^ (Simon', George', William^ George'), b. Acton, Mass., Sept. 
29, 1743; d. Dec. 14, 1826; m. 1773, Huldah Page of Harvard, Mass. [b. 
about 1746; d. Sept. 15, 1826]. He lived in Westminster, Mass. 

2. JoHN^ (Thomas*, Thomas^, Thomas-, George^), b. Con- 
cord, Sept. 5, 1733; d. 1797. He first appears upon the New 
Ipswich records in 1765, before which time he had married 
and had at least four children. His farm, (86, A. D.,) still 
remains in the possession of his descendants, but his dwelling, 
situated only a few rods from the Massachusetts line and near 
the old country road along the west slope of Governor's Hill, 
has long since disappeared. He served at Ticonderoga under 
Capt. Josiah Brown. Children : 

12. i. John, b. Dec. 27, 175S.+ 

13. ii. Richard, b. May 17, 1760.+ 

14. iii. Samuel, b. Aug. 11, 1762.+ 

15. iv. William, b. Oct., 1764.+ 

3. JoNAS^ (Timothy*, Timothy^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. 
Concord, May 18, 1720; d. Apr. 2, 1815; m. Oct. 13, 1743, Per- 
sis, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Broods [b. Aug. 2, 1720; d. 
1816]. He came to New Ipswich in 1758 and settled near 
the east line of the town, (5, A. D.,) a short distance north of 
the later site of the "Wheeler tavern," and passed his life in 
that immediate vicinity. Children : 

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16. i. Persis, b. Aug. 23, 1744; m. July 16, 1767, David, son of 
George and Sarah Dickinson. Res. in Ashburnham, Mass., 
and Shelburne, Mass. 
Jonas, b. Jan. 25, 1745/6; m. Mar. 28, 1765, Rebecca Maynard 

of Concord. 
Dorothy, b. Mar. 13, 1748; m. Aug. 10, 1776, John Hosmer of 

Concord. 
Seth, b. May 25, 1750.+ 
Silas, b. Mar. 7, 1752. 
Amos, b. July 28, 1756. 
Abigail, b. July 28, 1760. 
Joseph^ (Joseph*, Joseph', Thomas°, Thomas^), b. Concord, May 10, 
1724; m. Jan. 7, 1750, Mary Hosmer, prob. dau. of Stephen and Millicent 
(Wood) Hosmer [b. May 23, 1733]. 

5. William" (William^ WilHam^ William^ William^, 
George^), b. Concord, Aug. 24, 1767; d. May 9, 1821; m. New 
Ipswich, Dec. 25, 1788, Elizabeth Cooke. He passed the 
greater part of his mature life in Vermont, although it is pos- 
sible that during a few of his later years he lived in New Ips- 
wich. He lived for a time in Windsor, Vt., and removed 
thence in 1795 to Waitsfield in the same state, which was his 
home for a considerable period. Tradition supported by the 
still existing remembrance of a few pieces of furniture some- 
what defaced by fire, said to have been brought to New Ips- 
wich by his son, gives an account of the destruction of his 
dwelling by fire, and says that his wife, venturing within the 
building to rescue some prized article, there perished with a 
babe in her arms. Children : 

23. i. Samuel Cook, b. Jan. 17, 1790.-}- 

24. ii. William, b. Sept. 17, 1791.+ 

25. iii. Silas, b. Sept. 11, 1793.-f 

26. iv. Timothy, b. May 24, 1795. He removed to Indiana. 

27. V. Mehitable, b. Feb. 28, 1797; d. May 16, 1866, unm. 

28. vi. Betsey, b. Sept. 12, 1799; d. Nov. 9, 1811. 

29. vii. David, b. Sept. 7, 1801.+ 

30. viii. Joseph, b. May 7, 1803. 

9. Joseph" (William^ William^ William^ William^, 
George^) b. Concord, June 20, 1778; d. New Ipswich, May 6, 
1859; m. May 29, 1817, Rachel Wilson (8). He probably came 
to New Ipswich at the same time as his father, as his name ap- 
pears upon the tax-list the first year of his majority. He was 
a farmer upon XV: 1, S. R. Children: 

31. i. Joseph Otis, b. May 10, 1818; d. Feb. 23, 1910, unm. He 

succeeded to his father's farm. 

32. ii. Emily, b. Mar. 2, 1821; d. May 16, 1876, unm. 

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33. iii. Almira, b. Oct. 18, 1823; d. Nov. 30, 1857, unm. 

34. iv. Louisa, b. Dec. 31, 1825; d. Jan. 12, 1826. 

35. V. Charles, b. Apr., 1827 ; d. Jan. 17, 1829. 

36. vi. Louisa, b. Aug. 25, 1830; d. Nov. 8, 1855, unm. 

IL Lewis® (Josiah^, Simon*, George^, William^, George^), 
b. Westminster, Mass., Apr. 13, 1793; d. New Ipswich, Aug. 
12, 1859; m. Westminster, Dec. 25, 1817, Mary, dau. of John 
and Susanna (Todd) Stowell [b. Temple, Mar. 11, 1795; d. 
New Ipswich, July 26, 1879]. He was a successful farmer in 
Westminster, but having lost his property by an unfortunate 
endorsement, he afterward pursued his calling in adverse con- 
ditions. He lived for a time in Fitchburg, Mass., later in the 
part of Mason which is now Greenville, and came to New 
Ipswich in 1841. After a brief residence near the Temple line, 
(52, N. D.,) and also a little westward from the "North school- 
house," (XV: 1, S. R.,) he settled on the "Sylvester farm," 
(90, A. D.,) where he passed his remaining years. Children : 

37. i. Lew^is Gould, b. Westminster, Oct. 27, 1818.-1- 

38. ii. Mary Ann, b. Westminster, May 15, 1820; d. New Ipsw^ich, 

Dec. 26, 1881, unm. 

39. iii. John Preston, b. Westminster, Feb. 5, 1823; d. Gloucester, 

Mass., Sept. 24, 1899; m. (1) Sophia Smith; (2) Abbie St. 
Claire from Nova Scotia. He was a fisherman and a 
whaleman, and later a clock repairer. Children: i. Nathan; 
he had also three daughters. 

40. iv. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Fitchburg, June 2, 1824; d. Oct. 23, 

1904; m. Jan. 2, 1844, Oilman Blanchard (21). 

41. V. Susan Caroline, b. Fitchburg, Aug. 5, 1826; m. Morse. 

She lives in Worcester, Mass. Child : i. Wilbur Morse. 

42. vi. Moses Stowell, b. Fitchburg, Feb. 2, 1828; d. La Crosse, 

Wis., Feb. 4, 1904; m. (1) Lucy Ann Hartwell; (2) Bertha 
Bjerke. Children: i. Lucy S., m. George Marble of Ash- 
burnham, Mass.; four other children. 

43. vii. Joshua Stowell, b. Fitchburg, Oct. 16, 1829. -|- 

44. viii. Infant daughter, b. and d. Fitchburg, June 16, 1831. 

45. ix. JosiAH Page, b. Westminster, May 26, 1832; d. Sept. 13, 1864. 

He served in the Civil War as a member of the 4th N. H. 
Regiment, and was killed in a railroad accident near Ander- 
sonville prison, where he had been confined several months. 

46. X. Harriet Lucinda, b. Westminster, June 13, 1834; d. Nov. 20, 

1909; m. (1) Aug. 4, 1855, James L. Richardson [d. Oct. 
10, 1856] ; (2) July 5, 1859, Roderick Munroe [d. Jan. 30, 
1881] ; (3) Oct. 19, 1883, James L. Robbins. She was a 
professional nurse, and has for several years served in the 
Massachusetts General Hospital, and also as a private nurse. 
Children: i. James Herbert Richardson, b. Aug. 11, 1856. 
ii. Archie Munroe, h. May 1, 1872; d. Jan. 30, 1881. iii. 
Gertrude Estelle Munroe, b. July 12, 1874. 
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47. xi. Asa Newman, b. Westminster, May 15, l836.-\- 

48. xii. Martha Emeline, b. Mason Village, May 1, 1840; d. Boston, 

Feb. 6, 1870; m. Nov. 29, 1860, Gilbert H. Godding of 
Brighton, Mass. Children : i. Henry Gay Godding, ii. 
Charles Gilbert Godding. 

12. JoHN^ (John^, Thomas*, Thomas^, Thomas-, George^), 

b. Dec. 27, 1755 ; d. Apr. 16, 1793 ; m. Susannah . He lived 

in New Ipswich, probably in the southwestern part of the 
town, but the location of his home is uncertain. Children : 

49. i. Susannah, b. Feb. 19, 1782; m. Sept. 12, 1802, David Wheeler 

(54). 

50. ii. Polly, b. May 30, 1784. 

51. iii. Sally, b. Mar. 10, 1786; m. Mar. 18, 1804, Cummings Fletcher 

(64). 

52. iv. Daniel, b. Jan. 12, 1788. 

53. V. John, b. Dec. 25, 1790. 

13. Richard'' (John^, Thomas*, Thomas^, Thomas^, 

George^), b. May 17, 1760; d. June 13, 1852; m. (1) Lydia 

[b. about 1753; d. Jan. 22, 1817]; (2) May 6, 1818, Sarah 
Fletcher (30), widow of William Burrows (2). He passed his 
life in New Ipswich, his farm being upon the south end of 
the mountain range, 106, N. L. O., or near that lot, whence he 
removed in his later years to the William Burrows farm, 
(XIII;1, S. R.) Children: 

54. i. David, m. Sept. 12, 1802, Susannah Wheeler (49). 

55. ii. Moses. 

56. iii. Richard, b. June, 1791. + 

57. iv. Amos. 

58. V. Jonas. 

59. vi. Lydia. 

60. vii. Roxanna. 

14. Samuel" (John^, Thomas*, Thomas^, Thomas^, 
George^), b. Aug. 11, 1762; d. Feb. 14, 1839; m. Elizabeth, dau. 
of Jonathan* and Mary (Jones) Taylor [b. Dec. 27, 1769; d. 
Jan. 1, 1864]. He was a New Ipswich farmer, at first on 90, 
A. D., and afterward on XIV: 1, S. R., which latter farm still 
remains in the possession of his descendants. He built for his 
home the house now occupied by his grandson George S. 
Wheeler, but perhaps he previously occupied for a brief time 
the Clary house which stood forty rods farther north upon 
the now abandoned road to Davis Village. Children : 

61. i. Jonathan, b. 1797; d. Jan. 14, 1830, unm. 

62. ii. Daniel, b. July 1, 1800.+ 

63. iii. Elizabeth, b. about 1805; m. William Wheeler (66). 

64. iv. George Washington, b. Apr. 8, 1812.-|- 

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15. William^ (John^ Thomas*, Thomas^, Thomas^, 
George^), b. Oct., 1764; d. July 30, 1842; m. Mar. 10, 1795, 
Sarah, dau. of Jonathan* and Mary (Jones) Taylor [b. Feb. 
19, 1764; d. July 8, 1855]. He lived upon the farm adjoining 
that of his father upon the west, and previously occupied by 
Thomas Emerson, (88, A. D.) Children : 

65. i. Sarah, b. Nov. 3, 1798; d. Feb. 11, 1877; ni. May 7, 1818. 

Jonathan Taylor (28). 

66. ii. William, b. about 1802.+ 

19. Seth'' (Jonas^, Timothy*, Timothy^, Thomas', Thom- 
as^), b. May 25, 1750; d. Feb. 20, 1822; m. Rachel Butterfield 
[b. 1754; d. July, 1841]. He came to New Ipswich with his 
parents when only eight years old, and passed his life in the 
town, becoming a valuable and influential citizen. He lived 
for a time upon the old Ashby road, (69, A. D.,) but about 
1803 he returned to the region familiar in his boyhood, and 
built the "Wheeler tavern" upon the Turnpike, and near the 
east line of the town, (5, A. D.) He was selectman for thir- 
teen consecutive years and also was town clerk. He was a 
leading surveyor and a contractor, building a part of the Turn- 
pike and the meeting-house of 1811. He served in the Revolu- 
tion, holding a commission as lieutenant in 1775-76, and was 
a captain in 1777-78. Children : 

67. i. Seth, b. May 6, 1774.+ 

68. ii. Betsey, b. Sept. 6, 1776; d. 1849; m. John Butman [b. 1774; 

d. 1840]. 

69. iii. Persis, b. Feb. 6, 1779. 

70. iv. Rachel, b. June 4, 1781. 

71. V. Moses, b. May 14, 1783; d. June 4, 1783. 

72. vi. Stephen, b. June 25, 1784. -^- 

IZ. vii. Asenath, b. Feb. 25, 1787; d. Mar. 29, 1873; m. Daniel Chand- 
ler (R. 10). 

74. viii. Mila, b. Sept. 25, 1789. 

75. ix. Silas, b. Dec. 19, 1792; d. Oct., 1885; m. (1) May 17, 1819, 

Mary Batchelder (28) ; (2) Oct. 1, 1879, Mrs. Armenia D. 
Adams. 

76. X. Moses, b. Nov. 14, 1795.+ 

John" (Joseph^ Joseph'', Joseph'*, Thomas^ Thomas'), b. Concord, 
July 2, 1756; m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Lawrence [b. 1765]. He was 
a farmer near the South Village in Ashby, Mass. He served in the 
Revolution. 

23. Samuel Cook^ (William^, William^ William*, Wil- 
liam^ William^, George^, b. Jan. 17, 1790; d. Nov. 1, 1872; 
m. June 17, 1813, Abigail Wilson (9). He was probably a 

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native of Vermont, but his place of birth is uncertain. His 
name appears upon the New Ipswich tax-list upon his attain- 
ing his majority. His farm was on lot 57, N. D., and he lived 
for some years in a house which is still occupied, situated 
about forty rods southward from the Turnpike upon a road 
now closed for most its length, but formerly extending from 
Davis Village to the "Peppermint tavern." Later he built for 
his home the brick house upon the Turnpike at the corner 
formed by the old road from the Flat Mountain region now 
nearly abandoned. Children : 

n. i. Samuel Wilson, b. July 2, 1814. -|- 

WiLLiAM, b. Dec. 30, 1815.+ 

Abigail, b. Sept. 1, 1817; m. (1) Dec. 5, 1839, Josiah Eaton 
(2) ; (2) Samuel Grove. 

Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1820; m. Nov. 27, 1845, Hosea Eaton (3). 

Harriet, b. Apr. 4, 1822 ; m. Dec. 22, 1842, Otis W. Eaton (4) ; 
(2) Eben Tilton. 

SoPHRONiA, b. Sept. 25, 1824; d. Apr. 13, 1825. 

SopHRONiA, b. Feb. 28, 1826; d. Oct. 28, 1898; m. May 26, 
1845, Joseph Wellington. Children : i. Horace W . Welling- 
ton, b. Nov. 2, 1849. ii. Edward Wellington, b. Feb. 4, 1855. 

84. viii. Horace, b. Oct. 3, 1828.-^ 

85. ix. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1830; m. Feb. 10, 1853, Wil- 

liam H. Goldthwait. Children : i. Charles H. Goldthwait, 
b. June 15, 1854. ii. Willie E. Goldthivait, b. June 28, 1856. 
iii. George E. Goldthwait, b. Nov. 27, 1858. iv. Abbie Isabel 
Goldthwait, b. Oct. 13, 1863. 

86. X. Henry Bancroft, b. Dec. 13, 1833.-|- 

87. xi. Sarah Maria, b. July 16, 1837; d. Sept. 19, 1902; m. Apr. 2, 

1860, Richard Rowse. Children: i. Arthur E. Rowse, b. 
Dec. 3, 1862. ii. Annie E. Rowse, h. 1863. iii. Walter W. 
Rowse, b. Dec. 22, 1870. 

24. William^ (William^, William^ William*, William^ 
William^, George^), b. Sept. 17, 1791; d. Oct. 9, 1845; m. Aug. 
17, 1818, Sophia, dau. of Moses Smith [b. Sept. 16, 1801 ; d. 
Apr. 10, 1887]. He lived in Waitsfield, Vt. He served in the 
War of 1812. Children: 

88. i. Timothy, b. Dec. 17, 1820; d. June 11, 1909. 
Mary, b. Jan. 11, 1823; d. Dec. 2, 1898. 
David, b. Dec. 13, 1824. 
Louisa, b. Feb. 18, 1827 ; d. June 5, 1890. 
Melissa A., b. Aug. 22, 1829; m. July 8, 1852, Carlos Barnard. 

Res. in Waitsfield, Vt. 
Elizabeth Cook, b. Jan. 1, 1832. 
William, b. June 13, 1834. 

95. viii. Joseph, b. Nov. 25, 1836; d. Mar. 5, 1896. 

96. ix. Cyrus Wood, b. Sept. 5, 1843. 

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25. SiLAS^ (William^, William^ William*, William^ Wil- 
liam^ George^), b. Sept. 11, 1793; m. (1) Mar. 10, 1818, Rachel, 
dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Chase [b. about 1796; d. July 
15, 1841] ; (2) Dec. 14, 1841, Tryphena, dau. of Salah and Mary 
(Taylor) Smith [b. Mar. 1, 1803]. He was a farmer in Ver- 
mont. Children : 

97. i. Sophia, b. about 1818; d. Dec. 11, 1842. 

98. ii. Betsey, b. about 1830; d. Sept. 3, 1853. 

There were probably several others. 

29. David^ (William^, William^ WilliamS William^ Wil- 
liam-, Georg-e^), b. Sept. 7, 1801; d. June 17, 1861; m. Anna, 
dau. of Job and Eleanor (Dana) House [b. Mar. 24, 1810; d. 
Aug. 31, 1872]. He was a farmer. Child: 

i. Juliette, b. Dec. 31, 1834; d. July 31, 1836. 

37. Lewis Gould^ (Lewis*^, Josiah^, Simon*, George^, Wil- 
liamS George^), b. Oct. 27, 1818; d. Apr. 5, 1896; m. Lowell, 
Mass., Mary E. Chandler [d. Reading, Mass., June 19, 1892]. 
Children : 

99. i. Mary E., b. Charlestown, Mass., May 9, 1840; m. Alva Ford. 

Children : i. Edith Ford. ii. Fred Ford. 

100. ii. Helen Sophia, b. Charlestown, Jan. 2, 1844; d. Mar. 15, 1846. 

101. iii. Fannie, b. Charlestown, Nov. 19, 1845; d. Nov. 15, 1846. 

102. iv. Benjamin Franklin, b. Charlestown; d. Jan. 8, 1906; m. 

twice. Two sons. 

103. V. Eva, b. Charlestown, Nov. 28, 1851; d. Dec. 28, 1851. 

104. vi. Grace Louise, b. New Ipswich, May 19, 1863. 

43. Joshua Stowell^ (Lewis*', Josiah^, Simon*, George^, 
William^, George^), b. Oct. 16, 1829; m. Ashburnham, Mass., 
Sept. 5, 1853, Dorothy M. Leathers. He learned the machin- 
ist's trade before reaching the age of manhood, and has fol- 
lowed it successfully, being the head of the firm of J. S. 
Wheeler & Co., of Worcester, Mass., manufacturers of and 
dealers in machinists' tools. Children — all born in Worcester, 
Mass. : 

107. i. Eugene Lewnell, b. Feb. 28, 1856. 

108. ii. Carrie M., b. Mar. 29, 1860. 

109. iii. Minnie Maybelle, b. Jan. 19, 1866; m. Elliot Brigham. 

110. iv. Lewnell Everett, b. Oct. 1, 1871. 

47. Asa Newman^ (Lewis", Josiah'^, Simon*, George^, Wil- 
liam^ George^), b. May 15, 1836; d. Somerville, Mass., Jan. 7, 
1891 ; m. Sept. 12, 1860, Martha M. Garfield. He was a ma- 
chinist. Children — all born in Worcester, Mass.: 

111. i. Ida Josephine, b. July 12, 1864. 

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112. ii. Eugene Clifton, b. May 26, 1866. 

113. iii. Ernest Newman, b. Oct. 25, 1867. 

114. iv. Eva S., b. Aug. 9, 1869. 

56. Richard^ (Richard^ John^ Thomas^ Thomas^ Thom- 
as^, George^, b. June, 1791 ; d. May 25, 1882; m. Rebecca Wil- 
son (10). He was a farmer, at first on the north end of XV: 
3, S. R., from which he removed about 1830, having bought 
the "Bartlett farm," (XIII : 2, S. R.,) where he remained about 
thirty years, when his failing vigor demanded less severe labor, 
and he removed to "Hodgkins' corner;" still later he had his 
home in Smith Village near his sons. Children : 

115. i. Rebecca, b. Oct., 1821; d. May 11, 1889; m. (1) Nov. 9, 1843, 

Amos Weston of Ashburnham, Mass.; (2) Aaron S. Buck- 
nam (12). Child: i. Ellen Weston, d. aged 12 years. 

116. ii. Mary Ann, d. June 23, 1893; m. Dec. 10, 1846, Thomas Smith 

of Worcester, Mass. Child : i. Ella Smith, m. Frank Foye, 
a machinist at Worcester. 

117. iii. Lucy Taylor, d. Nov. 10, 1859; m. Nov. 28, 1845, Isaac C. 

Stearns (19). 

118. iv. Joseph Addison, b. Oct. 29, 1827.+ 

119. V. Augustus Cutter, b. May 11, 1830.+ 

120. vi. Charles, b. Oct. 27, 1832.+ 

121. vii. George H., b. July 24, 1835; m. Jan. 1, 1862, Sarah Jane Cush- 

ing. He was a collector in Boston, in later years having 
his home at Lynn, Mass. 

62. Daniel'^ (Samuel^ John^ Thomas*, Thomas^ Thomas^, 
George^), b. July 1, 1800; d. Apr. 3, 1848; m. Apr. 3, 1823, 
Rhoda, dau. of Nathan and Rhoda (Marble) Taylor [b. July 
17, 1805; d. Dec. 4, 1848]. He was a farmer in Ashburnham, 
Mass. Children : 

Samuel, b. Mar. 15, 1824.+ 

Rhoda T., b. Jan. 31, 1826; d. Dec. 4, 1893; m. Dec. 6, 1856, 

Jonathan Coburn. He was a farmer living for a few years 

after marriage upon the south end of XV : 1, S. R., and then 

removing to East Jaffrey. 
Daniel, b. Jan. 25, 1828.+ 
George, b. Apr. 30, 1830; d. May 5, 1890, unm. His home for 

many years was with his uncle George W. Wheeler. 

126. V. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 14, 1832; m. May 6, 1858, William Jefifery 

[b. Bridgetown, N. S., Feb. 26, 1820]. She lived in Hudson, 
Mass. 

127. vi. John, b. Oct. 9, 1835; d. Sept. 10, 1837. 

128. vii. Lois, b. Jan. 3, 1840; d. in Peterboro, where she had lived a 

considerable part of her life; unm. 

64. George W.^ (Samuel**, John^, Thomas*, Thomas^, 
Thomas^, George^, b. Apr. 8, 1812; d. Jan. 30, 1892; m. Dec. 

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4. 1834, Elvira Blanchard (20). He succeeded to his father's 
farm, where he was a successful farmer, and conducted a very 
considerable milk business. He also for many years owned 
a potash manufactory. Children : 

129. i. George Samuel, b. Apr. 30, 1840; unm. He continues the 

activities of his father, to which he has added an apiary. 
He is also interested in citrus cultivation in Florida. 

130. ii. Clara Elvira, b. Aug. 13, 1845 ; m. George Theron Raymond, 

a Baptist minister. She lives at Owanita, Fla. Children : 
i. Wilfred Wheeler Raymond, ii. Arthur E. Raymond. 

66. William'^ (William®, John^ Thomas*, Thomas^, Thom- 
as^ George^), b. about 1802; d. June 22, 1873; m. Elizabeth 
Wheeler (63) [b. about 1805 ; d. July 20, 1884]. He passed his 
life as a farmer on the "Barr farm," (86, N. L. O.) Being an 
able and careful man in financial matters, he acquired a large 
property, at one time paying a larger tax than any other resi- 
dent in the town, and at the time of his death he owned many 
hundred acres of farming and timber land in New Ipswich and 
neighboring towns. He was known as a kindly creditor. Chil- 
dren : 

131. i. William, b. about 1831 ; d. Oct. 29, 1905, unm. He succeeded 

to the management of the family property, his brothers all 
remaining unmarried on the home farm. He served the 
town as selectman for several years. 

132. ii. Samuel, b. about 1834. 

133. iii. Charles F., b. 1837; d. Mar. 17, 1903. 

134. iv. George E., b. about 1843; d. Feb. 19, 1899. 

67. Seth^ (Seth®, Jonas^, Timothy*, Timothy^, Thomas^, 
Thomas^), b. May 6, 1774; m. Jan. 25, 1795, Polly Stone. He 
remained in New Ipswich but a few years after his marriage. 
Children : 

135. i. Seth, b. Apr. 19, 1796. 

136. ii. Polly, b. July 1, 1798. 

72. Stephen^ (Seth*', Jonas^, Timothy*, Timothy^, Thomas^, 
Thomas^), b. June 25, 1784; d. Feb. 3, 1859; m. 1818, Hannah 
(Stratton) (18) Sprague [b. June 18, 1787; d. Mar. 9, 1871]. 
He passed his life in New Ipswich, succeeding to his father's 
farm and tavern. He held a prominent place in the town, be- 
ing also selectman and representative, each for several years. 
Children : 

137. i. Stephen Decatur, b. June 1, 1819. -f- 

138. ii. Abby Joy, b. Dec. 28, 1820; d. Jan. 18, 1902; m. Nov. 19, 

1839, George Willard (4). 

139. iii. Seth La Fayette, b. June 11, 1822.-1- 

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140. iv. Emily M., b. Nov. 16, 1823 ; d. Dec. 19, 1826. 

141. V. Charles Munroe, b. Jan. 29, 1826.-|- 

142. vi. George Washington, b. June 17, 1828.+ 

143. vii. Maria Jane, b. Apr. 30, 1830; d. Feb. 23, 1865; m. Nov. 29, 

1853, Joseph Warren, son of Capt. Eben Willard of Har- 
vard, Mass. Res. Le Boeuf, Pa. 

144. viii. Franklin B., b. Feb. 23, 1832 ; d. Aug., 1895 ; m. 1868, Gorilla 

Boyland. Res. Erie, Pa. 

76. MosES^ (Seth®, Jonas^, Timothy*, Timothy^, Thomas^, 
Thomas^, b. Nov. 14, 1795; m. Oct. 12, 1823, Lucy Fletcher. 
Children : 

145. i. Albert. 

146. ii. Silas J. 

Levi' (John', Joseph', Joseph*, Joseph', Thomas', Thomas'), b. 1800; 
d. Apr. 3, 1857; m. (1) June 15, 1829, Elizabeth T., dau. of John E. and 
Dorcas (Lawrence) Stone; (2) Betsy Wood. He lived in Shirley, Mass., 
where he was a clothier and afterward a farmer. Two of his children 
became permanent residents in New Ipswich. 

147. i. Ann Elizabeth, b. June 17, 1832; d. Feb. 16, 1907; m. July 5, 

1855, James L. Ghandler (R. 67). 

148. ii. Stephen Wood, b. Nov. 13, 1835; m. June 17, 1908, Mary Eva 

Burton (3). He served through the Givil War, being a 
member of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment and passing 
through Baltimore when the first blood was shed in that 
war on Apr. 19, 1861, and also serving in the 26th Massachu- 
setts Regiment. He was a farmer on 44, N. D., the site 
of the former New Ipswich Water Gure, near the Temple 
line, until 1909. 

77 . Samuel Wilson^ (Samuel Cook'', William^, William^, 
William*, William^ William^, George^), b. July 2, 1814; d. 
Dec. 21, 1877; m. Nov. 7, 1838, Abby Harriet Hill [b. Mar. 19, 
1813]. He succeeded to his father's farm, but passed his later 
years in Peterborough, where he died. Children : 

149. i. Frances Lydia, b. July 25, 1842; m. May 25, 1861, George 

Thomas Russell [b. Sept. 14, 1832; d. Nov. 2, 1899]. She 
taught for twenty years with her husband in two academies 
which they founded, one in Eastern Tennessee, and the 
other at Oakland, Ore. He had served in the Givil War, 
entering as a private, and earning by gallant conduct a 
captain's commission. He was also a lawyer. Ghildren : i. 
Mabel Frances Russell, b. Aug. 12, 1865; d. Aug. 4, 1866. ii. 
Lillian Beatrice Russell, b. June 14, 1869; m. Aug. 2, 1888, 
William H. Brown of Oalcland, Ore. ; two children, iii. 
Edith Florence Russell, b. July 13, 1873; m. July 9, 1891, 
Samuel McT. Kelley of Virginia, iv. Maude Virginia Rus- 
sell, b. July 23, 1875 ; m. Sept. 7, 1898, Ira Redfern Wishart 
of Oregon Gity, Ore.; one son. v. Fred A. Russell, b. Sept. 
15, 1881. 

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150. ii. Mary Florence, b. Sept. 25, 1845; d. Jan. 25, 1912; m. 1865, 

Charles E. Abbott [d. Feb. 3, 1888]. Res. Peterboro. Chil- 
dren: i. Jessie May Abbott, b. May 1, 1870; m. Elton 
Wood; one daughter, ii. Charles Wilson Abbott, b. May 
24, 1872; m. Margaret McDonald; two daughters, iii. 
Fannie L. Abbott, m. George Wheeler, iv. Alice Abbott, 
m. Charles G. Parkhurst ; one son. 

151. iii. Hattie Caroline, b. June 2, 1856; m. Jan. 4, 1877, Fred Joseph 

Ames. Children : i. Helen Winifred Ames, b. Feb. 25, 
1878; m. Oct. 2, 1902, Ernest L. White, ii. Ethel Josephine 
Ames, b. May 9, 1880; m. June 29, 1903, Lyle H. Capron. 
iii. Ralph Hill Ames, b. Dec. 16, 1881; m. June 29, 1904, 
Agnes Gertrude Young, iv. Anna Green Ames. b. June 4, 
1886; m. Victor Giradin ; one son. v. Mabel Dearborn 
Ames, b. June 5, 1891; d. Mar. 25, 1893. vi. Charles 
Wheeler Ames, b. May 1, 1893. vii. Dorothy Gertrude 
Ames, b. Jan. 19, 1895. viii. Lillian Florence Ames, h. Aug. 
5, 1898. 

78. WiLLiAM« (Samuel Cook^ William^, William^ Wil- 
liam*, William^, William^, George^, b. Dec. 30, 1815; d. Dec. 
10, 1877 ; m. July 23, 1837, Sarah Emeline Mansfield. Children : 

152. i. William Edward, b. Sept. 14, 1839. -f 

153. ii. Amanda W., b. May 8, 1841; m. (1) Nov. 2, 1859, Charles 

E. Latham; (2) July 3, 1866, Joseph Manigan. Children: 
i. Charles W. Latham, h. Aug. 20, 1861; d. Oct. 20, 1863. 
ii. Caroline F. Latham, b. June 11, 1863; d. Sept. 9, 1863. 
iii. Cora M. Latham, b. May 1, 1864. 

154. iii. Eunice F., b. May 26, 1849; m. Leander F. Comstock. 

155. iv. Martha J., b. Mar. 3, 1858; m. Oct. 29, 1873. Arthur E. 

Dwight. 

156. V. Samuel E., b. Oct. 27, 1861.-}- 

84. Horace^ (Samuel Cook^, William*', William^, William*, 
William^ William^, George^), b. Oct. 3, 1828; d. Nov. 25, 1888; 
m. (1) May 17, 1854, Lydia J. Chapin [d. Oct. 2, 1860] ; (2) 
Mary Jane Hawks. Children : 

157. i. Anna J., b. July 26, 1855; m. Edward F. King. Child: i. 

Horace Wheeler King, m. Aug. 1, 1907, Maud Emily Derby; 
one son. 

86. Henry Bancroft^ (Samuel Cook^ William'', William\ 
William*, William^ William^, George^), b. Dec. 13, 1833; d. 
Feb. 28, 1884; m. Oct. 2, 1855, Syrena B. Judkins [d. Jan. 11, 
1894]. Children: 

158. i. Fred H., b. Apr. 8, 1859. 

159. ii. Alice J., b. Nov. 2, 1860; d. Sept. 14, 1872. 

160. iii. Franklin E., b. Mar. 28, 1862; d. Nov. 9, 1862. 

161. iv. Eugene W., b. Dec. 5, 1864.+ 

118. Joseph Addison^ (Richard^, Richard®, John^ Thomas*, 
Thomas^ Thomas^, George^), b. Oct. 29, 1827; d. Mar. 8, 1912; 

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m. (1) Nov. 5, 1852, Harriet Spaulding [b. Jan. 5, 1832; d. Dec. 
26, 1867] ; (2) Nov. 19, 1873, Abby Sargent Hatch (4). He 
passed his life as a farmer in New Ipswich, for a few years 
upon the farm of his father, and then owning successively the 
Jesse Stearns farm, (7, N. L. O.,) the Conant farm, (85, A. D.,) 
and the Chickering farm, (22, N. D.,) and later living in the 
Center Village while managing one or more outlying farms. 
He was selectman several years and was a judicious worker in 
the church. Children : 

162. i. Mary C, b. Aug. 20, 1853; m. George A. Smith, a machinist 

in Worcester, Mass. 

163. ii. Charles A., b. Jan. 6, 1856; d. Sept., 1914; m. Nannie Brewer 

of Brighton, Mass. He was a grocer in Brighton. Child: 
i. Howard Kingsley. b. May 28, 1890. 

164. iii. Herbert R., b. Mar. 23, 1860; m. Ella Cutting. He has been 

a grocer in different localities, for a few years in New 
Ipswich ; he is now in Worcester, Mass. 

165. iv. Daisy D., b. July 3, 1875 ; d. Dec. 6, 1875. 

166. V. Dixon D., b. Oct. 2, 1876; m. Jan. 26, 1897, Martha A., dau. 

of Andrew J. Goen. He lives in New Ipswich. Child : i. 
Mary Alice, b. Feb. 8, 1900. 

119. Augustus C.^ (Richard^, Richard^, John^, Thomas*, 
Thomas^ Thomas^, George^), b. May 11, 1830; d. May 13, 
1911; m. Apr. 26, 1853, Mary Louisa Nutting (14). He has 
been a farmer and teamster in New Ipswich, living the greater 
part of the time in Smith Village. Children : 

167. i. Fred A., b. Oct. 21, 1855.+ 

168. ii. Henry S., b. Aug. 2, 1858; d. May 9, 1859. 

169. iii. Allen S., b. Jan. 5, 1860; d. Feb. 21, 1861. 

170. iv. Allen E., b. Aug. 29, 1861 ; m. May 28, 1884, Carrie I. March 

[d. Mar. 22, 1912]. He has a hack and boarding stable in 
Nashua. 

171. V. William C, b. Apr. 1, 1870; d. Apr. 1, 1870. 

120. Charles^ (Richard^ Richard^, John^ Thomas*, Thom- 
as^ Thomas^ George^), b. Oct. 27, 1832; d. Oct. 10, 1913; m. 
Aug. 20, 1862, Nellie E., dau. of Hiram and Elizabeth S. 
Shepard [b. Apr. 16, 1843]. He has made his home in Smith 
Village, where he is proprietor of the sawmill and a lumber 
dealer. He also kept the gristmill in operation as long as 
there was a demand for such an industry. He has been select- 
man sixteen years, a member of the school board for several 
years, and has twice represented the town in the Legislature. 
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172. i. Charles Shepard, b. Jan. 2, 1865; m. (1) Apr. 22, 1887, Ella 

O. Beard [b. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 17, 1858; d. Oct. 2, 
1898; (2) Oct. 25, 1899, Clara E. Wright of Townsend, 
Mass. [b. June 17, 1872]. 

173. ii. Edward Richard, b. Dec. 6, 1875.+ 

122. Samuel® (Daniel^, SamueP, John^ Thomas*, Thomas^, 
Thomas^, George^), b. Mar. 15, 1824; d. June 7, 1882; m. May 
5, 1852, Permelia Whitney (21) [m. (2) Jan. 1, 1883, Hiram 
Williams]. Three children: 

174. i. Eugene, b. Apr. 9, 1853; d. Jan. 30, 1878. 

175. ii. Adaline Amanda, b. Nov. 7, 1859; m. Francis E. Wheeler 

[d. Jan. 4, 1889]. 

176. iii. Ernest Mild, b. Jan. 21, 1866. Res. Pepperell, Mass. 

124. Daniel® (Daniel^ Samuel^, John^, Thomas*, Thomas^, 
Thomas^, George^), b. Jan. 25, 1828; m. Dec. 4, 1860, Mary 
Drinan. He succeeded to his father's farm in Ashburnham, 
Mass. Children : 

177. i. Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 25, 1862; m. 1886, David Wesley, a 

farmer in Ashburnham. 

178. ii. Nathan Taylor, b. Mar. 17, 1864. 

137. Stephen D.® (Stephen^, Seth*', Jonas^, Timothy*, Tim- 
othy^ Thomas^ Thomas^), b. June 1, 1819; d. May 19, 1856; 
m. Aug. 24, 1844, Nancy J. Prichard (41). Like his father and 
grandfather he was proprietor of the "Wheeler Tavern." Chil- 
dren : 

179. i. Caroline V., b. Jan. 23, 1846; m. Sept. 16, 1869, John M. 

Moore [b. Waterford, Pa., May 15, 1836; d. Warren, Pa., 
Oct. 27, 1883]. Res. Waterford, Pa. Children: i. Dwight 
Kirke Moore, b. May 19, 1871; m. Jan. 24, 1894, Beatrice 
O. McMichael ; res. Buffalo, N. Y. ; four children, ii. 
Forest Free Moore, b. Mar. 30, 1875; m. May 19, 1898, 
Evelyn Skiff [d. Mar. 13, 1909]; res. Waterford, Pa.; one 
son. 

180. ii. Nancy J., b. Oct. 3, 1847; m. George P. Brown [d. Feb., 

1895]. Res. Shirley, Mass. Four children. 

181. iii. Abbie E., b. 1849; m. Dec. 1, 1867, Lewis Harlan Robbins (15). 

182. iv. Emily Munroe, b. Mar. 23, 1851; d. Dec. 25, 1909; m. May 3, 

1877, George L. Eastman [b. Oct. 13, 1849]. Res. Townsend, 
Mass. Children : i. Perley Munroe Eastman, b. Dec. 19, 
1884; m. June 22, 1909, Grace C. Wood. ii. Jasper Fay 
Eastman, h. Mar. 17, 1887. iii. Esther Teresa Eastman, b. 
May 11, 1889. 

139. Seth L.^ (Stephen^ Seth^, Jonas^, Timothy*, Timo- 
thy3, Thomas^ Thomas^), b. June 11, 1822; d. June 23, 1890; 

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m. Dec. 28, 1848, Mary D. Dix [b. June 30, 1829 ; d. Apr. 26, 
1895]. For some years he owned the slaughter-house in the 
Center Village near the foot of Meeting-house Hill, but re- 
turned to the family farm and there passed his later years. 
Children : 

183. i. Charles M., b. Oct. 29, 1854.+ 

184. ii. Frank M., b. Nov. 1, 1859; d. Feb. 8, 1875. 

185. iii. Mary J., b. May 25, 1865 ; d. May 22, 1887. 

141. Charles M.« (Stephen^ Seth«, Jonas^ Timothy*, Tim- 
othy^ Thomas^ Thomas^), b. Jan. 29, 1826; d. Apr. 26, 1904; 
m. Dec. 6, 1854, Sarah Jane, dau. of Eben Clark of Townsend, 
Mass. In early manhood he removed to Pennsylvania and 
made his life home at Le Boeuf, where he was a successful 
farmer and also owned a sawmill and cheese factory and con- 
ducted a large lumber business. Later he was interested in 
the wheat lands of Minnesota. He was a trusted man, held 
various official positions of his township, and twice had a seat 
in the Legislature. He maintained to the end of his life a 
hearty interest in his native town. Children : 

186. i. Edward E., b. Jan. 13, 1857; m. June 29, 1882, Jennie L. Davis. 

Resides at Le Boeuf, Pa., and is engaged in the lumber 
business in West Virginia. Children : i. Grace L. ii. May- 
belle F. iii. Marguerite M. iv. E. Everett. 

187. ii. Walter S., b. Mar. 13, 1858; m. Mar. 25, 1896, Annette Bur- 

ton. Resides at Northeast, Pa., where he has a large fruit 
farm. Child : i. Ruth A. 

188. iii. Orton H., b. Feb. 16, 1860; m. Aug. 4, 1887, Mabel Brown. 

He is engaged in manufactures in Erie, Pa. Children : i. 
Charles M. ii. Doris L. iii. George A. 

142. George W." (Stephen^ Seth^ Jonas^ Timothy*, Tim- 
othy^ Thomas^ Thomas^), b. June 17, 1828; d. Nov. 15, 1896; 
m. Nov. 29, 1855, Mary C, dau. of Noah and Eunice Goen [b. 
Sept. 12, 1834; d. Mar. 7, 1870]. He lived at or near his early 
home during the greater part of his life, engaged in the pre- 
vious family activities, but removed in his later years to Hodg- 
kins' corner, where he died. He was a selectman for several 
years. Children : 

192. i. Katharine M., b. Aug., 1858; d. Dec. 26, 1894. 

193. ii. Bertha, b. June 10, 1863 ; m. Oct. 25, 1880, Fred W. Chapman 

(14). 

152. William E.« (William^, Samuel C.^ William^, Wil- 
liam^ William*, William^ William^, GeorgeM, b. Sept. 14, 
1839; m. June 6, 1860, Helen E. Ross. Children : 

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194. i. Annie H, b. Mar. 17, 1861. 

195. ii. Henrietta F., b. June IS, 1863; m. June 22, 1889, Eugene A. 

Dexter. 

196. iii. Edward W., b. Aug. 11, 1869; m. Margaret Bryson Tait. 

156. Samuel E.^ (William^ Samuel C.^, William*', William^, 
William^ William^ William^, George^), b. Oct. 27, 1861; m. 
July 16, 1883, Fannie E. Burwell. Child : 

197. i. William Samuel, b. July 23, 1885. 

161. Eugene W.« (Henry B.^, Samuel C.^ William^ Wil- 
liam^ William*, William^ William^, George^, b. Dec. 5, 1864; 
m. June 9, 1898, Ina Harlow Winslow. Children : 

198. i. Winslow. 

199. ii. Lucille. 

167. Fred A.^ (Augustus C®, Richard^ Richard*', John^, 
Thomas*, Thomas^, Thomas^, George^), b. Oct. 21, 1855; m. 
(1) Jan. 31, 1876, Emma L. Blanchard (49) ; (2) June 15, 1893, 
Cora R. Watson. He is a farmer and for several years was 
superintendent of the county farm at Nashua. Children : 

202. i. Arthur Fred, b. Apr. 27, 1879. 

203. ii. Myron B., b. Dec. 22, 1881. 

173. Edward R.^ (Charles^, Richard^, Richard*', John^, 
Thomas*, Thomas^, Thomas^, George^), b. Dec. 6, 1875; m. 
Sept. 18, 1901, Ida W. Robbins (22). He is engaged as a 
teamster and in the mill at Smithville. Children : 

204. i. Frank Edward, b. Oct. 17, 1903; d. Jan., 1904. 

205. ii. Florence Ellen, b. Oct. 26, 1904. 

206. iii. Mabel Ella, b. Oct. 7, 1908. 

183. Charles M.« (Seth L.^ Stephen^ Seth«, Jonas^ Tim- 
othy*, Timothy^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Oct. 29, 1854; m. Jan. 
14, 1875, Imogene M. Jowders [b. Jan. 8, 1855; d. Dec. 29, 
1888]. He has been a farmer and cattle dealer at New Ips- 
wich, and also in business at Townsend and at Natick, Mass. 
Children : 

207. i. Frank S., b. Dec. 21, 1875; m. Dec. 26, 1900, Ina S. Smith of 

Natick, Mass. Res. Lewiston, Me. Child : i. Doris E., b. 
May 21, 1902. 

208. ii. Charles A., b. Feb. 12, 1879; m. Nov., 1904, Stella Cummings. 

He is a plumber at Natick, Mass. 

209. iii. Stephen P., b. Apr. 27, 1882; m. June, 1905, Irene Gilchrist 

of Townsend, Mass. He is a farmer at Gardiner, Me. 



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WHEELOCK. 

Ralph' Wheelock, b. 1600; d. 1683; m. Rebecca . He graduated 

from the University of Cambridge in 1626. He came with his wife to 
America in 1637, and settled at Cambridge, but removed to Dedham, 
being one of the signers of the famous "Dedham Covenant." 

Samuel^ (Ralph'), b. 1642; m. Lydia . Res. in Marlboro, Mass., 

at an early date, but removed to Shrewsbury, Mass., where he passed 
his later years. He was one of the first deacons of the church in Marl- 
boro. 

Samuel' (Samuel", Ralph'), b. Marlboro, 1696; m. Feb. 15, 1720, 
Huldah Rice of Westboro, Mass. He removed to Shrewsbury, Mass. 
It is possible that he was son of Gershom" (Ralph'), but more probably 
his parentage was as here given. 

Eleazer, founder of Dartmouth College, was a grandson of Capt. 
Eleazer", a third son of Ralph'. 

1. Timothy* (SamueP, Samuel^ Ralph^), b. June 24, 1724; 
d. 1812; m. (1) Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Keyes) Rand 
of Shrewsbury [bapt. Aug. 23, 1730] ; (2) July 30, 1782, Abi- 
gail (Muzzey) widow of Joseph Sherman, Jr. He came to 
New Ipswich in 1768, but after the death of his first wife, he 
returned to Shrewsbury. The place of his residence in New 
Ipswich is uncertain. Children: 

2. i. Sarah, b. Aug. 21, 1748; m. Nov. 23, 1769, John Brooks. 

3. ii. Jonas, b. Oct. 19, 1750. 

4. iii. Phebe, b. Jan. 18, 1753. 

5. iv. Timothy, b. June 12, 1756; d. Sept. 24, 1827; m. Feb. 9, 1790, 

Matilda Cummings (14). He lived for a time in the south- 
east part of the town, near the Wheeler tavern, and a few 
of his last years on the corner lot just southwest from the 
Congregational church. Children : i. Timothy C. C, b. 
about 1809; d. Apr. 2, 1813. ii. A daughter, d. young. 

6. V. Joel, b. July 8, 1758; m. Elizabeth . His farm was to 

the east from Kidder Mountain, just separated from it by 
the old country road, and later owned by Earl Boynton, 
(51, N. D.) He is said to have removed to Vermont about 
1800. He had one child who died before his removal, but 
its name is not recorded. 

7. vi. Ithamar, b. Feb. 28, 1761; d. Feb. 11, 1850; m. Jan. 14, 1790, 

Sukey Tucker (13). He lived upon the farm at the foot 
of Kidder Mountain next west from that of his brother 
Joel, previously the home of Silas Richardson, (55, N. D.) 
He served in the Revolution, but became poor with advan- 
cing age, and as those days ofifered to veterans no such home 
as a grateful country now provides, his closing years were 
necessarily passed upon the town farm. 

8. vii. Lewis, b. Aug. 19, 1763. 

9. viii. Phebe, b. Jan. 9, 1766. 

10. ix. Pezinah, b. Aug. 15, 1770. 

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WHITNEY. 

John' Whitney, b. 1589; d. June 1, 1673; m. (1) Elinor [d. 

May 11, 1659] ; (2) Sept. 29, 1659, Judith Clement. He came from Eng- 
land with his wife and five sons in 1635, and settled permanently at Water- 
town, Mass., where he was a prominent citizen, holding the office of select- 
man for eighteen years. He was also town clerk and constable, which 
latter office was far more responsible than it is at the present time. 

John' (John'), b. 1620; d. Oct. 12, 1692; m. 1642, Ruth, dau. of Robert 
Reynolds of Watertown. He resided in Watertown until his death, hold- 
ing, like his father, the office of selectman. 

Richard' (John'), b. 1626; m. Mar. 19, 1650/1, Martha Coldham. He 
lived in Watertown until more than fifty years of age and then removed 
to Stow, Mass., of which he was one of the Proprietors. 

Nathaniel' (John=, John'), b. Feb. 1, 1646; d. Jan. 7, 1732; m. (1) 
Mar. 12, 1673, Sarah Hagar [b. Sept. 3, 1651; d. July 20, 1722] ; (2) Sarah 
[d. May 7, 1746]. He was a farmer in Weston, Mass. 

Benjamin^' (John', John'), b. June 28, 1660; d. 1736; m. (1) Mar. 
30, 1687, Abigail, dau. of William and Mary (Bemis) Hagar; (2) Eliza- 
beth . Res. in Watertown. 

Richard' (Richard', John'), b. Jan. 13, 1660; d. Dec. 15, 1723; m. 
Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Sawtell of Groton, Mass. [b. Feb. 3, 1668; d. 
Nov. 24, 1723]. Res. in Stow, Mass. 

William' (Nathaniel', John', John'), b. May 6, 1683; d. Jan. 24, 1720; 
rn. May 16, 1706, Martha Pierce [b. Dec. 24, 1681]. Res. in Weston, Mass. 

John' (Benjamin', John', John'), b. June 15, 1694; d. 1776; m. (1) 

Susan ; (2) Oct. 6, 1737, Bethia Cutter [b. July 9, 1714]; (3) Nov. 

28, 1754, Beriah, dau. of John Bemis and widow of Daniel Child and of 
Joseph Pierce [b. June 23, 1681; d. 1768]. Res. in Watertown. 

Richard' (Richard', Richard', John'), b. 1694; d. Apr. 27, 1775; m. 
(1) Hannah, dau. of Josiah Whitcomb of Lancaster, Mass. [b. 1693; d. 
Nov. 17, 1743]; (2) int. Oct. 26, 1755, Mrs. Hannah Ayer [b. 1704; d. 
Sept. 27, 1775]. Res. in Stow, Mass. 

William' (William', Nathaniel', John', John'), b. July 11, 1706/7; m. 
(1) Sept. 10, 1735, Hannah, dau. of George and Hepzibah (Fiske) Har- 
rington of Watertown, Mass. [b. July 31, 1716; d. Apr. 30, 1740]; (2) 
Mar. 30, 1742, May, dau. of John and Hannah (Barstow) Chadwick, and 
widow of Jacob Pierce [b. Oct. 17, 1713; d. Feb. 23, 1756]; (3) Aug. 12, 
1756, Margaret, dau. of Amos and Hannah (Oldham) Gates of Framing- 
ham, Mass., and widow of Thomas Spring of Weston, Mass.; (4) int. 
Jan. 14, 1763, Mrs. Sarah Davis of Brookline, Mass. Res. in Weston, 
Mass. 

Ezekiel" (John', Benjamin', John', John'), bapt. Apr. 12, 1742; d. 
1803; m. (1) Dec. 6, 1763, Catherine Draper of Roxbury, Mass.; (2) May 
19, 1769, Catherine Anson. He was a cordwainer in Watertown, Mass. 

Josiah'* (Richard', Richard', Richard', John'), b. Oct. 12, 1731; d. 
Jan. 4, 1806; m. (1) int. Sept. 9, 1751, Sarah Farr [b. Jan. 19, 1735; d. 
Apr. 21, 1773] ; (2) Feb. 3, 1774, Sarah Dwelly of Bridgewater, Mass. 
Soon after his first marriage he removed from his native town to Har- 
vard, Mass., where he soon became a leading citizen. He was especially 
devoted to military affairs, serving in both the French and Indian War 

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;ind the Revolution, and rising to the rank of brigadier-general. He 
was a selectman, representative, and a member of the convention for rati- 
fication of the Federal Constitution. He had twenty-five children, of 
whom, however, thirteen died while young. 

Phineas" (William', William*, Nathaniel', John', John'), b. Apr. 23, 
1740; d. Dec. 13, 1819; m. (1) Apr. 28, 1762, dau. of Lieut. Moses' (Si- 
mon', Henry-, Simon') Willard [b. 1742; d. May 20, 1769]; (2) int. May 
3, 1770, Lydia Bowes of Bedford, Mass. [d. Oct. 11, 1805] ; (3) Mrs. Jane 
Garfield of Fitchburg, Mass. [d. Mar. 4, 1824]. He entered the ministry 
in 1762, and was settled as the first pastor in Shirley, Mass., which position 
he held until his death. 

Lemuel* (Josiah°, Richard', Richard', Richard', John'), b. Sept. 19, 
1784; d. July 9, 1853; m. 1804, dau. of Henry and Betsey Hall [b. Feb. 6, 
1788; d. Apr. 30, 1852]. He was a farmer in Ashburnham, Mass., and was 
a captain in the militia. 

1. Charles'^ (Phineas", William^ William*, Nathaniel, 
John^, John^), b. Jan. 2, 1794; d. Oct. 6, 1832; m. Sept. 12, 1815, 
Dolly Davenport of West Boylston, Mass. He resided in 
Shirley, Mass., until about 1824, when he removed to Peter- 
boro. Probably he never was a resident in New Ipswich, but 
his widow came to town a few years after his death, and his 
children were intimately connected with its local activities. 
Children : 

5. i. Charles W., b. Aug. 25, 1817; d. Dec. 13, 1820. 

6. ii. Elizabeth D., b. Oct. 25, 1819 ; d. Dec. 18, 1820. 

7. iii. Charles Addington, b. Oct. 10, 1821; d. May 23, 1878; m. 

(1) May 11, 1852, Mary Frances Parker of Winchendon, 
Mass. [b. about 1828; d. Jan. 11, 1857]; (2) May 11, 1871, 
Mrs. Emeline V. Holman. While a young man, he entered 
mercantile life in the store of Henry Isaacs, and continued 
his connection with that enterprise throughout his life, suc- 
ceeding to its entire ownership after the death of Edward 
M. Isaacs. He was town clerk during the last quarter- 
century of his life, and was also selectman for a time. He 
was postmaster for a considerable period, and in other 
ways was a citizen whose discreet and kindly influence could 
hardly receive due appreciation until his death, but is wit- 
nessed by the inscription upon the stone marking his grave, 
"He loved his fellow men." 

8. iv. Henry Augustus, b. Oct. 6, 1823; d. Feb. 18, 1890; m. Oct. 

24, 1860, Lucretia Fall of Charlestown, Mass. [b. Nov. 8, 
1839]. He lived a successful business life in Boston. 

9. V. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1825; m. Apr. 13, 1852, David 

Cotting of Southboro, Mass. After his death she lived for 
several years with her brother, Charles A. Child : i. 
Hattie F. Cotting, b. May 9, 1853; d. Jan. 12, 1891. 

2. Christopher Columbus^ ( ®, Ezekiel^, John*, Benja- 

min^ John^, John^), b. Sept. 13, 1795; d. Apr. 24, 1873; m. int. 

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Sept. 15, 1820, Betsey Putnam [b. Aug. 29, 1801; d. July 31, 
1861]. No complete record of the children of EzekieP has 
been found, but according to tradition Christopher C. was his 
grandson and was cared for in childhood by an uncle, Leonard, 
whose name does not appear on the records. He came from 
Watertown, Mass., to New Ipswich soon after his marriage, 
and was engaged throughout his life as a machinist and over- 
seer in the cotton factories of the town. He served in the War 
of 1812. Children: 

10. i. Christopher, b. Oct. 26, 1822; d. Feb. 15, 1823. 

11. ii. Albert A., b. Apr. 11, 1824; d. Jan. 7, 1895; m. Oct. 21, 1846, 

Lucena Davis. He was a machinist in Battle Creek, Mich. 

12. iii. Mary A., b. May 3, 1826; m. Oct. 21, 1846, Frederic O. Flagg 

of Mason [b. June 15, 1821; d. Aug. 6, 1871]. He was a 
traveling salesman. 

13. iv. Harriet C, b. Feb. 3, 1828; m. Oct. 5, 1847, Calvin E. Searle 

[b. 1825; d. 1903]. Res. in New Ipswich, near the High 
Bridge. 

14. V. Henry Isaacs, b. Feb. 17, 1830; d. May 5, 1910; m. (1) Mary 

Ann Stanley of Dublin [d. 1888]; (2) 1890, Sarah Jane 
(Messer) Gould of Washington. While yet a young man 
he removed to Mason Village, now Greenville, and there 
made his permanent abode except during two years during 
which he was associated with his brother Albert in Battle 
Creek, Mich. He was for many years a machinist and 
foreman of the machine shop connected with the cotton 
factories. He was a merchant from 1880 to 1895. He held 
the office of deputy sheriff for about forty years. He also 
served his town as selectman, treasurer, and representative. 

15. vi. Helen T., b. June 28, 1832; d. July 17, 1891; m. (1) Cordelia 

Griswold, an overseer in the cotton factory; (2) Frederic 
Flagg. 

16. vii. Elizabeth, b. July 20, 1834 ; d. Sept. 30, 1835. 

17. viii. Catherine A., b. May 21, 1836; m. Lysander J. Cowdrey. 

18. ix. Adeline E., b. Dec. 13, 1838; m. George H. Evans of Hinsdale. 

19. X. Emily L., b. Jan. 9, 1842; m. Frank J. Boynton of Greenville. 

3. Henry Hall^ (Lemuel^ Josiah^, Richard*, Richard^, 
Richard^, John^), b. June 11, 1805; d. Dec. 26, 1888; m. Sept. 
26, 1830, Caroline F. Bailey. He resided in New Ipswich near 
the High Bridge 1848 to 1854, afterward in East Jafifrey. Chil- 
dren : 

20. i. Elnora Caroline, b. Nov. 17, 1831; d. May 2, 1851. 

21. ii. Permelia, b. June 20, 1833; d. Feb. 18, 1884; m. (1) May 5, 

1853, Samuel Wheeler (122) [d. June 7, 1882]; (2) Jan. 
1, 1883, Hiram Williams. 

22. iii. Amanda, b. Aug. 27, 1836; m. May 21, 1854, Alaric A. Boyce. 

Four children. 

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23. iv. John Henry, b. Nov. 21, 1838.+ 

24. V. Sophia, b. Nov. 29, 1842; m. Aug. 12, 1868, George W. Bas- 

com [b. Oct. 1, 1843; d. Oct. 8, 1884]. Res. in Clinton, 
Mass., w^here he was superintendent of the Bigelow carpet 
works. Child: i. Frank Preston Bascom. b. Apr. 28, 1876. 

25. vi. LucEBA, b. Nov. 27, 1845 ; d. Sept. 8, 1848. 

4. Otis^ (Lemuel®, Josiah^, Richard*, RicharcP, Richard^, 
Johni), b. Nov. 14, 1809; d. 1884; m. May 3, 1840, Hannah 
Parker [b. 1819; d. Oct. 7, 1882]. Res. in Ashbtirnham, Mass., 
until about 1870, when he came to New Ipswich and pur- 
chased the Heald farm, (186, N. L. O.,) at the corner formed 
by the Ashby and Mason roads, eastward from Whittemore 
Hill, which was the home of his remaining years. Children : 

26. 1. Julia A., b. Feb. 17, 1841; m. (1) Nov. 23, 1862, George W. 

Gushing (2); (2) Oliver H. Perry [b. 1826; d. Sept. 28, 
1906]. 

27. ii. Newton O., b. June 8, 1844.+ 

28. iii. Herbert W., b. Sept. 6, 1846.+ 

29. iv. Charles P., b. Dec. 8, 1848; m. 1871, Mary O. Thorns. Res. 

Fitchburg, Mass. Child: i. Lottie G., b. Feb., 1872; m. 
Walter K. Pulsifer [b. Feb. 8, 1873]. 

23. John Henry^ (Henry H.'', Lemuel^. Josiah^ Richard*, 
Richard^ Richard^, John^), b. Nov. 21, 1838; m. Sept. 10, 1862, 
Mary Jane Nutting (11). Children: 

30. i. Charles, b. Oct. 14, 1869. 

31. ii. Leslie H., b. May 20, 1877. 

32. iii. Allen, b. Feb. 14, 1882. 

27. Newton O.^ (Otis'', LemueP, Josiah^ Richard*, Rich- 
ard^ Richard^ John^), b. June 8, 1844; m. Nov. 20, 1869, Jennie 
A. Hanshaw. Res. New Ipswich. Children : 

33. i. Cora A., b. May 23, 1871 ; m. 1888, Everett E. Petts. 

34. ii. Waldo D., b. Sept. 3, 1873; m. May I. Parsons [d. Dec, 1912]. 

35. iii. Myron O., b. Mar. 12, 1877; m. Lucy Francis. 

36. iv. Ethel May, b. Sept. 1, 1884; m. Charles Donley. 

28. Herbert W.® (Otis', Lemuel^ Josiah^ Richard*, Rich- 
ard^ Richard^, John^), b. Sept. 6, 1846; d. Dec. 18, 1909; m. 

(1) Emma A. Marble [b. Mar. 16, 1852; d. Nov. 16, 1875]; 

(2) Nov. 1, 1878, Ella M. Atwood [b. June 25, 1849]. Chil- 
dren : 

37. i. Melvin B., b. Mar. 30, 1872. 

38. ii. Harry H., b. Aug. 18, 1879. 

39. iii. Lorna B., b. May 17, 1883; m. Oliver. 

40. iv. Wilbur C, b. Apr. 10, 1885; m. Mabel Woodward. 

41. v. Carl R., b. Jan. 7, 1891. 

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WILLARD. 

Simon* Willard, bapt. Apr. 7, 1605; d. Apr. 24, 1676; m. (3) Mary 
Dunster [d. Dec, 1715]. Born at Horsmonden, in the county of Kent, 
England ; came to America in 1634, and settled at Cambridge, soon re- 
moving to Concord, in the establishment of which settlement he was a 
leader. He was chosen a magistrate (member of the Court of Assistants) 
in 1654 and continued a member until his death. He was chosen major 
(chief military officer of the county) in 1653, and continued to hold 
this position twenty-two years. 

Henry" (Simon'), b. Concord, June 4, 1655; d. 1701; m. Mary Lakin 
of Groton [d. 1688]. Res. Groton and Lancaster. 

Joseph' (Henry^ Simon*), b. Lancaster about 1686; d. July 30, 1761; 
m. Elizabeth Tarbell of Groton [b. Aug. 19, 1691; d. Dec. 23, 1763]. Res. 
Harvard. 

Joseph* (Joseph', Henry", Simon'), b. Harvard. May 17, 1728; d. Sept. 
12, 1812; m. Feb. 14, 1753, Elizabeth Hapgood. Res. Harvard. 

Joseph" (Joseph*, Joseph', Henry^ Simon*), b. Sept. 4, 1760; m. June 
10, 1783, Susa Kingman. 

1. George*' (Joseph^ Joseph*, Joseph^, Henry-, Simon^), h. 
Harvard, Mass., Jan. 4, 1787; d. Dec. 16, 1873; m. Hannah 
Simonds [b. about 1791; d. Apr. 7, 1864]. He was a tanner 
in Harvard until middle life, when he came to New Ipswich 
and continued the same business with Stedman Houghton for 
some years, after which he was a farmer half a mile south from 
the Congregational church (on VH : 3, S. R.) Children: 

2. i. Mary Ann, b. Apr. 17, 1809; d. July 5, 1830. 

3. ii. Susan C, b. Sept. 10, 1810; d. Jan. 10, 1841. 

4. iii. George, b. Feb. 1, 1812.+ 

5. iv. Jane Maria, b. Aug. 8, 1814; m. Jan. 5, 1842, Edward L. 

Noyes. Res. Boston. 

6. V. Andrew Hosmer, b. July 12, 1818.-}- 

7. vi. A son, b. July 5, 1820; d. Oct. 10, 1820. 

8. vii. Maria Nason, b. Dec. 24, 1821 ; d. Apr. 9, 1893, unm. 

9. viii. Henry Augustus, b. Aug. 15, 1829.+ 

4. George'^ (George^, Joseph^, Joseph*, Joseph^, Henry-, 
Simon^), b. Feb. 1, 1812; d. Sept. 12, 1876; m. Nov. 19, 1839, 
Abby J. Wheeler (138). Res. in Townsend, Mass., but passed 
a few years about 1870 on the paternal farm. Children : 

10. i. James A., b. about 1844; m. Billings. Res. Townsend. 

11. ii. Fred A., b. about 1849; m. Forsman. Res. Ashby. 

6. Andrew Hosmer^ (George^, Joseph^, Joseph*, Joseph^, 
Henry^, Simon^), b. June 12, 1818; m. Hannah Farwell of 
Lunenburg, Mass. He lived for some years on the Royce 
place, about 1850 removed to the Col. Kidder farm, (46, N. D.,) 
and removed to Fitzwilliam about 1893. Children : 

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Adeline, m. Feb. 24, 1869, John W. Snow of Lunenburg, Mass. 

One son. 
Andrew Hosmer, b. Dec. 7, 1849.+ 
Charlotte Lavina, b. Feb. 2, 1851 ; m. Samuel Thompson of 

Mason, a stonecutter. Res. Fitzwilliam. Ten children. 

14. Andrew Hosmer® (Andrew Hosmer^, George*', Joseph^, 
Joseph*, Joseph^, Henry^, Simon^), b. Dec. 7, 1849; m. (1) 
Apr. 23, 1878, Mary E., dau. of James McLaughlin [b. Aug. 
19. 1855; d. June 22, 1888] ; (2) May 23, 1891, Alice C. Blood 
(10). Painter at New Ipswich until 1904. Res. Concord. 
Children : 

16. i. Edwin, b. June 23, 1879. 

17. ii. Charles J., b. May 18, 1880; m. June 22, 1904, Florence Had- 

ley of Temple. Children, i. Mervin Edwin, b. June 6, 1905. 
ii. Herbert Andrew, b. June 16, 1906. iii. Raymond Charles, 
b. Apr. 26, 1909. 

WILLIAMS. 

1. Benjamin^ Williams, b. Concord, Mass., Oct. 25, 1744; 
d. Enosburg, Vt., Feb. 5, 1835 ; m. Hepzibah Brown of Con- 
cord [b. Feb. 5, 1746; d. Jan. 12, 1814]. He removed from 
Concord in 1771, and is said to have come to New Ipswich at 
that time, although his name does not appear upon the tax- 
lists until 1783. He settled west of the summit of the moun- 
tain, (151, A. D.,) on the Rindge road of that time now aban- 
doned, but later the Turnpike road was built passing just west 
of his home. He was an inn-keeper, as well as a farmer. He 
rendered much Revolutionary service, responding to the Con- 
cord alarm, fighting at Bunker Hill and afterward in the com- 
panies of Capts. Archelaus Town, Stephen Parker, Josiah 
Brown, and Robert Fletcher, and held the office of lieutenant 
in the later times of service. In his later years he was a major 
in the militia. He removed to Enosburg, Vt., a few years be- 
fore his death. Children : 

2. i. Abigail, b. May 8, 1770; d. Shrewsbury, Mass., Feb. 1, 1847; 

m. Mar. 21, 1792, Simon, son of Dea. Benjamin and Submit 
(Lee) Maynard [b. Aug. 25, 1767]. 

3. ii. Hepzibah, b. May 9, 1772; d. Buckland, Mass., Aug. 17, 1834; 

m. Feb. 9, 1792, Benjamin Carter. 

4. iii. Rhoda, b. Aug. 2, 1774; d. Buckland, Mass., Mar. 27, 1842; 

m. Feb. 13, 1798, Joseph Ballard. 

5. iv. MiLicENT, b. Nov. 1, 1776; d. Sept. 5, 1777. 

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6. V. MiLiCENT, b. July 3, 1778; d. Swanzey, Jan. 4, 1817; m. Apr. 

11, 1799, Ezekiel Thompson. 

7. vi. Lucy, b. July 23, 1780; d. Swanzey, Mar. 20, 1818. 

8. vii. Benjamin Brigham, b. June 16, 1782.-|- 

9. viii. Hannah, b. Mar. 18, 1784; d. New Ipswich, Feb. 1, 1843; m. 

Wilder. Two children. 

10. ix. Ephraim, b. Mar. 19, 1786.+ 

11. X. Isaiah, b. July 5, 1788.+ 

12. xi. Patty, b. Aug. 2, 1791; d. New Ipswich, Dec. 19, 1831; m. 

Wilson. Two children. 

8. Benjamin Brigham^ (Benjamin^), b. June 16, 1782; d. 
Enosburg, Vt., Dec. 4, 1840; m. (1) Ruth Fox (12) ; (2) June 
16, 1814, Hephzibeth Taylor (27). He remained on or near his 
father's farm until his removal to Enosburg, Vt., and accom- 
panied him thither. Children : 

13. i. Noah Bartlett, b. Jan. 7, 1811; d. Enosburg, Vt., Dec. 12, 

1845; m. Fairfax, Vt., Feb. 5, 1835, Cynthia Pease. He 
worked a few years of his early manhood in the laboratory 
of Stephen Thayer, but soon after his marriage removed 
to Enosburg, Vt., where the remaining ten years of his life 
were passed. 

Saloma, b. Jan. 7, 1813; d. 1844. 

Ruth Fox, b. June 27, 1815; d. Newbury, Vt., Feb. 14, 1900; 
m. Jan. 20, 1840, George Rawson. Res. in Enosburg, Vt., 
and in Kansas. 

George Gilman, b. Jan. 10, 1817.+ 

LucY Thomson, b. Oct. 28, 1818; d. Enosburg, Vt., June 10, 
1845 ; m. Oct. 4, 1843, William Boutelle. Res. Enosburg, Vt. 

18. vi. MiLLY Taylor, b. July 11, 1820; m. May 30, 1845, Theron 

Baker. Res. Enosburg, Vt. 

19. vii. Louisa Bullard, b. Aug. 30, 1822; d. St. Albans, Vt., Jan. 16, 

1862; m. Sept. 3, 1843, John B. Fletcher (188). 

20. viii. Isaiah Hall, b. June 1, 1824.+ 

21. ix. Elzina Saloma, b. Oct. 20, 1826; d. Wells River, Vt., Aug. 

10, 1871; m. Sept. 13, 1847, ; (2) Horace Denio. 

Res. in Enosburg and Wells River, Vt. 

10. Ephraim^ (Benjamin^), b. Mar. 19, 1786; d. Buckland, 
Mass., Nov. 27, 1846; m. Conway, Mass., Dec. 22, 1814, Mary 
Toby [b. Conway, Mar. 29, 1793]. Res. Buckland, Mass. 
Children : 

22. i. Rhoda B., b. Dec. 17, 1815. 

23. ii. Noah B., b. July 12, 1817. 
24 iii. , b. Feb. 26, 1819. 

25. iv. , b. Apr. 24, 1820. 

26. v. , b. June 1, 1822. 

27. vi. George C, b. Mar. 11, 1824. 

28. vii. Ephraim D., b. Nov. 30, 1825. 

29. viii. Ann, b. June 19, 1827. 

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30. ix. Rebecca, b. Aug. 8, 1828. 

31. X. Cordelia S., b. June 21, 1830. 

32. xi. LoRETTA, b. Nov. 1, 1831. 

33. xii. Deborah, b. Mar. 13, 1833. 

11. Isaiah^ (Benjamin^), b. July 5, 1788; d. Ware Village, 
Mass., Nov. 1, 1836; m. Pelham, Mass., Feb. 20, 1812, Martha 
Tenney [b. West Nottingham, July 23, 1788]. He was for a 
time a blacksmith in the shop by the Kidder Brook at the west 
end of the Village Green, but about 1824 he removed to Enos- 
burg, Vt. Children : 

34. i. Gibson T., b. Jan. 15, 1813. 

35. ii. David, b. Jan. 29, 1814. 

36. iii. Mary, b. Aug. 21, 1815. 

37. iv. John M., b. Feb. 27, 1817. 

38. V. Isaiah T., b. Feb. 12, 1819. 

39. vi. Martha A., b. Jan. 31, 1821. 

40. vii. Jane P., b. Feb. 1, 1823. 

41. viii. Lucy A., b. Nov. 22, 1825. 

42. ix. Julia A., b. June 7, 1827. 

43. X. Charles C, b. Nov. 30, 1829. 

16. George Gilman^ (Benjamin B.^, Benjamin^), b. Jan. 
10, 1817; m. (1) Apr. 1, 1841, Elvira Baker [b. Enosburg, Aug. 
25, 1816; d. Oct. 4, 1881]; (2) Oct. 1, 1884, Mary A. Brooks 
(28), widow of George R. Thomas. He was a farmer at Enos- 
burg until 1871, and later at Craftsbury, Vt. Since 1884 he has 
lived at West Rindge. Children : 

44. i. MiLLY S., b. Sept. 15, 1842; m. Jan. 11, 1873, William P. 

Cheney [d. Feb. 14, 1895]. He was a printer at Windsor, 
Vt. Children : i. William George Cheney, h. Dec. 24, 1875 ; 
d. Aug. 23, 1876. ii. George Prentiss Cheney, b. July 4, 1877. 

45. ii. Maria, b. Nov. 11, 1845; d. Mar. 28, 1855. 

46. iii. Nelson B., b. Dec. 29, 1849. 

47. iv. Lucy E., b. Apr. 30, 1860; d. Oct. 17, 1906, unm. 

20. Isaiah Hall^ (Benjamin^, Benjamin^), b. June 1, 1824; 
d. Rindge, Dec. 9, 1888; m. (1) Enosburg, Sept. 13, 1847, N. 

Elizabeth Wilder [b. 1828; d. Jan. 2, 1870] ; (2) [d. 

in Florida]. Child: 

48. i. Fred Morrill, b. Jan. 17, 1857; d. Sept. 21, 1868. 

WILSON (David). 

David' Wilson, b. Shirley, Mass., before 1790; d. Sharon, aged 93; 
m. Hannah Calton of Sharon. He came to Sharon when a young man 
and passed his life there. 

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1. John Steele^ (David^), b. about Feb., 1816; d. Oct. 12, 
1895; m. (1) Rebecca Sanders [d. about 1843] ; (2) Mary M. 
Holden of Mason. He was a farmer in Sharon during the 
greater part of his life, but Hved for a few years beginning in 
1840 on Page Hill, occupying the "Warren farm," which was 
the western part of XHI : 2, N. L. O., and afterward living in 
Wilder Village and also near the Emery Carr mill south of 
the old "white school-house," westward from the mountain. 
He was captain of the Sharon militia. Children : 

2. i. William Henry, b. Oct. 28, 1840; m. (1) Nov. 1, 1860, Irene 

Perkins of Temple [b. Jan. 1, 1841 ; d. June 25, 1905] ; (2) 
Apr. 2, 1907, Nellie (Goss) Spaulding [b. Aug. 1, 1846]. 
He is the only member of the family born in New Ipswich, 
and he has passed the greater part of his life in his native 
town, living for a time in Wilder Village, later on the "Chick- 
ering farm," (22, N. D.,) and at present in the house which 
was originally the first Academy building in the Center 
Village. He has also resided for longer or shorter periods 
in Ashby, Mass., Northboro, Mass., Sharon and Peterboro. 
He has been a deacon of the Baptist church in both Peter- 
boro and New Ipswich. He served during the Civil War 
in the 13th New Hampshire Regiment. He had no chil- 
dren, but adopted Cora Belle Tandy, who m. Frank E. 
Hardy. 

3. ii. Moses C. 

4. iii. Joseph A. 

5. iv. Hannah, m. William H. Hardy of Sharon. 

6. v. David. 



7. vi. Alfred A. 

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WILSON (John). 



John' Wilson, a Scotch prisoner of war taken at the battle of Dun- 
bar, was sent to America in 1650. He settled in Woburn, Mass., where 
he first paid taxes in 1666. He died July 2, 1687. 

Samuel' (John'), b. Dec. 29, 1658; d. 1729; m. Feb. 24, 1682, Eliza- 
beth, dau. of Robert Pierce [b. Mar. 6, 1658]. Res. at Woburn. 

Samuel^" (SamueP, John'), b. Nov. 21, 1695; d. Oct. 11, 1750; m. Oct. 
29, 1719, Sarah, dau. of James and Susanna (Blodgett) Simonds [b. Dec. 
13, 1694]. Res. in Woburn. 

Samuel' (SamueP, Samuel=, John'), b. July 22, 1720; d. June 21, 1750; 
m. June 5, 1744, Abigail, dau. of Edward and Rebecca Johnson [b. July 
15, 1723; m. (2) Nov. 13, 1751, Simeon Spaulding of Chelmsford, Mass.]. 
Res. in Woburn. 

1. Supply'' (Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, John^), b. Woburn, 
Jan. 15, 1750; d. July 21, 1835; m. (1) May 15, 1777, Susanna 
Cutter (9) ; (2) Apr. 24, 1817, Elizabeth, widow of Samuel 

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Bachelder (5) [d. Feb. 11, 1835]. He came from Woburn to 
New Ipswich in 1769, and passed his life in the northeastern 
part of the town, settling first upon lot 36, N. D., and after 
some years removing to the farm previously owned by his 
father-in-law John Cutter, (32, N. D.) As the years passed, 
he acquired neighboring farms and became the large land- 
holder of that section. He was a man of good judgment and 
trustworthy, and was one of the selectmen for nine consecutive 
years. Revolutionary service was rendered at the time of the 
Concord alarm, at Bunker Hill, and in Capt. Smith's company. 
Children : 

2. i. Supply, b. July 29, 1778.+ 

3. ii. John, b. May 28, 1780.-f 

4. iii. Susanna, b. Apr. 13, 1782; m. Nov. 8, 1804, Israel Mansfield 

(13). 

5. iv. Sarah, b. Mar. 5, 1784; d. Apr. 24, 1874; m. June 16, 1808, 

Nathaniel Edwards of Temple. 

6. V. Samuel, b. Mar. 29, 1786; d. Dec. 23, 1857; m. (1) May 31, 

1810, Martha Williams [b. Aug. 25, 1796; d. Dec. 18, 1830] ; 
(2) Sarah Bell [b. Apr. 16, 1805; d. Dec, I860]. Res. at 
Cambridge, O., and removed thence about 1844 to Princeton, 
Ind. Ten children. 

7. vi. Isaac, b. Oct. 30, 1788.-(- 

8. vii. Rachel, b. Nov. 22, 1790; d. July 11, 1853; m. May 29, 1817, 

Joseph Wheeler (9). 

9. viii. Abigail, b. Apr. 1, 1793; d. Dec. 10, 1877; m. June 17, 1813, 

Samuel Cook Wheeler (23). 

10. ix. Rebecca, b. July 19, 1795; d. May 18, 1882; m. Richard 

Wheeler (56). 

11. X. Polly, b. July 28, 1797; d. Oct. 1, 1805. 

12. xi. William Kimball, b. Aug. 4, 1798; d. in infancy. 

2. Supply^ (Supply^, Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, John^), b. 
July 29, 1778; d. Sept. 12, 1852; m. (1) Sept. 19, 1802, Sally, 
dau. of Oliver and Jane (Bartlett) Scripture [b. Oct. 7, 1779; 
d. July 3, 1837] ; (2) Aug. 19, 1838, Sarah Stephenson of 
Lyndeboro [d. Dec, 1866]. His life, typical of the success- 
ful and honored New England farmer of the nineteenth cen- 
tury, was passed upon one of the farms previously owned by 
his father, (35, N. D.,) and also by his father-in-law. His ac- 
tivities outside the farm were varied, as he held a major's com- 
mission in the militia, was active and discreet in church work, 
and was relied upon by his townsmen in times of doubt or 
trouble. Children : 

13. i. Supply Franklin, b. July 8, 1803.-]- 

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14. ii. Sally, b. 1804; d. Nov. 14, 1875; m. Nov. 11, 1828, Jason B. 
Perry of Rindge, in which town they passed their lives. 
Children: i. Mary Perry, b. Mar. 18, 1830; m. S. D. 
Walker; res. Rindge. ii. Elica Perry, b. Aug. 3, 1831; m. 
Julius Hall; res. Rindge. iii. Susan Perry, b. Apr. 11, 1833; 

m. Whittemore ; res. in Illinois, iv. John Wilson Perry, 

b. Apr. 17, 1835. v. James B. Perry, b. Aug. 13, 1837; res. 
McHenry, 111. vi. Harriet Perry, b. Sept. 22, 1839; d. June 
18, 1863; m. Walter Flanders; res. at Warner, vii. Sarah 
Perry, h. Sept. 12, 1842; m. Walter Flanders; res. at War- 
ner, viii. Jason Stanley Perry, b. Jan. 8, 1847; res. at 
Rindge. ix. Jane Sophronia Perry, b. Jan. 8, 1847; res. at 
Rindge. 

15. iii. Matthias Spaulding, b. Apr. 22, 1806.-|- 

16. iv. Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1808; d. Aug. 23, 1869; m. June 6, 1833, Joseph 
Breed (50). Res. at Rindge. 

17. V. James, b. Nov. 4, 1809; d. May 3, 1840, unm. He was a suc- 
cessful teacher. 

18. vi. Susan, b. Oct. 19, 1811; d. Sept. 14, 1855; m. Nov., 1839, 
Nathan Kendall of Nashua; (2) about 1850, George San- 
ders (9). Child: i. Sarah W. Kendall, b. Aug. 30, 1840; 
d. unm. 

19. vii. Abby, b. July 25, 1813; d. Denmark, Iowa, Sept., 1857. 

20. viii. Harriet, b. July 15, 1815 ; m. Oct. 4, 1842, Hartwell J. Taylor 
(50). 

Sophronia, b. Feb. 10, 1818; d. Mar. 25, 1819. 

Jane, b. Jan. 18, 1820; d. June 25, 1862; m. Sept. 28, 1848, 

Rev. William Ireland. They were missionaries in South 

Africa, where she died. 
Augustus, b. Jan. 13, 1822. 
Sophronia, b. Feb. 5, 1824 ; d. July 23, 1852 ; m. Feb. 12, 1851, 

Rev. J. E. B. Jewett. 

3. JoHN^ (Supply^ Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, John^), b. 
May 28, 1780; d. Apr. 3, 1869; m. Dec. 31, 1805, Anna Dale 
Holt of Wilton [b. Mar. 4, 1785; d. Dec. 6, 1851]. He suc- 
ceeded to his father's farm, and there spent his life. Children : 

25. i. John, b. 1806; d. young. 

26. ii. John Gardner, b. Jan. 17, 1808.-}- 

27. iii. Ann, b. Aug. 26, 1809; d. May 29, 1870; m. May 16, 1839, 

Mark Farrar (23). 

28. iv. Supply Cutter, b. June 29, 1811.-|- 

29. V. Joseph Addison, b. Mar. 21, 1813.-f- 

30. vi. Betsey, b. July 22, 1814; d. Feb. 6, 1815. 

31. vii. Betsey Adaline, b. Dec. 13, 1815; d. Jan. 30, 1892, unm. She 

lived upon the home farm, with her father after her 
mother's death, and later with her brother Edward. 

32. viii. George, b. Jan. 17, 1818; d. July 1, 1826. 

33. ix. Edward, b. Jan. 11, 1820; d. Aug. 12, 1889, unm. He passed 

his life as a farmer on the ancestral farm. 

34. X. Edwin, b. Jan. 11, 1820; d. Aug. 2, 1826. 

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35. xi. Charles, b. Aug. 19, 1822.+ 

36. xii. Horace Woodbury, b. Sept. 12, 1824.+ 

37. xiii. George Edwin, b. Aug. 28, 1826.+ 

7. IsAAC^ (Supply^, Samuel^ Samuel^ SamueP, John^), b. 
Oct. 30, 1788; d. Nov. 21, 1865; m. May 20, 1813, Ruth, dau. 
of Nathaniel and Ruth (Powers) Jewett of Temple [b. Jan. 
27, 1790; d. July 11, 1868]. For ten years after his marriage 
he lived upon the next farm east of the home of his boyhood, 
on 28, N. D., but he then removed to Temple, and passed the 
remainder of his life on the farm which was the early home 
of his wife. Children : 

38. i. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 26, 1814. 

39. ii. Elvira, b. Aug. 18, 1815. 

40. iii. Isaac Newton, b. Mar. 5, 1817. 

41. iv. EzEKiEL Jewett, b. Dec. 6, 1818. 

42. V. Horace, b. Nov. 17, 1820. 

43. vi. Albert, b. Dec. 20, 1822. 

44. vii. Ruth Emeline, b. June 24, 1825. 

13. Supply Franklin^ (Supply^ Supply^, Samuel*, Sam- 
ueP, SamueF, John^), b. July 8, 1803 ; d. Apr. 20, 1862; m. 1836, 
Cornelia Clute. Res. at Troy, N. Y. Children : 

45. i. James Henry, b. Sept. 5, 1837. 

46. ii. Sarah Catherine, b. Apr. 30, 1840. 

47. iii. Gilbert M., b. Mar. 26, 1847. 

15. Matthias Spaulding^ (Supply^, Supply^ Samuel*, 
SamueP, Samuel-, John^), b. Apr. 22, 1806; d. Feb. 25, 1880; 
m. Apr. 9, 1833, Laura Morgan of Wilton [b. Dec. 13, 1811; 
d. May 5, 1880]. From the time of his marriage until 1850 he 
lived upon the "Safiford farm," just south from the Congrega- 
tional church, (VII : 2, S. R.,) upon which he built the brick 
dwelling which now faces on the common. In 1850 he re- 
turned to his father's farm, which he held for twenty years, 
and then bought the "J^^^ge Farrar place," (VIII: 1, S. R.,) 
which was the home of his later life. He was a selectman for 
several years, and a trustee of the Academy. Children : 

Augustus M., b. Mar. 8, 1834.-1- 

Abbie a., b. July 28, 1836; m. Dec. 28, 1865, J. Kimball 

Wheeler of Hudson. 
Charles F., b. Nov. 26, 1837.-(- 
Alfred G., b. Oct. 10, 1839; d. Sept. 8, 1840. 
James A., b. Oct. 25, 1841; d. Dec. 16, 1885; m. (1) Jan. 1, 

1867, Mary E. Babcock [d. Feb. 15, 1867]; (2) Maria J. 

Brown [d. 1884]. Res. West Townsend, Mass. 
53. vi. Samuel G., b. Mar. 16, 1844. -|- 

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54. vii. Lauretta M., b. May 16, 1846; m. Jan. 1, 1867, George B. 

Boutelle. Res. Fitchburg, Mass., where the children were 
born, later at Baltimore, Md. Children : i. IVilliam H. 
Boutelle; res. Southbridge, Mass. ii. Frank M. Boutelle; 
res. Cincinnati, O. iii. Walter W. Boutelle; res. Memphis, 
Tenn. 

55. viii. Frederick M., b. Oct. 27, 1853; d. Oct. 6, 1854. 

26. John Gardner" (John*', Supply^, Samuel*, SamueP, 
Samuel^ John^), b. Jan. 17, 1808; d. Sept., 1877; m. June 9, 
1833, Almira Brown (86). He was a merchant of Mason Vil- 
lage, Fitzwilliam, and Nashua in succession. Children : 

56. i. Anna Maria, b. July 31, 1834. Res. at Boston. 

57. ii. Horace Marshall, h. Mar. 31, 1836; d. Jan. 6, 1867; m. Har- 

riet Putnam of Wilton. Child : i. Almira Janctte ; she is a 
physician in Boston, having received her degree from the 
Medical School of Tufts College in 1898. 

28. Supply Cutter^ (John", Supply^, Samuel*, SamueP, 
SamueP, John^), b. June 29, 1811; d. Apr. 13, 1865; m. Laura 
Joanna, dau. of Daniel and Sally (Danforth) Chandler of Mer- 
rimack [b. Jan. 7, 1827]. Pie was a merchant at North Chelms- 
ford. Children : 

58. i. Frank Cutter, b. 1853; m. Mattie Sutcliffe. He was a mer- 

chant in Haverhill, Mass. One child. 

59. ii. Samuel Elliott, b. 1859; m. Nellie . He is a merchant 

at Haverhill, Mass. 

29. Joseph Addison^ (John*', Supply^, Samuel*, SamueP, 
SamueP, John^), b. Mar. 21, 1813; m. Harriet Stone of Fitz- 
william. He was a merchant and farmer at Fitzwilliam, and 
later a merchant at Lowell, Mass. He removed to Pensaukeei, 
Wis., about 1858. Children : 

60. i. Francis Rodney. He married and has children. A farmer 

in Kansas. 

61. ii. Henry Willie. 

62. iii. Catherine Augusta Lee. 

63. iv. George. 

35. Charles^ (John", Supply^ Samuel*, SamueP, SamueP, 
John^), b. Aug. 19, 1822; d. July 8, 1897; m. (1) Dec. 31, 1846, 
Olive A. Taylor (53) ; (2) Mrs. Matilda R. Maynard, dau. of 
Aaron K. Putnam of Wilton [d. Sept. 16, 1886] ; (3) Mrs. 
Ellen (Abbott) Shipley of Wilton. He was employed in the 
mills at Greenville, and afterward was a farmer at Wilton. 
Children : 

64. i. Samuel Taylor, b. Nov. 26, 1847; d. Apr. 17, 1892; m. Rosa 

Peterson. He was a jeweler at Decorah, Iowa. Three 
children. 

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65. ii. Ella Florene, b. June 5, 1852 ; d. July 6, 1858. 

66. iii. Charles Woodbury, b. May 29, 1855 ; d. July 14, 1858. 

67. iv. Nellie Augusta, b. May 1, 1860; m. George K. Morris. Res. 

in Nashua. Three children. 

68. V. Ina Belle, b. July 20, 1863. Res. in Boston. 

36. Horace Woodbury^ (John*^, Supplv^ Samuel'*, Sam- 
uel^ SamueP, John^), b. Sept. 12, 1824; d. 1849; m. (1) Malvina 
Rideout ; (2) Janette Burns. Children : 

69. i. Adeline L. 

70. ii. Etta M. 

Z7 . George Edwin" (John", Supply^ Samuel*, SamueP, 
Samuel", John^), b. Aug. 28, 1826; m. (1) Hannah Barnard; 

(2) Mary . He was employed in the mills at Nashua, and 

later became a merchant at Manchester. Children : 

71. i. A son, of first marriage; d. in infancy. 

72. ii. Lena, of second marriage ; m. Dr. Theodore B. Sachs. 

48. Augustus M.* (Matthias', Supply'', Supply^, Samuel*, 
SamueP, Samuel", John^), b. Mar. 8, 1834; d. West Townsend, 
Mass., Feb. 20, 1898; m. Caroline M. Whitney of Gardner, 
Mass. Children : 

Ii. \. Alice M., b. May 16, 1862; m. Fred A. Patch. Res. West 
Townsend, Mass. Child : i. Edward Patch, h. July 15, 1884. 

50. Charles F.® (Matthias SJ, Supply^, Supply^ Samuel*. 
SamueP, Samuel-, John^), b. Nov. 26, 1837; d. Oct. 13, 1901; 
m. 1863, Mary Adelaide Bennett. He was a btitcher and meat 
dealer at the slaughter-house long established near the foot of 
Meeting-house Hill. Children: 

74. i. Ernest Greeley, b. Apr. 20, 1864. + 

75. ii. Kate M., b. June 9, 1866; d. Jan. 2, 1887. 

76. iii. Grace K., b. Mar., 1868; m. Ernest G. Young. Res. in Tem- 

ple. One son. 

77. iv. Pearl H., b. Nov. 13, 1871; m. Eugene Gravlin. Res. at 

Pavvtucket, R. I. One son. 

78. v. Abbie a., b. Aug. 8, 1874; m. Mar. 2, 1903, Eugene B. Beard. 

79. vi. Charles L., b. Sept. 9, 1875; m. May 7, 1902, Nettie M. For- 

bush. Res. at Townsend, Mass. 

53. Samuel G.® (Matthias S.", Supply'^, Supply^ SamueP, 
SamueP, SamueP, John^), b. Mar. 16, 1844; m. Lucy J. Mellen. 
Res. at Hill City, Kan., where he is engaged in banking. 
Child : 

80. i. Fred W., b. Aug. 4, 1882; m. Sept. 1, 1906, Clare Cave. Res. 

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74. Ernest Greeley'' (Charles F.^ Matthias SJ, Supply^, 
Supply^, Samuel*, SamiieP, SamueP, John^), b. Apr. 20, 1864; 
m. 1885, Anna M., dau. of Daniel G. Murphy. He is a meat 
cutter at West Townsend, Mass. Children : 

81. i. Harry A., b. Oct. 23, 1885; d. Dec. 30, 1901. 

82. ii. Agnes A., b. Jan. 5, 1891. 

83. iii. Ruth G., b. Feb. 26, 1892. 

84. iv. Gertrude, b. July 27, 1895. 

WILSON (John, 2d). 

John' Wilson, "son of John," landed at Salem, June 17, 1630; came 

to Billerica in 1683; m. (1) Johanna ; (2) Nov. 10, 1698, , dau. 

of Thomas Goodenough, and widow of John Miles of Concord. He was 
first pastor of the First Church of Boston and chaplain in the Pequot 
War. 

JoHN^ (John'), b. Jan. 3, 1672/3; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Joseph 
Foster. He was a clergyman. 

John' (John', John'), b. Dec. 26, 1695; d. May 6, 1764; m. (1) Nov. 
26, 1723, Jemima, dau. of John Shed [d. Sept. 14, 1740] ; (2) Mary, her 
sister, widow of Abraham Chamberlain [d. Mar. 31, 1747]. 

Leonard' (John^ John=, John'), b. Oct. 24, 1736; m. Dec. 17, 1761, 
Rachel, dau. of Abraham Durant. 

IsAAd (Leonard^ John', John^ John'), b. Aug. 16, 1764; m. Jan. 6, 
1789, Sally, dau. of Thomas Ditson. Removed to Westford. 

1. Andrew*^ (Isaac^, Leonard*, John^, John^, John^), b. at 
Billerica, Oct. 27, 1795 ; d. July 21, 1840. First taxed in New 
Ipswich in 1833. 

2. JosiAH Taylor'^ (Andrew^, Isaac^, Leonard*, John^, 
John^, John^), b. in New Ipswich, Dec. 18, 1835; d. June 11, 
1890, at Brighton, Mass.; m. June 11, 1861, Ellen Maria, dau. 
of Josiah W. Spaulding [b. Aug. 16, 1835; d. Aug. 16, 1885]. 
He was a hotel proprietor. Children: 

3. i. Hattie Alina, b. June 1, 1863; m. Frederick Griswold. Res. 

Hartford, Conn. 

4. ii. Frank Stedman, b. Dec. 10, 1866. 

5. iii. Florence Spaulding, b. Nov. 13, 1872; m. Arthur L. Stevens. 

Res. Brighton, Mass. 

WOOLSON. 

Thomas' Woolson of New Cambridge (Newton), d. about 1713; m. 
Nov. 20, 1660, Sarah, dau. of Job and Elizabeth (Fuller) Hyde [b. May 
19, 1644; d. Sudbury, Mass., Sept. 11, 1721]. He settled at Watertown 
Farms (Weston), where he was innkeeper 1686-1708. He was selectman 
several years. 

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Thomas' (Thomas'), b. Feb. 28, 1666/7; d. July 21, 1723; m. about 
1693, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Sarah Chadwick [b. May 8, 1673]. He 
moved from Weston to Watertown, 1715. 

1. JoNAS^ (Thomas-, Thomas^), b. Oct. 1, 1711 ; d. 1790; m. 
June 23, 1742, Susannah Wallis of Townsend [b. about 1726; 
d. 1796]. He is believed to have been the second settler in 
New Ipswich, coming in 1739, probably about one year after 
Abijah Foster, but it is said that his permanent residence did 
not begin until after his marriage, but that the three interven- 
ing winters were passed in Littleton, Mass., with his nearest 
New Ipswich neighbor, Benjamin Hoar. He settled upon lot 
IV : 2, S. R., the present site of the Country Club, upon the 
old country road. His first house, of a single story, was sup- 
plemented some years later by the two-storied house now 
standing; and the older portion, after standing unchanged for 
nearly a century, bore so decided marks of its long service 
that it was torn down, but was rebuilt on exactly the same 
spot and with no change of form, the original timbers and 
other materials being replaced as far as their condition per- 
mitted. He seems to have been a man who had the confidence 
of his fellow settlers, as his name appears upon some of the 
more responsible committees who attended to their common 
interests prior to the formal incorporation, and he was the first 
treasurer elected by the infant town. His name is not found 
upon any roll of Revolutionary soldiers, but according to tra- 
dition he was present at the surrender of Burgoyne and there 
lost a valuable horse. His title as captain evidently antedated 
his arrival in New Ipswich. Children : 

2. i. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 2, 1743; d. 1794. Hers is the earliest 

birth found in the town records. She removed to Water- 
town in 1766. 

3. ii. Susanna, b. Apr. 2, 1745. 

4 iii. Martha, b. June 15, 1751; d. June 2, 1773; m. Mar. 26, 1772, 

Joseph Tucker (10). 
5. iv. Jonas, b. June 16, 1757.-1- 

5. Jonas* (Jonas^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. June 16, 1757; 

d. 1804; m. Elizabeth [b. about 1758; d. Nov. 19, 1828; 

m. (2) Apr. 13, 1813, William Locke (1)]. Children: 

6. i. Anna, m. Oct. 17, 1802, Reuben Russell. 

7. ii. George, m. Wallace of Townsend, Mass. [d. 1804]. He 

enlisted in the War of 1812, and was not found after one 
of the northern battles of that war. 
The family name appears elsewhere in New Ipswich, but those who 
bore it cannot be located satisfactorily. 

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8. Nathan, m. Miriam , and lived for a time upon 

Knight's Hill, probably on the Capt. Tucker place, (II : 1, 
S. R.) Child : 

9. i. Nathan, b. Oct. 13, 1767. 

10. George, appears in private accounts about 1800, but 
not in the tax-lists, and very probably his was the name borne 
upon the Revolutionary roll of the company of Capt. Benja- 
min Mann of Mason. 

11. Elizabeth, who m. Dec. 23, 1777, Joseph Lowell, Jr., 
was perhaps the daughter (2) of the pioneer, but farther cer- 
tainty has not been secured. 



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INDEX. 



Abbott, Abraham, 75, 97. 
Alice, 698. 
Charles E., 698. 
Charles W., 698. 
Cordelia, 186. 
Dorothy, 193, 319. 
Fannie L., 698. 
Frank S., 666. 
Jessie M., 698. 
Sarah A., 601, 632. 
Abercrombie, Mary E., 

200. 
Acres, Sally, 597. 
Adams, Abel, 173, 175. 
Abraham, 176. 
Abigail, 173, 539. 
Achsa, 174. 
Adeline A., 182. 
Alice A., 182. 
Alvin, 174. 
Ann S., 320. 
Asa, 11, 79. 89. 
Asenath, 173. 
Bartlett, 187. 
Becca, 173. 
Benjamin, 54, 83, 

106, 124, 171, 179, 

180, 183, 195. 
Benjamin F., 184. 
Benjamin S., 181. 
Benjamin, Jr., 95. 
Betsy, 179. 
Beulah, 176. 
Burton H., 188. 
Caroline E., 188. 
Carrie N., 676. 
Charles, 174, 184, 

187. 
Charles A., 182, 312. 
Charles K., 184. 
Civil. 172, 
Clarissa. 187. 
Clarissa P.. 184. 
Cynthia, 181. 187. 
Cyrus. 187. 
Daniel, 84. 95, 179, 

181. 
David, 87, 176, 183. 
Deborah, 180. 



Adams, Dorcas, 174. 
Dorothy, 187. 
Ebenezer, 173, 179, 

182, 183. 
Eli, 83, 89, 90. 
Eliza, 183. 
Elizabeth, 181, 342. 
Elizabeth C, 189. 
Elizabeth S., 187. 
Elizabeth W., 177. 
Elvira, 175. 
Emily A., 184, 185. 
Ephraim, 82, 83, 91. 

93. 96. 99, 106, 124, 

153, 178, 180, 185, 

186, 187. 188, 509. 
Ephraim D., 96. 
Eugene F., 176. 
Eunice, 180, 195. 
Eunice A., 184. 
Fidelia, 186. 
Frederic, 184. 
Frederic A., 138, 184. 
George, 186, 270. 
George W., 535. 
Grace D., 188. 
Hannah. 172, 173, 

175, 180. 
Harriet R., 183. 
Harry W., 535. 
Henry, 171, 187, 188. 
Henry C, 188. 
Henry M.. 186. 
Hiram. 185. 
Ira, 175. 
Isaac, 84. 173, 176, 

180, 185. 
James, 173, 175, 179. 
James B., 186. 
lames D., 189. 
Jane, 172, 173. 
Jerry, 174. 
Joanna K., 186. 
John. 95. 96, 98, 175, 

179, 181, 185, 187, 

535, 573. 
John F., 182. 
John O., 361. 
John S., 186. 



Adams, Jonas, 82, 86, 98, 

172, 174. 
Joseph, 171, 179, 180, 

185, 187. 
Joseph G., 176. 
Josiah, 187. 
Judah, 173. 
Tudes, 175. 
Julia, 186. 
Keziah, 491. 
Laura, 174. 
Levi, 78, 86, 172. 
Louisa D., 188. 
Lucinda, 181, 187. 
Lucv C. 174. 
Luther, 172, 174, 175. 
Lydia, 173, 174, 179, 

180. 181, 528. 
Marah. 615. 
Maria. 183. 
Marinda. 187. 
Marshall. 175. 
Marv, 174, 180, 185, 

187, 194, 615, 664. 
Mary H.. 18.S. 
Mehitable. 471. 
Melinda, 181. 187. 
Mercy, 175, 555. 
Minerva. 185. 
Molly. 174. 
Moody, 177. 
Myra J., 177. 
Nancy, 174. 
Nathaniel. 177. 
Olive. 172. 413. 
Oliver, 175. 
Olivia, 183. 
Orie E., 429. 
Orson, 174. 
Phebe, 173. 175. 
Phineas. 79, 88. 91, 
96, 172, 173, 174. 
Polly, 175. 
Priscilla. 179, 180. 
Quincy, 179. 183. 
Rebecca. 172, 173, 

179, 187. 
Rebekah. 181. 
Rhoda, 173. 



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Adams, Robert, 176. 

Roxanna, 174. 

Ruth, 173, 175, 235, 
412. 

Sally, 186. 

Samuel, 87, 93, 171, 
181. 

Sarah, 180, 181, 402, 
409. 

Sarah S., 189. 

Sibil, 173. 

Sibyl, 459. 

Silas, 172, 173. 

Sirene, 175. 

Sophronia, 184. 

Stearns, 187. 

Stephen, 78, 82, 88, 
96, 171, 172, 178, 
181. 

Stephen, Jr., 93, 96. 

Stillman, 174. 

Susan, 297. 

Susanna, 173, 181. 

Sylvester, 530. 

Theodore D., 189. 

Theodore W., 189. 

Thomas, 83, 84, 89, 
171, 172, 177, 178, 
181, 187. 

Thomas H., 189. 

Thomas S., 186. 

Timothy, 171, 296. 

Timothy K., 181, 187. 

Walter C, 188. 

William F.. 177, 181. 

William M., 177. 

Zachariah, 144, 172. 
Adford, Mary, 485. 
Aer, Mabelle, 329. 
Aiken, Calvin, 200. 

Charles A., 183. 

George H., 120. 
Tohn. 183. 199. 

Tohn C, 120. 

Mattha, 347. 
Ainsworth, Calvin, 481. 

Edward, 190. 

Frederic S., 190. 

Israel, 136. 

Josiah S.. 190. 

Laban, 190, 601. 

Margaret A., 501. 

Mary M., 190. 

William, 190. 

William P.. 120, 190. 
Aker, Mary, 465. 
Albro, Caroline A., 255. 
Alden, Charles H., 568. 



Alden, Lula E., 555. 

Paul, 493. 

Sarah, 639. 
Aldrich, Emeline, 272. 

Sally M., 501. 
Allen, Abby, 389. 

Caroline, 492. 

Charles H., 592. 

Com.fort, 246. 

Eveline B., 296. 

Grace, 232, 363. 

Kate F., 308. 

Kenneth, 375. 

Lydia, 643. 

Mary, 384. 

Nancy, 366. 

Sarah, 202, 643. 

Stephen T., 140. 
Allenwood, Asa, 417. 
Alley, Lois, 490. 
Allison, Lizzie, 543. 
Alney, Content, 297. 
Alwill, Agnes, 504. 
Ambrose, Susanna, 593. 
Ames, Amelia, 191. 

Anna G., 698. 

Arethusa, 191. 

Asa, 191, 249. 

Bertha P., 570. 

Carrie E., 192. 

Charles B., 192. 

Charles W., 191, 698. 

David. 191. 

Dorothy G., 698. 

Eli, 546. 

Elijah, 192. 

Elizabeth A.. 191. 

Ethel J., 698. 

Eveline A., 192. 

Frances H., 215. 

Fred J., 698. 

George L., 191, 665. 

Gilbert, 192. 

Gilman, 191. 

Helen G., 192. 

Helen W., 698. 

Henry T., 566. 

Jacob, 191, 192. 

James B., 147, 192, 
193. 

Tames B., Mrs., 139. 

Tames H., 192. 

John. 191, 192. 

Jonathan, 192. 

Lavinia, 191. 

Lillian F., 698. 

Leonard H., 191, 192. 

Louisa, 588. 

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Ames. Lucv M., 191. 

Mabel D., 698. 

Martin, 328. 

Mary F., 192, 368. 

Mary J., 394, 435. 

Mary L., 192. 

Ralph H., 698. 

Richard, 145, 192. 

Robert R., 193. 

Romanzo, 192. 

Samuel T., 139, 192. 

Samuel T., Mrs., 151, 
192. 

Sarah E., 192. 

Sarah J., 191. 

Winslow, 191, 192. 
Amos, Anna M., 535. 

David, 535. 

Edwin W., 535. 

Ellen C, 535. 

Elmer J., 535. 
Amsden, David, 355. 

Elliridge H., 623. 

Francis, 353. 

Jonas, 332. 
Anderson, Arthur, 567. 

Christine, 656. 

James H., 659. 
Andrews, Anna, 571. 

Delia, 593. 

Hannah, 355. 

Jeremiah, 78. 

Lucy, 404. 
Angier, Silas, 87. 
Annette, Cecil B., 208. 

Elsie C, 208. 

Marietta E.. 208. 

Markwell, 208. 

Sarah E.. 208. 

Thomas, 208. 
Anson, Catharine, 704. 
Appleton, Aaron, 195. 

Alfred C, 201. 

Alice G.. 200. 

Alice M., 201. 

Ann L., 197. 

Ashley, 198, 201. 

Caroline F., 197, 201. 

Caroline S., 200. 

Charles S., 197, 201. 

Daniel W., 201. 

David, 196. 

Dolly, 195. 

Dorothy E.. 200. 

Eben, 196, 197, 201. 

Ebenezer, 196. 

Edith S., 200, 201. 

Edward L., 200. 



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Appleton, Edward P., 

202. 
Eleanora A., 200. 
Eliza A., 198. 
Elizabeth, 196, 198. 
Elizabeth F., 199. 
Ellen R., 201. 
Elvira, 198. 
Emily, 196, 198. 
Emma, 196. 
Eugene F., 114, 199. 
Eunice, 184. 
Frances, 201. 
Frances E., 197. 
Francis, 90, 91, 92, 

124, 196, 197. 
Francis E., 200. 
Francis G., 198, 201. 
George A., 197, 201. 
George W., 197. 
Georgianna L. F. A., 

201. 
Gladys H., 200. 
Harriot, 197. 
H. Celestia, 199. 
Henry A., 202. 
Henry C., 199. 
Isaac, 75, 83, 106, 

193, 194, 196, 197, 

198. 
Isaac H., 198. 
Isaac H. C, 199. 
Jane M., 199. 
Jesse, 196, 198. 
Jesse R., 142, 198, 

201. 
John, 196, 198, 199, 

202. 
John F., 202. 
Joseph, 196, 199. 
Joseph B., 194, 199. 
Julia R, 200. 
Louise A., 201. 
Margaret, 200. 
Margaret A., 201. 
M-arjorie C, 200. 
Mary, 196, 197, 198. 
Mary C, 201. 
Mary E., 201. 
Mary J., 197, 200. 
Mary M., 199. 
Mary T. G., 199. 
Moses L., 196, 197, 

200. 
Nathan, 138, 196, 197. 
Nancy M., 201. 
Robert, 199. 



Appleton, Samuel, 137, 
138, 139, 193, 194, 
197, 199, 200, 214. 

Sarah, 196, 197. 

Sarah P., 201, 202. 

Serena, 198. 

Sophia, 198. 

Thomas G., 197. 

W. Stuart, 197, 201. 

William S., 197, 200. 
Archer, Otis, 174. 
Armistead, Walker K., 

200. 
Arnold, Ambrose, 610. 

Esther, 467. 
Ashley, Willmore D., 144. 
Atherton, Charles G., 

Mrs., 156. 
Atkinson, Helen, 466. 

Samuel, 84. 
Atwell, Horace, 629. 
Atwood, Betsey, 346. 

Ella M., 707. 

Mary, 685. 
Austin, Albert T., 120. 

David, 174. 

Dorcas, 174. 

H. Nelson, 347. 
Avery, Catharine, 231. 

David, 79. 

James E., 114. 

Timothy, 79. 
Ayer, Hannah, 704. 

Polly, 273. 
Ayers, John, 134. 

Mary, 134. 
Ayling, A. D., 111. 

Babcock, Anna M., 556. 

David, 347. 

Frank H., 507. 

Henry, 618. 

Mary E., 715. 

Sarah L., 307. 
Bacon, Alice, 207. 

Ann E., 191. 

Benjamin, 560. 

Daniel, 202. 

Hannah, 203. 

Jacob, 203. 

Jesse, 515. 

Jonathan, 326. 

Michael, 202. 

Molly, 203. 

Patty, 368. 

Retire, 203. 

Reuben, 326. 



Bacon, Reuben, Jr., 326. 

Sarah, 203. 

Susanna, 203. 

William D., 684. 
Bagley, David, 199. 

Mary C, 199. 

N. Gilman, 199. 
Baibs Abigail, 657. 

Ada, 237. 

Caroline F., 706. 

Eliphalet, 588. 

George K., 237. 

Helen M., 374. 

Kendall, 237. 

Rebecca, 686. 

Robert, 534. 

Sophia F., 683. 

Susan E., 629. 
Baker, Amos, 95, 96. 

Ebenezer, 618. 

Eber, 368. 

Elvira, 711. 

Exie, 492. 

George C, 201. 

Horace A., 502. 

Joel, 96. 

Mary, 486, 590. 

Priscilla, 193. 

Samuel G., 502. 

Theron, 710. 
Balch, Abbie L., 204. 

Albro L., 145, 204. 

Anna J., 204. 

Benjamin, 203. 

David, 203. 

Ella M., 204. 

Hazel E., 204. 

John, 203. 

John J., 203. 

Martha, 669. 

Mary, 262. 

Moses M., 201. 

Robert, 204. 
Balcom, Lizzie E., 276. 
Baldw^in, Caroline H., 
482. 

Cyrus, 600. 

Edwin F.. 120. 

Nahum, 83. 

Reuben, 97. 

Susanna, 677. 
Bale, Sarah, 409. 
Ball, Emma C, 557. 

Frank, 534. 

Hannah, 364. 

Levi, 175. 

Mary E., 297, 483. 



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L'.all, Nathaniel, 226. 

Sarah, 687. 
Ballentine, Mary, 389. 
Ballard, Agnes A., 205. 

Catharine E., 205. 

Clarence, 205. 

Edward O., 205. 

Eliza W., 277. 

Elizabeth, 252. 

Ettie E., 205. 

Herbert E., 205. 

Jonathan, 273. 

Joseph, 709. 

Josiah, 136, 204. 
Bancroft, Anna, 397. 

Arthur K., 208. 

Benjamin, 206, 546. 

Caroline, 207. 

Cecil F. P., 207. 

Cecil K., 208. 

Frances M., 208. 

Henry A., 206, 207. 

James, 206. 

Joseph, 206. 

Mary E., 208. 

Mary H., 207. 

Nancy R., 206. 

Phillips, 208. 

Susan F., 207. 

Thomas, 206, 561, 
660. 
Banks, Patty, 557. 
Barber, Alfred A., 283. 

Henry A., 130, 283. 

Isaac R., 126. 

Katharine L., 283. 

William, 354. 
Bardeen, Mary A., 441. 
Bardwell, Maurice, 327. 
Barker, Clara, 631. 

Hannah, 383. 

Judith, 336. 

Laura O., 210. 

Mary, 632. 

Nettie, 292. 
Barnard, Anna, 647. 

Carlos, 693. 

Emily, 439. 

Hannah, 717. 

Loring, 134. 

Sarah, 134. 
Barnes, Benjamin, 417. 

Elizabeth, 284. 

L. M., 133. 

Ovid D., 523. 

Polly, 598. 

Rhoda, 466. 

Sophia, 500. 



Barnes, Stephen, 487. 
Barnett, Hannah, 248. 
Barnum, Isaiah W., 226. 
Barr, Caroline, 209, 210. 

Caroline F., 147, 170. 

Caroline H., 211. 

Caroline M., 209. 

Charlotte, 209. 

Charles, 209. 

Cummings, 209, 210. 

Daniel L., 211. 

Eliza J., 210. 

Elizabeth L., 211. 

Elizabeth M., 215. 

Ellen, 209. 

Ellen M., 210. 

Esther J., 209. 

Florence G., 210. 

George, 209, 210. 

George C, 210. 

George L., 209, 210. 

Helen, 211. 

James, 75, 145. 208, 
209. 

James C, 211. 

James C, Jr., 211. 

James H., 209. 

James W., 209. 

John, 209, 210, 212. 

John M., 210. 

Julia M., 278. 

Laura M., 145, 211. 

Mary H., 209. 

Mary W., 209. 

Moses, 210. 

Nancy, 209. 

Robena, 209. 

Sarah, 209, 210. 

Sarah J., 209, 210. 

William, 209. 
Barrett, Agnes, 216. 

Benjamin, 212. 

Blanche, 216. 

Charles, 75, 103, 124, 
134, 194, 212, 213, 
214. 215, 216. 

Charles E., 216. 

Deborah, 280. 

Dora E., 214. 

Dorcas, 213. 

Edward A., 215, 216. 

Elizabeth M., 131. 

Emily M., 214, 437. 

Emma A., 403. 

Frances A., 216. 

Frederic E., 535. 

George, 157, 213, 215. 

George R., 215. 

726 



Barrett, George R., Mrs., 
131, 156. 

George W., 216. 

Hildreth, 217. 

Humphrey, 212. 

Jean, 216. 

John, 212. 

Jonas, 652. 

Jonas H., 491. 

Jonathan. 363. 

Joseph, 212, 214, 232. 

Joseph A., 214. 

Julia M., 216. 

Juliet M., 215. 

Lucy R., 192. 

Lydia, 395, 526. 

Martha J., 588. 

Mary, 242, 604. 

Mary A., 215. 

Mary D., 216. 

Mary N., 214. 

Nathaniel, 135. 

Oliver, 357. 

Rebecca, 213, 217, 
489, 516. 

Robert, 535. 

Sally, 580, 639. 

Sarah, 337. 

Seth, 214. 

Susan F., 302. 

Thomas, 212. 
Barron, Hannah, 616. 

John, 498. 

Priscilla, 460. 
Barrows, Peleg, 420. 

William E., 607. 
Barstow, Chauncey H., 
408. 

Deborah, 596. 
Bartlett, Belle, 568. 

Daniel, 217, 422. 

Eben, 620. 

Elizabeth, 217. 

George E., 217. 

Isaac, 96, 217. 

James, 355. 

John. 217, 218. 

Joseph. 217. 

Lydia, 217. 

Mary, 217, 443. 

Noah, 70, 217. 

Robert G.. 554. 

Samuel, 75. 106, 217. 

Sarah. 217. 

Sargent. 448. 

Thomas, 416. 
Barton, Roxelena, 639. 
Bascom, Frank P., 707. 



Index 



Bascom, George W., 707. 
Batchelder, Abigail, 219. 
Addison, 221. 
Adelaide A., 222. 
Adeline, 223. 
Alva, 221. 
Alvin, 221. 
Amy, 225. 
Arthur M., 224. 
Betsey, 220. 
Brooks T., 221. 
Charles R, 225. 
Clara, 222. 
Czarina, 221. 
Daniel, 221, 496. 
Ebenezer, 218. 
Edward E., 223. 
Eliza M., 221. 
Elizabeth, 219, 548. 
Emery VV., 225. 
Estella, 223. 
Etta, 384. 

Eugene, 222, 223, 225. 
Ezra, 388. 
Fanny, 221. 
Francis L., 223, 225. 
Frederic M., 219. 
George H., 221. 
Hannah, 219, 221, 

253 
Harriet M., 221. 
Harry, 223. 
Henry K., 222, 223. 
Hervey, 220, 221. 
Hervey B., 222. 
Horace, 223, 224. 
Ira A., 222. 
Isabella, 223, 224. 
John, 218, 223. 
John M., 219, 223, 

224. 
Jonathan, 218, 219. 
Joseph, 218, 219, 221. 
Josephine, 222. 
Josiah, 218, 219, 220, 

221, 222. 
Kimball, 221. 
Lucilla, 222. 
Mary, 221, 356. 
Mary A., 222, 223. 
Mary E., 225. 
Mary R., 222. 
Martha, 222. 
Maude A., 225. 
Moses, 220, 221. 
Nancy, 221. 
Oliver, 220, 221. 



Batchelder, Oliver M., 

222. 
Peter, 220, 223. 
Polly, 219, 220. 
Ruth, 220. 
Ruth A., 222. 
Samuel, 138, 147, 154, 

185, 220, 222, 223, 

225, 266. 
Samuel F., 225. 
Sarah E., 221. 
Sophronia, 221. 
Theophilus, 253. 
Washington A., 220, 

222. 
William K., 220, 223. 
Bateman, Alf reda T., 227. 
Amanda M., 226. 
Andrew P., 227, 228. 
Ann M., 226. 
Arabella A., 227. 
Arabella S., 226. 
Charles, 226. 
Charles A., 227. 
Charles T., 227. 
Clara, 228. 
Ernest, 227. 
Frank E., 227. 
Frederic, 227. 
George T., 227. 
Gertrude, 228. 
Harriet, 227. 
Harriet J., 227. 
Harry O., 228. 
Hattie, 228. 
Jennie L., 228. 
John, 226, 227. 
Jonas, 226. 
Josephine A., 226. 
Leon H., 227. 
Lucy W., 226. 
Myra, 228. 
Semira J., 227. 
Thrmrs. Ai-^. 
Walter, 227. 
Bates, Anna, 229. 
Edward, 228. 
Hannah, 229. 
Isaac, 229. 
James, 229. 
John, 228. 

Joseph, 75, 106, 228. 
Nancy, 229. 
Oliver, 229. 
Peter, 229. 
Reuben, 134. 
Samuel, 229, 358. 



Bates, Sarah, 229. 
Bathrick, Edward, 383. 
Baughart, George G., 280. 
Baxter, Albert F., 114. 

Clarissa, 604. 

Lizzie, 521. 

Melvina J., 322. 

Sarah A., 639. 
Bayley, Martha, 554. 
Beale, Aaron, 88. 
Beaman, Dinah, 233. 
Beard, Ella C, 700. 

Eugene B., 145, 154, 
717. 

Sarah, 413. 

Susan C, 559. 
Beardsley, Eliza C, 224. 
Beckwith, Ransome P., 

542. 
Bedel, Timothy, 97. 
Bedell, Mary F., 376. 
Bedlow, Belinda, 633. 

Mary, 603. 
Belknap, Ruth, 271. 
Bell, Bryan, 210. 

Harriet, 276. 

Sarah, 713. 
Bellows, Benjamin F., 
229, 230, 483. 

Caleb, 230, 456. 

Charles C, 144, 230, 
231 

Charles P., 231. 

Ephraim H., 230. 

Ellen P., 231. 

Frances M., 230. 

George L., 230. 

Henry W., 229. 

John, 229. 

Josiah, 561. 

Laura L., 230. 

Mary A., 231. 

Mary B., 230. 

Mary N., 231. 

Polly H., 142. 

Richard M., 231. 

Sarah E., 230. 
Bemis, Annette M., 536. 

Charles L., 454. 

Frances E., 271. 

Jerusha E., 676. 

John W., 149. 

Sarah, 232. 
Benjamin, Fannie C, 576. 

George, 610. 
Bennett, Arthur, 292. 

Damaris, 438. 



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Bennett, George L., 566. 

Horace E., 304. 

Lucy, 612. 

Mary A., 384, 719. 

William S., 376. 
Benson, Ada L., 565. 

Arthur F., 238. 

George E., 238. 

William H., 238. 
Bent, David, 231. 

John, 231. 

Joseph A., 232. 

Martha, 481. 

Mildred, 232, 404. 

Samuel A., 232. 

Samuel B., 231. 

Samuel W., 214, 231. 
Bentley, Mabel, 619. 
Berry, Mary O., 621. 
Bertholf, Charles R., 329. 
Bettes, Cora, 330. 
Beveridge, Anna E., 507. 
Bieths, Hannah, 486. 
Bigelow, Abigail, 549. 

Anna, 457. 

Betsy, 233. 

Daniel, 233. 

Elizabeth, 632. 

Harriet M., 465. 

Joel, 233. 

John, 232, 233. 

Joseph, 233. 

Joshua, 232. 

Levi, 359. 

Luther, 233. 

Milley, 233. 

Noah, 446. 

Samuel, 233. 

Silas, 233. 
Billings, Adeline A., 660. 

Clarence, 237. 

George, 340. 

Mary, 350, 473. 

Rebecca, 222. 

William, 237, 272. 
Bingham, Luther, 344. 
Binney, Abigail, 234. 

Anna W., 234. 

Betsey, 234. 

David, 234. 

Edith M., 216. 

Elizabeth, 234. 

George, 216. 

George H., 216. 

John, 233, 234. 

John W., 234. 

Mary, 234. 



Binney, Moses, 234. 

Polly, 234. 

Sarah, 234. 

Thomas, 234. 
Bird, Frances M., 360. 

Harriet J., 361. 

Mary, 486. 
Bishop, Elizabeth, 442. 

Mary, 483. 
Bisland, Margaret, 244. 
Bixby, Keziah, 195. 

Ruth, 596. 
Bjorke, Bertha, 690. 
Blackmer, Burt J., 322. 

Elijah J., 502. 
Blackmore, Mary, 171. 
Blair, William, 89, 90. 
Blaisdell, Laura L., 578. 
Blake, Clarence, 322. 

Elizabeth E., 322. 

Hannah, 664. 
Blanchard, Abby, 341. 

Alice M., 240. 

Amos A., 239. 

Amos M., 236. 

Andros J., 237. 

Arthur H., 238, 239. 

Arthur P., 240. 

Asa, 626. 

Asenath F., 237. 

Betsey, 235, 236. 

Caroline, 237. 

Carrie B., 238. 

Carrie M. H., 238. 

Charles G., 236. 

Charles M., 238. 

Charles R., 236, 238. 

Charlotte, 236. 

Clarissa, 236. 

Cora A., 238. 

Cora B., 240. 

Cora M., 239. 

Dorothy A., 240. 

Deliverance, 459. 

Eben H., 237. 

Edith A., 240, 352. 

Edwin F., 114, 147, 
239, 240. 

Elizabeth, 237. 

Elmer, 239, 352. 

Elvira, 236. 

Emma L., 238. 

Ernest D., 237. 

Francella E., 239. 

Frank M., 352. 

Fred M., 239. 

Gardner, 626. 



Blanchard, George E., 
352. 

George G., 238. 

George H., 237. 

George L., 239. 

George M., 238, 239, 
352. 

Gil man, 236, 238. 

Grace A., 239. 

Grace E., 239. 

Guy C, 147, 238,239. 

Hannah, 236. 

Harriet M., 237. 

Helen E., 239. 

Henry C, 237. 

Herbert J., 238, 239. 

Horace K., 236, 238. 

Horace L., 239. 

Hosea, 236. 

Inez, 239. 

James, 236, 237. 

James M., 239. 

Jane, 564. 

Jason, 237. 

Jennie H., 239. 

John, 235. 

Joseph W., 236, 237. 

Josephine, 239. 

Julia A., 236. 

Julia E., 238. 

Lennie, 239. 

Levi, 235, 236. 

Levi M., 236, 238. 

Louisa, 236, 237. 

Lucena B., 237. 

Maria, 237. 

Marinda, 236. 

Mary A., 237. 

Mary E., 134, 175, 
240 

May F., 238. 

Myron, 237. 

Nancy, 236, 237. 

Nelson H., 239. 

Rebecca, 522. 

Sarah, 236. 

Simeon, 89, 235, 23r). 

Sophronia, 236. 

Susan, 236, 237. 

Susan J., 239. 

Susie E., 240. 

Thomas, 114, 235, 
581. 

William C, 235, 240. 

William H., 237, 239. 
Blanding, Lyman, 577. 
Blatchford, Paul, 197. 



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Index 



P.lessing, Joanna, 668. 
Bliss, Abadial, 241. 

Ephraim, 241. 

Florence J., Z72>. 

George B., 242. 

Harriet N., 241. 

James H., 242. 

James W., 241, 242. 

Jonathan, 240. 

Martha A., 242. 

Mary B., 241. 

Sarah C, 242. 

Thomas, 240. 
Blodgett, George A., 487. 

Jacob, 487. 

Lovey, 274. 

Luther, 243. 

Maria, 487. 

Mary R., 325, 487, 
560. 

Melvina R., 487. 

Roxanna J., 487. 
Blood, Albert, 243. 

Alice C., 243. 

Betty, 617. 

Caleb, 242. 

Calvin, 243. 

Caroline J., 243. 

Charles A., 243. 

Edith M., 243. 

Elizabeth, 243, 249. 
596. _ 

Ephraim, 243. 

Ephraim W., 191, 
243. 

Esther F., 564. 

Eugene N., 243. 

Francis, 242. 

Frederic, 620. 

George A., 243. 

Gilbert C, 243. 

Henry A., 147, 244. 

Henry H., 243. 

James, 242. 
' John, 242. 

Josiah, 242. 

Luther, 114, 243. 

Lydia D., 376. 

Mabel E., 243. 

Mary, 362, 596. 

Orange A., 243. 

Oscar, 243. 

Polly, 360. 

Richard, 242. 

Robert, 242. 

Royal A., 244. 

Sarah, 243. 



Blood, Solomon, 622. 

Stephen D., 242, 243. 

Timothy, 242. 

Waldo, 243. 
Boardman, Charles, 226. 
Bodine, Robert L., 667. 
Bodwell, Annie, 417. 
Boggs, Sidney, 492. 
Bolton, Alexander, 244. 

Charles S., 114, 244, 
245. 

Cora, 244. 

Fred E., 245. 

George G., 244, 245. 

James, 244, 245. 

James B., 245. 

Jean, 245. 

John S., 244, 245. 

Lizzie K., 244. 

Margaret, 244. 

Oscar K., 245. 

Thomas K.. 244, 245. 

Walter, 245. 

William, 244. 

Winnifred, 245. 
Bonaparte, Jerome N., 

200. 
Bond, Austin L., 386. 

Sarah, 262. 
Bone, Janette, 589. 
Bonner, Mary, 645. 
Boodry, Augustin W., 
114. 

Leonard, 383. 
Booth, Lizzie, 239. 

Lucy J.. 554. 
Borland, John, 589. 
Borman, Elizabeth S., 
685. 

Martha, 520. 
Botherton, Jerusha A., 

501. 
Boutelle, Frank. 578. 

Frank M., 716. 

George B., 716. 

Jonas, 181. 

Julia, 322. 

Polly, 185. 

Rebecca, 187. 

Sally, 185. 

Walter W., 716. 

William H., 710. 716. 
Bowen, Cromwell, 428. 

Marcellus, 635. 
Bowers, James, 418. 

Luther, 285. 
Bowes, Lydia, 705. I 

Boyce, Alaric A., 706. 

729 



Boyce, Charles A., 246. 

Diana P., 246. 

Frederic P., 247. 

Harriet A., 247. 

Harriet N., 246. 

Jacob F., 246. 

James L., 120, 246. 

Joseph, 246. 

Lucy J., 246. 

Lydia J., 247. 

Mary, 443. 

Moses A., 246. 

Paul, 246. 

Ruth A., 391. 

Sarah A., 247. 

Silas, 246, 247. 
Boyd, Margaret, 627. 
Boyden, Elijah, 247. 

Frances C, 248. 

George, 247, 248. 

Henry K., 247. 

John, 247. 

Jonathan, 247. 

Oliver, 247. 

Thomas, 247. 
Boyland, Gorilla, 697. 
Boynton, Abel, 249. 

Abigail, 249, 250. 

Abijah, 249. 

Albert, 251. 

Amos, 75. 80, 96, 250. 

Betsey, 249. 

Charles, 249. 

Charles H., 251. 

Earl, 250. 

Eli, 249. 

Elias, 249. 

Elizabeth, 251. 

Emily M. B., 251. 

Francis, 251. 

Frank J., 706. 

George H., 251. 

Hannah H., 251. 

Henry, 251. 

Isabel, 250. 

Isaiah, 250. 

James F., 251. 

James H.. 251. 

John, 248. 

Jonah, 249. 

Joseph, 248, 2.S0. 

Joshua, 248. 

Lavinia J., 251. 

Lucv, 249. 

Lydia, 250. 

Martha, 251. 

Mary C, 248, 250. 

Mary E., 251. 



History of New Ipswich 



Boynton, Mary I., 251. 

Nathan, 249. 

Nathaniel, 248, 249. 

Oliver, 251. 

Sally, 250. 

Sarah, 249, 657. 

Spaulding, 251. 

Susan A., 251. 

Theresa I., 251. 

William, 248, 250. 

William E., 147, 251. 

William S., 251. 
Bradford, George F., 130. 

Maria, 351. 

Sarah P., 297. 
Bradwell, Charles, 512. 
Brain, Amy L., 656. 
Breakey, Mary S., 189. 
Breed, Abiah, 254. 

Abigail. 253. 

Allen, 75, 88, 93, 95, 
96, 252, 253, 254, 
255. 

Augustus B., 255. 

Charles, 253. 

Daniel, 254. 

Deliverance, 252. 

Elisha N., 252, 253. 
254, 255. 

Elizabeth, 528. 

Enoch, 254, 255. 

Esther, 255. 

George H., 255. 

George W., 254. 

Hannah, 254. 

Harriet, 254. 

Harriet W., 255. 

Horace A., 266. 

Huldy. 255. 

Ira, 254. 

Jane, 252, 254. 

John, 79, 95, 106, 144, 
151, 252. 253, 254. 

Joseph, 253, 255. 

Joseph B., 255. 

Josiah, 253, 254. 

Lucretia, 254. 

Lucy, 254. 

Lydia, 252, 253. 

Marinda, 255. 

Martha J., 252, 255. 

Mary, 253, 254. 

Mary E., 255. 

Mehitable, 253, 254. 

Milly, 254. 

Moses, 254. 

Nabby, 652. 

Nathaniel, 252, 253. 



Breed, Rachel, 254. 

Rebecca, 252. 

Reuben T., 254. 

Sarah M., 255, 521. 

Susan, 254. 

Susanna, 252. 

Thankful, 432. 

Thomas K., 253. 

Timna, 252. 
Breeding, Samuel, 78. 
Brewer, Hannah, 316. 

Jonathan, 97. 

Mary, 319. 

Maurice, 699. 

Phebe, 489. 

Thomas H., 543. 
Briant, Aaron, 256. 

Abigail, 256. 

Abraham, 255. 

Anna, 256. 

Benjamin, 256. 

Edmond, 75, 88, 91, 
95, 106, 256. 

John, 84, 256. 

Joseph, 256. 

Kendall, 256. 
Brickett, Moses, 146. 
Bridge, Ann R., 174. 

Bezaleel, 175. 

Dorcas, 292. 
_ Mary, 263. 
Bridges, Hannah, 560. 

Ruby, 565. 

Sarah, 560. 
Bridgman, Bertha M., 

373. 
Briggs, Albert S., 307. 

Amasa, 599. 

Harriet N., 264. 
Brigham, Elliott, 694. 
Bright, Thomas, 660. 
Britton. Elizabeth. 549. 
Broods, Mary, 688. 

Persis, 688. 
Brooks, Aaron, 257, 258, 
651. 

Abigail, 409. 

Abraham, 87. 

Albert N., 259, 261. 

Amelia E., 258. 

Amy L., 260. 

Ansel W., 261. 

Anna, 468, 489. 

Cali.sta A., 259. 

Caroline M., 259. 

Charles B., 259. 

Charles E., 262. 

Edward C, 262, 556. 

730 



Brooks, Ellen M., 258. 
Emily T., 259. 
Euclid L., 259. 
Eveline J., 259. 
Frederic A., 261. 
Frederic E., 261. 
Frederic P., 260. 
Gardner T., 260. 
George H., 261. 
Gertrude, 262. 
Hannah. 432. 
Harriet T., 259. 
Harvey, 258, 259. 
Harvey P., 259. 
Helen, 261. 
Henry, 257. 
Henry W., 258, 260, 

261. 
Horace S., 258, 260. 
Ivers H., 259, 260. 
James H., 260. 
James W., 261. 
Jennie H., 261. 
John, 75, 83, 88, 91, 

93, 96, 257, 703. 
Joseph, 258, 259. 
Joshua, 257. 
Lena, 262. 
Lizzie M., 262. 
Lois, 212. 
Louisa L., 258. 
lucy H., 260. 
Luella, 259. 
Lydia, 364. 
Mabel R., 260. 
Mary A., 250, 450. 
Mary E., 261. 
Maude W., 261. 
Myron D., 258, 260. 
Nancy P., 250. 
Nathan, 257. 
Newton, 258, 259. 
Newton V., 260. 
Noah, 257. 
Oliver, 258. 
Oliver N., 261. 
Rachel, 258. 
Robert M.. 261. 
Ruth E., 331. 
Sarah, 212, 395. 
Square G., 262. 
Stephen, 257, 258, 

557. 
Susan P., 262. 
Susie S., 278. 
Thomas, 259. 
Walton, 258. 
Walton A., 259. 



Index 



Brooks, Warren T., 259. 

William, 257, 258. 
Brower, Isaac D., 407. 
Brown, Aaron, 133. 
Abel W., 272. 
Abigail, 265, 270, 

272, 275. 
Abigail W., 274. 
Abner, 269, 271, 273. 
Abner H., 273, 277. 
Abraham, 262. 
Abram, 271. 
Ada, 175. 

Addison, 272, 275. 
Addison P., 275. 
Addison W., 278. 
Albert E., 267, 524. 
Aldis, 272. 
Alfred H., 276. 
Alfreda, 471. 
Almira, 273. 
Amos, 269, 272. 
Amos A., 272. 
Ann, 380. 
Ann E., 275. 
Ann J., 278. 
Anna, 264, 269. 
Arabella A., 268. 
Arthur A., 264. 
Arvilla, 658. 
Asa, 268. 

Augustus W., 274. 
B. Brigham, 563. 
Benjamin, 262, 267, 

658. 
Benjamin B., 563. 
Bertha G., 264. 
Betsy, 270, 271, 272. 
Boaz, 268. 

Charles, 265, 267, 658. 
Charles B., 266, 270. 
Charles K., 264. 
Charles P., 341. 
Charles S., 145, 155, 

267, 268. 
Charles W., 275, 686. 
Clarence, 265. 
Clarissa, 272, 658. 
Clement, 271. 
Cyrus, 270, 271, 274, 

275. 
Daniel C, 275. 
Dorothy S., 277. 
Ebenezer, 75, 265, 

266. 
Ebenezer W., 266. 
Edith J., 265. 



5rown, Edmund, 271. 
Edward, 270, 275. 
Edward D., 274. 
Edward F., 265. 
Edward H., 264. 
Eleazar, 265, 266. 
Eliza A., 266. 
Eliza W., 277. 
Elizabeth P., 263, 265, 

268, 362. 
Ella J., 507. 
Ellen S., 264. 
Elliott, 269. 
Elvira E., 266. 
Emily, 658. 
Ephraim, 263. 
Etalea L., 265. 
Eunice, 263, 395. 
Fidelia O., 273. 
Frances A., 275. 
Francis F., 278. 
Frank L., 264. 
Frank O., 264. 
Franklin W., 266. 
Fred O., 265. 
Frederick C, 278. 
George A., 266, 270, 

274, 275, 276, 658, 

700. 
George S., 264, 265. 
George W., 270, 271, 

390. 
Gratis, 272. 
Hannah, 269, 271, 

272, 362, 489, 542. 
Hannah E., 275, 276. 
Hannah M., 266. 
Harriet M., 274. 
Harriet R., 264. 
Harvey D., 272, 274. 
Henrietta, 266. 
Hepzibah, 269, 709. 
Hermon, 272, 275. 
Heywood, 269, 273. 
Homer, 591. 
Horace W., 266. 
Isaac, 262. 263, 265. 
Tames, 265, 269. 
James M., 272. 
James P., 271. 
Jane A., 273. 
Jemima, 271. 
Jeremiah, 272. 
Jesse, 271. 
John, 75, 265, 268, 

270, 472. 
John B., 271. 



Brown, John H., 275. 
John J., 95, 274. 
John S., 272, 276. 
John W., 274. 
Jonathan, 75, 262, 
267, 269, 271, 272. 
Joseph, 262, 269, 270, 

271, 678. 
Joseph A., 275. 
Joseph W., 271. 
Joshua, 267. 
Joshua L., 274. 
Josiah, 74, 78, 83, 87, 

88, 89, 96, 106, 124, 
269, 270, 271. 

Josiah W., 273. 

Laura L., 264. 

Lebanon, 273, 276. 

Leonard, 272. 

Levant R., 274. 

Levi, 269. 

Lois, 272. 

Louisa R., 266, 275. 

Louise S., 273. 

Lucy, 265. 

Lucy A., 266, 270. 

Lucy H., 264. 

Lurena, 272. 

Lydia, 237, 621. 

Lyman L., 271. 

Mabel, 701. 

Maria L., 370. 

Marshall H., 273. 

Marshall L., 120, 276. 

Martha W., 274. 

Martin, 272. 

Marv A., 263, 270, 

272, 273, 443, 520, 
654, 658. 

Marv B., 274. 
Mar'y E., 264, 273, 

455. 
Mary F., 269. 
Mary H., 275. 
Mary T-, 266. 
Mary M., 276. 
Mary W., 276. 
Mercy, 384. 
Milan H., 27b. 
Millicent, 271 
Millie, 275. 
Moses, 263. 
Nancv, 272. 
Nathan, 262, 269, 273, 

277. 
Nathan B., 277. 
Nathan W., 277. 



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Brown, Nellie M., 264. 

Olive E., 264, 271. 

Patty, 270. 

Peter, 79, 271, 341. 

Philip, 267. 

Polly, 269. 

Rebecca, 269, 483, 
491, 682. 

Reuben, 269,270,271. 

Rufus, 271. 

Ruth, 488. 

Sally, 270, 272. 

Samuel, 268. 

Samuel H., 274. 

Samuel S., 227, 267. 

Sarah, 230, 263, 265, 
266, 325. 

Sarah A., 276. 

Sarah J., 274. 

Sarah T., 274. 

Sarah W., 274. 

Serena, 658. 

Sophia B., 273. 

Sophronia E., 276. 

Sophronia P., 273. 

Susan, 265. 

Susan A., 277. 

Susan M., 267. 

Sybel, 600. 

Thaddeus, 268. 

Thomas, 75, 84, 87, 
88, 91, 95, 106, 268, 
269, 274. 

Walter W., 264. 

William B., 262, 263, 
265. 

William G., 265, 273. 

William H., 268. 

William P., 277. 

William T., 264. 

William R., 276. 
Brownell, Lydia, 552. 
Browning, Martha, 236. 

Mary, 669. 

Rebecca, 355. 
Bruce, Martha. 595. 

Dora B., 334. 
Brucher, Jane S., 452. 
Bryant, Abigail, 346. 

Harriet, 442. 

Joseph, 346. 

Joshua W., 345. 
Buchanan, Jessie, 508. 

Sarah. 221, 511. 
Buck, George, 400. 
Buckminster, Sarah, 317. 
Bucknam, Aaron, 279. 

Aaron S., 280, 282. 



Bucknam, Alice M., 280, 
283. 

Annette F., 283. 

Arthur B., 283. 

Benoni, 279, 281. 

Caleb, 280. 

Carrie, 283. 

Charles E., 281. 

Cornelia M., 281. 

Deborah, 280. 

Dwight L., 281. 

Ebenezer, 278, 279. 

Edward, 279, 280. 

Eleanor E., 283. 

Eliza A., 280. 

Elizabeth, 279. 

Ellen M., 281. 

Elvira G., 281. 

Fannv H., 281. 

Frank A.. 283. 

Frank W., 283. 

Glen T., 284. 

Harriet A., 281, 282. 

Harriet L., 282. 

Harriet N., 281. 

Harrison A., 283. 

Helen M., 282. 

Horatio, 281. 

James, 279, 280, 283. 

James O., 281. 

James P., 283. 

Joanna, 279, 556. 

John, 279, 281. 

John B., 114, 282. 

John F., 283. 

J OSes, 278, 279. 

Katharine M., 283. 

Magnus J., 280. 

Marion A., 283. 

Martha J., 282. 

Mary A., 284. 

Mary C, 283. 

Mary J., 283. 

Mary S., 280. 

Miranda, 281. 

Nancy, 588. 

Sally, 279. 

Samuel L., 282, 284. 

Sarah, 281, 283. 

Sarah E.^ 282. 

Susan, 279. 

Thomas, 281. 

William, 278, 280. 

William D., 280. 

William O., 281. 

William T., 282, 283. 
Buckwold, Henry C, 569. 
Buddy, Charles R., 627. 

732 



Bugbee, Alice, 372. 

Alvin M., 372. 

Benjamin H., 372. 

Lucy, 272. 

Mary, 372. 

Newton K., 372. 

Stephen E., 372. 
Bulkeley, Elizabeth, 380. 

Susan, 310. 
BuUard, Abigail A., 287 

Abigail B., 286. 

Amasa, 286. 

Asa, 284. 

Asahel, 285. 

Azubah, 285. 

Benjamin K., 287. 

Caleb, 285. 

Caleb E., 286, 287. 

Caroline I., 286. 

Charles A., 287. 

Charles B., 287. 

Charles K., 286. 

Clarence P., 286. 

Clarissa P., 286. 

Ebenezer, 88, 284, 
285 

Eleazar, 79, 88, 93, 
95, 285, 286. 

Elvira, 286. 

Enoch P., 286. 

Ephraim, 284. 

Franklin K., 287. 

George, 284, 286. 

George A., 227. 

George C, 289. 

George F., 287. 

George H., 227, 286. 

Harriet K., 286. 

Isaac, 285, 287. 

Jesse, 286. 

John, 96, 284, 285, 
286. 

Jonathan, 284. 

Joseph, 209, 285, 286. 

Keziah, 284. 

Louisa S., 287. 

Lucy, 286. 

Martha A., 287. 

Marv A., 284, 285, 
287, 318. 

Mary C, 287. 

Peter, 95, 96, 285. 

Ruth, 285. 

Sally, 286. 

Sampson, 286. 

Sarah, 284, 285, 546. 

Sarah J. W., 287, 628. 

Silas, 157, 285, 286. 



Index 



Bullard, Simeon, 82, 173, 

284, 285. 

Stephen F., 286. 

Susanna, 284. 

William O., 227. 
Bullock, Elizabeth, 536. 
Burbank, Avis, 577. 

Emma, 577. 

John, 577. 

Sumner, 577. 
Burden, Leta, 629. 
Burge, Emma, 485. 

Ruth, 555. 

Susanna, 317, 495. 
Burgess, George, 417. 

Lois, 259. 
Burk, Caleb, 344. 
Burke, Anna, 402. 

Frederic W., 402. 

Mabel, 552. 

Timothy F., 402. 

William C., 402. 
Burnap, Bethiah, 531. 

Elizabeth, 515. 
Burnett, Sarah, 514. 
Burnham, Elithina, 274. 

Joanna, 381. 

Margaret, 203. 

Mary, 319. 

Sarah H., 606. 
Burns, Charles, 674. 

Clarissa, 674. 

Edward. 674. 

Jacob, 674. 

James W., 674. 

Janette, 717. 

Lydia J., 626. 

Mary, 674. 

Robert, 674. 

Sarah, 674. 
Burr, Anna M., 478. 

Francis H.. 193. 

Heman M.. 192. 

Jackson, 575. 

Mary H., 192. 

Roger A., 192. 
Burritt, James, 372. 
Burroughs, Charles H., 

276. 
Burrows, Celia, 288. 

Elvira, 288. 

Hannah, 288. 

Joseph, 288. 

Laura, 288. 

Lydia, 288. 

Ruth, 288. 

Sally, 454. 

Sarah, 288. 



Burrows, William T., 

287, 288. 
Bursley, Joanna, 361. 
Burt, Sarah, 597, 671. 
Burton, x\nnette, 701. 

Boniface, 288. 

Dexter L., 289. 

Edward, 325. 

George D., 289. 

Ida, 289. 

Isaac, 288. 

John, 288. 

Mary E., 289. 

Nellie, 289. 

Warren, 134. 
Burwell, Fannie E., 702. 
Bush, Elizabeth, 497. 

Rachel, 495. 
Bushby, Warren, 530. 
Buss, Hannah, 687. 

Lucy, 631. 
Butler, Annie, 351. 
Butman, Eliza C, 501, 

576. 
Butterfield, Betsy, 456. 

Elizabeth, 445. 

Mary, 616, 658. 

Sarah, 343. 
Butters, James, 606. 

Rhoda, 251. 

Wilder, 455. 
Buttrick, Augusta, 649. 

Lydia, 226, 685. 
Byron, Mary P., 435. 

Cady, Eugene, 577. 
Caldwell, Isabella, 462. 
I Mary, 407. 

Hannah, 711. 
i Campbell, Abby H., 290. 
i Caleb, 289, 290. 

David, 652. 
I Elizabeth S., 312. 
! Emily F., 290. 
I Eveline, 290. 

George C, 111, 157, 
; 290. 

George L., 350. 

Harriet A., 290. 

Helen E., 290. 

Lucy, 290, 510, 525. 

Lydia, 290, 491. 

Alaria, 290. 

Mary A., 289. 

Mvra, 290. 

Robert, 75, 289. 

Samuel, 99. 
Canine, William P., 515. 

733 



Canley, Mary, 502. 
Canning, Reginald, 607. 
Capron. Lyle H.. 698. 

Martha A., 298. 
Carey, Fanny, 292. 

Zenas, 27l. 
Carkins, Allen, 272. 
Carlisle, John, 304. 
Carlton, Abigail, 537. 

Barnard, 639. 

Carrie C, 513. 

Guy, 84. 

Henry. 91, 93, 95. 

Jesse, 75, 78. 

Nathaniel, 75, 78,89. 
Carpenter, Annie, 349. 

John W., 301. 

Lucy L., 305. 

Mirriam, 240. 

Phineas. 623. 

Rachel, 241. 
Carr. Abby Ann, 291. 

Amy H., 292. 

Clark H., 450. 

Edna D., 292. 

Edward J., 114, 291. 

Emery, 291. 

Emma L., 291. 

Ernest E., 292. 

Ezra, 291. 

Harlan, 292. 

Ida A., 291. 

James E., 291. 

John E., 291, 292. 

John W.. 291. 

Joseph T., 291. 

Leslie J., 291. 

Mary, 672. 

Rebecca, 291. 

Rov D., 292. 

Ruth R., 291. 

Theodore P., 2^\. 

Thomas, 290. 
Carroll, James, 251. 

Margaret, 251. 

Sarah, 251. 
i Carter, Abigail, 387. 

Benjamin, 709. 

Edward C, 390. 

Elizabeth, 409. 

Hannah B., 390. 

Herbert E., 573. 

Tulia A., 584. 

"Kate, 306. 

Lydia, 578. 

Susanna, 289. 
Case, Leander, 360. 
Caskey, Mary A., 389. 



History of New Ipswich 



Castle, Birdie, 479. 
Caswell, Ira, 175. 
Caulkins, T. Vassar, 133. 
Cave, Clara, 717. 
Cavis, George M., 524. 
Chadwell, Margaret, 334. 
Chadwick, Elizabeth, 719. 

Sarah, 542. 
Chaffee, Elijah, 347. 
Chamberlain, Aaron, T6, 
91, 691. 

Betsey, 617. 

Charles, 114. 

John, 510. 

Mary, 718. 

Rebecca, 496, 596. 

Sarah, 249. 

Sumner, 576. 
Champney, Abby P., 295, 
297. 

Abigail, 293, 294. 

Adrianna E., 299. 

Alice C, 295. 

Anna B., 299. 

Anna L., 295. 

Armenia, 296. 

Augustus, 296. 

Benjamin, 154, 155, 

293, 507. 
Benjamin C, 294, 

295. 
Benjamin K., 295. 
Betsy, 142. 
Charles P., 296. 
Clarissa E., 296. 
Daniel, 292. 
Eben P., 297. 
Ebenezer, 103, 292, 

294, 296. 
Ebenezer N., 294, 

296. 
Edgar L., 297. 
Edith, 295. 
Edward W., 138,293, 

295. 
Edwin G., 295, 298. 
Eliza M., 296. 
Elizabeth, 293, 294. 
Elizabeth E., 298. 
Ellen E., 294. 
Ellen P., 295. 
Emma, 298. 
Evelina B., 296. 
Eanny, 294. 
I'erdinand, 294. 
Prances E., 296. 
Prances J., 298. 
Prancis, 293, 294. 
Frank P., 297. 



Champney, Pred W., 294, 

296, 298. 
George, 298. 
George E., 295. 
George H., 296. 
George K., 295. 
George M., 293, 295. 
Georgianna, 295. 
Grace, 295. 
Hannah, 293. 
Harriet B., 298. 
Harvey G., 298. 
Helen M., 297. 
Henry T., 145, 218, 

294. 
Horatio N., 295. 
Jane E., 296, 298. 
John H., 296, 299. 
Jonas A., 296, 298. 
Jonas C, 293, 295, 

296. 
Julius B., 294, 297. 
Julius J., 297. 
Lewis C, 295, 296, 

297. 
Lewis E., 296. 
Lizzie P., 297. 
Margaret, 298. 
Maria L., 293. 
Mary A., 297, 298. 
Mary J., 294. 
Mary L., 298. 
Mary M., 296. 
Nathan, 93. 
Orcelia H., 296. 
Oscar, 297, 299. 
Preston A., 297. 
Richard, 292. 
Richard L., 298. 
Ruth A., 297. 
Samuel, 294, 297. 
Samuel G., 297. 
Samuel P., 294. 
Sarah A., 296. 
Sarah C, 299. 
Sarah E., 296. 
Solomon, 292. 
Susan M., 297. 
Walter T., 295. 
Chandler, Al^bie A., 312. 
Abigail A., 302. 
Albert B., 309. 
Alice E., 147, 311. 
Alice G., 314. 
Amanda, 311. 
Andrew J., 314. 
Anna S., 310. 
Annie P., 314. 
Asenath M., 303. 

734 



Chandler, Avis B., 316. 
Bertha J., 314. 
Betsy R., 302. 
Carl L., 315. 
Charles, 301, 302, 304, 

306, 309. 
Charles H., 306, 308, 

313, 314, 316. 
Charles P., 306. 
Charles W., 310, 312. 
Charlotte A., 307. 
Clara, 310. 
Clarence, 310. 
Cora L., 315. 
Daniel H., 300, 304, 

309, 318. 
Daniel L., 302, 312. 
David S., 304, 318. 
Dorothy C, 316, 318. 
Edith B., 313. 
Eliza B., 304. 
Elizabeth A., 306. 
Ellen, 304. 
Elwyn P., 313. 
Emily M., 304, 309. 
Emma M., 309. 
Ernest H., 315. 
Ethel, 314. 
Eva H., 316. 
Eveline H., 304. 
Prances, 304. 
Prancis H., 306. 
George A., 302, 556. 
George B., 310, 315. 
George P., 315. 
George H., 312, 316. 
George W., 305, 308. 
Gertrude E., 312. 
Gladys E., 315. 
Grace, 319. 
Grant, 314. 
Hannah, 300. 318. 
Hannah J., 303. 
Harriet A., 305. 
Plarriet C, 312. 
Harriet E., 312. 
Harriet H., 304. 
Harry H., 314, 316. 
Herbert W., 155,311, 

315. 
Henrietta, 304. 
Henry P., 302, 307, 
. 313. 

Hepzibah, 489. 
Hiram, 308, 314. 
Hiram S.. 314. 
Huldah C, 301, 305. 
Isaac M., 303. 
Isabella L., 308. 



Index 



Chandler, James, 75, 81, 

96, 106, 108, 157. 
James A., 304. 
James C, 145, 312, 

315. 
James G., 315. 
James L., 305, 310. 
James M., 303, 304, 

307, 308, 309. 
James O., 114, 319. 
James R., 315. 
[amison W., 315. 
jane, 304. 
Jefferson, 303. 
Jeremiah, 303. 
Jeremiah K., 308, 314, 
Jesse L., 307, 314. 
Joel, 318. 
John H., 144, 300, 

301, 302, 307, 313, 

314, 317. 
John S., 308. 
Joseph, 317. 
Joseph S., 307. 
Josephine M., 307, 

308. 
Joshua T., 301. 
Josiah, 317. 
Keziah, 318. 
Larkin T., 314. 
Laura E., 310. 
Laura J.. 311, 716. 
Lewis E., 306, 312. 
Lucy, 318. 
Lucy A., 305. 
Lucy E., 312, 316. 
Lydia, 300, 318. 
Lydia M., 301, 307. 
Lyman E., 155, 316. 
Lyman M., 306, 311, 

315. 
Maria P., 303. 
Maria H., 311. 
Marshall W., 306, 

312. 
Martha A., 301, 303. 
Martha J., 310. 
Mary A., 300, 304, 

305, 308. 
Mary E., 304, 694. 
Mary P., 307. 
Mary J., 306. 
Mary M., 301. 
Mary W., 310. 
Mehitable. 317. 
Molly, 318. 
Moses, 317. 



Chandler, Myra E., 309. 

Myron K., 311. 

Nancy, 305. 

Nancy E., 312. 

Nellie, 314. 

Noah, 318. 

Olive E., 316. 

Permelia K., 303. 

Paul D., 316. 

Rachel, 318. 

Rebecca, 300. 

Rhoda, 318. 

Robert L., 315. 

Roger, 299. 

Ruth J., 316. 

Sally, 300. 

Samuel, 316. 

Sarah, 318. 

Sarah A., 301. 

Sarah M., 306. 

Seth, 301. 

Seth v., 310. 

Seth W., 304, 308. 

Sewall O., 111. 319. 

Stephen P., 301, 304. 

Susan A., 307. 

Susan O., 307. 

Susan R.. 303. 

Susanna, 318, 410. 

Thomas, 173, 316. 

Thomas M., 301, 306. 

Vernon V., 315. 

William, 316. 

William A., 308, 314. 

William H.. 310, 311, 
315. 

William L., 315. 
Chapin, Elizabeth, 400. 

Esther, 335. 

Lydia J., 698. 
Chaplain, Moses, 87. 

Samuel, 87. 
Chaplin, Hannah, 670. 
Chapman, Ada P.. 322. 

Albert H., 320. 

Alfred E., 321. 

Augusta E., 320. 

Benjamin P., 321. 

Charles H., 320, 321. 

Charles S., 321. 

Daniel, 319. 

Dudley, 319. 

Edward, 319. 

Edward H.. 321. 

Edward W., 320, 322. 

Edwin W., 320, 322. 

Fred A., 322. 



Chapman, Pred W., 320, 
322. 

Gates, 319, 320. 

George A., 320, 321. 

George W., 322. 

Hannah M., 320. 

Harriet A., 320. 

PTattie P., 320. 

Ida M., 321. 

James W., 320, 321. 

Jessie D., 320. 

Kate M., 320. 

Leda H., 322. 

Lilla S.. 321. 

Lillian I., 322. 

Marv A., 320. 

Mary E., 320. 

Mary I., 322. 

Mary L., 321. 

Nellie L., 321. 

Nellie M., 320. 

Percy W., 322. 

Perley G., 322. 

Simon. 319. 

Sylvia P., 321. 

Thomas G., 320. 

William H., 321. 

William W., 320. 

Zettie G., 322. 
Chase, Arthur P., 156. 

Benj amin, 290. 

Clara A., 621. 

Elizabeth. 472. 

Prances L., 275. 

Georeianna M., 216. 

Hannah. 618 

Hattie B., 445. 

Marianna, 350. 

Moses, 615. 

Rachel, 694. 

Sarah S., 339, 343. 

Thomas, 449. 
Cheney, Charles, 210. 

Evelyn, 210. 

George, 711. 

Margaret, 457. 

Maud, 210. 

Myra, 210. 

Trvphena, 393. 

William G., 711. 

William P., 711. 
Cherry, Samuel, 87. 
Chickering, Abbie B., 
323 

Abby' J., 324. 

Abner, 323. 

Addie L., 325. 



735 



History of New Ipswich 



Chickering, Anna, 324. 

Arthur, 324. 

Benson, 324. 

C. Frank, 324. 

Charles, 22i, 324. 

Charles A., 324. 

Clifford C, 325. 

Edith, 324. 

Eliza, 323. 

Eliza A., 323. 

Ellen F.. 323. 

Ernest D., 325. 

Frank H., 325. 

Fred W., 325. 

George, 323. 

George H., 324. 

Harriet A., 323. 

Henrietta, 325. 

Horace, 324. 

Howard E., 325. 

John, 323. 

Jonas, 323. 

Tosiah B., 323, 325. 

Julia A., 324. 

Julia M., 323. 

Louise, 324. 

Mary, 323. 

Mary E., 325. 

Melinda. 323. 

Nathaniel, 322. 

Rebecca, 323. 

Samuel, 323. 

Thomas E., 324. 

Wallace W., 325. 
Child, Helen A., 276. 

S. Augustus, 274. 

Ursula, 346. 
Chilton, Isabella, 299. 
Church, Lydia, 457. 

Phebe, 498. 
Churchill, Helen, 284. 
Chute, Emma F., 375. 
Cilley, Joseph, 85. 
Gafflin, Dolly, 241. 
Clapp, Sarah, 481. 
Clark, Abbie R., 329. 

Abigail. 203, 326. 

Alice, 326. 

Ann. 197. 

Annie, 330. 

Benjamin A., 326. 

Benjamin F., 326, 
327. 

Bunker, 86, 318. 

Charles H., 329, 523. 

Charlotte, 592. 

Clara H., 514. 

Deborah, 328. 



Clark, Ebenezer, 325, 326. 
Edmund R., 330. 
Eleanor B., 327. 
Eliza, 574. 

Elizabeth J., 330, 470. 
Elvira, 326. 
Emily W., 637. 
Ernest F., 327. 
Ernestine, 327. 
Eugene L., 330. 
Fanny L., 638. 
Frances, 326. 
Frank B., 329. 
George, 326, 585. 
Georgianna, 530. 
Grace, 453. 
Hannah, 328. 
Harriet A., 678. 
Harriet P., 330. 
Harry O., 327. 
Harry W., 327. 
Henrietta, 329. 
Horace, 658. 
Hugh, 327. 
Ida, 327. 

Isaac, 88, 91, 95. 
James, 157, 326. 
James R., 328, 330. 
Joan, 640. 
John, 326, 328. 
John E., 329. 
John P., 328. 
John R., 329. 
Joseph E., 518. 
Leander, 326. 
Lizzie R., 329. 
Margaret B., 329. 
Maria A., 326, 559. 
Marion, 327. 
Martha, 134. 
Mary, 247, 326, 328, 

364, 515, 669. 
Mary E., 329. 
Melissa, 629. 
Orissa, 251. 
Persis A., 281, 428. 
Peter, 327. 
Peter H., 157, 328, 

329. 
Phillbrook W., 327. 
Reuben B., 326, 327. 
Rose, 466. 
Ruth, 326. 
Samuel, 574. 
Sarah, 181, 326. 
Sarah J., 701. 
Susanna, 331. 
Uriah, 327. 

736 



Clark, Walter H., 330. 

William W., 329. 
Clary, Anna F., 400. 

Daniel, 75, 87. 

Edward W., 400. 

Eliza F., 400. 

George, 400. 

Jacob S., 332. 

John, 91. 

Joseph W., 400. 

Margaret, 542. 

Sarah, 549. 

Timothy F., 400. 

William, 91, 96, 400. 
Claxton, Lucy B., 261. 
Clement, Judith, 704. 
Cleves, Eleanor, 519. 

Martha, 331. 
Clifford, Hester, 593. 
Clough, John, 294. 

Sarah M., 294. 
Clute, Cornelia, 715. 
Coalsworth, James, 274. 
Coates, Bethia, 519. 
Cobb, Harriet E., 468. 

Stephen K., 340. 
Coburn, Daniel, 294. 

J. M., 133. 

Jonathan, 695. 

Rhoda, 191. 
Cochrane, Jenny, 547. 

John C, 589. 

Mary J., 238, 438. 

Peter, 140. 

Thomas H., 151,575. 
Coffin, Robert A., 140, 

141. 
Cogswell, Jonathan L., 
332. 

Louisa J., 482. 
Colburn, Achsah B., 463. 

Hannah, 677. 

Joshua, 629. 

Lucy M., 464. 

Martha, 457. 

Marv, 621. 

Rolins, 86. 

Sarah, 407, 637. 
Colbv, Caroline C, 485. 

Eli as, 498. 

Eliza A.. 274. 

Enoch G., 418. 

Hannah, 574. 

James K., 140. 
Coldham, Martha, 704. 
Cole, Charles, 341. 

Gertrude, 508. 

Sarah, 513. 



Ind 



ex 



Coleman, Annie C, 404. 

Cora B., 513. 

Joel, 557. 

Philander, 557. 

Sarah, 335. 

Slocum, 557. 
Collester, Silence R., 681. 
CoUings, Laura W., 5 18. 

Per ley, 518. 
Collins, John, 330. 

Joseph, 330. 

Nancy, 330. 

Nathan, 330. 
Cohon, Isabella, 239. 
Colwell, George H., 316. 
Combs, John L., 255. 
Comee, James, 333. 

Martha. 613. 
Comins, Mary F., 608. 
Compton, Hermann, 310. 
Comstock, Leander F., 
698. 

Roxy, 357. 
Conant, Abel, 331. 

Ada, 334. 

Adoniram J., 333, 
334. 

Albert, 208. 

Alice B., 208. 

Alice C, 335. 

Alice F., 538. 

Andrew P., 331, 333. 

Ann S., 208. 

Annabel H., 538. 

Ariel H., 334. 

Austin, 334. 

Betsy, 332. 

Calvin H., 334. 

Charles E., 334. 

Charles F.. 333, 334. 

Clark C, 538. 

Claribel A.. 538. 

Ebenezer, 475. 

Edward A., 334. 

Ella, 334. 

Ellen E., 333. 

Emery, 234. 

Emily H.. 333. 

Francis O., 538. 

George F., 538. 

George W., 333. 

Gertrude C, 335. 

Hannah, 332. 

Harriet E., 333. 

Harriet M., 332. 

Harry W., 208. 

Henry L., 334. 

Hepsibah, 219. 

48 



Conant, Hope A., 538. 

Horace J., 332. 

James E., 332. 

James F., 333. 

James Q., 333, 335. 

Jesse D., 333. 

John B., 208, 331. 

Joseph, 332, 333. 

Josiah, 331. 

Kezia, 332. 

Lillian A., 335. 

Lot, 331. 

Louisa J., 332. 

Lovander W., 333. 

Lucy A., 334. 

Lucy H., 333. 

Luseba W., 332. 

Martha E., 334. 

Mary A., 332, 333. 

Mary F., 333. 

Minnie B., 335. 

Nancy, 332. 

Nathan, 332. 

Nellie F., 334. 

Ollie A., 334. 

Ossian A., 334. 

Rebecca, 332. 

Roger, 330, 331. 

Ruth, 332. 

Samuel S.. 333. 

Sarah A., 333. 

Sarah J., 332. 

Silas, 331. 

Susan E., 333. 

Sylvia M., 333. 

Zebulon, 332. 
Coney, Daniel A., 492. 
Conns, Susanna, 682. 
Conrad, George. 304. 
Conray, Maria, 573. 
Converse, Lavinia P., 

585. 
Cooder, Darius, 360. 
Cooke, Aaron, 335. 

Abial, 546. 

Ann, 501. 

Bertha, 666. 

Elizabeth, 689. 

Tosiah P., 336. 

Nicholas, 92. 

Noah, 335. 336. 

Noah R., 336. 

Polly, 336. 

Westwood, 335. 
Cooley, Earl, 586. 

Fred, 586. 

James, 281. 
Coolidge, Elisha T., 449. 

737 



Coolidge, Obadiah, 509. 

Sarah, 406, 457. 
Cooper, Carrie E., 321. 

Mary, 344. 

Susan C, 431. 
Coppins, William T., 371. 
Corav, Sarah, 439. 
Corbett, Martha B., 261. 
Corbin, Arethusa, 471. 

Joseph, 471. 
Cordis, Thomas, 142. 
Corey, Hezekiah, 75, 88. 

Lucilla, 672. 

Lucy, 487. 

Zilpah, 450. 
Corlet, Elijah, 353. 
Corser, Nancy A., 602. 
Corson, Friend, 498. 
Cortz, Martha, 346. 
Costella, Mary, 676. 
Cotting David, 705. 

Hattie F., 705. 
Couch, Prescott, 601. 
Cowden, Sarah, 349. 
Cowdrey, Lysander, 706. 

Prudence, 380. 
Cox, Althea G., 315. 
Coy, Ann, 281. 

Fanny H., 569. 

John H., 287. 
Crackbone, Abigail, 292. 
Cragin, Aaron, 337. 

Abner P., 113, 114, 
341. 

Amelia. 340. 

Ann, 338. 

Anna, 337. 

Asenath T.. 340. 

Benjamin, 337. 

Caroline, 338. 

Caroline L., 341. 

Charles H., 340. 

Charlotte M., 341. 

Charlotte S., 341. 

Clark, 120. 

Dorcas B.. 339. 

Edward, 339. 

Edward S.. 341. 

Elizabeth P., 338. 

Elvira, 338. 

Esther, 337. 

Esther M.. 340. 

Eveline, 338. 

Francis, 183. 337. 

Francis K., 338, 341. 

Francis W.. 340. 

Franklin H., 338. 

George K., 246, 340. 



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Cragin, Gilman, 339. 

Hannah, 339. 

Harriet, 340. 

Henry, 341. 

Hepzibah C, 339. 

Horace S., 341. 

Isaiah, 22,7, 340. 

Isaiah L., 340. 

Tames P., 339. 

John, 336, 340. 

John F., 339. 

John W., 340. 

Joseph, Z2>7, 338. 

Joseph D., 340. 

Leonard, 2,2)7, 339. 

Lorenzo, 341. 

Lorenzo S., 338, 341. 

Lucy M., 286, 341. 

May J., 341. 

May L., 340. 

May R., 340. 

Paul, 337. 

Philenia, 339. 

Rebecca B., 338. 

Rodney D., 340. 

Roxanna, 339. 

Samuel, 337. 

Samuel A., 341. 

Samuel S., 340. 

Sarah R, 341. 

Sarah R., 340. 

Seth, 339. 

Sibyl, 2,2,7, 339. 

Silas, 337, 338. 

Sophronia, 338. 

Stephen D., 337, 338. 

William, 339. 
Grain, Ebenezer, 670. 
Cram, Abraham, 323. 

Benjamin, 417. 

Charles A., 563. 

Elvira C, 417. 

George L., 563. 

George W., 444. 

Harriet M., 417. 

Hiram, 658. 

James, 552. 

Luke, 563. 

Pharcellus, 564. 

Walter D., 564. 
Crandall, Sarah M., 639. 
Crane, Edward, 402. 

Edward B., 402. 

James C, 472. 

Mary O., 402. 

Timothy P., 402. 

William K, 472. 
Cree, Sarah, 669. 



Cressy, Hannah M., 388. 
Crocker, Rohanna B., 
393 

Sally,' 211. 
Crofut, Nathaniel, 511. 
Cromwell, Roxanna, 334. 
Crosby, Ada E., 605. 

Alpheus, 434. 

Charles F., 605. 

Dorothy, 554. 

Elizabeth P., 491, 
656. 

John W., 259, 605. 

Jonah, 318. 

Josiah, 140. 

Lois, 498. 

Mary, 632. 

Mehitable, 615. 

Robert, 317. 

Sarah, 233. 
Cross, John G., 181, 346. 

Lizzie R., 468. 
Grossman, Edward, 333. 
Crosswell, Sarah, 516. 
Crowe, Mary, 321. 
Crowell, Albert F., 329. 

Clarence A., 329. 

Frances, 332. 

Herbert C, 329. 

Marion F., 329. 
Crumpet, Eliza F., 251. 
Cruse, William H., 378. 
Cummings, Aaron, 343. 

Abigail B., 343. 

Abby L., 350. 

Adaline, 346. 

Albert G., 345, 349. 

Albert L., 350. 

Alice C, 346. 

Andrew C, 348. 

Archelaus, 418. 

Barnard, 343. 

Belle S., 351. 

Benjamin, 343, 344, 
348, 349. 

Betsy, 343, 344, 345. 
347, 391. 

Betty, 344. 

Caroline R., 347. 

Carrie W., 350. 

Catharine B., 345, 
347. 

Charles, 343, 345, 
350. 

Charles W., 349. 

Charlotte, 344. 

Cordelia E., 349. 

Daniel M., 345, 349. 

738 



Cummings, Deidamia, 343. 
Delia M., 349. 
Dillis M.. 349. 
Dudley C, 346. 
Eben, 344, 346. 
Ebenezer, 343. 
Ednah, 349. 
Elam J., 348. 
Eleazar, 76, 81, 106, 

124, 144, 172, 209, 

343. 
Eliza, 345. 
Emma M., 349. 
Erasmus D., 349. 
Ernest S., 350. 
Evaline A., 348. 
Farris, 346. 
Fenno L., 344, 348, 

349. 
Frank M., 351. 
Frederic P., 350. 
George B., 351. 
George P., 346. 
George S., 350. 
Gilman T., 345. 
Harriet, 347. 
Harris N., 347. 
Harvey, 347. 
Hepzibath, 345. 
Hermon H., 345. 
Hiram S., 349. 
Homer H.. 349. 
Horace, 348. 
Isaac, 342. 
James M., 351. 
James R., 747. 
Jane G., 348. 
Jerusha M., 348. 
John, 342. 
John C, 351. 
John S., 351. 
John W., 145, 345. 

350. 351. 
Joseph A., 278. 
Joseph S., 345. 
Joseph T., 346, 350. 
Julia D., 344. 
Julia R., 347. 
Lavina, 343. 
Leonard, 344. 345. 
Lucia A., 346. 
Lydia D.. 345. 470. 
Maria. 345. 346. 351. 
Marcia L., 346. 
Mary A., 349. 
Mary J.. 350. 
Mary L., 348. 350. 
Matilda, 343. 



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Cummings, Millie J., 350. 

Molly, 209, 343. 

Nancy P., 347. 

Nellie P., 346. 

Nettie V., 351. 

Orrel R, 348. 

Orville, 351. 

Owen T., 349. 

Peninah, 344, 348. 

Perley M., 349. 

Polly, 344, 361. 

Rebecca, 344. 

Rosalinda, 347. 

Roxalania, 347. 

Sally, 344. 

Samuel, 342, 343, 344, 
345. 

Samuel E., 96, 97, 
346. 

Sarah R, 337, 343, 
345, 346, 670. 

Seneca, 350, 634. 

Sherman, 344, 347. 

Sherman S., 347, 348. 

Sophia M., 344, 346. 

Stella, 702. 

Sula B., 346. 

Susan, 344. 

Taylor G., 345. 

Uriel, 345. 

Ursula F., 346, 348. 

Walter D., 349. 

Warren S., 343, 344, 
345. 

William A., 348. 

William F., 346, 348. 

William L., 345. 

Willis J., 350. 
Cumnock, Abby E., 521. 

Robert, 521. 
Cunningham, Elizabeth, 

292 
Curl, G. M., 136. 
Curless, Emma J., 629. 
Currier, Abial, 565. 

Charles W., 584. 

Emma, 565. 

Flora, 565. 

John S., 367. 

Louisa D., 367. 

Nellie R, 349. 
Curtis, Elijah, 421. 

Greeley S., 199. 
Gushing, Adelaide, 353. 

Ann M., 352. 

Ardella, 352. 

Arthur W., 352, 353. 

Bertha, 353. 



Gushing, Bradbury, 353. 

Caleb, 351. 

Carl, 353. 

Charles G., 352, 353. 

Daniel, 351. 

David, 352. 

Emma M., 352. 

Fannie, 352. 

Frances A., 353. 

Frederic A., 352. 

Frederic J., 352, 353. 

Frederic S., 353. 

George W., 352. 

Henry, 352, 353. 

Josephine, 353. 

Matthew, 351. 

Mildred L., 353. 

Samuel, 351, 352. 

Samuel E., 352. 

Sarah J., 352, 695. 

Sarah P., 545. 

Timothy, 352. 

Walter. 353. 
Cushman, Julia, 299. 
Cutler, Calvin, 129, 149. 
Cutter, Abel, 357. 

Abilene L., 358. 

Adonija, 359. 

Ardilla, 360. 

Barnabas, 355. 

Benjamin, 83, 354, 
355, 357, 360, 361. 

Benoni, 354, 359. 

Benoni C, 359. 

Betsy, 357. 

Calista, 361. 

Caroline, 358. 

Catharine, 357. 

Charles N., 360. 

Daniel, 357. 

David, 354, 359. 

Dolly, 361. 

Elbridge G., 361. 

Eliza, 436. 

Elizabeth, 353, 355. 

Ephraim, 354. 

Hannah, 355. 

Hepzibah, 360. 

Isaac, 355, 359. 

James, 361. 

Jane, 358. 

Jeremiah, 355. 

Jeremiah F., 360. 

Joel, 357. 

John, 83, 89, 96, 354, 
355, 356, 358, 359. 

John H., 360. 

Jonathan, 355, 361. 

739 



Cutter, Jonathan M., 75, 

361. 
Joseph, 354, 356. 
Louis, 355. 
Lucy, 355, 361. 
Luke, 359. 
Luke H., 359. 
Mary, 358, 359. 
Moody, 356. 
Moses, 354, 357, 358. 
Nathan. 88, 93, 354, 

356, 360. 
Nawa, 357. 
Nehemiah. 357. 
Oldist. 357. 
Orinda, 360. 
Orlando, 357. 
Pamelia, 358. 
Phebe, 360. 
Phebe C, 359. 
Polly, 355, 359, 360, 

361. 
Rachel, 354, 355,356, 

358. 
Rebecca, 356. 
Rhoana, 360. 
Rhoda, 355. 
Richard, 353. 
Rosira, 360. 
Sabra, 357. 
Sarah, 354, 358, 361, 

515. 
Seth, 360. 
Solomon. 355, 361. 
Susan, 356, 358. 359. 
Susanna, 354, 446. 
Syrene, 361. 
Thomas, 360. 
Tryphosa, 357. 
Willard, 358. 
William P., 360. 
William T., 358,360. 
Cutting, Ella, 699. 

Dakin, Amos, 503. 

Archelaus C, 323. 

Eunice, 323. 

Hannah, 257. 

Polly F., 142. 

Samuel, 396. 
Daily, William, 344. 
Damon, Abigail, 378, 531. 

Ann, 678. 

John, 488. 

Lewis, 372. 

Ralph C, 488. 

Susanna P., 492. 
Dana, Anna, 212. 



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Dana, Charles, 212. 

George, 212. 

James, 214. 

Martha B., 214. 

Rebecca, 214. 

Samuel, 212, 214. 

Thesta, 214, 263. 
Dane, John, 316. 

Mary, 316. 

Sarah, 458, 576. 
Daniels, Mary L., 390. 
Danforth, Amanda, 291. 

Bethiah, 292. 

Martha, 677. 

Sally, 318. 

Thomas, 363. 
Darby, Peter, 446. 
Darling, Hannah, 620. 
Davenport, Augusta, 660. 

Dolly, 705. 
Davidson, Abigail, 358. 

James, 440. 

Thomas, 88. 
Davis, Aaron, 366. 

Abbie L., 376. 

Abby J., 371, 589. 

Abel, 648. 

Abigail, 363, 364, 365. 

Abraham, 362, 365. 

Albert H., 113, 114, 
376. 

Albert L., 370. 

Albert P., 374. 

Alfred, 368. 

Alice, 371. 

Alice J., 372. 

Alice M., 374, 375. 

Almira, 369. 

Amos, 366. 

Andrew J., 502. 

Anna, 369, 373. 

Antoinette, 369. 

Arthur V., 374. 

Asa, 450. 

Barnabas, 354. 

Benjamin F., 364, 
365. 

Benjamin L., 367. 

Bernice M., 375. 

Bertha H., 375. 

Betsey, 365. 

Calvin, 368. 

Charles, 275, 363, 2,7i, 
678. 

Charles A., 371. 

Charles E., 376. 

Charles S., 366, 370. 

Clara A., 353. 



Davis, Clarissa, 363. 
Clarissa H., 367. 
Cornelia, 372. 
Cynthia, 535. , ^ 
Cyrene, >313. "^ "- '■' 
Cyrus B., 197, 363. 
David, 364. 
Delany, 649. 
Dolor, 299, 361. 
Edward E., 113, 114, 

376. 
Edward H., 372, 375. 
Edward K., 374. 
Edward L., 375. 
Edward W., 370. 
Effie M., 375. 
Elbridge F., 372. 
Elijah P., 75, 78, 88, 

96, 368, 371. 
Elisha F., 368, 371. 
Elvira W., 372. 
Eliza J., 372. 
Elizabeth, 370, 392, 

592. 
Elizabeth F., 370. 
Emilie K., Z77. 
Emily, 368. 
Ernest H., 375. 
Etta, 268, 375. 
Eva M., 375. 
Eunice, 368. 
Fannie M., 370. 
Florence G., 374. 
Florence W., 374. 
Franklin, 371. 
Fred E., 376. 
Gardner G., 372, 374, 

585. 
George, 139. 363, 367, 

368, 2,72,, 678. 
George H., 366, 369, 

372. 
Gilman, 366. 
Hannah, 362, 364, 

365. 
Harriet A., 372. 
Hattie A., 375. 
Heber, 370. 
Helen E., 369. 
Henrietta R., 371. 
Hepzibah, 234, 364. 
Herbert J., 370. 
Hezekiah, 416. 
Horace, 366, 368, 370, 

371, 373. 
Ida B., 371, 372. 
Isaac, 362. 
Isaac S., 376. 

740 



Davis, Jacob, 365. 

James, 145, 362, 365. 

366, 368, 369. 
James B., 369, 374. 
James P., 369, 373. 
Jemima, 701. 
Job, 375, 376. 
Joanna, 190, 370. 
Joel, 363, 367. 
John U., 109, 111, 

154, 376. 
Jonah, 363. 
Jonas B., 360, 376. 
Jonathan, 75, 88, 93, 

95, 106, 362, 363, 

366, 561. 
Joseph, 95, 132, 258. 

362, 363, 365, 368, 

678. 
Josiah M., 75, 89, 

363. 
Julia. 678. 
Kendall, 368, 372. 
Laura A., 374. 
Leander J., 372, 375. 
Delia, 373. 
Lewis, 367. 
Lois A., 372. 
Louisa, 367. 
Lucinda M., 363, 376. 
Lucy, 275, 363, 364, 

417. 
Lucy K., 372. 
Lydia, 365. 
Marcia, 372. 
Maria, 369, 372. 
Marion F., 375. 
Mary, 362, 363, 367, 

373 

Mary A., 368. 
Mary B., Z67 . 
Mary S., 369. 
Mary W., 366, 372. 
Milton K., 372. 
Minnie B.. 374. 
Molly, 366. 
Moses, 363, 366, 367. 
Nancy A., 366. 582. 
Nathan A., 366. 
Olive, 485. 
Onslow P., 376. 
Orpah S., 376. 
Perley B., 132, 369, 

2,7Z. 
Perley E., 374. 
Philip H., 375. 
Philo, 376. 
Polly, 364, 365. 



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Davis, Ralph C, 375. 

Rebecca, 363, 365, 
367. 

Relief, 366. 

Reuben, 678. 

Richard H., 147, 36^, 
374. 

Robert, 371. 

Ruth, 363. 

Sally, 413. 

Samuel, 362, 368, 373. 

Samuel A., 376. 

Samuel H., 372, 375. 

Sarah, 363, 375, 678, 
687, 704. 

Sarah E., 552. 

Seba, 332. 

Silas, 95, 362, 364. 

Simeon, 362, 365. 

Simon, 362. 

Sivona, 368. 

Solomon, 363, 366, 
368. 

Stanley B., 2,72>. 

Stephen, 75, 362, 365, 
366, 369. 

Susan H., 376. 

Tabitha, 644. 

Thomas, 362, 363, 
365, 369. 

Thomas H., 367. 

Timothy, 366. 

Viola M., 372. 

Walker, 678. 

Waher R., 2>ZZ, 371. 

Wilbur J., 375. 

William B., 309. 

William E., 373. 
Davoll, Charles O., 305. 

John S., 305. 

William H., 305. 
Dawes, Sarah, 336. 
Dawson, Ida L., 627. 
Day, Amos, 462. 

Dorinda, 413. 

John J., 264. 

Lillian A., 264. 

Sarah, 378. 

Rufus, 344. 

William E., 606. 
Dea, Jefferson, 403. 
Dean, Mary, 502. 
Dearborn, Augusta, 576 
Decker, Cora E., 379. 
De Coff, Annie I., 483. 
De Costa, Percy, 352. 
Delano, Frederic, 618. 

Seth, 318. 



Dellinger, Catharine, 471 
Demond, Elijah, 140. 
Denham, Robert, 274. 
Denio, Horace, 710. 
Dennis, Mary, 218. 
Denslow, Joan, 335. 
Densmore, Louisa, 327. 
Derby, Maud E., 698. 
Deshon, Caroline A., 225. 
Devotion, Hannah, 505. 
Dewar, Isabella, 308. 
Dewey, Frances, 552. 

Harry, 348. 

Laura ¥., 349. 

Oliver, 348. 
Dexter, Charles E., 505. 

Eugene A., 702. 

Forest, 627. 
Dibell, Edwin, 132, 133. 
Dickenson, Cyrus, 174. 

David, 689. 

Erastus, 577. 

Lee, 577. 

Mary, 577. 

Mercy, 177. 
Dickerman, Clark, 301. 

Ellen, 285. 
Diemer, Anna, 264. 
Diggins, Susan M., 339. 
Dinsmore, Abraham, 78. 

Austin, 237. 

George A., 237. 

Hannah, 38, 40, 51. 

Maria, 237. 

Mary J., 237. 
Ditson, Sally, 718. 
Dix, Anthony, Z77. 

Hannah, 400. 

John, Z77. 

Jonathan, 104, 106, 
124, 2,77, 378. 

Mary D., 701. 

Ralph, 2,77. 
Dobson, Isaac F., 604. 
Dodge, Alice A., 308. 

Betsey, 595. 

David M., 273. 

George W., 296. 

Harriet N., 512. 

Lucy, 228. 

Mary, 425, 509. 

Polly, 473. 

Sarah, 205. 
Doe, Belle, 327. 
Dole, Edmond, 417. 

Mary, 248. 
Dolman, Edward, 512. 
Donley, Charles, 707. 

741 



Donley, Michael P., 114. 
Donnegan, Margaret, 

261. 
Donnie, Alvin E., 228. 

Zina, 567. 
Doolittle, Harriet, 270. 
Dorrance, Mary R., 400. 
Douglass, Elizabeth L., 

188. 
Dow, Emma J., 350. 

Frank M., 535. 

Johannah, 673. 

Samuel H., 186, 659. 

Sarah E., 350. 
Downing, Arthur F., 654. 

Bessie T., 654. 

Eugene C, 629. 

Hannah, 432. 

Herbert H., 654. 

Lillie B., 654. 

Lucien B., 654. 

Mary A., 654. 

Nellie R., 654. 
Drake, Abigail, 664. 

Susan J., 683. 
Draper, Catharine, 704. 

Hepzibah, 258. 
Drinan, Mary, 698. 
Drowthit, Caroline, 679. 
Drury, Austin C, 311. 

Ella M., 681. 

Mary, 231. 

Thomas, 97. 
Dudley, Abigail, 432. 

Almira J., 264. 

Clara, 264. 

Mary, 409. 
Dunbar, Lizzie, 685. 
Duncan, Sarah, 432. 
Duncklee, Albert, 629. 

Almira, 283. 
Dunning, Catharine, 507. 
Dunster, Faith, 538. 

Mary, 708. 
Dunton, Augusta, 275. 

Mary, 636. 
Durant, Peter, 523. 

Rachel, 718. 
Duren, Reuben, 447. 
Durfee, James A., 278. 
Duryea, Elizabeth C, 633. 
Dustin, Janet, 573. 

Mary, 597. 
Dutch, Grace, 470. 
Dutton, Abel, 84, 9U, 93, 
96. 

Elijah, 355. 

Jonas, 82, 288. 



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Dutton, Lucinda, 578. 

Samuel, 496. 

William, 89. 
Dwelly, Sarah, 704. 
Dwight, Arthur E., 698. 

John S., 287. 
Dwinnell, Eliza F., 313. 

Esther, 204. 
Dyer, George B., 453. 

J. Franklin, 369. 

Samuel P., 493. 

Eagleson, Archibald, 656. 

Esther M., 656. 

Gordon T., 656. 

Gratia E., 656. 
Eames, Cyrus, 418. 

James H., 221. 

Joseph, 272. 

Polly, 271. 
Eastman, Cora S., 353. 

Esther F., 700. 

George, 700. 

Jasper R, 700. 

Josephine, 627. 

Luke, 140. 

Perley M., 700. 
Eaton, Albert, 378. 

Benjamin, 476. 

Cora M., 682. 

Ellen, 378. 

Elmer W., 627. 

Francis A., 378. 

Frederic H., 379. 

George P., 379. 

Harriet, 378. 

Henry W., 379. 

Hosea, 110, 378. 

John, 378. 

Josiah, 378. 

Katharine, 380. 

Martha J., 565. 

Mary J., 378, 643. 

Merrick, 378. 

Nancy, 474. 

Nellie A., 379. 

Orrin W., 322. 

Otis W., 379. 

Samuel, 679. 

Sarah, 606. 

William, 378, 599. 

William H., 378. 

Zetta K., 322. 
Eddy, George M., 646. 

Henry, 324. 

John, 114. 
Edes, Amasa, 140. 

Sarah, 558. 



Edgar, Newbold, 200. 
Edson, Carrie K., 506. 

Charles C, 506. 

Dwight, 374. 

Elwin L., 374. 

Fannie M., 506. 

Florence, 374. 

N. Adams, 506. 

William A., 506. 
Edwards, Bethia, 509. 

Charles, 301. 

Ebenezer, 379. 

Ebenezer P., 379. 

Elijah, 336. 

Emily E., 379. 

Franklin, 236. 

George F., 114, 379. 

Jerusha, 267. 

Nathaniel, 713. 

Sarah, 603. 

William A., 236. 
Egery, Clara W., 440. 
Eggars, Morrison, 211. 
Eggleston, Sarah, 532. 
Eldredge, C L., 132, 134. 
Eliot, George, 601. 

Ruth, 172. 
Ellinwood, Flora J., 573. 
Elliott, Arthur, 227. 

Charles W., 336. 

David, 79, 89. 

Dolly, 183. 

George J., 345. 

Grace, 227. 

James, 227. 

John, 79. 

Joseph, 133. 

Thomas C, 339. 
Ellis, Matilda, 618. 

Samuel S., 672. 

Virginia, 349. 
Ellison, Linus, 347. 
Ely, Frederic W., 149, 
608. 

Joseph S., 608. 

Richard S., 608. 
Emerson, Anne, 381. 

Asa, 676. 

Brown, 380, 381. 

Catharine, 331, 380. 

Daniel H., 228. 

Edward B., 381. 

Elizabeth, 657. 

George, 657. 

Hiram, 380. 

Jacob, 380. 

James, 657. 

John, 380, 516. 

742 



Emerson, Joseph, 379. 

Julia, 657. 

Luther, 657. 

Malina, 639. 

Maria, 657. 

Martha J., 614. 

Mary A., 573. 

Noah, 380, 381. 

Peter, 380. 

Phebe, 381. 

Ralph Waldo, 215. 

Reuben, 380. 

Romanus, 381. 

Ruth, 610. 

Thomas, 81, 379,492. 
Emery, Abby A., 383. 

Almira O., 383. 

Ambrose, 444. 

Amos, 383. 

Betsy, 382. 

Clarence E., 384. 

Daniel, 393. 

Edward, 383. 

E. J., 133. 

Eugene R., 384. 

Eveline C, 383. 

Fanny J., 383. 

Franklin J., 384. 

George E., 120. 

George L., 384. 

Hannah, 382. 

Hannah M., 383. 

Hiram B., 383. 

Horace B., 383. 

Jane, 631. 

John, 87, 382, 383. 

John B., 383, 384. 

John C, 384. 

Jonathan, 382. 

Martha A., 383. 

Mary, 382, 383, 384. 

Mary T., 383. 

Nancy, 382. 

Reuben, 174. 

Samuel, 382. 

Sarah J., 237, 382, 
383. 

Thomas, 382, 383. 

William G., 382, 383, 
384. 

Ziba, 382. 
Emes, Sally, 229. 
Epler, Sarah, 390. 
Eply, Frank W., 506. 
Epps, Hannah, 327. 

Lewis, 433. 
Errington, Rebecca, 437. 
Ervine, Sarah, 631. 



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Esbach, Carrie I., 370. 
Estabrook, Abel, 80, 83, 
87, 90. 

Henry D., 351. 

James, 452. 

Jonathan, 88. 

Joseph, 408. 

Lucy, 492. 

Samuel, 196, 376. 

Sarah E., 376. 

Susan, 403. 
Esty, Gertrude V., 312. 
Eustis, Clara J., 586. 
Evans, Ernest E., 625. 

George H., 706. 

Harrison D., 282. 

Harrison E., 282. 

Horace E., 333. 

Jennie M., 282. 

John, 234. 

Mary E., 283. 

Minnie H., 282. 

Prudence, 360. 
Everard, Judith, 193. 
Everett, Adeline, 385. 

Alma A., 386. 

Anna G., 386. 

Charles W., 385, 386. 

David, 195, 385. 

Dolly A., 129, 138. 

Edward, 384, 385, 
386. 

Eliza, 386. 

Frances J., 386. 

George, 385. 

George M., 386. 

Hannah B., 386. 

Inez P., 386. 

Innis P., 386. 

John W., 155, 384, 
385, 386. 

Julia A., 385. 

Louis, 386. 

Mary A., 386. 

Mary T., 386. 

Olivia, 183, 385. 

Richard, 384. 

Sarah S., 386. 

Stephen, 385, 386. 

Susanna, 179. 

William J., 385. 

Paber, Matilda C, 503. 
Fairbanks, Adelaide B., 
390. 

Allen M., 389. 

Anna, 389. 

Arthur B., 391. 



Fairbanks, Arthur D.,390. 

Daniel W., 387, 388, 
390. 

Edward, 389. 

Edward B., 388, 389, 
391. 

Elizabeth, 390. 

Ellen M., 390. 

Emily M., 389. 

Ephraim W., 387. 

Evelyn H., 390. 

Fanny G., 390. 

Georgia M., 390. 

Grace, 389. 

Hannah M., 388. 

Henry, 389. 

Herbert A., 391. 

Jabez, 387. 

James C, 387, 388, 
390. 

James E., 390. 

James P., 389. 

Jeremiah R., 388. 

Jessie, 388. 

John B., 387, 388, 
391. 

John M., 389. 

John W., 391. 

Jonas, 387. 

Jonathan, 387. 

Josiah, 387. 

Katie, 389. 

Lurana W., 388. 

Maria T., 389. 

Marion E., 391. 

Martha B., 388. 

Martha M., 679. 

Mary A., 388, 390. 

Mary C, 389. 

Mary D., 390. 

Melvin, 389. 

Moses, 679. 

Richard H., 388. 

Rose, 390. 

Ruth E., 389. 

Sally, 620. 

Samuel A., 387, 390. 

Samuel B., 388, 389. 

Sarah A., 387. 

Sarah C, 388. 

Sarah M., 388, 390. 

Susan P., 388. 
Fairfield, Lalla G., 211. 
Fairman, John, 672. 

Sarah, 590. 
Pales, Elizabeth, 657. 

Hannah, 466. 
Fall, Lucretia, 705. 

743 



Paris, Jane, 390. 

Robert P., 391. 

Sally, 392. 

William, 75, 96, 391. 
Parley, Arthur C, 665. 

Edith P., 665. 

Fred W., 665. 

George F., 126. 

Noah W., 665. 

Polly, 598. 

Susan, 448. 

Thomas, 446. 

Walter S., 665. 

William T., 665. 
Farmer, Mary, 555. 
Farnsworth, Abigail, 601. 

Asa, 270, 394. 

Benjamin, 392. 

Catherine, 357, 393. 

Daniel, 93, 105, 393. 

Ebenezer, 392, 393, 
394. 

Elizabeth, 242, 393, 
394. 

Emily, 333, 394. 

Eunice, 394. 

Hannah, 393, 516. 

Harbor, 393. 

Isaiah, 394. 

John, 394. 

Jonas, 392. 

Jonathan, 96, 393. 

Jonathan H., 394. 

Joseph, 393. 

Josiah, 392. 

Levi, 394. 

Lucy, 393, 394. 

Matthias, 392. 

Mary, 393, 394. 

Molly, 178. 

Moses, 86, 393. 

Nancy, 394. 

Nathan, 394. 

Prentice, 631. 

Rachel, 393. 

Relief, 674. 

Rufus, 394. 

Sally, 394. 

Samuel, 394. 

Sarah, 393, 402, 640. 

Susan, 394. 

Thomas, 75, 83, 91, 
93, 392, 393. 

Timothy J., 394. 
Farnum, Hannah, 672. 
Parr, Dennis, 275. 

Nathaniel, 75, 87, 96. 

Levi, 96. 



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Farr, Mary, 392. 

Sarah, 704. 

William, 91. 
Farrar, Ann, 401. 

Anna, 399. 

Anna B., 402. 

Anna F., 401. 

Anna M., 403. 

Betsy L., 401. 

Caleb, 396, 401. 

Charles A., 403. 

Clarissa R., 401. 

Ebenezer L., 401. 

Edward W., 401. 

Eliza, 399. 

Eliza C, 258. 

Ephraim H., 397, 401. 

Eunice, 396. 

Eveline, 401. 

George, 395, 401. 

George P., 401. 

Harriet A., 403. 

Henry B., 401. 

Isaac, 395, 400. 

•Isaac B., 396, 401. 

Jacob, 394, 395. 

James, 396, 397. 

John M., 401. 

Joseph, 88, 92, 395. 

Laura, 401. 

Louisa, 400. 

Lucy, 125, 399. 

Lydia, 396. 

Mark, 403. 

Martha, 401. 

Mary A., 401. 

Moses, 396. 

Nancy, 397. 

Nancy L., 142. 

Nellie, 351. 

Polly, 396. 

Prentice, 396, 401. 

Rebecca, 397. 

Samuel, 142, 395, 396. 

Sarah E., 402. 

Simon, 407. 

Stephen, 70, 76, 101, 
123, 219, 231, 395, 
396, 400. 

Stephen F., 401. 

Susanna, 528. 

Timothy, 70, 75, 92, 
122, 125, 156, 397, 
399, 402. 
Farren. Sally R., 574. 
Farwell, Abby, 610. 

Abigail, 677. 



Farwell, Albert B., 403. 

Almeda, 403. 

Alvah, 243. 

Cynthia, 610. 

Betsy, 618. 

Daniel, 403. 

Edith L., 403. 

Edmund, 96, 403. 

Edna M., 404. 

Edwin, 404. 

Elizabeth J., 404, 587, 
640. 

Emily, 403. 

Hannah, 708. 

Hattie, 404. 

Isaac, 75, 86, 87, 96. 

Irving E., 404. 

James H., 403. 

John B., 404, 610. 

Joseph, 610. 

Levi, 610. 

Lucinda, 403. 

Lucy A., 404. 

Mary, 403, 640. 

Mary K., 434. 

Mary W., 404. 

Moors, 134. 

Royal E., 403, 404. 

Russell, 403, 653. 

Sarah, 488, 610. 

Sophia, 403. 

Timothy, 75. 

William, 610. 
Fassett, Eunice, 615. 

Hiram, 181. 
Fay, George A., 403. 

Hannah, 489. 

Nancy, 287, 474. 

Prescott, 129. 

Sarah, 489. 
Felch, Annie P., 176. 
Felt, Aaron, 404. 

Adaline, 406. 

Albert, 405. 

Alney O., 406. 

Alonzo M., 406. 

Caroline A., 406. 

Charles M., 406. 

Charles W., 405. 

Daniel, 404. 

David, 555. 

Edward A., 405, 406. 

Edward W., 405. 

Elizabeth T., 405. 

Emily M. B., 405. 

George, 404, 406. 

George D., 120, 405. 



Felt, Gilbert H., 406. 

Jeremiah A., 406. 

John, 286. 

Joseph, 79, 88, 92. 

Louis W., 405. 

Lucius G., 406. 

Mary, 405. 

Mary E., 405. 

Mary F., 405. 

Moses, 404. 

Parnal C, 406. 

Peter, 404, 405. 

Peter F., 406. 

Ruth A., 309. 

Sarah A., 405. 

Thomas, 406. 
Fergeson, Sabrina H. 

260. 
Field, Ernest C, 680. 

Samantha, 622. 

Sarah, 405. 

Susan A., 260. 
Figg, Mercy, 630. 
Fisher, Albert G., 114. 

Amity, 247. 

Eunice, 277. 

George N., 306. 

Lydia, 322. 

Rachel, 247. 

Samuel, 338. 

William J., 250. 
Fiske, Abigail R., 407. 

Alonso, 407. 

Artemas, 407. 

Benjamin W., 408. 

Charles A., 407. 

Charles H., 408. 

David, 408. 

Dorothy S., 568. 

Elijah, 234. 

Eliza, 407. 

Elizabeth, 430. 

Emily, 408, 514. 

Farnum, 229. 

George K., 407. 

Hannah, 232, 417. 

Horace, 408. 

James V., 408. 

Jeremiah, 407. 

Josiah. 407. 

Lucy, 408. 

Lucy A., 408. 

Lydia G., 625. 

Lydia P.. 408. 

Mary, 407. 

Nathan, 406. 

Prescott, 407. 



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Index 



Fiske, Royal A., 408. 

Sally, 407. 

Sarah H., 684. 

Sewall, 633. 

Sheldon W., 408. 

Sophia, 620. 

Thomas, 198. 

Viola T., 589. 

William, 392. 
Fitch, Anna, Zn . 

John, 30. 

Polly, 671. 

Sarah, 685. 
Fitts, Angeline M., 500. 
Flagg, Elijah, 76. 

Elizabeth, 232, 671. 

Frederic O., 706. 

Helen J., 464. 

Mary, 300, 706. 
Flanders, Laura B., 544. 

Walter M., 550, 714. 
Fletcher, Aaron, 413. 

Aaron D., 419. 

Abigail, 410, 411. 

Adams, 418, 426. 

Adeline, 419. 

Aden H., 591. 

Alma, 415. 

Almira, 421, 425. 

Amelia C, 418. 

Anna, 411, 423. 

Asa, 415. 

Asenath, 421. 

Bela J., 346. 

Benjamin, 411, 415. 

Benjamin M., 114. 

Benjamin S., 420, 
427. 

Betsy, 414, 415. 416, 
421. 

Carl W., 312. 

Charles W., 426. 

Charles R., 146, 157, 
414, 419. 

Clarissa, 417. 

Cummings, 414, 420. 

Daniel, 410. 

David, 412, 418, 419, 
426. 

David B., 426. 

David D., 420. 

Deborah, 413. 

Dexter, 415, 421. 

Diadarmia, 416. 

Diana, 416. 

Dorothy, 412, 539. 

Dustin, 416. 

Dwight L., 422. 



Fletcher, Ebenezer, 86, 
96, 98, 410, 412, 
414, 418, 420. 

Edward P., 420. 

Edward F., 424. 

Eleanor R., 422. 

Eliza S., 422. 

Elizabeth, 362, 415, 
423, 427, 455, 643. 

Elizabeth F., 420. 

Ellen M., 421, 423. 

Ephraim, 410, 412, 
416, 424. 

Ephraim S., 426. 

Esther, 415. 

Fanny W., 420. 

Frances P., 417. 

Francis, 75, 83, 89, 
106, 408, 409, 410, 
411, 416, 417, 422. 

Francis P., 423, 424. 

Frank H., 424. 

Fred E., 312. 

Frink, 418, 426. 

Gardner. 421. 

George F., 418, 425, 
427. 

George H., 422, 424. 

George S., 423. 

George W., 413, 420. 

Gershom, 410. 

Gideon, 410. 

Gilman, 416, 422, 423. 

Guilford D., 420. 

Hannah, 539. 

Hannah W., 417. 

Harriet, 417,423,426. 

Harriet A., 421. 

Harriet N., 422. 

Helen S., 412. 420. 

Henrietta, 356. 

Henry, 83, 412, 426. 

Henry A., 417. 

Herbert I., 423. 

Hervey T., 418. 

Hiram, 418, 421. 

Hiram A., 425. 

Hiram C, 420. 

Homer C, 428. 

Horace R., 419, 427. 

Hugh B., 422. 

Isaac, 413. 

James, 410, 412, 419, 
425. 

James G., 419. 

James H., 427. 

James W., 415. 

Jane, 410, 421. 

745 



Fletcher, Jasper, 498. 
Jehial, 419, 426, 427. 
Jeremiah, 98, 412, 

417. 
Joanna C, 417. 
John, 411, 414, 421, 

424. 
John A., 414, 418, 

419, 425, 428. 
John B., 420. 
John S.. 415. 
Jonas, 415. 
Jonathan, 96, 412, 

415. 
Joseph, 408, 409,411, 

421. 
Joshua, 409, 416. 
Josiah, 84, 89, 410, 

411, 419. 
Julia, 427, 588. 
Julia A., 416, 492. 
Katharine M., 419. 
Kimball B., 256, 418, 

425. 
Laura, 419. 
Lemuel, 416. 
Levi, 414. 
Louisa, 417. 
Lucretia E., 418. 
Lucy, 415, 417, 422, 

428. 
Lucy A., 418. 
Lvdia, 412, 417, 423, 

'587 
Lyman, 419, 427, 428. 
Martha J., 418, 428. 
Martha P., 420. 
Mary, 412, 416, 417. 
Mary A., 417, 419, 

421. 426. 
Mary C, 420. 
Mary F., 422. 
Mary H., 418. 
Mary W., 420. 
Matilda. 421. 
Milly, 414. 
Moses, 413. 
Nancy, 414. 416, 421. 
Nathan, 416. 423. 
Oliver L.. 418, 426. 
Orinda. 416. 
Orvel F.. 420. 
Paul, 408. 
Peletiah. 410. 
Peter. 75, 83, 84, 89. 

90. 93. 106, 124, 

412, 418. 

Peter E., 419, 427. 



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Fletcher, Phineas D., 423. 

Polly, 414. 

Rachel, 410, 415. 

Rachel B., 417. 

Rebecca, 413. 

Relief, 417. 

Reuben. 410, 413. 

Richard, 425. 

Robert, 83, 93, 408. 

Roby, 415, 421. 

Ruth, 412, 416, 423. 

Ruth B., 418. 

Sally, 414, 415, 416. 

Sampson, 154, 410, 
413. 

Samuel. 96, 408, 409, 
412, 417, 424. 

Samuel A., 417. 

Samuel C, 420, 428. 

Samuel H., 414. 

Samuel W., 259. 

Sarah, 411, 412, 416, 
421, 424, 539. 

Sarah B., 414, 417. 

Sarah E., 418. 423, 
428. 

Silas E., 420. 

Simeon, 95, 410. 

Sophia E., 418. 

Sophronia, 421. 

Sophronia P., 422. 

Stephen, 89. 

Stephen N., 420. 

Submit, 412. 

Suky, 415. 

Susan, 416. 

Susanna, 410, 540. 

Sybil L., 420. 

Timothy, 409, 542. 

Thomas, 75, 96, 410, 
411, 415, 422. 

Thomas G., 424. 

William, 408, 413. 

William H., 414, 419. 

William O., 422, 428. 
Flint, Albert E., 667. 

David, 274. 

Hannah, 433. 

Mary, 379. 

Sarah C., 454. 
Floyd, Caroline L., 295. 

Elizabeth, 279. 

Joanna, 279. 
Fogg, Oilman, 228. 
Follansbee, Mary, 609. 

Sarah, 609. 
Follett, James, 348. 

Lucy, 334. 



Foote, Asahel, 140. 
Forbes, Cyrus P., 601. 
Forbush, Nettie M., 717. 
Ford, Alva, 693. 

Charles A., 329, 586. 

Edith, 693. 

Fred, 693. 
Forgerson, Henry, 81. 
Fosgate, Anna, 476. 
Fo-skett, Albert G., 429. 

Almira, 429. 

Arlo, 429. 

Carrie A., 429. 

Clarence N., 429. 

Clinton G.. 681. 

Earl L., 429. 

Edward L., 192. 

Ettie E., 429. 

Florence R., 429. 

George P., 429. 

Isaac B., 428. 

John E., 429. 

Leon M., 429. 

Lloyd, 429. 

Louisa R., 429. 

Lucinda J., 429. 

Nellie E., 429. 

Vernett, 429. 
Foss, Joanna, Zll . 
Foster, Abijah, 2, 4, 6, 
10, 24, 38, 40, 44, 
51, 54, 430. 

Addison H., 228, 478. 

Betsy, 488. 

Carrie L., 583. 

Catharine, 530. 

Charles S., 479. 

Daniel, 75, 86, 90, 
431. 

David, 480. 

Ebenezer, 431. 

Eleazar, 430. 

Eli, 157, 429. 

Elizabeth, 431, 718. 

Enoch, 758. 

Emily H., 649. 

Ephraim, 75, 86, 99, 
432 

Ethel' D., 430. 

Frank, 588. 

Fred H., 478. 

Hepzibah, 432. 

Isaac, 430. 

Jonathan, 355. 

John, 429, 430. 

John H., 430. 

John T., 303. 

Lena F., 430. 

746 



Foster, Louise H., 478. 

Mary, 414, 431. 

Molly, 431. 

Permelia, 431. 

Reform, 431. 

Reginald, 430. 

Samuel, 75, 86, 99, 
249, 431. 

Sarah, 247. 

Susan C, 225. 

Winslow H., 478. 
Fountain, Frank E., 552. 
Fowle, Mary, 515. 
Fowler, Archibald C, 
114. 

Clarissa, 272. 

Daniel, 272. 

John H., 114. 
Fox, Abbie C, 436. 

Abel, 434. 

Abigail, 433, 434. 

Ann S., 436. 

Caroline H., 434. 

Catharine, 433. 

Charles E., 436, 437. 

Charles J., 434, 436. 

Charles H., 435. 

Charlotte S., 435. 

Clarissa, 433. 

Edward M., 145, 435, 
437. 

Eliphalet, 432. 

Eloisa H., 436. 

Emily, 433. 

Ephraim F., 433, 435. 

Frank C, 437. 

Frederic J., 437. 

Frederic T., 437. 

George, 434, 435, 436. 

George T., 436. 

Harriet, 434. 

Harriet A., 436. 

Harriet F., 435. 

Harry B., 437. 

Helen K, 435. 

Helen L., 437. 

Henry, 435. 

Henry J., 436. 

Isaac J., 434, 436. 

Jediah, 435. 

John, 347, 432, 433, 
434, 436, 437. 

John H., 436. 

Jonathan, 432, 434. 

Jones C, 436. 

Joseph, 433, 434, 435. 

Josephine A., 437. 

Kate W., 436. 



Index 



Fox, Lizzie E., 437. 

Lor en, 348. 

Lucretia, 433. 

Lucy, 433. 

Mabel B., 437. 

Marinda, 433. 

Mary C, 433. 

Mary E., 436. 

Mary L, 436. 

Mary J., 436. 

Nabby, 432. 

Nancy M., 435. 

Peter, 432. 

Polly, 433. 

Rowena, 433. 

Ruth, 433. 

Sally, 433. 

Samuel, 75, 432. 

Sarah, 433. 

Sarah J., 436. 

Sophia, 436. 

Thomas, 432. 

Timothy, 75, 89, 96, 
124, 432, 433, 434. 
Foye, Frank, 695. 
Francis, Lucy, 707. 
Frank, Mary P., 260. 
Freeman, Barlow, 388. 

Mary, 201. 

Ruth H., 601. 

Sherwood A., 114. 

Susan, 387. 
French, Elizabeth, 565. 

Elizabeth S., 283. 

Hannah, 587. 

Hepzibah, 650. 

Isaac, 344. 

Josiah, 269. 

Lucy, 271. 

Mary, 241. 

Crren, 372. 

Sarah C, 370. 
Frink, Alice, 182. 

Charlotte, 644. 
Frizzell, William B., 114, 

554. 
Frost, Ann, 685. 

Charles, 251. 

Esther A., 295. 

George, 87. 

Hannah, 677. 

Hester, 463. 

Hildreth, 463. 

John, 181. 

Nettie M., 261. 

Permelia, 423. 

Walter C, 463. 
Frothingham, Ruth, 255. 



Fry, Elizabeth, 406. 

May, 643. 
Frye, Ida M., 155. 
Fullam, Dorothy, 636. 
Fuller, Andrew C, 114. 

Anna K., 658. 

Elizabeth, 504. 

Esther M., 614. 

Ezra, 78. 

Granville L., 120. 

Hezekiah, 416. 

John B., 511. 

Lovander F., 332. 

Lucena, 272. 

Mary N., 567. 

Sylvia C, 407. 
Fulton, Kate A., 564. 

Gage, Phebe, 356. 

Rebecca, 289. 
Gale, Azubah, 419. 

Margaret E., 276. 

Sullivan F., 405. 
Gallup, Harriet J., 274. 
Gambell, Robert, 96. 
Gannett, Bertha, 520. 

Caroline B., 520. 

Edwin L., 520. 

Gordon H., 520. 

Howard, 520. 
Gardner, Anna, 331. 

Henry, 83. 

Sarah, 203. 

Thomas, 293. 
Garfield, Anna, 262. 

Enoch, 471. 

Jane, 705. 

Martha M., 694. 
Garland, Ella F., 311. 

James, 114. 
Garlock, Carrie, 275. 
Gassett, Lizzie A., 608. 
Gates, Azubah, 617. 

Elizabeth A., 378. 

George L., 330. 

Hannah, 472. 

Laura, 491. 

Mary E., 349, 682. 

Polly C, 309. 

Rebecca, 437. 

Susan, 670. 
Gay, Edward, 436. 

Elizabeth, 323. 

Michael, 392. 
Genung, Martha, 638. 
George, Orissa, 576. 
Gerry, Mary, 486. 
Gibbs, Asa, 84, 86. 

747 



Gibbs, Benjamin, 75, 93, 

106. 
Gibson, Adeline A., 438. 

Alice G., 441. 

Angelia M., 440. 

Anna C, 439, 440. 

Annie B., 608. 

Arrington, 438. 

Caroline F., 439. 

Charles A., 440. 

Charles B., 441. 

Charles O., 441. 

Charles S., 438. 

Ellen C, 441. 

Elsie E., 440. 

Elvira V., 440. 

Emma J., 442. 

Florence, 442. 

Francis N., 144, 441. 

Frank, 440. 

Frank P., 442. 

Frederic E., 442. 

Frederic J., 440. 

George C, 302, 439. 

George S., 439. 

Harriet A., 439. 

Henry, 439, 440. 

Henry N., 440. 

John, 437, 439. 

John S., 440, 442. 

Joseph N., 439, 440. 

Lucy A., 440. 

Mary A., 440. 

Mary H., 441. 

Mary J., 439. 

Rebecca, 174, 636. 

Ruel, 439. 

Samuel A., 157, 440. 

Sara R., 440. 

Silas, 438. 

Stephen, 438. 

Stillman, 157, 438. 

Susan E., 442. 

Timothy, 437. 

Tracy O., 442. 
Giddings, Dorothy, 265. 
Giffie, Allen, 450. 
Gilbert, Clay, 592. 

Ezekiel, 599. 
Gilchrist, Irene, 702. 
Giles, Alfred, 443. 

Anna, 443. 

Daniel, 443. 

Eleazar, 442. 

Hattie, 443. 

John, 443. 

Joseph, 442, 443. 

Lucinda, 443. 



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Giles, Noah, 443. 

Sally, 443. 
Gill, Anna C., 520. 

Augustus, 520. 

Elizabeth, 672. 

Hanna, 521. 

Silas, 79, 86. 
Gilman, Abigail, 619. 

Charles G., 358. 

David, 84. 

Lydia, 351. 

Polly, 404. 
Gilmore, Roger, 89. 
Gilson, Elizabeth, 684. 
Giradin, Victor, 698. 
Gleason, Eleanora, 330. 
Glover, Margaret P., 193. 
Gnider, Sarah J., 240. 
Goddard, Mary, 279. 
Godding, Ariel, 444. 

Caroline, 444. 

Charles G., 691. 

Ellen E., 444. 

Gardner, 444. 

George G., 444. 

Gilbert B., 691. 

Henry, 443. 

Henry G., 691. 

Louisa, 444. 

Mary, 444. 

May J., 444. 

Mersylvia, 444. 

Samuel, 443. 

Sylvia, 444. 

William, 443. 
Goen, Elizabeth, 385. 

Martha A., 699. 

Mary C, 701. 

Roxanna, 683. 
Gold, Maria T., 197. 
Goldsmith, Anna A., 147. 

Betsy, 273. 

Charlotte A., 563. 

Jeoffard E., 241. 
Goldthwaite. Abbie I., 
693. 

Charles V., 693. 

George F., 693. 

John, 320. 

William H., 693. 

Willis P., 693. 
Golopen, Rachel, 333. 
Gooch, Anna R., 452. 

Clara S., 452. 

Harriet B., 452. 

Henry S., 452. 

Horace, 452. 

Lucy C, 452. 



Goodall, Ezekiel, 81. 

Mary H., 613. 

Sarah, 218. 
Goodenough, Mary, 272. 
Goodfellow, James A., 

573. 
Goodman, Mary J., 471. 
Goodnow, Elizabeth, 676. 
Goodrich, Nellie P., 539. 
Goodridge, Hannah, 638. 

Mehitable, 294. 
Goodspeed, Sophronia, 

557. 
Goodwin, Elizabeth P., 

521. 
Gordon, Alexander J., 
445. 

Harriet D., 445. 

Helen E., 445. 

Jeannette, 324. 

PhiHp P., 145, 445. 

Robert, 444. 

William, 444. 
Gore, Mary, 194, 558. 
Goss, Florence N., 573. 

Sarah, 438. 
Gott, Lydia, 252. 
Gould, Abigail, 360. 

Abijah, 446, 447. 

Abraham, 446. 

Adams, 445. 

Alice R., 453. 

Alonzo, 450. 

Ambrose, 446, 448. 

Augustus, 450. 

Augustus A., 139, 
449, 450, 452. 

Benjamin, 445, 446, 
447, 448. 

Betsy, 446. 

Caroline A., 450. 

Charles A., 452. 

Charles B., 450. 

Charles D., 139, 449, 
452. 

Charles H., 453. 

Charles O., 452. 

Clara A., 452. 

Clara J., 453. 

Cynthia, 450. 

Daniel, 448. 

Edward C, 452. 

Eliza, 450. 

Elizabeth P., 450. 

Elizabeth L., 145, 
453. 

Ellen P., 450. 

Emily C, 450. 

748 



Gould, Esther, 448. 
Florence, 453. 
Prances, 637. 
Franklin H., 450. 
Frederick, 450. 
Frederick A., 449. 
George E., 449. 
George W., 450, 453. 
Harriet A., 453. 
Harriet D., 452. 
Harriet E., 452. 
Henry, 450, 454. 
Isabel, 287. 
Isaiah, 448, 450. 
James, 445. 
John, 95, 96, 446, 448, 

450. 
John B., 449. 
Julia N., 452. 
Laura B., 453. 
Louis A., 452. 
Louisa, 448. 
Lucy, 446, 547. 
Lucy C, 452. 
Lyman, 450, 453. 
Margaret, 446. 
Margaret M., 452. 
Maria A., 450. 
Maria C, 450. 
Martha, 453. 
Mary, 426, 447, 448, 

452. 
Mary A., 448, 449. 
Nathan, 448, 450. 
Nathaniel, 446. 
Nathaniel D., 139, 

156, 447, 449. 
Nathaniel P., 449. 
Peggy, 630. 
Polly, 446. 
Relief, 478. 
Reuben K., 448. 
Rhoda, 448, 450. 
Sarah, 446, 448, 450. 
Sarah A., 454. 
Sarah B., 449. 
Sarah J., 706. 
Simeon, 75, 84, 91, 

92, 93, 446, 448, 

450, 453. 
Sophia C, 453. 
Sophronia L., 450. 
Stephen L., 448, 450. 
Susan E., 449. 
Susan L., 448. 
Susan S., 450. 
Thomas, 445. 
Webster V., 453. 



Index 



Gould, William A., 447, 
448, 450, 452. 

\yilliam B., 543. 
Goulding, Charles H., 

114, 577. 
Goutermont, Mary C, 

501. 
Gove, Mina, 260. 
Gowing, John, 96. 

Joseph M., 274. 

Peggy, 319. 
Gozaldi, Silvio M. de, 

224. 
Granger, Caroline E., 287. 

Catharine A., 287. 

Charles H., 287. 

George E., 287. 

James W., 287. 

Martha M., 287. 

Mary Ann, 287. 
Graves, Abigail, 585. 

Alice A., 468. 

Cora B., 309. 

Edwin, 266. 

Rebecca, 171. 
Gravlin, Eugene, 717. 
Grav, Carrie, 450. 

Ethel M.. 311. 

Florence C, 311. 

Gertrude, 311. 

Mabel H., 311. 

William, 311. 
Greenleaf, Calvin, 133. 

Paul, 114. 
Gregg, Harriet, 531. 

John R., 418. 
Gregory, Daniel A., 303. 

Elnathan, 418. 
Green, Esther J., 261. 

George C, 214. 

Isaac, 416. 

Teannette, 544. 

Theodore F., 190. 

William, 326. 
Greenman, Georgianna, 
454. 

William, 454. 

William S., 454. 
Greenough, Josephine 
M., 679. 

Sarah E.. 622. 
Greenwood, George, 624. 

Joshua, 88. 

Moses T., 274. 
Grew, Eliza, 491. 
Griffin, Samuel, 79. 

Walter D., 544. 
Griffith, Calvin, 619. 



Griggs, Sarah L., 262. 
Grisnold, Cordelia, 706. 

Frederic, 718. 
Grout, Isaac, 340. 

Joseph B., 574. 
Grove, Samuel, 693. 
Grover, Abbie L., 635. 

Amanda P., 635. 

Arvilla L., 635. 

Mary E., 251. 
Groves, Caroline E., 646. 
Guernesey, J. W., 135. 
Gutherson, Susannah, 
560. 

Hackett, Mary J., 681. 
Hadley, Benjamin, 472. 

Franklin, 559. 

Rebecca A., 274. 
Hafner, Laura M., 478. 
Hagar, Abigail, 704. 

Harriet M., 499. 

Sarah, 704. 
Hague, Joseph, 676. 
Haight, Janet C. 506. 
Hailston, Margaret, 408. 
Hale, Benjamin, 622. 

Clementina M., 261. 

Dorothy, 409. 

Ella F., 662. 

Enoch, 83, 84, 86, 89, 
93, 95. 

Hannah, 554. 

Helen W., 584. 

Henry, 665. 

Jemima, 207. 

Julius A., 550. 714. 

Lucy, 293. 

Martha, 430. 

Moses, 87. 481. 

Nathan, 631. 

Nathan A., 444. 

Samuel, 601. 
Hall, Andrew, 491. 

Betsey,_ 591. 

Catharine, 543. 

Clara A., 335. 

Daniel, 98. 

David,_ 79. 

Ephraim, 628. 

Hannah, 500. 

Horace, 400. 

Jonathan. 135. 

Lucia, 501. 

Lucv F.. 400. 

Mary, 203. 

Nancy, 421. 577. 

Richard, 125, 152, 

749 



Hall, Richard, 399 

Sallie, 549. 

William, 467. 
Hallet, Frances, 516. 

Jane F., 525. 
Halsted, Emma T., 666. 
Ham, Mary A., 627. 
Hamilton. Emily M., 349. 
Hamlin, John, 601. 
Hammond, Elisha L., 
562. 

Judge L., 559. 
Hannaf ord, Hannah, 246. 

Lucretia, 564. 

Lydia A.. 320. 
Hanscomb, Orren, 660. 
Hanshaw, Jennie A., 707. 
Hanson, Amelia K., 294. 
Hapgood, Elizabeth, 708. 

Sarah, 479. 
Harding, George, 304. 

Ruby E., 389. 
Hardison. Charles T., 
655. 

Frank H., 655. 

Helen E., 655. 

Matie L.. 655. 
Hardy, Charles, 240. 

Frank E., 712. 

George H., 135. 

Lauriston M. P., 145, 
589. 

Noah, 378. 

Persis, 380. 

Philip, 500. 

William H., 120, 712. 
Hargraves, Mabel G., 
440. 

Richard. 440. 
Harkness, John. 78, 89. 

Robert. 16, 91. 
Harlow, William, 501. 
Harmon, Mariam, 240. 
Harrad, Hannah, 687. 
Harrigan. Michael, 251. 
Harrington, Edward, 284. 

Eliza, 323. 

Frances A.. 668. 

Hannah, 704. 
Harris, Amos, 455. 

Bridget, 248. 

Frances M., 450. 

George S., 455. 

Hannah A., 455. 

Harriet A.. 405. 

Leonard W., 455. 

Mary C, 190, 455. 

Mary L., 455. 



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Harris, Oliver, 454. 

Susan J., 307. 

William, 454. 

William B., 455. 
Harrison, Charles E., 

578 
Hart, Ab'by B., 215. 

Mary, 513. 
Hartshorn, Charles, 679. 

Hannah, 247. 

Hattie S., 349. 

Jonathan, 284. 

Rachel, 279. 
Hartwell, Abigail, 456, 
490. 

Charles, 634. 

Elizabeth, 643. 

Ephraim, 145, 230, 
455. 

Hannah, 473. 

Huldah, 683. 

Lucy A., 690. 

Mary B., 456. 

Samuel, 455. 

Sarah A., 485, 526. 

William, 455. 
Harvey, Charles L., 120. 

Isabella, 523. 

Narcissa M., 593. 
Harwood, Hannah, 579. 

Sarah, 342. 
Hasbrook, James, 659. 

Theodore, 661. 
Hase, Nathaniel, 86. 
Haskell, Dwight, 441. 

Hannah, 537. 

Koralia E., 298. 

Maria, 478. 

Mary J., 372. 

Mary L., 649. 
Hassall, Anna C, 456. 

Clara, 456. 

George A., 456. 

James L., 456. 

Mary, 456. 

William, 456. 

William E., 456. 
Hassell, Abiah, 235. 
Hastings, Betty, 621. 

Charles, 154, 457. 

Emma, 457. 

Frederic A., 685. 

George F., 188. 

Harriet, 457. 

John N., 444. 

Leonard W., 457. 

Mildred, 685. 



Hastings, Nathaniel, 457. 

Nettie E., 573. 

Samuel, 457. 

Susanna, 354. 

Thomas, 459. 

William H., 390. 
Hatch, Abby L., 458. 

Amos E., 458. 

A. P., 135. 

Bradbury, 647. 

Edward A., 458. 

Elizabeth, 458. 

Harvey, 620. 

Horace, 140. 

Israel, 458. 

Joel, 458. 

Mary, 458. 

Phebe, 181. 

Sarah A., 309. 

Sylvanus, 458. 

Walter, 458. 

William, 458. 

William B., 428. 
Hathaway, Mary E., 503. 

Philander V., 401. 
Hatstat, Manly G., 482. 
Hawes, David, 93. 

Sarah, 676. 
Hawkes, Huldah, 267. 

Mabel, 543. 

Mary J., 698. 

William W., 543. 
Hawkins, William, 557. 
Hay, Mehitable, 267. 

Nabby, 279. 
Hayden, Edward D., 295, 
423. 

Sophia, 533. 
Hayes, John B., 346. 
Hayle, Almira J., 298. 
Haynes, Dorcas, 290. 

Eleanor, 517. 

Elizabeth, 482. 

Lydia, 476. 
Hays, Margaret, 584. 
Hayward, Charles E., 
339. 

Cornelia, 339. 

Emily, 200. 

Eunice, 644. 

George E., 339. 

Georgianna M., 589. 

Hannah, 395. 

Hattie, 291. 

Helena, 683. 

Huldah, 664. 

James, 339. 



Hayward, Joel A., 376. 

Mary, 201. 

Susan M., 147. 

Sylvanus, 136. 
Haywood, Adeline, 333. 

Elizabeth, 455. 

James F., 573. 

Mary, 489. 

Rebecca, 361. 

Samuel, 75, 89. 

Sarah E., 375. 
Hazeltine, Achsah E., 
639. 

Sophia, 620. 
Hazen, Ethel, 306. 

Hermann S., 306. 

Thomas, 142. 
Hazlebarger, Bessie, 291. 
Hazzen, Richard, 24. 
Heald, Anna, 474. 

Deliverance, 300. 

Ebenezer, 460. 

Elizabeth R., 299. 

Elizabeth S., 474, 
529, 611. 

Eunice, 289. 

Gilman, 460. 

Hattie C, 680. 

John, 458, 459. 

Jonas, 459. 460. 

Josiah, 459. 

Josiah G., 323. 

Nathan, 460. 

Polly, 460. 

Ruth, 337. 

Sibyl, 459, 460. 

Simeon, 460. 

Simpson C, 149. 

Thomas, 75, 83, 89, 
93, 106, 124, 248, 
459, 460. 

Timothy, 459. 
Heard, Mary S., 492. 
Heath, Dorcas G., 482. 

Hepzibah, 481. 

Sarah E., 467, 609. 
Heaton, Luther, 495. 
Hecox, Brittania, 406. 
Hedge, John F., 247. 
Hemingway, Joanna, 189. 
Henchman, Bridget, 316. 
Henney, Lydia, 598. 
Henry, Andrew, 242. 

Anne C, 242. 

James W., 242. 

Phebe, 583. 

William C, 242. 



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Index 



Henshaw, Elizabeth, 523. 
Herbert, John, 140, 141, 

142. 
Herrel, Israel, 501. 
Herrick, Jeannette M., 
329. 

Martha J., 667. 

Mary, 218, 271. 

Sarah R, 503. 
Hersey, Alfred C, 215. 
441. 

Alfred H., 441. 

Henry G., 441. 
Hession, Daniel F., 667. 
Hewitt, William, 86, 91. 
Hewins, Abel, 381. 
Heyward, Relief, 641. 
Hickman, Daniel, 534. 
Hickock, Thomas, Jr., 

116. 
Hieland, Sarah E., 357. 
Higgins, John, 401. 
Hildreth, Abel, 16. 

Abigail, 539. 

Alfred H., 464, 465. 

Asaph, 462. 

Beulah G., 464. 

Caroline R., 585. 

Charles B., 463. 

Charles L., 462, 465. 

Charles W., 463, 464. 

Dorothy, 410. 

Eleazar C, 462. 

Elijah, 461, 462. 

Ephraim, 91, 96, 97, 
460, 465, 466. 

Estella I., 465. 

Eva M., 465. 

Florence J., 464. 

George C, 463. 465. 

Hannah, 340, 598. 

Harriet A., 463. 

Harriet S., 465. 

Helen C, 465. 

Henry A., 463. 

Henry W.. 465. 

Isabelle, 462. 

James. 460, 461, 462. 

Jane, 579. 

Joel B., 462. 463, 628. 

John C, 462, 465. 

John L., 147, 463. 

Jonathan H., 462. 

Joseph, 460. 462. 

Levi C, 462. 

Lucy J., 463. 

Mary A., 463. 

Mary E., 463. 



Hildreth, Mary L., 462. 

Olive E., 462. 

Richard, 460. 

Richard R., 465. 

Simeon, 75, 80, 82, 
89, 90, 98, 461. 

Stephen, 88, 91, 461. 

William H., 120,463, 
464 

Willis H., 465. 

Zilpah, 461. 
Hill, Abigail, 460, 555. 

Catharine M., 543. 

Florence, 503. 

Hannah, 486. 

Harry S., 543. 

Heinrich E, 543. 

Jane S., 200. 

Sarah, 278. 

Susan, 456. 

Will S., 609. 
Hills, Abby H., 697. 

Almon A., 609. 

David, 228, 466, 467. 

David A., 467. 

Edward A., 467,468. 

Elizabeth, 235. 

Ella M., 609. 

Hannah, 467. 

Harriet, 467. 

Henry F.. 467. 

Jabez, 466, 467. 

Joanna, 660. 

John F., 214, 467. 

Joseph, 466. 

Martha, 467. 

Mary, 467. 

Mary L., 609. 

Meletiah, 467. 

Milton, 417. 

Myra B., 467. 

Myrtie C, 629. 

Nellie M., 609. 

Reuben, 417. 

Samuel, 466, 467. 

Sarah E., 467, 468. 

.Susanna, 467. 

William H., 468. 
Hillyer, Grace, 472. 
Hilton, Flora L., 500. 
Hinman, Joanna, 468. 
Hitchcock. Hannah, 548. 
Hitchings, James, 243. 
Hoar, Anna, 469. 

Benjamin, 75, 106, 
468, 469. 

Betsy, 415. 

Charles, 468, 469. 

751 



Hoar, Charles D., 469. 

Daniel, 468. 

Edith, 469. 

Esther, 410 

John, 468, 469. 

Jotham, 89, 90, 96. 
469. 

Phcebe, 469. 

Polly, 469. 

Rhoda, 469. 

Sally, 469. 

Sarah, 432. 
Hobart, Deborah, 327. 

Rachel, 356. 
Hodge, Frederic M., 442. 

Roswell B., 340. 
Hodges, Andrew, 262. 
Hodgkins, Aaron, 471. 

Amos, 471. 

Christopher, 470. 

Elizabeth, 471. 

Hezekiah, 96, 470 

John, 470. 

Lucy, 471. 

Lydia, 471. 

Nathaniel, 470. 

Peletiah, 471. 

Polly, 470. 

Sarah, 471, 501. 

Stephen, 471. 

Susanna, 470. 

Tabitha, 431. 

William, 75, 84, 88, 
93, 96, 470. 
Hodgman, Almira, 678. 

Elm a, 5&S. 

Hannah, 326. 

Job, 474. 

Lewis, 477. 

Rebecca, 588. 
Hoff, Nelville, 325. 
Hoffnagle, Edith, 206. 
Hogan, Peter, 321. 
Holbrook, Cynthia, 266. 

Elizabeth. 458. 

Joanna, ZZJ . 
Holcomb, Ishmael, 509. 
Holden, Albert, 471. 

Amos P., 471. 

Augusta H., 339, 
472. 

Betsy, 471. 

Cora L., 307. 

Edward G., 471. 

Edward H., 471, 472. 

Edward J., 312. 

Emma A., 472. 

Eunice, 641. 



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Holden, Florence, 472. 

Hannah, 242. 

Henry, 471. 

Ira S., 139, 471. 

Jeremiah, 471. 

Kate, 472. 

Leon C, 307. 

Louisa A., 472. 

Mary, 471. 

Mary M., 712. 

Otis, 351. 

Reuben, 471. 

Reuben A., 471, 472. 

Samuel, 471. 

Sarah, 471. 

Sarah J., 607. 

Seth C, 312. 

Stillman P., 307. 
Holland, Joanna, 549. 
Holman, Bertha V., 445. 

Edwin C, 445. 

Emeline V., 705. 

George G., 445. 
Holmes, Harriet S., 626. 
Holt, Anna, 626. 

Anna D., 714. 

Asa, 197. 
Holton, David C., 634. 

Freedom, 645. 

Samuel S., 624. 

Sarah J., 646. 
Hooper, Thomas, 453. 
Hopkins, Auretta, 347. 

Barrett, 216. 

George, 216. 

Mary, 381. 

Norman, 639. 
Home, Joshua, 586. 
Horsley, Betsy, 473. 

David, 472. 

Hannah, 473. 

James, 472. 

John, 472. 

Joseph, 473. 

Lucy, 272. 

Rachel, 473. 

Samuel, 472. 

Sarah, 472. 
Horton, Charlotte T., 551. 

Ernest, 208. 

Level H.. 680. 

Louisa, 376. 

Sarah, 330. 
Hosley, Elizabeth, 535. 
Hosmer, Abigail, 687. 

Amos, 474, 475, 476. 

Amos H., 476. 

Ann, 639. 



Hosmer, Anna, 474, 476. 

Anna F., 477. 

Asa, 474, 475. 

Benjamin, 474. 

Betsy, 475. 

Castalio, 476, 477. 

Charles, 477. 

Christopher P., 476. 

Clarissa, 476. 

Ebenezer C, 477. 

EHas P., 477. 

Elizabeth, 234. 

Ephraim, 475. 

Eunice, 474. 

Fannie L., 477. 

Granville. 479. 

Gustavus, 476. 

James, 473. 

John, 473, 476, 689. 

Julia, 476. 

Laura, 477. 

Leander, 476. 

Lois, 527. 

Lucinda, 477. 

Martha, 476. 

Mary, 613, 689. 

Mary J., 477. 

Nathan, 475. 

Nathan M., 476, 477. 

Nathaniel, 473, 474. 

Prudence, 473. 

Rebecca, 475. 

Reuben, 475. 

Sally, 475. 

Sally B., 326. 

Sarah, 471, 474, 477. 

Sewall, 475. 

Stephen, 473. 

Susan L., 476. 

Tabitha, 474. 

Thomas, 473. 

Walter, 477. 

William, 474, 476. 
Houghton, Alvan N., 478. 

Ann E. P., 478. 

Catharine H., 479. 

Charles E., 478, 479. 

Charles S., 479. 

Elijah, 477. 

Eliza E., 478. 

Ira H., 479. 

James, 477. 

Tanette H., 320. 

John P., 478. 

Levi, 478. 

Louis S., 479. 

Louisa M., 478. 

Ralph, 477. 

752 



1 Houghton, Rowena S., 
I 479. 

Sellman C, 479. 

Stedman, 171, 478. 

Susan M., 478. 

Thomas, 477, 478. 
House, Anna, 694. 

A. H., 133. 
How, Mary, 675. 
Howard, Anna, 625. 

Bela M., 348. 

Johnson, 133. 

Mary, 251. 

Mary J., 419. 

Samuel, 87. 

Tabitha, 468. 
Howe, Abraham, 479. 

Alonzo, 481. 

Alvin, 481. 

Asa, 481. 

Buckley, 482. 

Charles E., 483. 

Daniel, 175, 479. 

David, 480, 481, 482. 

Eldridge H., 482. 

Eloisa, 436. 

Emerson, 111, 482. 

Eunice, 147, 480. 

Hepzibah, 319. 

Ichabod, 479. 

Isaac, 75, 83, 93, 106, 
480, 481. 

Isabel W., 436. 

John, 481. 

John D., 358. 

Jonah, 630. 

Jonathan, 479, 480. 

Joseph, 481. 

Marion B., 483. 

Mary, 395, 675, 686. 

Melicent, 480. 

Minnie A., 482. 

Moses, 439, 598. 

Peter, 482. 

Rebecca, 481. 

Samuel, 481. 

Sarah, 480, 481, 546. 

Sarah E., 482. 

Sibyl, 576. 

Silvanus, 481. 

Silvester, 481. 

Stephen, 480. 

Susanna, 480, 481. 

Sybil, 481. 

Tryphena, 481. 

Vashti, 481. 

Wilbur H., 483. 
Howland, Louise, 544. 



Index 



Rowland, Nellie M., 684. 
Hewlett, Sarah, 342. 
Hoyt, Anna P., 506. 

Caleb C, 506. 

Charles O., 506. 

Eliza B., 506. 

Ella F., 506. 

Harriet K., 506. 

Ida M.. 506. 

Mary E., 360. 

Mary R., 506./ 

Otis, 505. y 

Richard, 358. 
Hubbard, Abigail, 363, 
482. 

Charles J., 261. 

Charles L., 484. 

Clarissa A., 485. 

Clarissa W.. 484. 

Dorothy, 643. 

Elisha, 78. 

Elizabeth, 196. 

Elton, 513. 

Emma, 485. 

George H., 151, 157, 
481, 484. 

George W., 484, 485. 

Harriet, 484, 485. 

Harriet B., 484. 

Harriet W., 484. 

John, 116, 140, 194, 
483, 484. 

John G., 485. 

John J., 485. 

John P., 484. 

John S., 153, 484. 

Jonathan, 483. 

Josiah, 484. 

Louisa J., 484. 

Lucy B., 485. 

Maria L., 484. 

Mary, 331. 

Mary A., 484. 

Rebecca P.. 235, 484. 

Sarah T., 147. 

Susanna, 207. 

William E., 484. 
Hubbell, Seth, 617. 
Hudner, Elizabeth, 429. 
Hudson, Ella M., 352. 

Thomas G., 558. 
Hueitt, William, 86. 
Huggins, Jonathan, 616. 
Hughes, Charles, 145. 
Hull, Charles H.. 116. 
Humber, Mary, 380. 
Hume, Robert H., 389. 
Humperly, Mary, 358. 



Humphrey, Emeretta, 

348. 
Hunt, Abby H., 199. 

Ariadne, 435. 

Louisa, 591. 

Mary, 432. 

Sarah, 557. 
Hunter, George M., 201. 
Huntington, Mary, 348. 
Huntoon, Joseph, 659. 
Hurd, Anna, 339. 
Hurry, Oscar, 424. 
Hutchins, John S., 357. 

Samuel, 79. 
Hutchinson, Phebe J., 
648. 

Sabrina, 275. 
Hulton, Susanna, 508. 
Hyde, Anna L., 301. 

Ezra, 385. 

Isabel A., 620. 

Mercy, 217. 

Sarah, 718. 

Ingalls, Amos, 87. 

Jonathan, 87. 

Pauline C, 424. 

Sarah, 317. 

Sophia, 683. 
Ingraham, Ruby, 511. 
Ireland, William, 714. 
Irish, Ruth, 415. 
Isaacs, Charles E., 116. 

Edward M., 154. 

Mrs. Henry, 151. 
Isbell, Sophronia G., 654. 

Jackman, Samuel, 598. 
Jackson, Beulah, 267. 

Elizabeth, 248. 

George S., 402. 

Lydia, 346. 

Mary, 430. 

Sibyl, 434. 
Jacob, Jael, 351. 
Jacobs, Amaziah, 495. 
Jacques, John C., 303. 
James, Clarence G., 224. 

Frances B., 224. 

Mary I., 224. 

Montgomery, 224. 

Thomas P., 224. 
Janes, Amanda, 348. 
Jaquith, Abraham, 485. 

Adde, 485. 

Adford, 485. 

Annis, 257. 

Charles B., 486. 

753 



Jaquith, Dollie S., 486. 

Frederic W., 486. 

George D., 426, 485. 

George R., 486. 

Hollis P., 486. 

Irving F., 486. 

Milo W., 486. 

Ossian C, 486. 

Polly, 273. 

Sarah, 631. 

Sarah O., 624. 

William S., 486. 
Jarvis, Gertrude M., 536. 
Teffrey, William, 695. 
Jefts, Anson, 487. 

Boynton, 487. 

Carrie A., 488. 

Charles M., 488. 

Clara M., 488. 

Clarissa, 487. 

Cyrus A., 487. 

Daniel, 486. 

Dora M.. 488. 

Elmira, 487. 

Elvira, 487. 

Freeman W., 487. 

Hannah, 614. 

Hattie, 488. 

Henry, 486. 

Tames M. J., 487. 

John, 486. 

Tohn P., 487. 

Jonathan, 486, 487. 

Julia E., 488. 

Katie, 488. 

Lizzie, 488. 

Lizzie E., 488. 

Lucius W., 488. 

Mary, 487. 

Mary P., 487. 

Melvin W., 488. 

Mildred W., 488. 

Nellie M., 488. 

Roxanna, 487. 

Sybil, 406. 

Willard, 487, 488. 
Jenkins, Charles, 282. 

Desire, 352. 

Sarah J., 538. 
Jenks, Marinda, 663. 

Rebecca, 670. 
Jenne, Mercy, 346. 
Jennings, Deborah, 318. 

Lydia, 358. 
Jennison, John, 483. 

Mary H., 229. 
Jenny, Chauncey P., 346. 
Jewell, Grissles, 408. 



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Jewett, Edward, 584. 

George, 592. 

Hibbard, 184. 

Luther, 179. 

Margaret, 331. 

Maximilian, 248. 

Mercy, 319. 

Moses, 196. 

Ruth, 715. 

Sarah, 617. 
Johnson, Abigail, 539, 
712. 

Allen, 603. 

Arthur E., 341. 

Burt, 341. 

Esther, 6j2. 

Franklyn, 209. 

George W., 130. 

Hannah, 483, 501, 
559. 

Helen, 384. 

Herbert S., 603. 

John, 86, 418, 420. 

Katie, 603. 

Moses A., 603. 

Sibylla, 525. 

Walter S., 603. 

William B., 341, 572. 

William W., 112, 157, 
191, 215, 328. 
Johnston, Lavinia, 573. 
Jones, Abel, 491. 

Abigail, 493. 

Almira, 270. 

Andrew, 492. 

Anna M., 200. 

Catharine, 401. 

Charles, 492. 

Charles E., 492. 

Charles H., 491. 

Charlie, 492. 

Ebenezer, 489. 

Edgar T., 492. 

Edmond, 651. 

Effie H., 452. 

Elisha, 490, 491. 

Eliza, 491. 

Elnathan, 489, 490. 

Ephraim, 489, 490. 

Evan, 492. 

Frances C, 493. 

Frances R., 493, 494, 

Francis, 492. 

Frederic, 493, 494. 

Frederic, Mrs., 134. 

Frederic W., 493. 

George, 493. 

George F., 492, 493, 



492, 



Jones, Grace, 492. 

Hannah B., 233, 385, 
490. 

Harriet A., 492. 

Henry, 490, 492. 

Henry H., 492. 

Henry S., 492. 

Hepzibah, 409, 490, 
499. 

Homer, 491. 

Isaac, 490, 492. 

John, 488, 489, 493. 

John T., 491. 

Jonas, 490. 

Lucy, 407, 490. 

Lydia, 491, 492. 

Mary C, 212, 
493, 651. 

Nancy, 357, 444. 

Nathan, 490, 616. 

Nathaniel, 489, 490. 

Persis, 491, 653. 

Peter, 396, 490. 

Rachel, 310. 

Rebecca, 491. 

Richard H., 490, 493, 

Rosetta A., 544. 

Sallie M., 492. 

Sally, 357, 580, 651. 

Samuel, 488. 

Sarah J., 322, 
490, 491. 

Sarah R., 408. 

Simon, 490. 

Stephen, 490, 
496. 

Susan, 368. 

Thomas, 489. 

Warren, 613. 
Jordan, Ann, 485. 

Elizabeth, 617. 
Joslin, Charles, 120. 

Samuel, 343. 

Susan, 450. 

William B., 453. 
Joslyn, John, 181. 
Jowders, Alexander E. 

Imogene M., 702. 
Joy, Elizabeth, 680. 
Judd, Helen, 665. 
Judkins, Helen M., 553. 

Samuel F., 116. 

Syrena B., 698. 
Judson, Mary, 322. 
Jukins, Dolly, 429. 

Kayser, Elizabeth B., 211. 
Eugene A., 211. 

754 



485, 



492. 



Kayser, George B., 211. 

Paul B., 211. 

Robert B., 211. 
Keeler, Seth H., 140, 405, 
Keeney, Perley R., 577. 
Keith, Benjamin L., 520. 

Bezaleel, 403. 

William, 520. 
Keller, Eleanora, 627. 

John, 498. 
Kellogg, John, 498. 

Oliver M., 422. 

S. G., 135. 
Kelly, Samara, 544. 

Samuel M., 697. 
Kemp, Abigail, 257. 

Emily, 425. 

Hannah, 530. 

Joanna, 590. 

Sarah A., 680. 
Kendall, Abigail, 531. 

Clarissa M., 310. 

David, 142. 

Elizabeth, 283. 317. 

Henry A., 197. 

Lucy, 625. 

Mary, 255. 

Nathan, 449, 714. 

Ruth. 617. 

Sarah W., 207. 714. 

Susan W., 592. 

.Susanna, 642. 

William. 75, 88. 
Kendrick, Augusta C, 
320. 

Charles A., 320. 
Kenna, Cynthia, 559. 
Kennedy, Hiram, 264. 

Mary, 484. 
Kenniston, Deborah, 205. 
Kenny, Daniel, 93. ^ 

Hattie, 324. 

Rebecca, 522. 
Kenson, Charles H., 679. 

Eliza A., 679. 

Ella G., 679. 

George D., 678. 

Helen M., 679. 

Martha J., 679. 
Kenworthy, Thomas, 300. 

Thomas C, 300. 
Kerley, Elizabeth, 479. 
Ketchum, Stephen C, 

487. 
Keyes, Avis, 285. 

Betty, 410. 

Corydon D., 626. 

Israel, 87. 



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Keyes, Joanna, 495. 
Laura, 273. 
Lucy A.. 19L 
Maria, 646. 
Mercv A., 620. 
Polly; 253. 
Rebecca, 685. 
Susan S., 68L 
Kibbling, Hannah, 173. 

Miranda, 440. 
Kidder. Aaron, 495, 497, 

500. 
Aaron B., 497. 
Aaron I., 500. 
Aaron K., 497, 500. 
Abigail, 496. 
Albert S., 502. 
Almira, 498. 
Anderson D., 502. 
Anna, 499. 
Anna P., 504. 
Anna S.. 500. 
Asa, 500. 
Augustus L., 502. 
Benjamin F., 497. 
Benjamin P., 497. 
Beniamin R., 132, 

501. 
Betsv, 496, 497. 
Calvin, 497. 
Camillus, 498. 503. 
Camillus G., 503. 
Charles E., 502. 
Charles H., 503. 
Clarence P., 502. 
David S., 503. 
Edward, 138, 499, 

503. 
Edward H., 503. 
Eliza, 500, 501. 
Elizabeth, 503. 
Elizabeth P., 501. 
Emerenza, 498. 
Emma V.. 503. 
Eunice, 495. 
Eunice R., 501. 
Erederic, 138, 499, 

504. 
George, 498. 499. 
George C, 501. 
George N., 501. 
George W., 503. 
Gilbert P., 504. 
Gustavus A., 502. 
Hannah M., 501. 
Harriet, 499. 
Harvey E., 611. 
Henry, 498. 



Kidder, Henry N., 501. 
Henry W., 500. 
Hiram B., 500. 
Isaiah, 496, 499, 500. 
James, 494. 
James C, 497. 
James M., 500. 
Jeremiah, 496, 497. 
Jerome H., 503. 
Tessie B., 501. 
Joanna, 495, 496, 498. 
John, 494. 
Jonas, 95. 
Joseph, 122, 146,495, 

496, 497. 500. 
Josiah, 495, 496. 
Levi, 500. 
Lophemia L., 502. 
Louisa, 498. 
Louisa D., 502. 
Lovell, 501. 
Lucy, 495, 498, 619. 
Luther, 495, 497, 498, 

502. 
Luther A., 502. 
Luther H., 497. 
Lydia, 496, 497. 
Lyman C, 498, 502. 
Mark, 274. 
Martha E., 503. 
Mary, 498. 
Mary E., 502. 
Mary G., 680. 
Mason S., 501. 
Matthew G.. 504. 
Melvin A., 500. 
Micah B.. 501. 
Minnie P.. 502. 
Miriam, 496. 
Molly, 497. 
Nathan H., 500. 
Pamelia B., 501. 
Phebe, 498. 
Pomeroy J., 501. 
Rachel M.. 495, 501, 

508. 
Rebecca, 497, 498. 
Reuben. 75, 103, 256, 

495, 496. 500. 
Rhoda, 497. 
Rowland M.. 502. 
Ruth. 496. 497. 
Sabrina S., 500. 
Sally, 498. 
Samuel, 498. 502. 
Samuel S., 502. 
Sarah, 496. 497, 500. 
Sarah F., 502. 

755 



Kidder, Sibyl, 497. 
Silas R., 500. 
Sophia A., 498, 499, 

623. 
Squire, 501. 
Submit, 495. 
Susan E., 228, 502. 
Susan S., 504. 
Susanna, 496, 497. 
Thomas, 96, 495, 497, 

498, 500. 
Timothy, 501. 
Timothy L., 497, 501. 
Wilder, 78, 497. 
William N., 501. 
Kimball, Abby, 426. 
Abigail, 593. 
Anna, 377, 626. 
Betsy, 407. 
George A., 588. 
George S., 208. 
Hannah, 218, 537, 

563. 
Isaac, 354. 
Martha, 338, 484. 
Phebe, 537. 
Prescott. 622. 
Sarah, 678. 
Sophronia, 287. 
King, Anna C, 507. 

Benjamin, 77,78,504. 
Cameron F., 508. 
Cameron H., 507, 

508. 
Caroline, 506. 
Charles F., 506. 
Charles H., 506, 507, 

508. 
Charles P., 507, 508. 
Edward, 507. 
Edward F., 698. 
Ella, 185. 
Eliphalet, 505. 
Eliza B., 506. 
Elizabeth. 504. 
Frances L., 506. 
Frederick H., 507. 
" George C, 507, 508. 
George E.. 505, 506. 
Harriet H., 505. 
Harriet M., 507. 
Horace W., 698. 
James, 505. 
Janet C, 508. 
John, 567. 
Joseph, 505. 
Josephine. 508. 
Lochiel M., 508. 



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King, Louis C, 508. 

Louis H., 507, 508. 

Lucy A., 505. 

Malcolm C, 508. 

Martha E., 507. 

Mary, 504. 

Mary D., 508. 

Mary R., 505. 

Rebecca P., 506. 

Samuel, 504. 

Sarah, 504. 

Seth, 505. 

Silence, 504. 

Virginia, 508. 

William, 504. 
Kingman, Susa, 708. 
Kingsbury, Alberta G., 
374. 

Almerine, 628. 

Esther A., 374. 

George E., 333. 

Henry L., 374. 

Olive, 393. 

Polly, 272. 
Kingsley, Elizabeth, 342. 

Hannah, 235. 

Lucy J., 347. 
Kinney, Jonathan, 83, 93, 
348. 

Samuel, 75, 97. 
Kinsman, Edna B., 303. 

Elizabeth, 265. 

John, 290. 

Lydia, 178. 
Kirkwood, Arthur, 11 , 

78. 
Kittredge, Anna, 302. 

Fannie A., 208. 
Knapp, Mary, 613. 
Kneeland, Miriam, 377. 
Knight, Aaron, 181. 

Abner, 416. 

Asa, 181. 

Benjamin, 363. 

Dorcas, 380. 

Ebenezer, 96. 

Elizabeth, 252. 

Enos, 96. 

Frederic I., 201. 

John, 88. 90, 93. 

Lydia, 416. 

Margaret, 226. 

Martha, 380. 
Knower, Hannah, 278. 

Sarah, 278. 
Knowlton, Abigail, 509. 

Adaline, 512. 

Alice A., 513. 



Knowlton, Almira, 510. 
Alsemana, 512. 
Amos, 510. 
Benjamin, 106, 509, 

510, 511. 
Benjamin F., 511, 

513. 
Bethia, 509. 
Caroline, 511. 
Carrie G., 513. 
Charles, 510. 
Charles A., 511, 512. 
Charles L., 513. 
Charlotte, 510, 511. 
Clark, 511, 512. 
Deborah, 177. 
Delbert C, 512. 
Eliza, 510, 511. 
Emeline, 511. 
Ernest J., 511. 
Esther, 509. 
Ethel E., 513. 
Eunice, 509, 510. 
Fannie E., 513. 
F. Augusta, 512. 
Frances M., 513. 
Frank A., 513. 
Frank H., 513. 
Frederic E., 513. 
George E., 512. 
Hannah, 199, 509, 

511. 
Harriet, 511. 
Hattie L., 512. 
Helen M., 423, 513. 
Henry, 84, 509, 510, 

511, 512. 
Howard S., 538. 
John, 83, 89, 93, 509, 

510. 
John F., 113, 118,513. 
John H., 510. 
Joseph, 510, 511. 
Josephine, 512. 
Laura J., 511. 
Laura M., 513. 
Leander, 511, 512. 
Lilla, 513. 
Lucy, 510. 
Lydia, 509. 
Maria, 511. 
Mary. 430. 512, 672. 
Mary E., 513. 
Nelson, 512. 
Oliver J., 511. 
Ophelia, 512. 
Phcebe, 509. 
Rebecca, 512, 

756 



Knowlton, Rice, 509. 

Rosetta, 512. 

Ruth, 510, 511. 

Sally, 510. 

Sarah, 509. 

Sarah E., 511. 

Shepherd, 512. 

Sibyl, 510. 

Sophia, 510. 

Sophronia, 510. 

Timothy. 510. 

Ursula, 511. 

Walter C, 513. 

William, 508, 510. 

William A., 513. 

William H., 512. 

William R., 116, 511, 
512. 
Kreiling, Anna, 566. 
Kurtz, Edith, 544. 

Ladd, Dinnis, 393. 

Roxa, 428. 
Lake, Jane E., 373. 

Mattie A., 429. 

Wealthy, 564. 
Lakin, Abigail, 378, 526. 

Mary, 708. 
Lamb, Howard P., 261. 
Lampson, Abiah, 254. 

Esther, 255. 
Lane, Anna S., 242. 

Arthur C, 520. 

Benjamin, 676. 

Daniel W., 676. 

Dorothy H., 520. 

Elvira L., 242. 

Emeline, 676. 

George, 676. 

Harriet, 500. 

Ida C, 308. 

Lucy, 493. 

Luke, 600. 

Marion L., 520. 

Martin B., 676. 

Rebecca C, 378. 

Rhoda, 448. 

Sarah A., 676. 

Sewell S., 520, 676. 

Sophronia A., 676. 
Lang, Moses C, 302. 
Langstaff, Elizabeth, 439. 
Langley, Amos E., 383. 

John, 383. 
Laporte, Maud, 245. 
Larkin, Sarah, 687. 
Larrabee, Benjamin, 387. 

Berkeley T., 589. 



Index 



Larrabee, Nathaniel, 618. 
Latham, Caroline F., 698. 

Charles E., 698. 

Charles W., 698. 
Law, Artemas, 358. 

Elizabeth, 337. 
Lawrence, Anna, 207, 40L 

Charles A., 120. 

Deborah, 685. 

Eben, 142. 

Edward A., 140, 145, 
664. 

Eliza A., 375. 

Elizabeth M.. 210. 

Hannah, 692. 

Hattie E., 239. 

Judith, 636. 

Lauretta M., 665. 

Lois, 486. 

Lucy M., 664. 

Mary, 409, 444. 

Miller, 274. 

Sarah, 342, 407. 
Leach, Adrianna, 406. 

David, 296. 

Etta L., 627. 

Prudence, 247. 
Lear, Nathan C, 251. 
Learned, Anna M., 627. 
Leathers, Dorothy M., 

694. 
Leavitt, Benjamin, 586. 

Judith, 491. 
Lee, Clara E., 515. 

Ella M., 515. 

George W., 514, 515. 

John, 513. 

John W., 514. 

Jonathan, 513. 

Joseph W., 514. 

Judson F., 515. 

Mary, 468, 613. 

Robert E., 102. 

Royal W., 515. 

Sallie, 332. 

Samuel, 104, 127, 129, 
157, 226, 513. 

Samuel W., 120, 514. 

Sarah R, 151, 170, 
514. 
Le Francis, William J., 

383. 
Leighton, Abby, 523. 
Leonard, Abial, 557. 

John G., 155. 
Lepingwell, Tabitha, 235. 
Leroy, David, 116. 
LeSure, Arthur P., 682. 



LeSure, William, 534. 
Level, Helen L., 515. 
Levine, Mary B., 384. 
Lewando, Helena, 210. 
Lewis, Asa, 363. 
Hannah, 526. 
Helen M., 349. 
Herschel W., 140. 

James, 89, 93, 504. 
Samuel, 90. 
Lewsdale, Cassandra, 547. 
Lincoln, Joshua, 139, 450. 

Leavitt, 460. 

Sophia, 452. 
Little, Jerusha C, 274. 
I Littlefield, Carrie A., 567. 

Elizabeth A., 334. 

Guy P., 567. 

Hanson, 567. 

Harold A., 567. 

Ida M., 567. 

John, 567. 

Raymond O., 567. 

Sheldon S., 567. 
Livingston, Edward E., 
240. 

Harrison M., 120. 

Ruth H., 240. 
Locke, Adelaide L, 519. 

Anne, 516. 

Ebenezer, 515. 

Elizabeth A., 460, 
518. 

Emma A., 518. 

Isaac N., 518. 

James, 515, 516. 

Josiah, 516, 517. 

Laura W., 518. 

Lucretia, 516. 

Mabel E., 519. 

Marinda A., 519. 

Mary, 516. 

Mary C, 518. 

Nancy, 516. 

Polly, 516. 

Rebecca, 178, 407. 

Samuel, 515. 

Sarah D., 517. 

Warren P., 113, 116, 
518. 

William, 515, 516. 

William D., 517. 

William E., 517, 518. 
Lockwood, Amy A., 345. 
Long, Brian, 209. 

Eastman C, 654. 

Frances B., 209. 

Lois, 209. 

757 



Long, William J., 209. 
Longfellow, Henry W., 
'. 197. 

Loomis, Angeline, 456. 

Elizabeth, 513. 

Hannah, 505. 

H. H., 130. 
Lord, Frederic, 646. 

Henrietta, 384. 

Orlando M., 130. 
Loring, Charles A., 512. 

Martha T., 551. 

Matilda C, 636. 

Nellie, 371. 

Sarah A., 340. 

Susan C, 371. 
Lothrop, Mary, 632. 
Loud, Anna, 586. 

Betsy, 453. 

Deborah, 630. 
Lovejoy, Abiel, 361. 

Hannah, 523. 

William, 209. 
Loveland, Allen, 453. 
Lovell, Sally, 418. 
Lovering, Abigail, 290. 

Cora B. 442. 
Lovett, Benjamin T., 519, 
520. 

Caroline A., 520. 

Caroline S., 520. 

Elizabeth, 520. 

Hannah A., 520. 

Harriet A., 520. 

John, 519. 

Josephine, 676. 

Mary J., 520. 

Sarah J., 520. 

William P., 520. 
Low, Charlotte, 370. 
Lowe, Abby E., 521. 

Asa, 521. 

Bessie, 504. 

Caroline, 521. 

Catharine, 521. 

Charles H., 521. 

George F., 521. 

George N., 521. 

Gertrude, 521. 

Herbert N., 521. 
Julia F., 521. 

Myrta B., 521. 
Lowell, Joseph, 720. 

Peter, 79, 104. 

Samuel, 90. 
Lufkin, Elizabeth, 519. 
Lummas, Ann, 381. 
Lumpkin, Sarah, 640. 



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Lund, Elizabeth, 614. 
Lunt, Anna, 466. 
Lyman, Moses W., 278. 
Lynde, Lydia, 556. 
Lyons, Kate A., 298. 

Mack, Abigail, 617. 

Emily P., 391. 

Helen R, 313. 

John, 622. 

Sewall G., 622. 
Mackintosh, Robert J. 

197. 
Main, George, 565. 
Mair, Alexander, 589. 
Mallet, Grace, 302. 
Mallery, Charles, 614. 
Malong, Margaret, 568. 
Manigan, Joseph, 698. 
Manley, Mary S., 522. 

Sarah J., 535. 
Mann, Benjamin, 80. 
Manning, Addison, 486. 

Esther, 461. 

Jacob, 559. 

John B., 639. 

Mary J., 501, 580. 

Sally, 490. 

Sarah, 466. 
Mansfield, Aaron, 522. 

Addison, 522. 

Albert P., 523. 

Andrew, 331, 521. 

Asa, 522. 

Azubah, 522. 

Baruck, 522. 

Bethiah, 331. 

Betsy, 522, 630. 

Daniel, 75, 521. 

David, 75, 522. 

Edward, 522. 

Elijah, 84, 522. 

Ezra, 522. 

Franklin L., 522. 

Frederic, 522. 

Frederic L., 523. 

George E.. 523. 

Israel, 522. 

Israel N., 522. 

Jacob, 521. 

Joel, 522. 

Jonathan N., 116. 

Leonard, 522. 

Levi, 522, 528. 

Lydia, 521, 522. 

Mary L., 523. 

Nellie A., 523. 

Newell, 522. 



Mansfield, Patty, 522. 

Polly, 522. 

Rebecca, 522. 

Rebeckah, 522. 

Robert, 521. 

Sally, 522. 

Sarah E., 588. 

Supply W., 522. 

Susanna, 684. 

Thomas, 522. 

William, 522. 

Willis F., 523. 
Mansur, Abby, 524. 

Abby L., 524. 

Eliza C., 523. 

Ezra, 523. 

Frank R., 524. 

George B., 524. 

Helen M., 523, 524. 

Horace, 523. 

James M., 523. 

James P., 524. 

John, 523. 

Maria E., 524. 

Mary H., 523. 

Nancy, 523. 

Robert, 523. 

Samuel C., 523. 

Sarah, 524. 

Susan, 523. 

William, 523. 

William E., 113, 116, 
523, 524. 
Manville, Charles B., 502. 
Marble, Dorothy. 317. 

Emma A., 707. 

George, 690. 

Sarah, 542. 

Tamar, 554. 
March, Carrie T., 699. 
Marcv, Mary, 190. 
Marlett, Charlotte. 277. 
Marrow, Daniel, 318. 
Marsh, Charles, 216. 

Charles R.. 216. 

Edith B., 216. 

Ella F.. 525. 

John, 525. 

Joseph E. F., 524. 

Joseph E. F., Jr., 
524. 

Lydia, 347. 

Mabel M., 216. 

Sarah, 335. 
Marshall, Benjamin, 525. 

Betty, 175. 

Charles, 383. 

David, 78. 

758 



Marshall, Edward O., 
149, 525. 

Eliza A., 525. 

George, 308. 

Granville, 525. 

Harriet E., 525. 

Isabella M., 525. 

Jonathan, 88. 

Lucy E., 525. 

Lydia, 301. 

Maria A., 525. 

Mary, 606. 

Mary J., 525. 

Moses, 525. 

Orlando, 525. 

William, 354. 
Marston, Betty, 622. 

Sarah F., 622. 

Simon, 92. 
Martin, Abigail, 615. 

Bridget, 650. 

Charles A., 601. 

James H., 667. 

Lucinda, 272. 

Richard, 416. 

Sarah, 430. 
Martyn, Huldah, 686. 
Marvin, James H., 116. 
Mason, Abbie S., 201. 

Hannah, 257. 

John, 22. 

John T., 29. 

Louise, 201. 

Marshall M., 296. 

Mary, 675. 

Phebe, 512. 
Mathes, Elizabeth, 685. 
Mathews, Granville, 351. 

Jesse, 563. 

Milton O., 390. 
Matthews, Frank, 120. 
Mattoon, Sarah J., 419. 
Maverick, Sarah, 684. 
Maxime, Freelove, 480. 
Maxwell, Clinton W., 
583. 

Dorcas, 647. 

Frances B., 562. 

Hannah P., 614. 

Henry F., 120. 

Jennie B., 625. 

Warren B., 655. 

William E., 463. 
May, Freda M., 569. 
Maynard, Daniel P., 655. 

John M., 286. 

Lucinda, 524. 

Matilda, 716. 



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Index 



MajTiard, Mary, 503. 

Rebecca, 243, 689. 

Sarah E., 370. 

S. Fred, 655. 

Simon, 709. 
McAllister, Benjamin, j 

417. 
McAlpine, Mary, 366. 
McCall, Abigail, 641. | 
McConnell, Jonathan, 

116. ! 

McConnellogue, Katha- 
rine, 206. 
McCumber, Annie L., 

313. 
McDonald, Margaret, 
698. 

Mary W., 249, 665. 

Michael, 116. 
McGregor, John, 567. 

Margaret,, 244. 
Mcintosh, Aaron S., 520. j 

Jennie, 520. 
Mclntyre, Freelove, 635. 
McKenney, Henrietta P., 
340. 

Lura F., 463. 

Mary, 340. 
McKown, Annie, 330. 

Caroline E., 543. 

Ethel, 332, 545. 

William G., 330. 
McLanahan, Henry L., 

485. 
McLaughlin, Frank J., ] 
205. 

Mary E., 709. I 

McLean, William, 282. 
McMichael, Beatrice C, 

700. 
McMurray, Caroline S., ! 

479. 
McNabb, Isabella, 268. 
Mead, Hannah, 515. 

Hobart, 567. 

Howard E., 335. 

Maria L., 336. 
Means, Elizabeth, 198. 

Mary J., 184. 
Meddows, Mary, 362. 
Mellen, Lucy J., 717. 

William, 388. 
Mellins, Edward L., 636 
Mellows, Hannah, 46o. 
Melvin, David, 75, 79, 88 
527. 

Eleazar, 526. 

John, 75, 526, 527. 



Melvin, Jonathan, 526. 

Josiah, 526. 

Mary, 527. 

Nathaniel, 75, 82, 89, 
526. 

Prudence, 590. 

Sarah, 526. 
Merriam, Abigail, 226. 

Alice E., 536. 

Asaph, 132, 133. 

Ezra, 97. 

G. Ernest, 131. 

George F., 130. 

Lucy, 474. 

Mary, 483, 650. 

Samuel, 564. 

Sarah, 687. 

Susanna, 432. 

William, 234. 
Merrick, Edward W., 
320. 

Lula F., 320. 
Merrill, Althea, 672. 

Amos, 135. 

Ann, 576. 

Edwin R., 621. 
Merritt, Loren, 372. 
Merrow, Abigail, 587. 
Merry, Elizabeth, 218. 
Merryman, Almira R., 

661. 
Metcalf, Elizabeth, 207. 

Joel F., 678. 

Martha, 466. 

Nancy, 201. 

Otis, 678. 

William, 346. 
Mevis, Lyman, 130. 
Michallis, Rosa M., 386. 
Miles, Abel, 75, 91, 528. 

Betty, 528. 

John, 142, 527, 528. 

Lydia, 528. 

Mary, 489. 

Polly, 528. 

Rebecca, 528. 

Seraph A., 557. 
Miller, Caroline, 433. 

Catharine E., 433. 

Clara, 503. 

Elizabeth, 227. 

Ezra, 416. 

Farrah, 79. 

James F., 433. 

Jesse, 421. 

Lizzie, 609. 

Mary E., 244. 

Mary J., 552. 

759 



Miller, Matilda, 238. 

Ruth, 267. 
Milliken, Alexander, 229. 

Arthur N., 216. 

Elizabeth, 229. 
Mills, Eliza, 500. 

Emma R., 347. 

John M., 308. 

Newton L., 264. 

Sarah B., 550. 

Sophia E., 265. 

William, 290. 
Minot, Beulah, 182. 

Hepzibah, 292. 

Lydia, 212. 

Martha, 214. 

Mary, 190. 

Rebecca, 212. 
Mirick, Charles A., 374. 
Mirrill, Mrs. F. A., 141. 
Mitchell, Eleanor G., 553. 

Margaret, 192, 223. 

Samuel, 79. 
Mixer, Sarah, 632. 
Mizer, Persis, 549. 
Monsal, Eunice, 257. 
Montgomery, Florence 
P., 579. 

George K., 577. 

Lucy A., 577. 

Mary, 222. 
Moody, Hannah, 657. 

Robert, 416. 

Simeon, 484. 
Moore, Anna, 494. 

Dwight, 700. 

Edward A., 564. 

Elizabeth, 482, 564, 
655. 

Ferris, 133. 

Forrest F., 700. 

Frederic H., 287. 

Helen G., 542. 

Israel, 270. 

James W., 287. 

Jessie, 551. 

John M., 700. 

Joseph, 97. 

Lucy, 231. 

Lydia, 686. 

Mabel, 654. 

Martha, 646. 

Mary, 32, 51. 

Matilda, 511, 512. 

Moriah, 477. 

Sara, 442. 

Sarah M., 347. 
Morehead, Susan, 267. 



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Morehouse, Charles, 674. 

John, 674. 

Reuben, 674. 
Morey, John B., 635. 
Morgan, Hannah, 266. 

Jane S., 683. 

Laura, 615. 
Morrill, Lydia, 593. 
Morris, George K., 717. 
Morrison, Mary, 638. 

Samuel, 463. 

Thomas, 79. 
Morse, Daniel, 88, 93. 

Dester, 284. 

Elijah, 78, 88, 91. 

Ella A., 408. 

Eveline, 500. 

Ezra, 87, 93. 

Hannah, 247. 

John, 87. 

Jonathan, 344. 

Mary, 548. 

Mary J., 554. 

Nancy, 400. 

Samuel, 92. 

Sarah, 638. 

Thaddeus. 198. 

Wilbur, 690. 
Mosher, Alvah B., 312. 

Chandler B., 312. 

Edna F., 312. 

Elva H., 312. 

Minta J., 312. 

Ruth L., 312. 
Mower, Josiah, 356. 
Mudgett, Abigail, 205. 
Mulliken, Joseph, 140, 

141. 
Munroe, Abigail, 262. 

Mary, 577. 

Roderick, 690. 
Munson, Patience, 618. 
Murdock, Lucy, 634. 

Thomas J., 182. 
Murphy, Anna M., 718. 

Edward, 325. 

George, 676. 

Mary F., 569. 
Muzzy, Anna, 401. 

Caroline, 592. 

Gardner, 430. 

John, 397. 

Mary A., 477. 

J. H., 417. 
Myrick, George W., 338, 

Stanley C, 338. 

Nahor, Joseph, 603. 



Nash, Eliza, 335. 

Horace M., 521. 

Lucy M., 221. 
Nay, David, 270. 
Necdham, Nicanor, 360. 
Neef, Sarah, 413. 
Neeley, Zachariah, 301. 
Neil, Janet, 629. 

Margaret, 589. 
Nelson, Minerva, 534. 
Nettleton, Harriet B., 

624. 
Nevison, Elizabeth, 457. 
Newell, Ernest, 429. 

Grace, 429. 

Levi W., 429. 

Mabel, 429. 

Mary J., 520. 

Waldo, 429. 
Newhall, Albert H., 531. 

Clarissa, 529. 

Ebenezer, 528, 529. 

Elijah, 529. 

Elizabeth, 529. 

Ezra, 529. 

Hannah, 529. 

Harriet A., 530. 

Helen M., 531. 

Henry C, 530. 

James, 529, 530. 

Jane, 252. 

Joseph, 528, 531. 

Joseph F., 531. 

Lois, 529. 

Louisa, 529. 

Lucy, 529. 

Lucy A., 530. 

Maria C, 530. 

Mary, 528, 529. 

Mary C, 531. 

Mary J., 530. 

Mary K., 530. 

Mehitable, 529. 

Milton P., 530. 

Nancy, 529. 

Nellie A., 531. 

Onesimus, 528. 

Philena, 530. 

Rebecca F., 530. 

Samuel, 529. 

Sarah, 529. 

Sarah C, 530. 

Seth, 529, 530. 

Thomas, 528. 

William, 529, 530. 
Newman, Cynthia V. 

339. 
Newton, Abby J., 290. 

760 



Newton, Frank A., 283. 
Nicewarner, Annie H., 

479. 
Nicholas, Robert, 175. 

Warren C, 113, 116. 
Nichols, Andrew S., 531. 

Clarissa, 531. 

Grace L., 513. 

Hannah, 236. 

Harold M., 210. 

Harriet L., 454, 531. 

Joanna, 531. 

John, 531. 

Kendall, 531. 

Louisa, 531. 

Luther W., 586. 

Mary, 187, 393. 

Olive, 542. 

Rebecca, 621. 

Richard, 531. 

Rosamond, 623. 

Sarah J., 531. 

Symonds, 531. 
Nickles, Sarah, 296. 
Nims, Brigham, 450. 
Noble, Daniel W., 274. 

Lorette R., 274. 
Norcross, Mary, 636. 

Sarah, 453. 
North, Judith, 278. 
Norton, Lewis F., 281. 

Lewis R., 281, 422. 
Norwood, Lydia, 521. 
Noyes, Edward L., 708. 

Joseph, 198. 

Zoe A., 518. 
Nunn, Sabrina H., 452. 
Nurse, John, 599. 

Rachel, 601. 

Whitcomb, 602. 
Nutting, Abel, 358. 

Allen A., 113, 116, 
534. 

Augusta H., 534. 

Charles A., 536. 

Charles L., 113. 

Charles P., 116, 533, 
535. 

Charles S., 116, 534. 

Cynthia A., 535. 

Daniel, 510, 532. 

Ebenezer, 532. 

Edward H., 536. 

Eliza, 238. 

Ezekiel, 532, 533. 

Frank A., 534. 

Franklin S., 536. 

Fred O., 537. 



Index 



Nutting, Frederic T., 536. 
George E., 226. 
George F., 535. 
George H., 113, 116, 

533. 
! George P., 116, 534, 

535. 
Gertrude M., 535. 
Harriet M., 536. 
Henry W., 534, 536. 
Hiram, 533, 534. 
Horace C., 534. 
Izzie M., 535. 
James R, 113, 116, 

422, 533. 
Jennie A., 535. 
Jennie M., 536. 
Joanna, 242. 
John C., 97, 116, 533, 

536. 
John G., 537. 
John P., 535, 536. 
Jonas, 111, 116, 532, 

533. 
Laura M., 533, 534, 

535. 
Lewis, 536. 
Mary, 392, 533. 
Mary A., 534. 
Mary E., 535. 
Mary J., 533. 
Mary L., 533. 
Maud A., 535. 
Minnie C., 536. 
Myrta C., 537. 
Oliver J., 535, 536. 
Ora M., 537. 
Phineas S., 533. 
Rebecca H., 534. 
Sally, 532. 
Sarah, 392. 
Sarah L., 535. 
Stella L., 537. 
Thomas, 532. 
Victor P., 536. 
Wallace S., 535. 
Walter A., 536. 
Walter B., 536. 
William J., 536. 

Obear, Abigail, 537. 
Alice M., 538. 
Annabel C, 538. 
Clark H., 537. 
Donald F., 538. 
Francis A., 538. 
Harold C.. 538. 
Josiah, 537. 



Obear, Julia A., 537. 

Richard, 537. 

Sally, 537. 

Samuel, 537. 

Thomasine, 537. 

William, 537. 
Odiorne, Francis R., 405. 
O'Flaherty, Ellen, 487. 
Oliver, Aaron, 79. 

Lucius C., 116. 

Mary, 193. 
Olmstead, Chester, 347. 
Olney, Mercy, 181. 
Ordway, Henrietta, 370. 
Osborne, Diana, 274. 
Osgood, Elizabeth, 396. 

George W., 679. 
Owen, Anna M., 551. 
Oxley, George B., 273. 

Packard, Almond, 557. 

Alpheus S., 199. 

Isaac, 558. 

Lizzie J., 389. 
Packer, Sarah C., 304. 
Padgett, Martha, 408. 
Page, Adaline L., 539. 

Charles M.. 539. 

Daniel, 539. 

Elmira, 578. 

Elsie A., 550. 

George W., 539. 

Huldah, 688. 

Jennie M., 530. 

John, 538, 539. 

Jonathan, 538. 

Joseph, 538. 

Lemuel, 539. 

Lucy A., 381. 

Luther, 539. 

Mary, 228. 

Nathan. 539. 

Phebe, 673. 

Rebecca, 250, 602. 

Robert, 183. 

Ruth, 497. 

Susannah, 686. 
Paige. Hattie M., 569. 
Paine, Abigail, 288. 

Elizabeth, 212. 

Hannah, 233. 

Robert, 251. 
Palmer, David, 140. 

Margaret J., 666. 

Mary, 638. 
Parent, Arthur M., 607. 
Parker, Aaron, 539, 543. 

Aaron H., 543. 

761 



Parker, Abel, 540, 541. 
Abiah C, 547. 
Abigail, 292, 546, 547. 
Abigail C, 547. 
Abner H., 547. 
Abraham, 539. 
Agnes, 548. 
Alice F., 544. 
Almena, 541. 
Almorin, 549. 
Amos, 540, 546. 
Anne, 548. 
Arthur F., 543, 544. 
Asa, 88, 540, 542, 

546, 547. 
Austin H., 544. 
Benjamin, 541, 542, 

543. 
Betsy, 348, 547. 
Betty, 540. 
Catharine E., 543. 
Charles E., 549. 
Charles H., 311. 
Charles L., 543, 544. 
Conant A., 543, 544. 
Cynthia, 542. 
Daniel, 546, 547. 
Daphne, 545. 
David H., 549. 
Deborah, 258, 412. 
Deliverance, 235. 
Donald C, 545. 
Ebenezer, 234, 546, 

547. 
Edith E., 544. 
Edmond, 356. 
Edward F., 622. 
Edwin L., 547. 
Eleanor, 544. 
Elias, 540. 
Elijah, 549. 
Elijah W., 549. 
Eliza, 547. 
Elizabeth, 145, 657. 
Emily J., 543. 
Emily L., 542. . 
Emily R., 544. 
Eunice, 546. 
Frederic C, 544. 
George F., 543, 544. 
George W., 542. 
Grace, 545. 
Hannah, 250, 545, 

707. 
Harold L., 545. 
Harriet N., 273. 
Harry J., 242. 
Harvey, 542. 



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Parker, Helen C, 545. 

Henry E., 549. 

Hezekiah, 549. 

Hiram, 541, 542. 

Horace, 130. 

Horatio G., 549. 

Hosea W., 542. 

Howland, 544. 

Tthamar, 547. 

Tames, 249. 

Toel, 221, 546, 549. 

Tohn, 87, 97. 448, 540, 
542. 

Tonas, 541. 

Jonathan, 90, 94, 549. 

Joseph, 75, 82, 83, 
94, 96, 540, 541. 

Leonard, 75, 82, 88, 
93, 96, 540. 

Lucy, 546, 547. 
Luther, 547. 
Lydia, 249, 494, 540. 
Marion, 544. 
Martha L., 472, 621. 

Mary A., 250, 2>73, 

403 579 
Mary F., 256, 705. 
Mary M., 357, 549. 
Mary S., 547. 
Mehitable, 473. 
Mercy, 293, 546. 
Molly, 549. 
Moses, 539. 
Nathan, 542, 546, 

547. 
Nathaniel, 548. 
Nehemiah, 549. 
Nellie H., 543. 
Obadiah, 545, 546. 
Olive D., 544. 
Oliver, 547. 
Phebe, 546. 
Phineas, 545. 
Polly, 540. 
Ralph E., 149, 543, 

545. 
Rebecca, 540. 
Reuben, 548. 
Ruth, 545. 
Sally, 541. 
Salome, 185. 
Sam S., 545. 
Sampson, 545, 548. 
Samuel, 82, 91, 539, 
546, 547. I 

Sarah, 412, 540, 546, 

548, 588. 
Stephen, 75, 83, 84,1 



Parker, Stephen, 89, 90, 
97, 197, 548, 549. 
Susan, 675. 
Susannah, 416, 540. 
Thomas, 548. 
Walter H., 544, 545. 
Wilbur B., 543. 
William B., 542. 
Willis W., 544. 
Zachariah, 540, 541, 

542. 
Zeruriah, 548. 
Parkhurst, Charles, 698. 
Emma C, 626. 
John, 133, 288. 
Sarah, 445. 
Parks, Hattie G„ 566. 

Louise, 473. 
Parlin, William D., 276. 
Parlow, Nathan G., 505. 
Parmenter, Mercy, 490. 
Parret, Elizabeth, 656. 

Mercy, 656. 
Parsels, Hannah M., 640. 
Parshley, Lydia, 294. 
Parsons, A. L., 130. 
Ella, 370. 
Keziah, 335. 
Louise A., 502. 
Mary L, 707. 
Partridge, Frances, 267. 

Ida A., 239. 
Patch, Agnes, 203. 
Edvv^ard, 717. 
Fred A., 717. 
Lydia, 173. 
Sukey, 560. 
Patten, David R., 370. 
Hannah, 338. 
Jane A., 372. 
John, 88. 

Sarah B., 329, 587. 
Patterson, Ira H., 386. 
Nancy, 328. 
Sarah, 197. 
Susanna, 516. 
Thomas, 79. 
Paul, Prudence, 473. 

Susan, 186. 
Paulding, Thomas, 304. 
Payne, Huldah, 300. 
Payson, Seth, 124. 
Peabody, Elizabeth, 198, 
210. 
Hannah, 278. 
John H., 154, 404. 
Joseph H., 383. 
Stephen, 530. 

762 



Peacock, Charles E., 408. 
Charles R., 125, 130. 
Pease, Cynthia, 710. 
Hannah, 262. 
Mary, 443. 
Peasley, Charles D., 607. 
Pearsons, Elizabeth, 575. 

Jeremiah, 618. 

John R., 493. 
Peat, Amy, 639. 
Peckins, Lizzie, 589. 
Peebles, James, 272. 

Joseph, 272. 
Pell, Ellen, 248. 
Pellet. Sarah, 650. 
Pendell, Phebe, 616. 
Penn, Mary, 519. 
Pepper, Elizabeth, 384. 
Percival, Asher, 618. 
Perham, Asa, 84, 86, 99. 

Elizabeth, 234. 

Hannah, 248. 

Samuel, 54. 

Sarah, 186. 

Susanna, 650. 
Perkins, Donald G., 453. 

Elizabeth, 330, 524, 
554. 

Hannah, 203. 

Irene, 712. 

Leroy, 296. 

Mary, 669. 

Rhoda, 471. 

Sally, 186. 

Sarah, 520. 

William, 180. 
Perley, Hannah, 570. 

Nathan, 186. 
Perry, Albert, 549, 550. 

Albert J., 551. 

Albert L., 551. 

Alice J., 551. 

Alice W., 550. 

Annie, 551. 

Arthur C, 551. 

Arthur C, Jr., 551. 

Belle, 552. 

Bertha, 210. 

Carrie M., 551, 552. 

Charles E., 552. 

Chauncey, 549, 55U. 

Chauncey R., 550. 

Chauncey V., 550. 

Cheseldon, 290. 

Edward M., 551. 

Eliza, 550. 

Elizabeth, 443. 

Elizabeth H., SSL 



Index 



Perry, Ella K, 551. 
Elsie B., 210. 
Emilie R., 550. 
Emilie S., 550. 
Esther P., 457. 
Flora A., 551. 
Florence, 552. 
Frank J., 552. 
Frederic B., 210. 
Frederic T., 551. 
George B., 210. 
George H., 552. 
George N., 550. 
George S., 210. 
Hannah, 590. 
Harriet A., 494, 550, 

714. 
Hattie F., 551. 
Helen C., 210. 
Helen M., 550. 
Herbert M., 551. 
Hervey, 550. 
Isaac S., 128, 550, 

551. 
James, 549. 
James B., 550, 714. 
James R., 551. 
Jane S., 550, 714. 
Jason B., 550, 714. 
Jason S., 550, 714. 
Jennie, 552. 
John, 290, 549. 
John C., 550. 
John P., 549, 550. 
John T., 550. 
John W., 550, 714. 
Louise, 552. 
Maria, 550. 
Martha G., 176. 
Martha W., 176. 
Mary, 550, 714. 
Mary A., 173, 551. 
May, 552. 
Mirey, 250. 
Nathan, 269, 
Nellie, 552. 
Oliver H., 707. 
Orpha F., 550. 
Raymond L., 551. 
Ruth B., 210. 
Sanford B., 210. 
Sarah, 550, 596, 714. 
Sarah B., 210. 
Sarah T., 192. 
Stella E., 625. 
Susan, 550, 655, 714. 
Timothy, 131, 550, 

551. 



Perry, William N., 210. 
Peterson, Rosa, 716. 
Pettengell, Mary, 176. 
Petts, Mabel G., 442. 

Everett E., 707. 
Pevey, Chloe A., 606. 

Wallace, 116. 
Phelps, Abraham, 552. 

Eleanor, 316. 

Frances, 624. 

George, 552. 

Harrie A., 553. 

Henry, 552. 

Lorenzo C. B., 552. 

Lucy J., 553. 

Milo, 404. 

Phyana, 357. 

Simeon, 552. 

Wilbur L., 154,553. 
Phetteplace, Lucretia A., 
321 

Nettie M., 321. 
Phillbrook, Lilla, 327. 
Phinney, Robert J., 294. 
Pickard, Jane, 638. 
Pierce, Abijah, 553. 

Beriah, 704. 

Charles M., 554. 

David, 364, 553. 

Eleanor A., 553. 

Elizabeth S., 554, 
712. 

Emily P., 554, 629. 

Esther, 677. 

Franklin, 199. 

Hannah, 489. 

Joseph, 553. 

Levi, 355. 

Lucy, 553. 

Lucy M., 554. 

Lydia, 553. 

Lydia E., 553. 

Margaret A., 554. 

Margaret M., 554. 

Martha, 704. 

Mary A., 392, 553, 
704. 

Nathan, 553. 

Olive, 553. 

Olive R., 554. 

Rebecca, 553. 

Richmond B., 554. 

Stephen, 83, 96, 553. 

Stephen, Jr., 554. 

Susan S., 186. 

Warren, 140, 396. 

Will E., 482. 
Pike, Elizabeth, 446. 

763 



Pike, John, 113, 116,330. 

Sarah A., 588. 
Pillsbury, Benjamin C, 
554. 

Blanche L., 554. 

Carl C, 555. 

Charles W., 554. 

Dolly, 358. 

Eliza, 358. 

Ezra, 554. 

Frank R., 555. 

Joseph, 554. 

Laura F., 555. 

Levi B., 555. 

Maria A., 555. 

Martha U., 555. 

Mary W., 554. 

Merrick D., 554. 

Moses, 554. 

William, 554. 
Pinckney, Phoebe, 512. 
Pingrey, Amanda, 273. 

Nancy, 173. 
Pinney, Mary, 552. 
Piper, Arethusa, 259. 

Elihu, 385. 

John A., 377. 

Malinda C, 652. 

Sibyl, 337. 
Pips, Polly, 360. 
Pitcher, Nazareth, 351. 
Pitts, Rachel, 233. 
Plaisted, Samuel, 197. 
Platts, Abel, 87. 
Plimpton, Esther B., 306. 
Plummer, Daniel, 350. 
Poindexter, Samuel, 281. 
Poleicho, Joseph, 251. 
Pollard, Benjamin, 75, 
555. 

James, 555. 

James A., 555. 

Joseph, 75, 88, 91, 
93, 209, 555. 

Lydia, 344. 

Milly, 556. 

Moses, 250, 555. 

Ruth, 555. 

Sarah, 555. 

Susanna, 555. 

Thomas, 555. 

Thomas M., 556. 
Polly, Bethiah, 548. 
Pond, Johannah, 664. 
Pook, Mary, 352. 
Poole, Elias, 326. 

Lucy, 359. 

Mary A., 326. 



History of New Ipswich 



Poole, Rebecca, 490. 

Ruth, 326. 

Sarah, 207. 

Susan F., 360. 
Poor, C. P., 140. 
Pope, Mehitable, 186. 
Porter, Albert L., 556. 

Anna, 327. 

Augustus, 313. 

Charles, 556. 

Charles C, 556. 

Elvira, 134. 

Emma, 400. 

George H., 556. 

Hannah M., 556. 

Henry, 326. 

Martha. 679. 

Samuel, 134, 326. 
Potter, Ann, 503. 

Artie, 515. 

Dennis, 620. 

Elizabeth. 268, 528. 

George F., 116. 

Jacob, 86. 

Lois, 331. 

Mary, 212. 

Samuel, 86. 

Sarah, 599. 
Poulter, Rachel, 268. 
Powers, Asahel, 94. 

Edwin U., 482. 

Emma L., 482. 

Fred E., 482. 

George, 429. 

Leonard, 429. 

Lvdia, 475. 

Obed, 346. 

Peter, 123, 631. 

Rachel, 354. 

Rhoda, 456. 

Whitcomb, 75. 82, 88, 
90, 93. 

William, 356. 
Pratt, Abbie F., 558. 

Appha M., 557. 

Asa, 88, 95. 

Betsy, 415, 556. 

Catharine W., 557. 

Charles H., 116. 145, 
557. 

Daniel F., 116. 

David F., 559. 

Eben, 78. 

Edward W.. 95, 557. 

Elizabeth, 556. 

Ephraim. 557. 

Francis W., 558. 



Pratt, Hannah, 556. 

Jabez, 401. 

Joanna. 556. 

John, 95, 173, 556. 

John O., 556. 

Joseph, 557. 

Joshua, 557. 

Laura E., 557. 

Louisa, 557. 

Louisa L., 557. 

Lucia, 192. 

Lucinda, 556. 

Mary A., 336, 423, 
557. 

Mary J., 468. 

Mehitable. 557. 

Moses, 557. 

Narcissa T.. 556. 

Nathaniel, 75. 87, 91, 
95. 

Otis P., 557. 

Phineas, 556. 

Rebecca, 556. 

Reuben, 557. 

Richard, 556, 628. 

Sophronia C., 557. 

Susan M., 558. 

Thomas, 556, 557. 

Warren, 144. 557. 

Wealthy, 618. 

Willard, 557. 

William H.. 558. 
Pray, E. W., 133. 
Preast, Lucy D., 330. 
Prebbles, Jemima, 585. 
Prentice, Adaline, 459. 

Alfred, 558. 

Ann S., 560. 

George W., 559. 

Hannah A.. 559. 

Henry. 558. 559. 

Jane W., 559. 

Joan, 437. 

John, 558. 

John T., 559. 

Jonathan R.. 559. 

Laura W., 560. 

Lona, 558. 

Lucy, 558. 

Lucy E., 559. 

Lucy G., 559. 

Lydia, 559. 

Mary G., 560. 

Nancy, 558. 

Nathaniel, 558. 

Patty, 558. 

Polly, 558, 559. 



Prentice, Sarah, 559. 

Sarah A., 559. 

Sumner, 558. 

Susan T., 559. 

Theodore, 559. 

William H., 558, 559. 
Presby. Austin, 536. 

Delia, 607. 
Prescott, Abel, 616. 

Cynthia. 174. 

Eliza, 247. 

Elizabeth, 271. 

Francis, 628. 

George J., 433. 

Henry, 654. 

Hepzibah, 602. 

James, 293. 

Jonas, 496. 

Jonathan F., 523. 

Lydia, 387. 

Mary, 392. 528, 640. 

Rebecca, 410. 

Sophronia, 275. 

Sybil, 532. 

William, 97. 
Preston, Abiathar W., 
561. 

Abigail, 563. 

Abner, 84, 86. 

Albert M., 565. 

Alice C, 567. 

Alice M.. 568. 

Almira, 563, 567. 

Anna, 562. 

Augustus E., 564. 

Betsy, 560. 

Charles A., 462, 469. 

Charles B., Ill, 564, 
569. 

Dora B., 569. 

Ebenezer C, 562, 
565. 

Edward A., 566. 

Edward C, 567. 

Edward F., 563, 566. 

Edward O., 567. 

Edward W., 569. 

Elhanan, 562, 564. 

Elizabeth, 562. 

Elizabeth A., 566, 
569. 

Ella T., 566. 

Ellen L., 568. 

Ellen M., 565. 

Estella, 564. 

Eunice E., 569. 

Florence M., 567. 



764 



Index 



Preston, Frances E., 566. 
Frank H., 154, 157, 

Fr^nk W.. 142 145 
149 278, 566, 569, 

Frederic. 569 
George H., 565. 
George L, 5t)9. 
George P., 120, i>^' 

George W 566. 
Guy H., 566 
Hannah. 561 562, 
Henry F., 56«. 
Henry O., 155, 157, 

563. 568. 
Herbert E., 567. 
Herbert F., 570, 
Horace, 564. 
Isaac, o^y ='-'' 

562. 563. 
Isaac F. 5^. 568. 
Isaac W.. 568. 
James, 560. 
Tames M., 56b. 
Jane R., 566 
Jennie. A., 560. 
Teremiah. 5oZ son. 
John. 109. 140, 154. 
157, 293, 561, 562, 
565, 569 
John H., 567, 569. 
John L,. 566 
Katharme. 5/U. 
Lucy. 561 562, 563. 
Lucy J.. 564. 
Lydia, 560. 
Melissa. 564 
Maria, 563, 504- 
Maria F., 566. 
Maria L., 568. 
Martha. 564. 
Mary, 560. 
Mary A., 566. 
Mary C, 566. 
Mary E., 565. 
Melvina, 565. 
Nina H.. 568 
Oraetta M., 554. 
Patty, 560. 
Peter, 562. 
Polly, 561. 
Rebecca. 50 1, 

563. 
Roger 560 
Roy S., 567. 



Preston Sally, 5^. 

Samuel A., 560. 

Samuel F., 561. 

Samuel T.. 566. 

Sarah A., 563 
I Sarah E., 566. 

Sarah F., 566. 

Stephen H.. 563. 
Susannah. 56/. 
Sybilla, 564. 
Thomas B., 563 566. 
Timothy F., 56Z 
Viola, 567. 
William A., 140, 157, 

566, 569, 570. 
William E., 569. 
William H., 563 566. 
Price, Cora M., 567. 
Luke, 509. 
Sarah. 549. 
Priest, Wilham, 84. 
Prichard Abbie A 578 

Adalme, 573. 5/5. 
Adelia A., 578. 
Alanson, 514. 
Amelia M., 5/5. 
Amos, 89, 91, 571, 

574, 576. 
Amos A., 574 
Andrew W., 5/6. 
Anna, 571. 
Arabella A., 578. 
Artemas ti., o/'+- 
Arthur, 576 i 

ArviUa J-, 577. 
A<;a 572, 576. 
Augustus D-. 5/0. I 
Benjamm, 5/1, 3/'+- 
Bernard, 572. 
Bernice, 574. 
Caroline D., 573, 574 

Charles C, 57Z, 5/o, 

576. „, 

Charles H., 576. 

I Clara W., 574. 

1 Cyrene, 574. 

\ Dexter, 574 

Diedamia 572 5/6. 

=562 ; Dorothy C. 5/». 

^^^': Edward. 576. 
I Edward M . 576. 
Effie M., 579. 



1 Prichard, Eliza A., 574. 
I Eliza M., 576. 

Elizabeth F , 577 

Elizabeth H-, 5/5. 

Emily D., 5/5. 

Emily W., 576. 

rrancSR:5/2'-577. 
Francis W., 157, 448, 

Geofge A., 574. 575. 
George B., 5/j. 
cSrle H 120 576. 
George M , 576. 
George W., 572, 5/J, 
575, 578. 

Gilman. 572. 5/5. 

Hannah, 571. 

Hartwell P.. 573. 

Hattie K., 574. 
Hattie v., 5/». 
Henry A-, 575. 
Henry G., 5/3. 
James B., 512, 575. 

Jane ?., 5/^. 
Jeremiah 79 86, y^. 

134. 571, 572, 5/^, 

John' B.. 570, 573, 

576, 577 
John W., 576. 
Josiah 573 
Lena F.. 5/^- 
Lucy A., 577. 
Maria L.. 578 

Martha A., 5//. 

Martha E., 576. 

Martha J-, 5/5. 

Mary, 574. 

Mary A., 573, 5/^, 

Mary E, 57/. 

Mary I'J^^'rnr 
Moses, 5/2. 5/3. 
Moses B., 575. 
Moses S-, 5/6. 
Nancy, 134, 573, 575. 

Nathan C, 5/4. 
Nettie, 578. 
Paul, 106, 570. 
Perley, 571. 
Romanzo 3., ^' ' ■ 

ISh I': 571, 573. 

Sarah E., 575. 
Sarah L., 5//. 



765 



History of New Ipswich 



Prichard, Silva, 574. 

Stephen, 571, 573, 
574. 

Sumner, 573, 577. 

William, 86, 96, 109, 
294, 570. 

William B., 576. 

William M., 575. 

William S., 574. 

William W., 575. 
Proctor, Aaron, 580. 

Abram W., 581. 

Adeline A., 187. 

Alice L., 583. 

Amos J., 116, 581, 
582. 

Archie R., 583. 

Benjamin, 580. 

Charles E., 583. 

Clara A., 581, 582. 

Clarence, 583. 

Clarissa D., 649. 

Edward C, 582. 

Edward R., 583. 

Elizabeth, 409. 

Elsie M.. 583. 

Elton, 583. 

Ernest M., 582. 

Eugene R., 581, 583. 

Flora B., 581. 

Frank, 582. 

George A., 582. 

Hannah, 175. 

Harvey A., 581. 

Henry, 581. 

Herbert, 582. 

Hosea, 581, 582. 

Ira H., 581, 582. 

Ira J.. 582. 

Isaac, 84. 93, 580. 

T. Ada, 581. 

John F., 579, 580, 582. 

Joseph, 96, 580. 

Josephine, 582. 

Lena A., 583. 

Leon H., 583. 

Lilla,_ 582. 

Louvie, 582. 

Lucy, 270, 564, 615. 

Mabel F., 582. 

Maria M., 582. 

Martha U., 583. 

Mary, 677. 

Mary A., 582. 

Miriam, 580. 

Oliver, 579, 580, 581. 

Peter, 579. 

Rachel, 580. 



Proctor, Ralph J., 581. 

Ransom, 582. 

Rebecca, 580. 

Robert, 579. 

Romeo, 581. 

Sally, 580. 

Samuel, 579. 

Sarah, 285, 580, 657. 

Sarah A., 210. 

Stephen W., 581, 582. 

Susan M., 581. 

Sybil, 479. 

Thankful, 580. 

Timothy, 581. 

William E., 582. 
Prutzman, Clifford, 374. 

Ernest R., 374. 
Pudney, Martha, 682. 
Puffer, Frank W., 228. 

Nancy, 333. 

Rebecca, 438. 
Purcell, Alice, 264. 

Lester A., 265. 
Putnam, Clara, 608. 

Cyrene, 368. 

Edith G., 524. 

Hannah, 599, 616. 

Harriet, 716. 

John, 87, 470. 

Jonathan, 87. 

Lavina, 552. 

Lucy, 552. 

Rebecca, 585. 

Rufus, 140, 584. 

Quimby, Elihu T., 113, 
140, 141, 149, 157. 
Leonard, 672. 

Ramsdell, Ada L., 585. 
Amos, 583. 
Ann E., 375, 585. 
Cassius G., 584. 
Charles H., 583. 
Daniel, 583, 584. 
Daniel P., 584. 
Eva J., 584. 
George, 583. 
George H., 584. 
Harriet E., 583. 
Helen, 584. 
Henrietta, 584. 
James, 583, 584. 
James B., 585. 
James G., 584. 
Lucia M., 584. 
Lucy P., 584. 

766 



Ramsdell, Mary A., 584. 

Mary J., 584. 

Marietta F., 585. 

Phebe A., 584. 

Phebe H., 583. 

Reuben, 583, 584. 

Susanna, 596. 

William H., 584. 

Willis, 585. 
Rand, Gilbert K., 680. 

Jonathan, 234. 

Lucy, 672. 

Margaret, 328. 

Sarah A., 483, 703. 
Randall, Phillury, 552. 
Rathburne, Annie E., 576. 
Rause, Charles, 501. 
Rawson, George, 710. 
Ray, Benjamin F., 130. 

Walter, 113, 118. 
Raymond, Arthur F., 
696. 

Fidelia T., 551. 

George T., 696. 

Mary, 331. 

Ruth, 218. 

Silas, 376. 

Susan M., 181, 376. 

Wilfrid W., 696. 
Raynesford, Mary, 419. 
Raynor, Edwin R., 239. 

Fred L, 239. 

Harry W., 239. 

Herbert C, 239. 

George E., 239. 

William A., 239. 
Read, Hannah, 532. 

Jane L., 230. 
Record, Eleazar, 618. 
Redding, Emma C, 624. 
Reddit, Mary, 489. 
Reddy, Patrick, 113, 118. 
Rediat, Susannah, 527. 
Redington, Louise R., 

184. 
Reed, Abigail, 596. 

Caroline E., 340. 

Charles, 237, 287. 

Eliza, 478. 

Frances L., 340. 

Harriet C, 453, 585. 

James, 74, 82. 

James O., 585. 

James O., Jr., 585. 

Lucy, 657. 

Mary, 202, 378, 461 

Nathan A., 75, 309. 

Oliver, 585. 



Ind 



ex 



Reed, Rhoda, 685. 

Sarah, 343, 421, 657, 
677. 
Remick, Bertha, 295. 

Henry T., 295. 
Remington, Elizabeth, 
409. 

Mary, 505. 
Revere, Paul, 151. 
Rexford, John, 510. 
Reynolds, Francis B., 210. 

Mary J., 260. 

Ruth, 704. 

William R., 506. 
Rhoades, Abigail, 586. 

Ada M., 586. 

Albert, 586. 

Alfred, 586. 

Betsy, 586. 

Catharine, 586. 

Charles, 586. 

Clarissa, 586. 

David H., 586. 

Eleazar, 585. 

Harriet, 586. 

Henry, 585. 

Lizzie A., 586. 

Lucy, 586. 

Moses, 586. 

Sarah C, 586. 

Warren, 586. 

William, 586. 
Rice, Abigail, 291. 

Cynthia, 192. 

Hannah, 483. 

Huldah. 703. 

Jason, 88. 

John, 653. 

Lucy, 584, 636. 

Martha, 231. 

Minnie E., 682. 

Salmon, 345. 

Sarah E., 260. 

Silas, 653. 

Solomon, 234. 

Sylvester, 672. 

Sylvia A., 672. 
Rich, Henry M., 275. 
Richards, Caroline A., 
606. 

Eliza, 266. 

Nicholas, 181. 

Robert, 653. 

Sarah G., 176. 

William, 89, 91. 
Richardson, Alma, 386. 

Almira, 487. 



Richardson, Anna, 682. 

Betsy, 302. 

Charles B., 609. 

Ebenezer, 588. 

Elizabeth C, 587, 
607. 

Ezekiel, 587. 

James B., 452. 

James H., 690. 

John. 587. 

Jonathan. 587, 588. 

Josiah, 587. 

Lucy, 588. 

Lydia, 587. 

Mary, 257. 

Nancy, 486. 

Olive L., 201. 

Osrani, 367. 

Polly, 658. 

Rebecca, 515. 

Ruth, 382, 684. 

Sally, 617. 

Sarah B., 588, 622. 

Silas, 587. 

Thomas, 587, 588. 
Richmond, Mary, 245. 
Rideout, Fred, 558. 

Malvina, 717. 
Righter, Betsy M., 349. 
Ringwault, Louisa L., 

479. 
Ripley, Allen, 646. 

Mary, 197, 276. 

William Z., 371. 
Richie, Margaret, 339. 
Ritter, Mary, 621. 
Roach, Elizabeth, 586. 
Robb, William, 87. 
Robbe, Alexander, 89. 
Robbins, Abbie, 588. 

Abbie L., 589. 

Addie A., 371, 589. 

Addie F., 589. 

Charles L., 371, 588, 
589. 

Cynthia J., 349. 

Edith, 589. 

Emilv A., 589. 

Frank, 588. 

Fred E., 588. 

George C, 588. 

Harriet, 588. 

Hattie, 588. 

Henry, 588. 

Ichabod, 394. 

Ida, 589. 

John, 588. 



Robbins, Lewis H., 588, 
589. 

Lizzie E., 588. 

Marcellus T., 588, 
589. 

Martha, 588. 

Martin, 588. 

Mary, 539. 

Melville, 589. 

Rebecca, 622. 

True, 588. 

William O., 588. 

William P., 588. 
Roberts, Lizzie A., 585. 

Lucinda, 234. 
Robertson, Andrew C, 

686. 
Robie, Thomas S., 130. 
Robinson, Charles, 118, 
568. 

Elijah, 175. 

Hannah, 175. 

Henry O., 568. 

Luvana, 388. 

Mamie E., 568. 

Mary, 427. 

Mercy, ZZ7. 

Sarah, 338, 345. 

Sarah M., 440. 

Susan G., 660. 
Roby, Mary B., 384. 

Ralph, 414. 
Rockwood, Betsy R., 370. 

Mary E., 328, 335. 
Rodgers, Josiah, 75. 

Mary, 510. 
Rogers, Alice I., 589. 

Charles T., 429. 

David, 589. 

James, 125, 589. 

James H., 418. 

Jessie, 589. 

Josiah, 89. 

Lydia, 609. 

Marian T., 589. 

Marshall, 620. 

Mary, 471. 

Mary R., 589. 

Sarah, 685. 

Susan, 556. 
Rolf, Abigail, 554. 

Susanna, 385. 
Rood, Esther, 645. 
Root, Mary, 513. 

Parthenia, 619. 
Rose-Troup, John, 225. 
Ross, Helen E., 701. 



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History of New Ipswich 



Rossiter, Harriet T., 525. 

Ida B., 525. 

Kate M., 525. 

Marshall S., 525. 

Stephen T., 524. 
Rowd, Mary H., 544. 
Rowe, Elihu T.. 140. 
Rowell, Dolly, 361. 
Rowse, Annie E., 693. 

Arthur E., 693. 

Richard, 693. 

Walter W., 693. 
Rugg, Caroline L., 536. 

Clara F., 268. 

Daniel, 389. 

Warham H., 266. 
Rumrill, Benjamin, 590. 

Daniel, 590. 

David, 90, 528, 590. 

Joseph, 590. 

Simon, 590. 
Rusch, Emma, 550. 
Russell, Alice, 465. 

Artemas, 280. 

Betsy, 443. 

Celia, 544. 

Charles L., 372. 

Charlotte, 400. 

David W., 345. 

Edith F., 697. 

Eunice, 367. 

Fred A., 697. 

George T., 665, 697. 

James, 403. 

Jason, 403. 

Joel, 91. 

John, 279. 

Jonathan, 403. 

Lillian B., 697. 

Lois, 271. 

Lysander E., 554. 

Mabel F., 697. 

Mary, 343, 403. 

Mary E., 665. 

Maude V., 697. 

Mehitable, 317. 

Nancy, 443. 

Patty, 444. 

Phebe, 249. 

Polly, 364. 

Reuben, 89, 719. 

Samuel H., 89, 474. 

Sarah S., 193. 

Solomon A., 251. 

William, 136. 
Rust, Oliver, 672. 
Rutherford, Susan, 332. 



Sachs, Theodore B., 717. 
Sackett, Ellen, 606. 
Safford, Benjamin, 89, 
90, 590, 591. 

Betsy, 591. 

Elizabeth W., 591. 

Hannah, 591. 

Hannah C, 591. 

John W., 591. 

Joseph, 590. 

Lucy, 591. 

Lydia, 591. 

Prudence, 591. 

Reuben, 591. 

Samuel, 590. 

Stephen F., 591. 

Thomas, 590. 
Salinas, Christopher C, 

499. 
Sampson, Mary, 326. 
Samson, Charles B., 371. 
Sanders, Annie, 591. 

Annie J., 592. 

Betsy, 591. 

Caroline, 592. 

Caroline E., 592. 

Caroline F., 592. 

Charles L., 593. 

Clarendon M., 592. 

Cora N., 593. 

David, 75, 84,91,591. 

David A., 592, 593. 

Eddie L, 593. 

Edward A., 118, 592. 

Elizabeth J., 592. 

Ella L., 593. 

Ellen F., 592. 

Eugene S., 592. 

Fannie E., 593. 

Fidelia, 592. 

Frank, 593. 

George, 157, 592. 

George A., 592, 593, 
685. 

George L, 593. 

George L., 592, 593. 

Harry H., 592. 

Henry M., 592. 

Hester E., 593. 

Joseph, 591. 

Joseph H., 592. 

Lorenzo P., 592. 

Mary C, 593. 

Mary E., 592. 

Mary H., 592. 

Nathan, 157, 591. 

Nathan E., 592. 



Sanders, Polly, 591. 

Rebecca. 712. 

Sally, 591. 

Silas L., 592, 655. 

William S., 593. 
Sanderson, Elisha, 133. 

Hannah, 636. 

John, 358. 
Sandy, Mary A., 620. 
Sargent, Eleanor M., 284. 

Elizabeth, 556. 

George W., 284. 

Harriet C. 465. 

Lucinda, 458. 

Lynde, 173. 

Marjorie J., 284. 

Nancy A.. 309. 

Robert W., 284. 
Sartel, Carrie B., 405. 
Satterlee. Ida, 408. 
Sauble, Susie, 352. 
Sawin, Mary, 353, 383. 
Sawtelle, Edmund, 88, 90. 

Elizabeth, 709. 

Hezekiah, 93. 

John, 75, 89, 97, 474. 

Josiah, 481. 

Lucy, 597. 

Sarah, 181, 481, 563. 

Sophronia, 511. 
Savv^yer, Alfred, 422. 

Alpheus, 599. 

Calista, 611. 

Charles, 513. 

Elizabeth, 189, 193. 

Emily, 599. 

George M., 323. 

Lucy, 429. 

Patience, 333. 

Sarah, 640. 
Saxton, Edmund F., 210. 
Scales, Carmi H., 440. 
Scammel, Alexander, 84. 
Schmidt, Catharine, 314. 

Theresa, 314. 
Schuster, Christian, 275. 
Scollay, Lucy, 394. 

Mary, 291. 
Scott, Bernice M., 238. 

David, n, 79, 99. 

Harold P., 238. 

John, 91. 

Lucy, 501. 

Martha A., 502. 

Myron F., 238. 

William, 79, 82, 86, 
89. 



768 



Index 



Scoville, John, 422. 
Scripture, Oliver, 399. 

Sally, 713. 
Scamons, H. W., 492. 
Searle, Calvin E., 705. 

Gardner, 360. 

Joshua P., 355. 
Searles, Azubah, 267. 

George, 333. 

Sophia, 606. 
Seaton, Mary L., 406. 
Seaver, Lucy A., 672. 
Seavey, Carlos L., 453. 
Sever, John, 212. 
Severance, Abel, 79, 594. 

Abigail, 594. 

Abijah, 595. 

Benjamin, 88, 595. 

Daniel, 79, 594, 595. 

Ebenezer, 79, 88, 594. 

Ephraim, 86, 96, 593, 
594. 

Joel, 417. 

John, 593. 

Nathan, 595. 

Polly, 594. 

Rufus, 594. 
Sewall, Edmund, 506. 
Seymour, Bela N., 130. 

Sophia D., 635. 
Shafer, Ellen, 512. 
Shaley, Eliza, 358. 
Shanesberg, Margaret, 

526. 
Sharp, Mary, 322. 
Shattuck, Abel, 599, 603. 

Abel H., 603. 

Abigail, 598. 

Abigail S., 601. 

Almira J., 605. 

Amanda M., 601. 

Amos B., 606. 

Amos F., 608. 

Amy L., 608. 

Ann, 659. 

Arthur H., 608. 

Benjamin, 596. 

Bertha C, 608. 

Bessie A., 608. 

Betsy, 598. 

Brooks, 600, 606. 

Brown, 598. 

Caroline A., 607. 

Charles, 600. 

Charles C, 601, 607. 

Charles F., 600, 606. 

Charles H., 604. 

Charles P., 608. 



Shattuck, Charlotte, 599, 

602. 
Clarissa B., 604. 
Cyrell, 602. 
Daniel, 599, 600, 603, 

605. 
David, 599. 
David B., 625. 
David D., 607. 
Dolly, 179. 
Dustin, 600. 
Edward H., 605, 608. 
Eleonora, 608. 
Elisha, 599. 
Eliza, 605. 
Elizabeth, 235, 577, 

597, 600. 
Elizabeth P., 602. 
Ellen M., 604. 
Elmira, 603. 
Elvira, 600. 
Emma H., 607. 
Ernest A., 608. 
Ezra, 599. 
Francis, 600, 605. 
Francis J., 604. 
Francis M., 604. 
Frances W., 607. 
Franklin, 602. ' 

Frederic D., 456. 
George B., 603, 608. 
George W., 118, 603,1 

605, 607. 
Gertie W., 608. 
Grace M., 608. 
Hannah, 599, 600, < 

602. 
Harriet F., 605, 607. 
Harriet M., 605. j 

Harriette, 603. 
Harrison, 605, 608. 
Hartly M., 606. 
Helen G., 608. 
Helen M., 606, 607. 
Henrietta M., 606. 
Henry L., 604. 
Horace B., 603, 608. 
Horace C, 606. 
Huldah, 602. 
Jane, 600, 602. 
Jane W., 601. 
Jennie H., 607. 
Jeremiah, 596. 
Joanna, 602. 
John, 596, 597, 598, 

599. 
John B., 113, 118, 

605. 

769 



Shattuck, John H., 603, 

607. 
Jonathan, 598. 
Joshua E., 607. 
Josiah P., 602. 
Laura F., 608. 
Lemuel, 599, 604. 
Levi R., 607. 
Lucy A., 607. 
Lucinda G., 601. 
Lydia, 598, 602. 
Maiah B., 602. 
Maria, 600. 
Marian I., 608. 
Marianne, 602. 
Martha, 600, 606. 
Mary, 262, 599, 601, 

607. 
Mary B., 601. 
Mary E., 603. 
Milo F., 601. 
Milton H., 607. 
Miriam S., 604. 
Nancy, 528. 
Nathaniel, 620. 
Oliver, 631. 
Oliver P., 599, 602. 
Persis H., 601. 
Peter, 82, 88, 91, 597, 

600. 
Peter R., 601. 
Phebe, 652. 
Philip, 596. 
Polly, 598. 
Rebecca, 599, 604. 
Richard P., 599, 601. 
Rodney P., 607. 
Roxey, 601. 
Ruth, 598. 
Sabrina H., 601. 
Sally, 598. 
Samuel, 596, 607. 
Sarah B., 377, 499. 
Sarah D., 601. 
Sarah E., 604, 607. 
Sarah W., 604. 
Shebuel, 600, 605. 
Sherman, 597, 599. 
Simeon H., 600, 606. 
Stephen, 598, 601. 
Susan, 602. 
Susanna, 598, 601. 
Timothy F., 602. 
Vashti, 599. 
Wesson, 602. 
William, 96, 106, 595, 

599, 600. 
William B., 598, 607. 



History of New Ipswich 



Shattuck, William C, 
607. 

William K, 602. 

William S., 601. 

Zebediah, 652. 
Shaw, Hattie G., 314. 
Sheafe, Harriet C, 451. 
Shedd, Abel, 179. 

Abigail, 392, 538. 

Bcts>, 592. 

Charles, 140, 141. 

Cora B., 568. 

Curtis, 652. 

Edith M., 568. 

Elizabeth, 245. 

Ernest F., 568. 

Frank J., 568. 

Hannah, 446. 

Harry P., 568. 

James A., 184. 

Jemima, 718. 

John B., 611. 

Sarah, 472. 

Susan, 184. 
Sheldon, Charles B., 118. 

Milly, 408. 
Shepard, Elizabeth, 237. 

John W., 530. 

Nellie F., 699. 

Martha, 393. 
Shepley, Betsy, 528. 

Eunice, 249. 

Henry O., 439. 

Washington, 308, 439. 
Sherman, Abigail, 703. 

Grace, 290. 

Maria M., 678. 

Martha, 596. 

Sarah, 372. 
Sherwin, Asa, 87. 

Benjamin A., 672. 

David, 571. 

Jonathan, 237. 

Patty, 573. 

William, 142. 
Shipley, Noah P., 251. 
Short, Sarah, 176. 
Shumway, Peter, 529. 
Shurtleflf, Susan A., 277. 
Siemers, Luise O., 193. 
Silver, Charlotte, 307. 

Simmons, Louise, 
341. 
Simonds, Abbie W., 609. 

Charles F., 578, 606. 

James W., 609. 

Jonathan, 609. 

Josephine H., 609. 



Simonds, Martha A., 
609. 

Mary E., 219, 299. 

Moses, 609. 

Samuel, 609. 

Sarah, 618, 712. 

Willard S., 118. 
Simons, Willard, 118. 
Simpson, James, 118. 

John, 601. 
Skeldon, Mary, 274. 
Skelton, Deborah, 336. 
Skiflf, Evelyn, 700. 
Skinner, Alice, 279. 

Benjamin, 133. 

Edmund D., 678. 

Esther C, 550. 

Warren, 394. 
Slack, Henry, 413. 
Slade, Isabel 201. 
Slater, Julia M., 304. 
Sleeper, Charles, 383. 

Sarah, 491. 
Slocum, Edward G., 501. 
Sloss, Anna, 638. 
Slyter, Ada L., 278. 
Small,, Joanna M., 624. 

Mary E., 613. 
Smart, Betsy, 347. 

Caroline S., 349. 

Rebecca, 348. 
Smead, Polly, 271. 
Smedley, Ann, 362. 

Sarah, 640. 
Smilev, Charles M., 553. 
Smith, Abby, 313, 612. 

Abigail, 466, 610. 

Abijah, 83, 178, 609. 

Adon, 612. 

Albert, 611. 

Ann E., 508. 

Anna, 381. 

Augustus, 118. 

Bandana, 347. 

Benjamin, 79, 613. 

Bertha L., 206. 

Betsy, 610. 

Carl, 206. 

Catharine E., 206. 

Charles, 611. 

Charles E., 613. 

Charles H., 390, 614. 

Charlotte, 612. 

Clarinda, 313. 

Cyrus, 610. 

Daniel B., 400, 612. 

David, 345, 380, 613. 

Delia M., 612. 

770 



Smith, Deliverance, 123. 

Earl, 140. 

Edward, 611. 

Edwin, 612. 

Elijah, 610. 

Elizabeth, 509, 571. 

Emory D., 206. 

Esther, 614. 

Frank I., 582, 614. 

Frank R., 228. 

Frank W., 614. 

Frederic B., 383. 

Freeman, 511. 

George A., 118, 699. 

Gideon H., 118. 

Hannah, 406, 466, 
647. 

Hannah L., 612. 

Helen, 613. 

Ina S., 702. 

Tra, 614. 

Jane, 612. 

Jeremiah, 611. 

Jesse, 140, 610, 612. 

John, 368, 613. 

Jonas, 611. 

Lefy A., 611. 

Lucy, 249, 674. 

Luther, 140. 

Lydia, 241, 610. 

Mary, 434. 514, 647. 

Mary E., 502, 614. 

Melissa, 383. 

Moody, 344. 

Olive, 612. 

Orlena C, 613. 

Peday, 418. 

Peggy, 415. 

Polly, 610. 

Rachel, 612. 

Rebecca, 205, 335, 
610. 

Relief, 610. 

Ruhamah, 664. 

Sally, 610. 

Sally J., 611. 

Samuel, 611. 

Sarah C, 421, 524. 

Sydney, 612. 

Thomas, 88, 613. 

Walton B., 206. 

William, 492, 674. 
Snell. Catharine, 385. 

Thomas, 389. 
Snow, Anna M., 492. 

Francella, 236. 

Frederic E., 260. 

Harriet A., 450. 



Index 



Snow, Hosea, 236. 

Louise B., 280. 

Martha L., 634. 

Mary, 228. 

Snyder A., 133. 
Soper, Samuel, 75, 79, 90. 

Sophia, 270. 
Southgate, Lovisa, 542. 
Southwick, Rebecca, 511. 
Spafford, Abijah, 591. 
Sparhawk, Esther, 171. 

Hannah, 351. 

John, 142. 
Spaulding, Abbie K., 627. 

Abbv F., 622, 626. 

Abel, 616, 618. 

Abial, 617. 

Abigail, 616, 645. 

Albert, 620. 

Alfred F., 625. 

Almira, 623. 

Almira S., 622. 

Alva, 619. 

Alvah, 617. 

Amasa A., 620. 

Ami, 623. 

Andrew, 124, 614, 
615, 617. 

Ann F., 625. 

Anna C, 470. 

Anna E., 627. 

Anson, 270. 

Benjamin, 95, 318, 
615, 617. 

Benjamin D., 618, 
622. 

Betsy, 616. 

Caroline E., 625. 

Charles, 622, 626. 

Charles C, 626. 

Charles E., 627. 

Charles H., 624. 

Charles W., 625. 

Chase, 618. 

Clement, 620. 

Daniel, 616, 622. 

Delight, 618. 

Ebenezer B., 88, 622. 

Edward, 214, 614. 

Edward F., 626. 

Edward H., 626. 

Elias H., 626. 

Eliza, 619, 622. 

Elizabeth C, 242, 627. 

Ellen M., 625, 718. 

Emily, 620. 

Emily P., 624. 

Emma, 622. 



Spaulding, Finette, 617. 
Frank B., 624. 
Franklin, 618. 
George, 623. 
George A., 624. 
George E., 627. 
George F., 621, 624. 
George P., 622. 
Gilman, 623. 
Hannah, 371, 461, 615, 

616, 620. 
Harriet, 623, 699. 
Harriet A., 625. 
Harriet B., 626. 
Harriet E., 620. 
Harriet L., 624. 
Harriet R., 627. 
Harry E., 627. 
Harvey, 622. 
Haskell, 617, 623. 
Helen M., 619. 
Henry, 89, 90, 614, 

624. 
Henry M., 627. 
Hosea, 619. 
Ira, 618. 
Isaac, 616, 621, 622, 

625. 
Isaac H., 626. 
Isaac K., 626. 
Jacob, 136. 
James, 616, 619, 623. 
James B., 620. 
James C, 622. 
James G., 623. 
James M., 623. 
John, 500, 621. 
John A., 626, 627. 
John W., 332. 
Jonas, 616, 618. 
Jonathan, 616, 619. 
Joseph, 616, 621. 
Joseph S., 621. 
Josephine M., 627. 
Josiah W., 154, 621, 

625. 
Junius, 617. 
Laura, 618. 
Laura A., 621, 624. 
Lemira, 618. 
Levi, 82, 90, 617, 622. 
Lorenzo, 620. 
Louisa, 620. 
Lucy, 617, 618, 623. 
Lucy K., 626. 
Lydia, 617. 
Lyman, 618, 622. 
Maria, 554. 

771 



Spaulding, Maria H., 

624. 
Martha, 618. 
Martha A., 619. 
Mary, 357, 616, 620, 

622. 
Mary A., 619, 620, 

622. 
Mary C, 618. 
Mary H., 625. 
Mary L., 621. 
Mary R., 626. 
Micah, 618. 
Moses, 622, 626. 
Myra, 620. 
Nathan, 617. 
Nathan B., 616, 620. 
Nathan P., 619. 
Nellie G., 712. 
Noah, 616, 619. 
Orpah, 622. 
Parnal, 618. 
Permelie, 618. 
Phineas, 616.-^ — 
Phineas B., 621, 625.- 
Prudence, 618. 
Rachel, 617. 
Rebecca C, 621. 
Rodney, 619. 
Ruth, 617. 
Sally, 616, 620. 
Samuel, 616, 622. 
Sarah, 337, 342. 
Sarah B., 625. 
Sarah J., 622. 
Sewall, 619. 
Simeon, 413, 617. 
Solomon, 620. 
Sophia, 620. 
Sophronia, 620. 
Stephen, 617, 619, 

621, 623. 
Sybil, 420. 
Sylvia, 617. 
Thomas, 93, 96, 617. 
Vesta, 620. 
Waldo R., 627. 
Willard, 269. 
William, 621. 
William A., 624. 
William E., 627. 
William R., 626. 
William S., 621, 624. 
Zebina, 617. 
Spear, Alva, 628. 
Annie B., 629. 
Betsy, 628. 
Charlotte, 628. 



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Spear, Dorothy, 628. 

Eben, 628. 

Edward H., 629. 

Emily P., 629. 

George H., 629. 

Hannah, 628. 

Henry A., 629. 

Joseph, 628. 

Joseph A., 118, 628. 

Joseph B., 629. 

Joseph T., 629. 

Lucinda, 628. 

Lydia, 628. 

Lyman, 628. 

Margaret, 628. 

Mary, 629. 

Mary K., 629. 

Maude, 629. 

Otis, 628. 

Samuel, 95, 628. 

Samuel B., 628. 

Sarah, 676. 

Selene, 628. 

William, 75, 88, 89, 
91, 93, 96, 627. 
Spencer, Eunice, 671. 

Hobart, 491. 

John, 412. 

John C, 255. 

Mary, 664. 

Susanna, 202. 
Sperry, James, 344. 
Spafford, Clarissa O., 
289. 

Hannah, 145, 176. 

Mary, 282. 

Phebe, 176. 

Polly, 355. 
Sprague, George L., 535. 

Hannah, 256, 696. 

Lyman C., 312. 

Mary, 279. 

Rebecca, 278. 

Vere N., 535. 

Waldo W., 312. 
Spring, Margaret, 704. 
St. Armand, Delia, 321. 
St. Claire, Abbie, 690. 
Stacy, Mary A., 272. 
Stanchfield, Olive G., 667. 
Standen, Anthony, 199. 

Edith A., 199. 

Marjorie, 199. 

Richard F. H., 199. 
Stanford, Fanny, 174. 

Mabel, 353. 
Stanhope, Isaac, 79. 
Stanley, Joseph, 87. 



Stanley, Mary A., 706. 

Sarah, 502. 
Stansbury, Jean, 471. 
Stark, Clifton C, 251. 

Elizabeth R, 456. 

Ellen, 251. 

Henry, 251. 
Starnes, Sarah, 687. 
Starr, Elizabeth, 275. 

Florida, 275. 

Mary, 378. 
Start, Amos, 631. 

Daniel S., 631. 

Ebenezer, 630. 

Elizabeth, 631. 

George, 630, 674. 

Isaiah, 631. 

John, 79, 630, 631. 

Lucy, 631. 

Mary, 630, 631. 

Moses, 446, 630, 674. 

Noah, 631. 

Relief, 631. 

Sally, 631. 

Sarah, 630, 631. 

William, 75, 91, 630, 
631. 
Stearns, Abbie M., 636. 

Abigail, 229,455,633. 

Abigail M., 634. 

Albert, 152, 157, 633, 
637. 

Albert W., 635. 

Alice, 633. 

Betsy, 632. 

Charles, 636. 

Charles C, 635. 

Clarence G., 636. 

David, 636. 

Douglass C, 638. 

Edwin J., 685. 

Elizabeth, 180. 

Emily W., 633. 

Eveline L., 634. 

Flora E., 634. 

Flora P., 635. 

Foster W., 638. 

Frank W., 637. 

George M., 635. 

George W., 259, 600. 

Gertrude L., 635. 

Isaac, 632, 633. 

Isaac O., 636. 

Isaac C, 157, 634, 

James H., 635. 

Jesse, 633. 

Jesse G. D., 634. 

John, 120, 632, 636. 

772 



Stearns, John N., 634, 
636. 

Joseph C, 637. 

Josiah M., 634, 635. 

Julia, 637. 

Leonard, 600, 637. 

Louisa, 638. 

Lucy E., 634, 636. 

Martha, 633. 

Martha C, 634. 

Mary, 375, 632. 

Mary M., 190. 

Nathan, 636. 

Nellie G., 636. 

Orpah, 367, 633. 

Rebecca H., 681. 

Richard H., 637. 

Sarah A., 375, 632. 

Thomas, 181. 

Thomas A.. 181. 

Timothy, 75, 83. 

William F.. 637, 638. 
Steele, Mary, 593. 
Stephen, Eliza, 416. 
Stephenson, Sarah, 713. 
Sterling, Lizzie, 245. 
Stetson, Simon, 496. 
Stevens, Arthur L., 718. 

Arvilla, 186. 

Charles E., 612. 

Deliverance, 408. 

Elizabeth, 672. 

Ephraim, 78, 88, 90. 

Henrietta F., 612. 

Henry R., 611. 

Hiram, 303. 

Jane, 600. 

Joanna, 318. 

John, 47, 153. 

Jonathan, 75. 

Joseph, 509. 

Levi, 249. 

Lucy, 357. 

Mary, 304. 

Samuel, 498. 

Sarah, 343. 
Stevenson, Margaret, 295. 
Steward, Ida L., 276. 
Stickney, Alfred, 640. 

Amos, 638. 

Anna, 639. 

Asa, 639. 

Benjamin, 638. 

Charles, 639. 

Eliza, 639. 

George W., 639. 

Hitte, 639. 

Jane, 639. 



Index 



Stickney, Joseph, 91, 95, 
638, 639. 

Joseph H., 639. 

Lizzie, 639. 

Lyman, 640. 

Maria, 68L 

Martha, 248. 

Mersylvia, 640. 

Moody, 639. 

Paul, 97. 

Oliver, 639. 

Richard, 90. 

Thomas, 639. 

Warren, 640. 

William, 638, 639. 
Stiles, Harriet E., 205. 

Hattie A., 569. 

Henrietta F., 315. 
Stimpson, Mary, 587. 

Royal, 678. 
Stinson, Bethia, 636. 

Eliza, 648. 
Stoddard, Delina C, 672. 

Martha, 404. 
Stone, Abigail, 675. 

Abijah, 393. 

Asa, 641. 

Charles M., 642. 

David, 641. 

Earl, 559. 

Ebenezer, 481. 

Elias, 640. 

Elizabeth, 697. 

Elizabeth F., 641. 

Elizabeth H., 385. 

Ellen, 642. 

Elmira, 186, 347. 

Eunice, 641. 

Gregory, 490. 

Hannah, 231. 

Harriet, 716. 

Helen M., 347. 

Isaac, 641. 

Isaac N., 642. 

James, 640. 

Jane, 640, 642. 

Jesse, 642. 

Joel, 641. 

John, 640. 

John P., 642. 

Jonas, 641. 

Joseph, 640. 

Josiah, 78. 

Laura A., 225, 384, 
642. 

Luther, 641. 

Maria, 642. 

Mary, 257, 492, 642. 



Stone, Nathan, 236, 641, 
642. 

Nathaniel, 75, 83, 91, 
106, 641. 

Noyce, 641. 

Polly, 696. 

Relief, 642. 

Ruth, 557. 

Salmon, 89. 

Sarah, 641. 

Silas, 642. 

Simon, 640, 641. 

Sophia, 270. 

Thankful, 641. 

Timothy, 642. 

William H., 642. 

Zimri, 642. 

Zoa, 642. 
Storrs, Reuben, 347. 
Stowell, Elizabeth, 263. 

Lucinda, 621. 

Mary, 690. 

Nathaniel, 274. 
Stowers, Ann, 486. 
Strate, William, 83. 
Stratton, Asa, 644. 

Barnard, 647. 

Caroline, 644. 

Charles, 644. 

Charles H., 118, 646. 

Charles R., 646. 

Daniel, 643, 645. 

David, 75, 647. 

Dolly, 644. 

Ebenezer, 644. 

Edward, 646. 

Elbridge, 644. 

Eleazar, 643. 

Elizabeth, 644. 

Emma F., 646. 

Emogene A., 646. 

Etta E., 646. 

George E., 646. 

G. Frederic, 646. 

Hannah, 644. 

Hezekiah, 643, 644. 

James S., 118, 512, 
646. 

Jeremiah, 644, 645. 

John, 644, 647. 

Jonas, 643, 647. 

Joseph, 643. 

Levi, 647. 

Lydia, 644, 645. 

Martha, 647. 

Mary, 468, 677. 

Nehemiah, 88, 90, 93, 
96, 644. 

773 



Stratton, Raymond, 645. 

Sally, 644. 

Samuel, 643. 

Sarah, 643. 

Sarah E., 646. 

Seth, 645. 

Stillman, 646. 

Susan J., 646. 

Susan M., 645. 

Thomas, 647. 

William, 644, 645. 
Streeter, Hannah,, 318. 
Strong, Harrison W., 133. 

Mary A., 378. 

Phebe, 230. 
Strout, George E., 485. 
Stuart, Edward, 437. 
Stubbs, Jessie B., 567. 
Sullivan, John, 80. 
Sumner, Harriet C, 197. 

Samuel G., 670. 
Sunbury, Arthur, 544. 
Surette, Louis A., 604. 
Sutcliffe, Mattie, 716. 
Sutherland, Mary P.. 575. 
Sutter, Martha, 264. 
Swain, Elizabeth, 256. 

Nathaniel, 75, 89, 91. 
Swallow, Andrew S., 
113, 118. 

Ellen H., 653. 

Nellie M., 513. 

Peter. 653. 
Swalzwelder, Mary C, 

563. 
Swan, Elizabeth, 545. 

Sarah, 248. 
Swartz. Walter G., 513. 
Swasey, Lydia A., 538. 
Sweatt, Moses E., 484. 

Permelia C, 602. 
Sweeney, Emma, 274. 
Sweet, Alice, 408. 

Samuel P., 598. 
Sweetser, Charles H., 

368. 
Swett, Eddy B., 205. 
Sykes, Frances C, 370. 
Syles, Mary, 248. 
Sylvester, Adrianna, 648. 

Carl A., 649. 

Charles, 648. 

Deborah, 648. 

Edwin, 648, 649. 

Eliza A., 386. 

Fred, 649. 

Harriet A., 649. 



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Sylvester, John, 647. 

Joseph, 647. 

Lemuel H., 647. 

Lucy, 648. 

Mary E., 649. 

Mary L., 648. 

Merrick, 644, 649. 

Philip H., 649. 

Richard, 647. 

Stephen, 649. 

Stephen A., 649. 

Stephen T., 648. 

William H., 649. 

Zinthia, 648. 
Symes, Mary, 560. 
Symmes, Caroline, 624. 
Symonds, Asa, 529. 

Emma L., 567. 

Hannah, 531, 708. 

Mary, 319, 584. 

Melia, 191. 

Rebecca, 369. 

Thomas, 640. 

Tabraham, Robert J., 

545. 
Taft, Herbert J., 149. 
Taggard, Ira, 136. 

James, 86. 

Martha, 631. 
Tainter, Edwin B., 574. 

William, 221. 
Tait, Margaret B., 702. 
Talbot, Sarah H., 320. 
Talcott, Hart, 140. 
Tapley, Harriet R., 251. 
Tappan, Samuel S., 634. 
Tarbell, Alice M., 207, 
685. 

Bessie M., 155. 

Betsy, 181. 

Candace, 366. 

Charles L., 155. 

George A., 680. 

Sarah, 192, 272. 
Tarbox, Experience, 455. 

Sarah, 218. 
Taylor, Abraham, 650. 

Adella, 656. 

Amos, 355, 650. 

Asenath, 652. 

Betsy, 592. 

Bridget, 650. 

Carrie, 655. 

Catharine, 651. 

Charles, 652, 655. 

Charles C, 655. 

Charles P., 327. 



Taylor, Clarence G., 656. 
C. Ralph, 656. 
David, 650. 
Edmund, 650. 
Eleanor S., 654. 
Elias, 286. 
Eliza, 404, 678. 
Elizabeth H., 331, 

654, 691. 
Emily, 653. 
Emily A., 654. 
Emma, 655. 
Ephraim, 651. 
Erwin H., 656. 
Esther, 561. 
Eugene H., 655. 
Fanny G., 652. 
George, 652, 654. 
George M., 680. 
George W., 653, 655. 
Hannah, 651, 654. 
Harriet L., 655. 
Harriet M., 656. 
Harriet N., 654. 
Harrietta M., 655. 
Hartwell J., 653, 655. 
Henry, 653. 
Hepzybeth, 652. 
Hiram, 652. 
James, 651. 
Jane W., 586, 651, 

655. 
Jennie, 592. 
John, 651. 
Jonathan, 654. 
Laura, 653. 
Lucy, 403, 651, 652, 

653. 
Lucy K., 653. 
Lydia M., 619. 
Martha F., 655, 660. 
Mary, 344, 376, 651, 

654, 655. 
Milly, 652. 
Myron, 655, 656. 
Nathaniel, 652. 
Olive A., 653. 
Oliver S., 140, 652. 
Persis, 490. 
Philip W., 656. 
Rachel, 651. 
Reuben, 96, 651, 652, 

654. 
Rhoda, 695. 
Ruth, 362, 652. 
Samuel, 650,652,653. 
Sarah, 243, 452, 652, 

692. 

774 



Taylor, Sarah W., 654. 

Silas, 90. 

Sophia, 652. 

Sophronia, 652. 

Submit, 437. 

Susannah, 652. 

Sylvia, 652. 

Thaddeus, 651. 

Theodore, 613. 

Thirza, 418. 

Thomas S., 654. 

Warren C, 656. 

William, 265, 650, 
651, 653. 

Zebedee, 651. 
Tebbitts, George B., 118. 
Teel, Samuel, 444. 
Temple, Betsy, 269. 

Harriet, 511. 

John, 78, 79. 

Mary R., 272. 

Timothy G., 510. 

William H., 659. 
Templeton, Lydia C, 576. 
Tenney, Abby M., 660. 

Ada R, 663. 

Adaline, 348. 

Alfred, 659. 

Alfred R., 659. 

Alice F., 662. 

Almira, 659. 

Arvilla, 658. 

Asenath A., 659. 

Barnard, 660. 

Benjamin, 657, 658. 

Betsy, 657. 

Blanche M., 578. 

Charles A., 660. 

Charles F., 663. 

Charles H., 661, 663. 

Charles P., 663. 

Clara B., 661. 

Clara M., 662. 

Clarissa W., 658. 

Cora L., 663. 

Edgar L., 663. 

Ellen F., 660. 

Emma L., 661. 

Estella W., 662. 

Ethel P., 578. 

Eugene, 660. 

Florence A., 662. 

Florence B., 663. 

Florence M., 578. 

Flossie C, 663. 

F'rances, 661. 

George F., 120, 658. 

George W., 661. 



Index 



1>nney, Grace E., 578. 
Hammon M., 659. 
Hammon O., 662. 
Harriet A., 658. 
Hattie E., 662. 
Helen I., 662. 
Henry A., 660. 
Homer, 662. 
Irene L., 659. 
James, 660. 
James E., 578. 
James H., 578. 
Jennie L., 661. 
John, 656, 657. 
Joseph, 75, 89, 91, 

657, 661. 
Joseph A., 658, 660. 
Joseph P., 659, 661. 
Josephine T., 661. 
Julia L., 663. 
Lorena M., 659, 663. 
Louise M., 663. 
Lovina M., 659. 
Lucy B., 658. 
Lydia J., 659. 
Lydia M., 660. 
Lyman L., 659. 
Madge B., 663. 
Marie J., 661. 
Marion A., 663. 
Martha A., 660, 711. 
Mary A., 658. 
Mary E., 660. 
Moses W., 660. 
Myra F., 663. 
Oliver, 657, 660, 662. 
Osgood C, 662. 
Pamele, 661. 
Phila F., 272. 
Philena A., 661. 
Philip E., 662. 
Ralph C, 663. 
Roxana L., 661. 
Ray P., 663. 
Ruth M., 662. 
Sampson, 657, 658, 

659, 660. 
Sampson M., 661, 

663. 
Samuel, 657, 661. 
Sarah A., 659. 
Sarah J., 662. 
Sarah L., 661. 
Susan L., 663. 
Sylvia, 659. 
Theodore, 660. 
Thirza L., 661. 
Thomas, 656. 



Tenney, Velora E., 661. 

Velora L., 663. 

Wallace O., 662. 

Wilber H., 662. 

Willard E., 659. 

Wiliam B., 657, 658. 

William P., 659, 661, 
663. 
Thacher, Caroline, 550. 
Thaxter, Elizabeth, 351. 
Thaver, Albert G., 665. 

Albert S., 666, 667. 

Alice E., 666. 

Arthur S., 668. 

Beatrice, 668. 

Bertha J., 667. 

Edith E., 667. 

Edward A., 118, 665, 
666. 

Everett H., 666. 

Everett S., 667. 

Ferdinando, 664. 

Frances H., 668. 

Frank P., 667. 

Frederic A., 665, 667. 

Grace D., 668. 

Grace J., 666. 

Hannah, 664. 

Harry E., (£] . 

Hattie F., (£J . 

Henry, (^1 . 

Hovi^ard S., 666. 

Joanna P., 664. 

John, 664. 

Lauretta S., 665. 

Mabel L., 666. 

Marion A., 666. 

Mary E., 665. 

Miriam A., 667. 

Nettie A.. 667. 

Palatia, 664. 

Permelia H., 665. 

Philip C., 668. 

Samuel A., 665, 666. 

Sarah A, 665. 

Smith, 664. 

Stephen, 664. 

Stephen H., 665,666. 

Thomas, 664. 

Walter S., 666, 668. 

William A., 666, (^1 . 

William S., 665. 
Thomas, Bethia, 458. 

David, 333. 

Delos, 535. 

George R., 259. 

John, 80, 82, 88, 91, 
93. 

775 



Thomas, Joseph, 417. 

Margaret, 327. 

Mary A., 711. 

Othniel, 97. 
Thompson, Anna M., 635. 

Bessie T., 155, 353. 

Czarina, 226. 

Ezekiel, 710. 

James E., 681. 

Lottie A., 243. 

Mary, 232. 

Matthew, 618. 

Nancy, 476. 

William R., 133. 
Thorns, Mary O., 707. 
Thorn, Walter, 244. 
Thornton, Caroline A., 

223. 
Thurston, Esther, 247. 

Lydia, 331. 
Tibbeth, Dallas D., 264. 
Tidder, James, 75, 87, 91, 
93, 668. 

Molly, 668. 

Solomon, 668. 
Tilden, Zinthia, 647. 
Tileston, Hannah, 351. 
Tillson, Orrin, 525. 
Tilson, Jennie, 614. 
Tilton, Eben, 693. 
Tindall, George T., 526. 

Harry B., 526. 
Tingley, James W., 133. 
Titus, Charles, 674. 

James, 674. 

Lucy, 674. 

Maria, 674. 

Relief, 674. 

Reuben, 674. 
Tobey, Charles W., 543. 

Doris E., 543. 

Marion I., 543. 

Mary, 710. 

Mildred P., 543. 

William H., 543. 
Tobin, Albert S., 372. 

Arthur P., 372. 
Todd, Adaline, 610. 

James B., 196. 

John, 610. 

Martha, 610. 

William, 610. 
Tolman, Charles, 586. 

Eliza, 359. 

Henry, 586. 

John, 326. 

Josephine, 586. 

Mary, 280. 



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Tolman, Sarah, 586. 
Tompkins, Margaret, 455. 
Toms, Florence, 372. 
Tory, Mary, 242. 
Tower, George, 383. 

Nancy C, 383. 
Towne, Abigail, 671. 

Alice, 405. 

Almond S., 671. 

Benjamin, 669, 670, 
671. 

Betsy, 539, 671. 

Betty, 670. 

Catharine, 669. 

Cornelius, 670, 672. 

Diana, 671. 

Edmund, 84, 91, 96, 
669, 670, 671. 

Elijah, 670, 671. 

Eliza, 671. 

Elizabeth, 669. 

Ezra, 75, 253, 669, 
670. 

Ezra, Jr., 670. 

Francis, 670. 

George M., 672. 

Greene, 672. 

Flannah C, 672. 

Harriet E., 569. 

Jeremiah, 669, 670. 

John P., 672. 

Joseph 669. 

Joshua C, 259. 

Lillian, 577. 

Martha, 311. 

Mary, 570, 672. 

Mary C, 672. 

Mercy, 670. 

Nathaniel, 669. 

Nehemiah, 670. 

Phebe, 670. 

Pliny F., 672. 

Rebecca, 670. 

Rhoda, 670. 

Sarah, 670, 672. 

Stephen, 671. 

Susannah, 670. 

Wilder, 670. 

William, 668. 
Townsend, Betty, 522. 

David, 88. 

George, 347. 

Hannah, 521. 

Lydia, 410. 

Sarah, 380, 685. 
Trask, Elizabeth, 263. 
Treadwell, Susan, 523. 
Trimble, Albert E., 238. 



Trimble, Elmer, 238. 

Frederic E., 238. 

John, 238. 

Mabel F., 238. 

Walter H., 238. 
Trowbridge, Abigail, 292, 
294. 

Evelene, 304. 
Truant, Huldah, 458. 
True, Betsy A., 576. 
Trufant, Polly, 497. 
Trull, Darkin, 303. 

Hannah, 221. 
Truslow, John, 503. 
Tucker, Beatrice, 519. 

Charles, 675. 

Charles H., 307. 

Edwin L., 519. 

Eleanor B., 519. 

Elizabeth, 674. 

Emma L., 134. 

Fred L., 519. 

Freeman S., 238. 

Hannah, 674. 

Harriet M., 266. 

Jonathan, 221. 

Joseph, 673, 674, 675. 

Mary, 673, 674. 

Mary A., 543. 

Morris, 672. 

Moses, 75, 80, 89, 90, 
91, 93, 96, 673, 674. 

Moses, Jr., 124. 

Phebe, 673. 

Relief, 674. 

Reuben, 674. 

Sarah, 674. 

Stephen, 675. 

Sukey, 674. 
Tufton, Thomas, 78, 79. 
Tufts, Carrie, 525. 

Charles W., 525. 

Ellen M., 525. 

Harriet M., 321. 

John F., 452. 
Turner, Asa, 153. 

Ebenezer, 406. 

Eleaner, 480. 

James, 97. 

Joseph, 135. 

Rachel, 358. 
Turrell, Electa, 396. 
Tuttle, Arlette, 554. 

Elizabeth, 392. 

Flelen M., 550. 

Mary, 433. 

Phebe, 278. 
Twist, Jonathan, 96. 

776 



Twitchell, Samuel, 93. 

Sarah, 196. 
Tyler, Buckley O., 672. 

Humphrey M., 120. 

James A., 408. 

Susan, 341. 
Tyng, Mary, 558. 

Uganst, Levi L., 682. 
Underwood, Daniel, 675. 

Jeremiah, 75, 95. 

John, 356. 

Joseph, 675. 

Joshua, 675. 

Remembrance, 587. 
Upham, Joanna, 685. 

Phebe, 556. 
Upton, Amy L., 684. 

Charles, 512. 

Dorcas, 429. 

Eli, 95. 

Lucy, 592. 

Tabitha, 404. 

William, 90, 95. 
Uran, Abigail, 470. 

Valentine, Eliza, 359. 
Valley, David P., 567. 
Van Meter, Martha E., 

662. 
Van Syke, Clara, 265. 
Varder, Hannah, 279. 
Verder, Albert S., 611. 

Charles W., 611. 

John F., 611. 

John R., 611. 

Mary C, 611. 

Myra J., 611. 

Sarah J., 611. 
Veren, Hannah, 203. 
Verity, John, 564. 
Verrill, Luther, 339. 
Very, Bridgett, 442. 
Vicicey, Elizabeth F., 407. 
Vila, Helen, 575. 
Vining, Fremont S., 567. 

Mary F., 322. 
Vinney, Eugene M., 567. 
Vosburg, Charles P., 225. 
Vought, Mary, 512. 

Wade, Elizabeth, 544. 
Winthrop H., 211. 
Winthrop, Jr., 211. 
Wadsworth, Annie M., 

508. 
Wagstaff, Martha A., 
347. 



Index 



Waite, Mary, 217. 
Waitt, Mary, 365. 
Walcott, Sarah, 404. 
Waldo, Richard H., 666. 
Walker, Abigail C, 346. 

Addison A., 679, 681, 
682. 

Albert F., 145, 680, 
682. 

Alberto S., 680. 

Alvin E., 682. 

Anna, 676. 

Annie W., 488. 

Annette I., 681. 

Belinda, 697. 

Benjamin, 677. 

Charles, 126, 132, 
679, 681. 

Charles M., 680. 

Charles P., 679. 

Dana S., 677. 

Danforth, 678. 

Daniel, 677. 

David, 678. 

Edward, 677. 

Edward P., 679, 682. 

Eliza A., 679. 

Eliza G., 682. 

Eliza L., 182. 

Emma L., 682. 

Euletta M., 680. 

Fanny, 678. 

Frances E., 679. 

Fred S., 682. 

George K., 680. 

George W., 679, 680. 

Hannah, 454, 678, 
679. 

Harriet S., 679. 

Henry L., 679. 

Henry O., 681. 

Isaac, 678. 

Jennie L., 680. 

Jesse, 88, 91, %,676. 

John, 75, 676, 677. 

John H., 679, 681. 

John K., 113, 118, 
680. 

Joseph, 677. 

Joshua, 677. 

Judith C, 626. 

LeflFa, 678. 

Lena F., 682. 

Louise F., 680. 

Luther B., 679, 681. 

Lydia, 627. 

Maria A., 680. 

Martha H., 679, 680. 



Walker, Martha M., 678. 

Mary E., 517, 680. 

Mary S., 679. 

Milly, 677. 

Nabby, 676. 

Nancy, 676. 

Nathaniel, 679. 

Nellie G., 681. 

Patty, 678. 

Rebecca, 270, 676, 
678. 

Robert B., 682. 

Samuel, 88, 90, 96, 
677. 

Sarah, 676. 

Sarah E., 680. 

Silas B., 679, 680. 

Silas L., 681. 

Susan J., 681. 

Susanna, 515. 

Vesta A., 513. 

William D., 679, 680. 

William M., 680. 

Zaccheus, 677. 
Wall, Sarah B., 338. 
Wallace, Andrew, 345. 

Benoni, 682. 

Charles D., 684. 

Charles E., 683, 684. 

Cora E., 684. 

Cranmore, 140. 

David, 682, 683. 

David K., 683. 

George F., 683. 

George H., 684. 

George R., 684. 

Harriet, 683. 

Hattie F., 684. 

Herbert C, 684. 

Herbert I., 684. 

John, 682. 

John A., 683. 

Mary E., 684. 

Rodney, 683. 

Romanzo, 683. 

William E., 683. 

William R., 684. 
Wallis, Florence, 452. 

Susanna, 719. 
Walmsley, Elizabeth, 520. 
Walsh, Thomas C, 538. 
Walter, Henry, 400. 
Walton, Alvah F., 685. 

Bridget, 651. 

Charles, 118, 684. 

Charles H., 684. 

Elizabeth, 331. 

Ella G., 685. 

777 



Walton, Ellen M., 283. 

Emily A., 684. 

John, 684. 

Josiah, 88, 90, 93, 
95. 

Nathan, 684. 

Rachel, 415. 

Samuel, 684. 

Sarah C, 684. 

Willard F., 685. 

William, 684. 
Ward, Elizabeth, 233. 

Emily F., 289. 

Levi, 222. 

Margaret, 460. 

Roy J., 654. 

Thankful, 392. 
Ware, John, 141. 
Warner, Abner S., 140. 

Betsy C, 602. 

John, 89, 180, 227. 

Laura, 274. 

Sarah, 643. 
Warren, Abigail, 614, 

Hannah, 610. 

Jonathan, 198. 

Joseph, 75, 96. 
Wartmant, Isabella, 420. 
Washburne, Frank, 351. 

Marian G., 225. 
Washer, Sarah, 281. 
Waterman, Ada C, 260. 

Fanny, 556. 

Louise M., 637. 
Waters, Lillian M., 483. 
Watkins, Kalinda, 491. 
Watson, Hannah, 231. 

Jean, 372. 

Mary A., 232, 420. 
Way, Roderick, 620. 
Weaver, Caleb G., 603. 

Caroline E., 341. 

Caroline I., 603. 
Webb, Asenath L., 251. 
Webber, Annie V., 316. 

Christopher, 90. 

Ezra, 135. 

Genevieve, 685. 

Hannah, 357. 

Irene, 327. 

Jonathan, 644. 

Josiah, 685. 

Martha, 473. 

Porter B., 386. 

William, 93. 
Webster, Abigail, 134. 

Amos, 448. 

Elizabeth, 609. 



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Webster, Jonathan, 134. 

Julia, 200. 

Mary, 207, 382. 

Nellie, 430. 

Peter, 87. 
Weeden, Charles K., 330. 
Welch, Prudence, 267. 
Weld, Anna, 200. 

Chester, 344. 

Dorothy, 200. 

George F., 200. 

George F., Jr., 200. 

Sumner A., 20O. 

Susan J., 586. 
Wellington, Amos, 439. 

Darius, 339. 

Edward, 693. 

Elvira G., 439. 

Frank E., 687. 

Henry B., 339. 

Horace H., 439, 693. 

Horatio, 439. 

Joel, 583. 

Joseph, 693. 

Mary J., 439. 

Rebecca, 492. 
Wellman, Althea, 349. 
Wells, Alice A., 629. 

Amelia, 472. 

Amy E., 629. 

Fred S., 629. 

Henry P., 629. 

Lettie G., 629. 

Lucy M., 349. 

Lydia F., 351. 

Mary E., 621. 

Rebecca, 460. 

Samuel, 197. 
Wentworth, Benning, 43. 

Lydia C, 514. 

Mark H., 50. 

Samuel H., 147. 
Wesley, David, 700. 
Wesson, Nathan, 88. 
West, Daniel, 401. 
Westgate, Earl W.. 140. 
Weston, Amos, 695. 

Azubah, 404. 

Charles A., 401, 685. 

Ellen M., 685, 695. 

Frank, 118. 
George, 686. 

George S.. 686. 

Harriet N., 655. 

Helen, 557. 

Isaac, 685. 
Jacob, 133. 
James, 685. 



Weston, James A., 685, 

John, 685. 

Mary, 685. 

Mary E., 685. 

Nathan, 78. 

Rogers, 685. 

Samuel, 421, 685. 

Sarah, 564. 

Stephen, 685. 

William L., 113, 118. 
Westwood, Sarah, 335. 
Wetherbee, Ann E., 275. 

Caroline, 623. 

Charlotte, 339. 

Clara L., 686. 

Daniel, 175. 

Eliza A., 648. 

Ellen M., 686. 

George E., 686. 

Hattie A., 686. 

Henry L., 686. 

Hezekiah, 94. 686. 

John, 686. 

Joseph, 332, 686. 

Joseph S., 686. 

Nancy M., 444. 

Nathan, 553. 

Phebe, 234. 

Sarah, 255. 

Willis G., 686. 
Whalley, William T., 440. 
Wharton, Charles, 264. 
Wheat, Abigail, 268. 

Benjamin, 124. 

Jonathan, 75, 82, 99. 
Wheaton, Elizabeth, 319. 

Sybil, 241. 
Wheeler, Abbie E., 700. 

Abbie J., 573. 

Abby J., 696. 

Abigail, 688, 693. 

Adaline A., 700. 

Albert, 697. 

Alice J., 698. 

Allen F., 699. 

Almira, 690. 

Amanda W., 698. 

Amos. 89. 90, 689. 

Ann E., 697. 

Anna, 226. 568. 

Anna J., 698. 

Annie H., 702. 

Artemas. 227. 

Arthur F.. 702. 

Asa N.. 694. 

Asenath, 692. 

Augustus C, 695, 
699. 

778 



Wheeler, Benjamin F., 

694. 
Bertha, 701. 
Betsy, 692, 694. 
Caroline E., 693. 
Caroline V., 700. 
Carrie M., 694. 
Charles, 144,695,699. 
Charles A., 699, 702. 
Charles F., 696. 
Charles M., 697, 701, 

702. 
Charles S., 700. 
Clara E., 682, 696. 
Cyrus W., 693. 
Daniel, 695, 700. 
David, 689, 691, 693. 
Dixon D., 699. 
Dixon D., Mrs., 134. 
Dorothy, 689. 
Edward E., 701. 
Edward R., 147, 700, 

702. 
Edward W., 702. 
Elisha C, 606. 
Elizabeth, 408, 409, 

691, 695. 
Elizabeth C, 693. 
Emily, 689. 
Emily M., 700. 
Ernest M., 700. 
Ernest N., 695. 
Eugene C, 695. 
Eugene S., 694. 
Eugene W., 698, 702. 
Eunice F., 698. 
Eva S., 695. 
Frances L., 697, 700. 
Frank M., 701. 
Frank S., 702. 
Franklin B., 697. 
Fred A., 699, 702. 
Fred H., 698. 
Florence E., 702. 
George, 687, 698. 
George E., 696. 
George H., 695. 
George S., 353, 573, 

613, 696. 
George W., Ill, 691, 

695, 701. 
Grace, 257, 688. 
Grace L., 694. 
Harriet, 690, 693. 
Hattie C, 698. 
Henrietta S., 702. 
Henry B., 693, 698. 
Herbert R., 699. 



Index 



Wheeler, Horace B., HI, 

120, 693, 698. 
Ida J, 694. 
J. Kimball, 715. 
John, 75, 87, 96, 688, 

691, 692. 
John A., 573. 
John B., 467. 
John P., 573, 690. 
Jonas, 75, 84, 89, 91, 

93, 688, 689. 
Jonathan, 691. 
Joseph, 688, 693. 
Joseph A., 142, 695, 

698. 
Joseph O., 689. 
Joshua S., 690, 694. 
Josiah, 688. 
Josiah P., 113, 118, 

179, 690. 
Katharine M., 701. 
Levi, 697. 

Lewis G., 690, 694. 
Lewnelle E., 694. 
Lois, 695. 
Louisa, 690, 693. 
Lucile, 702. 
Lucy S., 379. 
Lucy T., 695. 
Lydia, 179, 185, 687, 

691. 
Mabel E., 702. 
Maria J., 386, 697. 
Martha E., 691. 
Martha J., 698. 
Mary, 432, 474, 479, 

489, 524, 695. 
Mary C, 699. 
Mary E., 694, 700. 
Mary F., 698. 
Mary J., 701. 
Mary L., 573. 
Mehitable, 689. 
Melissa A., 693. 
Mila, 692. 
Minnie M., 694. 
Moses, 692, 697. 
Moses S., 690. 
Myron B., 702. 
Nancy A., 573, 685. 
Nancy J., 700. 
Nathan, 179. 
Nathan T., 700. 
Nellie P., 573. 
Orton H., 701. 
Persis, 689, 692. 
Polly, 688, 691, 696. 
Rachel, 692. 



Wheeler, Rebecca, 695. 
Rhoda T., 695. 
Richard, 89, 90, 217, 

691, 695. 
Roxanna, 691. 
Ruth A., 455. 
Sally, 691. 
Samuel, 90, 93, 691, 

695, 700. 
Samuel C, 340, 689, 

693. 
Samuel E., 702. 
Samuel W., 693, 697. 
Sarah, 433, 452, 692. 
Sarah E., 514, 690. 
Sarah M., 693. 
Seth, 97, 692, 696. 
Seth L., 696, 700. 
Silas, 692, 694. 
Silas J., 697. 
Simon, 688. 
Sophia, 694. 
Sophronia, 693. 
Stephen, 692, 696, 

702. 
Stephen D., 157, 696, 

700. 
Stephen W., 289, 697. 
Susan C, 690. 
Susanna, 688, 691. 
Thomas, 687. 
Timothy, 421, 687, 

688, 693. 
Walter S., 701. 
William, 573, 687, 

696, 698. 
William E., 701. 
William S., 702. 
Winslow, 702. 

Wheelock, Abigail, 609. 

Eleazar, 703. 

Ithamar, 86, 703. 

Joel, 75, 83. 

Jonas, 703. 

Jonathan, 91. 

Lewis, 703. 

Martha, 557. 

Pezinah, 703. 

Phebe, 703. 

Ralph, 703. 

Samuel, 703. 

Sarah, 703. 

Timothy, 75, 83, 703. 
Whipple, Benjamin F., 
563. 

Clarissa B., 270. 

Elizabeth A., 563. 

Frank P., 563. 

779 



Whipple, James, 94. 

Kate, 563. 

Mary, 640. 

Sally, 559. 

William M., 349. 
Whitcomb, Betsy, 659. 

Edwin F., 502. 

Elizabeth, 387. 

Hannah, 567, 704. 

John, 473, 480. 

Oliver, 473. 

Polly, 599. 

Priscilla M., 611. 

Silas, 611. 
White, Archibald, 78. 90. 

Benjamin, 140. 

Betsy, 478. 

Charles H., 626. 

Daniel, 79. 

Ernest L., 698. 

Fanny, 500. 

John, 88, 601. 

Margaret, 245, 388. 

Mary, 682. 

Nancy M., 305, 678. 

Sarah, 473. 

William, 382, 384. 
Whiting, David, 622. 

Fanny, 243. 

Frank H., 525. 

George, 111. 

Grace, 641. 

Jonas, 556. 

Mary, 200. 

Mercy, 556. 

Patty, 243. 

Ruxbey, 600. 
Whitlock, Frances E., 
439. 

Rose, 539. 
Whitman, Alfred, 276. 
Whitmarsh, Charles E., 
435. 

Edward, 435. 

Eva, 435. 

John C, 435. 

Mary F., 435. 

Timothy F., 435. 
Whitmore, Henry, 665. 

Mary, 678. 
Whitney, Abigail, 485. 

Adeline E., 706. 

Albert A., 706. 

Allen, 707. 

Amanda, 706. 

Benjamin, 704. 

Carl R., 707. 



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Whitney, Caroline M., 
216, 717. 

Catharine A., 706. 

Charles, 236, 70S. 

Charles A., 155, 705. 

Charles P.. 707. 

Christopher C, 705. 

Cora A., 707. 

David, 236. 

Elizabeth, 392. 

Ella, 488. 

Elnora C, 706. 

Emily L., 706. 

Ethel M., 707. 

Ezekiel, 704. 

George P., 236. 

Harriet C, 236, 706. 

Harry H., 707. 

Helen T., 706. 

Henry A., 705. 

Henry H., 706. 

Henry I., 706. 

Herbert W., 707. 

James, 236. 

J. Cushing, 554. 

John, 704. 

John H., 118, 707. 

Josiah, 617, 704. 

Julia, 707. 

Lemuel, 705. 

Leslie H., 707. 

Lorna B., 707. 

Lucius M., 236. 

Lydia, 553. 

Mabel M.. 494. 

Mary A., 706. 

Mary C, 236. 

Melvin B., 707. 

Mercy, 477. 

Myron O., 707. 

Nathaniel, 704. 

Nellie E., 261. 

Newton O., 707. 

Otis, 707. 

Permelia, 706. 

Phineas, 705. 

Rachel, 613. 

Richard, 704. 

Ruth E.. 523, 596. 

Sarah E., 482, 622, 
705. 

Sibbel, 610. 

Sophia, 707. 

Waldo D., 707. 

Wilbur C. 707. 

William, 704. 
Whiten, Elizabeth D., 
205. 



Whittaker, Mary, 300, 

650. 
Whittemore, Frank H., 
374. 

Mehitable, 484. 

Peletiah, 78, 87. 

Permelia, 559. 

Polly, 337. 

Samuel, 75, 106, 233. 

Washington, 550. 

Zebedee, 591. 

Zebediah, 89, 90. 
Whittier, Charlotte, 602. 
Wiggin, H. N., 133. 
Wight, Deborah, 322. 
Wilcomb, C. J., 133. 
Wilcox, Mary J., 284. 

William R., 507. 
Wilde, Ruth, 325. 
Wilder, Edward R., 26L 

Flavel, 653. 

Isaac, 491. 

Jane M., 517. 

Lavinia J., 251. 

Mary, 387. 

Permelia, 436. 

Sophia H., 436. 

Susanna, 669. 
Wildon, Minnie E., 437. 
Wilds, Sarah, 630. 
Wiley, Jane, 586. 

Maria O., 559. 
Wilkenson, Elizabeth, 
404. 

Prudence, 278. 
Wilkes, Henry, 244. 
Wilkins, Abigail, 616. 

Betty T., 233. 

John, 75. 

Judson, 610. 

Lavinia, 433. 

Louise, 367. 

Lovice, 573. 

Nabby, 289. 

Sarah, 337. 
Willard, Ada P., 567. 

Adeline, 709. 

Alice P., 567. 

Andrew H., 708, 709. 

Augusta A., 708. 

Charles A., 436. 

Charles J., 709. 

Charlotte L., 709. 

Dorcas, 229. 

Edwin, 709. 

Elizabeth W., 242, 
517. 

Frank H., 567. 

780 



Willard, Fred A., 708. 

George, 708. 

Henry, 708. 

Henry A., 708. 

Henry L., 567. 

Herbert A., 588. 

James A., 708. 

Jane M., 708. 

Jonathan, 86. 

Joseph, 697, 708. 

Lucy, 344. 

Margaret, 669. 

Margery, 361. 

Maria N., 708. 

Mary A., 708. 

Sarah C, 345. 

Sarah S., 400. 

Simeon, 708. 

Susan C, 708. 

Susanna, 486. 
Willey, Charles T., 404. 

Daniel, 347. 

Sarah, 280, 408. 
Williams, Abigail, 709. 

Ann, 710. 

Arvilla, 677. 

Benjamin, 78, 83, 87, 
90, 93, 95, 106, 709. 

Benjamin B., 710. 

Charles C, 247, 711. 

Cordelia S., 711. 

David, 711. 

Deborah, 711. 

Elzina S., 710. 

Ephraim, 710. 

George C, 259, 710. 

George G., 710, 711. 

Gertrude, 327. 

Gibson T., 711. 

Hannah, 710. 

Hepzibah, 709. 

Hiram, 704, 705. 

Isaac, 671. 

Isaiah, 711. 

Isaiah H., 710. 

Isaiah T., 711. 

Jane P., 711. 

John M., 711. 

Julia A., 711. 

Loretta, 711. 

Louisa B., 710. 

Lucy, 710. 

Lucy A., 711. 

Lucy E., 711. 

Lucy P., 710. 

Martha A., 713. 

Mary, 711. 

Millicent, 709. 



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Williams, Milly S., 711. 

Milly T., 710. 

Nelson, 711. 

Noah B., 710. 

Patty, 710. 

Rebecca, 365, 710. 

Rhoda, 709. 

Rhoda B., 710. 

Ruth T;, 557, 710. 

Salome, 710. 

Susanna, 365. 
Willis, Delia, 376. 
Wilmarth, L. M., 133. 
Wilmet, Eleanora, 176. 
Wilson, Abbie A., 715. 

Abby, 714. 

Abigail, 460, 713. 
Adeline L., 717. 
Agnes A., 718. 
Albert, 715. 
Alfred A., 712. 
Alice M., 717. 
Almira J., 716. 
Andrew, 718. 
Ann, 714. 
Annie, 393, 716. 
Augustus, 714. 
Augustus M., 715, 

717. 
Betsy A., 714. 
Braman 1., 282. 
Caroline B., 282. 
Catharine A., 716. 
Charles, 715, 716. 
Charles E., 472. 
Charles R, 715, 717. 
Charles L., 717. 
David, 711. 
Edward, 714. 
Elvira, 715. 
Ernest G., 717, 718. 
Etta M., 717. 
Ezekiel J., 715. 
Florence S., 718. 
Francis R., 716. 
Frank C, 716. 
Frank S., 718. 
Frederic W., 717. 
George, 716. 
George E., 715, 717. 
George W^. 118. 
Gertrude, 718. 
Gilbert M.. 715. 
Grace K., 717. 
Hannah, 712. 
Harriet, 714. 
Harry A., 718. 
Hattie A., 718. 



Wilson, Henry A., 506. 
Henry W., 372, 716. 
Hiram C, 382. 
Horace M., 716. 

Horace W., 715, 717. 

Ina B., 717. 

Isaac, 713, 715, 718. 

Isaac N., 715. 

James, 82, 545, 582, 
714. 

James A., 715. 

James H., 715. 

Jane, 714. 

John, 712, 713, 718. 

John G., 714, 716. 

John S., 712. 

Jonas, 75, 91. 

Joseph A., 714, 716. 

Josiah T., 625, 718. 

Julia, 476. 

Kate M., 717. 

Lauretta M., 716. 

Lena, 717. 

Leonard, 718. 

Lillie v., 552. 

Maria, 359. 

Mary, 487, 714. 

Mary A., 518, 715. 

Matthias S., 714, 715. 

Moses C, 712. 

Nellie A., 717. 

Pearl H., 717. 

Peter J., 712. 

Rachel, 713. 

Rebecca, 713. 

Ruth E., 715. 

Ruth G., 718. 

Sally, 550, 714. 

Samuel, 713. 

Samuel E., 716. 

Samuel G., 715, 717. j 

Samuel T., 716. 

Sarah, 713, 715. | 

Sophronia, 476, 714. 

Stephen, 448. 

Supply, 75, 83, 712, 
713. ! 

Supply C, 714. 

Supply F., 713. 

Susan, 714. 

Susanna, 522, 713. 

William H., 118,134,' 
138, 142, 712. 

William K., 448. 
Winans, Sarah, 275. 
Winch, Mary, 384. I 

Molly, 345. ■ 

William J., 554. J 

781 



Winchell, Charles, 281. 

Harriet, 280. 
Wing, Ebenezer, 318. 
Frank A., 291. 
Ichabod, 318. 
Irma E., 656. 
Moses, 318. 
Winn, Eliza M., 271. 

Lucy, 560. 
Winship, Emily, 588. 
Mary, 268, 492. 
Submit, 236. 
Winslow, Ina H., 702. 
Wise, Henry, 418. 
Wiseman, Joseph, 347. 
Wishart, Ira R., 697. 
Withington, Jennie, 243. 
Wolcott, Sally, 273. 
Wood, Abigail, 473. 
Albert E., 604. 
Benjamin, 600. 
Bethia, 354. 
Betsy, 697. 
Charles, 499. 
Cora, 551. 
Dolly, 542. 
Elizabeth, 248. 
Elton, 698. 
Gleason, 430. 
Grace C, 688, 700. 
Hannah, 479, 609. 
Harriet, 192. 
Henry, 480, 625. 
Judith G., 618. 
Louisa, 661. 
Lucy, 564, 577. 
Marian, 567. 
Mary E., 176, 224, 

229. 
Ruth, 687. 
Sumner G., 130. 
Susan, 234, 630. 
Vianna L., 237. 
William P., 327. 
Woodberry, Sarah M.. 

566. 
Woodbury, Abigail, 537. 
Elizabeth, 220. 
Irene, 270. 
Lucy, 644. 
Lydia, 509. 
Lydia S., 606. 
Maria A., 683. 
Susanna, 657. 
Woodcock, William L., 

646. 
Woodman, Florence, 352. 
John, 352. 



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Woodman, Mary, 382. 
Woodmansey, Elizabeth, 

379. 
Woods, Anna, 457. 

Arlene P., 524. 

Caroline, 243. 

Edwin, 524. 

Fred M., 524. 

Harry L., 524. 

Herbert M., 524. 

Milly, 142. 

Myron M., 370. 

Robert M., 389. 

Sarah, 616. 

Sibbel, 242. 
Woodson, George, 534. 

Sarah, 534. 
Woodward, Anna, 322. 

Charles, 240. 

Elsie A., 523. 

George H., 238. 

Mildred M., 240, 707. 
Wooley, Rachel, 643. 
Woolson, Anna, 719. 

Elizabeth, 719. 

George, 719. 

Jonas, 147, 719. 

Martha, 719. 

Nathan, 720. 

Susanna, 719. 

Thomas, 718. 
Wooster, Dorothy, 688. 

Fanny, 201. 
Worcester, Samuel, 140. 



Worcester, Sarah, 657. 
Worden, Rachel E., 501. 
Worth, Susanna, 554. 
Worthington Rhoda J., 

345. 
Wright, Abigail, 508, 548. 

Albert F., 118, 142. 

Alfred, 471. 

Bertha, 189. 

Betsy, 685. 

Charles A., 118. 

Clara E., 700. 

Clarissa E., 302. 

Daniel C, 340. 

Dorothy, 257. 

Edward, 118. 

Ella, 315. 

Ellen M., 315. 

E. Urania, 261. 

Eveline A., 465, 625. 

Flora, 258. 

Frances A., 472. 

Frances W., 339. 

Harriett, 583. 

Henry G., 440. 

Isaiah, 236. 

Jeannette W., 260. 

Joseph, 75, 83. 

Levi, 440. 

Lucy R., 260. 

Lydia, 460. 

Mary, 300, 332. 

Maud, 440. 

Millicent, 271. 



Wright, Nettie C, 243. 

Oliver, 89, 90, 172. 

Patty, 270. 

Phoebe, 508. 

Sarah, 269, 492, 541. 

Simon, 235. 
Wyand, John A., 506. 
Wyatt, Mary, 404. 
Wyer, Alice B., 295. 

Arthur C, 295. 
Wyman, Abijah, 97. 

Alfred A., 258. 

Elizabeth, 263. 

Franklin, 258. 

Johannah, 345. 

Samuel, 269. 

Sarah, 257, 667. 

Susan, 292. 

Yarmon, John, 86, 88. 
Yates, William L, 665. 

William V., 665. 
York, John B., 417. 

Joseph, 480. 
Young, Agnes G., 698. 

Anna S., 183. 

Charles A., 183. 

Ernest G., 717. 

Harriet, 416. 

Inez, 319. 

Ira, 183. 
Youngman, Hannah, 620. 



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